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Do you fear the cliche of the "acoustic guitar guy"? Does the droning of melodic glue & non-stop strumming make you run for the door . . . even though you're the manager & it's a busy Saturday night? Do you feel you have to hire expensive bands to provide proper entertainment? ANKER SOLVES THIS PROBLEM.
Anker is a solo acoustic rock act. His repertoire consists of 400+ songs spanning nearly 125 years of pop/rock & traditional music. You know all of his selections but you don't know many solo acts pulling it off this well. Anker's acoustic style can be best described as "rhythm lead guitar". There's plenty of percussive rhythm that sometimes feels like he snuck in a little drummer. There's also the skill of playing some great licks in that rhythm to keep it consistently interesting. Imagine the guitarist love child of Keith Richards & John Mayer. This is why many of his venues schedule him on busy nights that would normally be for bands.
The original studio tracks HERE show Anker's talent as a songwriter & collaborator in the studio to create music far away from his solo acoustic live presentation. These original songs have given Anker some college radio attention & opened doors to opening slots for older well known established acts. You will hear his music & just think it's a deep cut from some well known act you're not too familiar with. They blend right in with all the other great stuff he selected for you.
April 2013 ... 3x nominee JERSEY ACOUSTIC MUSIC AWARDS
June 2014 ... performer at the Capital Building in Trenton, NJ to celebrate NJ's 350th birthday
March 2015-2019 ... venue host, performer & seminar panel member @ Cape May Singer/ Songwriter Conference
February 2018-2020 ... venue host, performer & seminar panel member @ Millennium Music Conference of Harrisburg, PA
November 2016 ... featured act on 6th anniversary "Musicians on a Mission" compilation CD & concert with Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez of the E-Street Band & Paul Whistler performing as "Dawg Whistle".
September 2019 & February 2020 ... released 2 singles, "Dust" & "Moments", produced & arranged by Dr. Louis deLise (Patti Labelle, Halestorm, et al.)
March 2020 to March 2022 ... hosted the weekly "Pandemic Open Mic" via Zoom for an international audience
OPENING ACT ... Darryl "DMC" McDaniels (RUN-D.M.C.), Vinny Martell (Vanilla Fudge), Richard Barone (The Bongos), LUX
Do you fear the cliche of the "acoustic guitar guy"? Does the droning of melodic glue & non-stop strumming make you run for the door . . . even though you're the manager & it's a busy Saturday night? Do you feel you have to hire expensive bands to provide proper entertainment? ANKER SOLVES THIS PROBLEM.
Anker is a solo acoustic rock act. His repertoire consists of 400+ songs spanning nearly 125 years of pop/rock & traditional music. You know all of his selections but you don't know many solo acts pulling it off this well. Anker's acoustic style can be best described as "rhythm lead guitar". There's plenty of percussive rhythm that sometimes feels like he snuck in a little drummer. There's also the skill of playing some great licks in that rhythm to keep it consistently interesting. Imagine the guitarist love child of Keith Richards & John Mayer. This is why many of his venues schedule him on busy nights that would normally be for bands.
The original studio tracks HERE show Anker's talent as a songwriter & collaborator in the studio to create music far away from his solo acoustic live presentation. These original songs have given Anker some college radio attention & opened doors to opening slots for older well known established acts. You will hear his music & just think it's a deep cut from some well known act you're not too familiar with. They blend right in with all the other great stuff he selected for you.
April 2013 ... 3x nominee JERSEY ACOUSTIC MUSIC AWARDS
June 2014 ... performer at the Capital Building in Trenton, NJ to celebrate NJ's 350th birthday
March 2015-2019 ... venue host, performer & seminar panel member @ Cape May Singer/ Songwriter Conference
February 2018-2020 ... venue host, performer & seminar panel member @ Millennium Music Conference of Harrisburg, PA
November 2016 ... featured act on 6th anniversary "Musicians on a Mission" compilation CD & concert with Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez of the E-Street Band & Paul Whistler performing as "Dawg Whistle".
September 2019 & February 2020 ... released 2 singles, "Dust" & "Moments", produced & arranged by Dr. Louis deLise (Patti Labelle, Halestorm, et al.)
March 2020 to March 2022 ... hosted the weekly "Pandemic Open Mic" via Zoom for an international audience
OPENING ACT ... Darryl "DMC" McDaniels (RUN-D.M.C.), Vinny Martell (Vanilla Fudge), Richard Barone (The Bongos), LUX