(from left): Andy Dee, Bucky Halker, Janis Elko and Annika Hohl

Midwest Folk Music Live in Frankfurt
April 23, 2009. Chicago-based singer songwriter Bucky Halker and guitarist Andy Dee played to a capacity crowd at Frankfurt’s Dreikönigskeller on April 23 in a concert co-sponsored by the U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt. In Germany, Bucky Halker is still considered an insider’s tip, in the U.S. the historian and Grammy finalist of 1999 already released eight CDs and is well known for his music-history programs on Woody Guthrie and the Great Depression and working-class protest music from 1865-1950.
In Frankfurt, he presented his most recent CD “2-13-63 Wisconsin, volume 2” along with interpretations of Woody Guthrie songs and traditional Blues tunes, leading the audience through the history of American roots music. Bucky Halker was accompanied by dobro, bass, slide and electric guitar player Andy Dee. The evening was opened by Janis Elko, an American singer songwriter from New Jersey based in Frankfurt, and at the end of the night the three artists were joined on stage by bass player Annika Hohl for two final numbers.