Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
McCabe's Guitar Shop3101 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90405
On December 5, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams appear at McCabe’s Guitar Shop as the married duo billed for the evening. Campbell handles vocals, guitars, mandolin, pedal steel and bass; Williams sings and plays guitar. The performance is in McCabe’s back-room listening space, reached through the working instrument shop, where the seated audience faces a small stage and acoustic detail and lyrics can carry.
Based in Woodstock, New York, Campbell and Williams draw together country, folk, blues, rock and R&B, with harmonies, Williams’ soulful vocals and Campbell’s versatile playing at the heart of their sound. They first performed as a duo during years playing with Levon Helm and his band at the Woodstock Midnight Rambles. Campbell is also known for touring with Bob Dylan and working with Jackson Browne, Sheryl Crow, Paul Simon, Keith Richards and Emmylou Harris; together, the pair have guested with Phil & Friends, Little Feat, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. MOJO called them “the first couple of Americana,” while American Songwriter praised Campbell’s playing for its “passion and precision.”
McCabe’s is a working instrument shop with a concert history stretching back to the late 1960s, and its back room has welcomed both emerging artists and performers who keep returning. The show takes place among walls hung with guitars and other stringed instruments, with the audience seated in folding chairs facing a small stage. It is a listening room: there is no bar, and the quiet lets acoustic detail and lyrics carry through the room. Concerts are ticketed, and the shop’s current listings and tickets are available online, so check ahead for your show. The shop is on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica; the concert room is reached through the store. Expect an evening focused on the performance, rather than drinks or dinner between sets.