Craig Fuller, a singer/songwriter who has won acclaim with both Pure Prairie League and Little Feat, will lead off the 16th edition of Evening Shade Concerts in the Park tonight in downtown, Cleveland, Tenn.
This year’s series, held every Friday in May, is meant to appeal “to a broader cross-section of the community,” said Kyle Elrod, Evening Shade chairman.
Other acts booked for the free concerts are pop band Jay & The Techniques, Russ Lee of contemporary Christian group NewSong, and beatlegras, a band that plays bluegrass arrangements of Beatles hits.
“You’ll want to make sure you have your picnic packed and your chairs loaded into the back of your vehicle every Friday night,” said Nancy Neal, vice president of communications for Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the series through its Allied Arts Council.
While with Pure Prairie League, Fuller wrote and sang the band’s most noteworthy song, “Amie,” and wrote a majority of the songs on the band’s first two highly acclaimed albums. In 1978 he recorded the album “Fuller/Kaz” with renowned songwriter Eric Kaz.