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Father and son due to perform live music May 29 in Potsdam

Posted 5/27/15

POTSDAM -- John and Orion Kribs will perform at the Potsdam Public Museum on Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m. Father and son John and Orion Kribs are singer -songwriters and multi-instrumentalists “whose …

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Father and son due to perform live music May 29 in Potsdam

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POTSDAM -- John and Orion Kribs will perform at the Potsdam Public Museum on Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m.

Father and son John and Orion Kribs are singer -songwriters and multi-instrumentalists “whose eclectic styles cover everything from Elvis to O’Carolan. ‘Roots’ best describes their style but their sound is unique to them,” a news release from the museum said.

Admission is $10. Parking is free in the municipal lot behind the civic center.

John Kribs has been performing professionally for over 40 years. After touring the “coffeehouse circuit” during the mid 1970s, he formed the Racquette River Rounders with guitarist Danny Gotham. The band toured the eastern U.S. and northeast heavily and released two albums for Adirondack Records. Later, during the 1980s, as leader of the rockabilly tinged Johnny and the Triumphs, Kribs hit the top of the American Play charts in several French cities with “Johnny and The Triumphs,” the band’s first LP. Their signature song "Red Belvedere,” written by Kribs, was featured on National Public Radio's Car Talk. In the 1990s, he was a member of the award winning Celtic and bluegrass band the McKrells. He has toured the U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway and opened for Robert Cray, Arlo Guthrie, Joe Cocker and many others. He is also the founder and owner of Blue Line Recordings, hosts “The Community Café Music Hour” radio show and chairs The Southern Adirondack Musicians Fund.

Orion Kribs grew up in a small town on the southern edge of the Adirondacks. His family surrounded him with music and professional musicians, leaving a profound influence on his style and plans for his own professional future. He began playing guitar and bass in his father’s bands at the age of 14. After studying anthropology, music industry and audio arts in college, he studied music management through the Kalmar Baltic Business School in Hultsfred, Sweden. He now pursues a solo career as a songwriter and guitarist, as well as performing with his father his own band Black Mountain Symphony. He won a place on the prestigious “Music Heard Up North,” a three-volume CD recently released by North Country Public Radio with his song “Lipstick Stains.”