It kind of appeared out of the air.” Gerber adds bell-like electric guitar tones to “New World” which compliment Bonoff’s piano accompaniment. The crowd applauds, and Bonoff moves to the grand piano, recalling, “This is a tune I wrote after 10 or 12 years of writer’s block. Continuing with Browne’s original folk song, “Something Fine,” Gerber plays acoustic guitar while Bonoff stands at the mic singing, “The dreams are rolling down across the placеs in my mind/And I’ve just had a taste of something finе,” her voice as full and rich as Browne’s story song. Later on, Browne asked Bonoff to open for him when he went out on tour. Gerber impresses on a twangy electric guitar solo which echoes the sound of a pedal steel guitar.īonoff talks about going to LA’s Troubadour at the age of 16 for open mic night and meeting a young Jackson Browne.

On “Baja Oklahoma,” Bonoff’s soulful voice calls out over her softly-strummed guitar on this slow country-western tune. The crowd cheers, and Bonoff and Gerber launch into “I Can’t Hold On” where Bonoff vocalizes, “I’m walking down the road/And you’ve just got to let me go/Cause I can’t hold on” on this appealing country-rocker.īonoff tells concertgoers that although she wrote her next song for a movie, it was never used in a film. Sounding resonant and focused, Bonoff sings, “And home/Sings me of sweet things/My life there has it’s own wings/To fly over the mountains/Though I’m standing still,” on this country waltz that dances across the theater. Opening with “Home,” Bonoff stands strumming her acoustic guitar as she’s accompanied by Gerber on electric. It’s a thrill bringing to the APAC, Karla Bonoff!” Bonoff, 70, takes the stage along with her accompanist, guitarist Nina Gerber. Music lovers inside Avenel, NJ’s Avenel Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Novemevening eagerly await a concert by singer/songwriter Karla Bonoff.Ĭoncert producer Bill Brandenburg greets the packed house, announcing, “Welcome to Avenel.

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