Many in the Creston area will already know of the versatile trio made of up Eric Johnson, Ken Gerding and Llana Kilpatrick, but they only just recently decided on the name of Trio Cara, meaning “three friends”.
Trio Cara performs a fine array of cover arrangements in the soft rock and folk genres, and are now branching out into some jazz pieces as well, which they will offer in a concert on Oct. 11 at the Snoring Sasquatch.
Guitarist Johnson is known both locally and in Nelson for his participation in a wide variety of musical exploits, including playing drums and singing for Rainbow Connection and Tangerine Swing, playing guitar and singing with Shelli Morris, and also performing in a former trio named Evergreen with Morris and Kilpatrick. With Trio Cara, he is focusing his talents on his versatility as a guitarist and on some vocals.
Electric bass player Gerding displays a fine versatility as evidenced by his ability to play not only the styles of Trio Cara, but also those of the two other bands in which he plays bass, namely Full Circle and Rainbow Connection.
“I was inspired to take up bass back in the 1970s when I noticed how much it added to the overall sound of a group,” he said. “I started out with dance bands and played with a couple of folk groups in Calgary, before coming to Creston and discovering the vibrant music scene here.”
Vocalist Kilpatrick gravitates toward the eclectic mix of Trio Cara songs as well, for she loves the vocal qualities inherent in each style the Trio performs.
She performed with the Lynne Singers pop choir of Edmonton, and is currently a member of the choral group Key of She. Kilpatrick is also part of an improvisational a cappella group known as the Mojo Jammers.
“My only musical regret so far is that I have yet to sing in a rock band,” she said.
Tickets are $10 at Kingfisher Used Books, Black Bear Books and Buffalo Trails Coffee House, and $13 at the door, which opens at 6 p.m.; the show starts at 7.
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