Dinty Childs Album Release Show

You want to hear a great story about inspiration, life long dreams, and self-actualization?  Let me tell you about Dinty Childs.  Dinty is a beloved local musician (who has never put out a solo album) and member of Session Americana.  Dinty is also a member of Sub Rosa, a collective of local singers and song writers who perform together from time to time.  I first heard Dinty sing with Sub Rosa during their annual "Songs from the Island" show at Club Passim.  He seemed like a really fun person who loved good campfire sing alongs.  You could tell the other musicians loved him.

I then saw Dinty when I went to see Lula Wiles open for Session Americana.  He was great in that band and again you could tell his fellow bandmates really loved him.

Then, I saw Dinty play a solo show at Passim where he was accompanied onstage by Isa Burke, one third of Lula Wiles, and Sean Trishka, drummer extraordinaire.  Isa and Sean are both in their mid-twenties and Isa's mom actually used to sing with Dinty back in the day.  At that show, Dinty commented that working with these younger musicians had really inspired him and he was going to put out a solo album.

Well, guess what?  He did and he threw an unbelievably awesome album release event at the Oberon.  He assembled all of his friends to be in his "band" including, Isa, Sean, Zachariah Hickman, Sean Stapleton, Dietrich Strausse, the string trio that Zachariah always seems to get to join him for his crazy shows, Rose from Sub Rosa, and Rose Cousins.  So basically he had all of the Passim super stars up on stage with him (and in the audience because Mark Erelli was there cheering on his friend.) 

The music was incredible and Dinty definitely enjoyed putting on a killer show!  It was really a magical night of music and I can't recommend his album enough.  It's such a great story of never being too old to chase your dreams and the power of the collaborative process to inspire you to achieve new heights!