Gene Dawson

Gene's songs have a rockabilly, country, boogie feel, with a touch of folk and a little humor. They cover subjects from family stories and personal experiences to just plain old rockabilly & blues to get down to. He got started playing lead guitar in Memphis, Tennessee as a teen, influenced by Beale Street Blues, then played in bands through the British Invasion of the late 1960's. Gene was a member of an all-original 70's acoustic group, Meretrix, that was published and recorded in New York. He also studied classical guitar in college.

Gene began song writing in the 1980s and continues to do so today. He has a CD titled "Homemade Music", which was actually produced in the basement of his home.

Gene's previous MP3 web page received over 4,500 downloads. Four of his songs were ranked among the top 10 in the MP3 Rockabilly category for the State of Maryland. Gene's song, "Good Nutrition Blues" received airplay on Washington, D.C. radio station WETA/FM 90.9. His song "Trip, Stumble & Fall" was selected as a Washington Post MP3 Pick-of-the-Week.

Gene is the founder and co-host, with his wife Susan, of Dawsonconcerts house concerts in North Potomac, Maryland, a concert series that has presented a variety of National and local artists for 3 years. In addition to hosting and performing at Dawsonconcerts house concerts, Gene hosts post-concert song circles featuring many known and emerging artists. Gene has opened for Freebo, (formerly with Bonnie Raitt's band & Keith Sykes (formerly with Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer). He also performs at festivals and clubs in the Washington, DC area.

For more personal information, go to www.angelfire.com/md/guiterbluesman

For more information on the Dawsonconcerts house concert series, go to www.dawsonconcerts.com

Gene can be reached at Home at (301) 949-1888, by Cell at (410) 241-3158 or by e-mail at: dawsonconcerts@aol.com.