BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-// iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141226T052727Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Roger Street Friedman and Sherman Ewing\nEvent Url: d_Sherman_Ewing\nEvent Date Begin: 2014-08-24\nEvent Date End: 2014-08-24 \n\nAfter a zigzagging career in and out of the music business\, Friedman is here to stay. His debut\, The Waiting Sky\, which is set to release thi s summer\, is boldly vulnerable and masterfully played roots rock.\n\nLong Island born and Brooklyn based Roger Street Friedman was born into a crea tive household. His father was an artist\, his mother was a writer\, and h is two older brothers were budding guitarists. Everyone was passionate abo ut music. At 18 Friedman left home to join the rock band The Walk as their bassist\, recruited by veteran producer and engineer Michael Wright (who previously had worked with megastars Foreigner). Friedman's band mates wer e considerably older and as a teenager he just didn't gel with them. &ldqu o\;I was an immature kid\, I didn't understand the work and dedication it took to be good at music\,&rdquo\; Friedman says. He took off to Colorado and ended up skiing for a few years. He then spent the next twenty-eight y ears in a fulfilling career but wandering aimlessly in and out of musical pursuits until the loss of his parents\, and an unexpected blessing\, awok e the music within.\n\nFriedman and his wife had been previously told they wouldn't be able to conceive. Seven years ago they got pregnant and the b liss and awe of the gift of new life inspired Friedman to write his first complete song in years\, &ldquo\;The Miracle Is You.&rdquo\; When his newb orn's babysitter suggested he record his next song\, &ldquo\;Fiberglass Bu ddha\,&rdquo\; in her husband's home studio he had a huge epiphany. &ldquo \;Being in that studio\, my world went from black and white to color. I ma de the decision to move my life in that direction again\,&rdquo\; he says. \n\nFriedman's aesthetic is a diverse blend of folk\, blues\, R&B\, rock n ' roll\, and country. He's been favorably compared to Jackson Browne\, Pet er Gabriel\, The Dead\, Paul Simon\, Joni Mitchell\, Van Morrison\, and Jo an Armatrading. His songwriting is concise and powerfully introspective\, intimate\, and filled with warmth.\n DTSTART:20140824T000000 DTEND:20140824T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Roger Street Friedman and Sherman Ewing TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR