 TRET
FURE IN CONCERT
WHEN: Friday July 23rd, 2010
WHERE: Rhizome Cafe, 317 E.
Broadway (near Kingsway)
DOORS: 6:00
pm, show starts 7:30pm
TICKETS: $12-$18 sliding scale, by PayPal or at Rhizome
Cafe, come early for dinner and drinks
Tret Fure’s career spans 4 decades. She began her professional
work at the age of 16, singing in coffeehouses and campuses in the
Midwest, moving to Berkeley where, after performing weekly on the
campus of UC Berkeley where she attended college, she discovered
that music really was her life. At 19, she moved to LA to pursue
a songwriting and musical career. Within a year she was performing
as guitarist and vocalist for Spencer Davis, touring with him and
penning the single for his album Mousetrap. She went on to record
her own album in 1973 on MCA/UNI Records, with the late Lowell George
of Little Feat as her producer. With the success of that release,
she opened for such bands as Yes, Poco, and the J Geils Band.
While recording her second album, Tret became interested in sound
engineering, learning the trade and becoming one of the first women
engineers in LA. Over the course of her career she has engineered
and produced countless recordings by a variety of artists, including
her own work.
 In
the early 80s, Tret left the mainstream music industry. Armed with
a fierce desire to retain full artistic control, she began exploring
the independent side of the industry and soon discovered the blossoming
genre known as Women’s Music. She has been a major
player in that field ever since, recording with and producing some
of the best of women’s music including the legendary “Meg
& Cris at Carnegie Hall”. She worked as a duo with Cris
Williamson throughout the 90s releasing 3 CDs together during those
years. Now after 4 acoustic releases on her own label, Tomboy girl
Records, she has re-established herself in the folk world winning
the 2004 South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition
in 2 out of 3 categories. 2004 also brought her recognition with
the prestigious Jane Schliessman Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Women’s Music.
Fure also markets of her own line of clothing named after her popular
song “Tomboy girl”. In addition, while not on the road,
Tret teaches guitar and songwriting individually and in workshop
settings. An accomplished cook, Fure has also published a cookbook,
Tret's Kitchen, featuring her own recipes. Along with bridging the
marketing, production, and music worlds, Tret serves as Vice President
of Local 1000, The Traveling Musicians
Association--a union geared toward helping traveling musicians find
security and longevity. She also co-chairs The New Harvest Foundation,
a foundation that channels charitable contributions exclusively
to organizations working to promote LGBT rights, services, culture
and community development.
For more on Tret Fure, check out her web site at www.tretfure.com
TICKETS VIA PAYPAL
are on a sliding scale plus service fee: please pay what you can
from this scale.
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