JUNI FISHER - IRON DOOR SAT. APRIL 25 It'll be a "Saturday Night to Remember"on April 25th at 8pm when Juni Fisher, western music singer, storyteller and striking beauty, takes the stage at the Iron Door Saloon at 18761 Main Street on highway 120 in Groveland, California. This 'Special Dinner Show" featuring Beef Tri-Tip, Vegetables and roasted Red Potatoes, as well as a "Made to Order" Vegetarian Entrée Dinner"will begin with Dinner at 7pm and Show at 8pm. The price for Dinner and Show is $29 and Show Only tickets are $15. You may purchase tickets and make reservations by calling 209- 962-8904. Juni , like Dave Stamey who recommended her to us, has become an annual visitor to our town and brings her good humor and great songs to our intimate setting here in "California's Oldest Saloon". Last year she was named the Western Music association's "Songwriter of the Year" and just this month her CD "Gone to Colorado" is being named "Album of the Year"by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. She's got the gift of true musical storytelling and her warm and honest presentation will make you feel like you're sitting with her in your living room Listen to her rich, warm voice and guitar on a warm summer night, with eyes closed and nothing else but a soft breeze for background, and you will understand what separates Juni from the "hat acts" and "pretty boys and girls" of Nashville. This is honest western music, finely crafted by the pen of Miss Juni, and not to be confused with the commercial three chord jingles written in a Nashville business office. Juni belongs to the western community, and all who treasure the western and cowboy lifestyles should thank the stars in their big, open skies for her talent. Gary Brown, founder of the Monterey Cowboy Music and Poetry Festival has said, "Juni's music is part angelic, part devilish, and inspired from deep within her soul.
Her voice is simply pure and beautiful, with no gimmicks. However her best God-given talent is the ability to tell a poignant story that moves you down to your inner core. She's a keeper." Juni Fisher grew up in the central San Joaquin Valley of California, a horse crazy kid in a farming family, with a grandfather and father whose sideline of selling cavalry remounts was two decades past. But between school and countless singing performances with her two sisters, Juni found a way to have her first horse, and 4-H and FFA honors followed her through out her school years. While studying Equine Science at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, she rode some young horses for neighbors and worked gates at the sales yard. A good "catch rider", she rode through college, with top honors at Intercollegiate and Quarter Horse shows.
JUNI FISHER - IRON DOOR - APRIL 25th 2009
Dinner 7PM / Show at 8PM
Show + Dinner = $29.-
Show Only = $15.-
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Meanwhile, she was earning horse show entry money singing big band standards in a dance orchestra. She trained cowhorses from snaffle bitters to bridle horses, winning her first Snaffle Bit Futurity (IARCHA) in '81, her first Bridle Horse Championship in '83. If there was a campfire gathering with music, Juni was there with her guitar, singing the songs of the west she'd learned from her father. In 1984 she moved to Santa Ynez, CA, to train cutting horses. It was then that she really started to write songs. A local band was quick to ask her to play rhythm guitar and sing leads and backups. Members of the noted Rancheros Vistadores, an elite group of ranchers from across the nation, noticed her singing around town, which led her to working L.A. area clubs with a popular country band, which was also playing western and cowboy music. Juni's ability to ride at speed across the hills found her working as a foxhunting professional, and she accepted a position with a hunt club in Tennessee. Point to point racing, steeple chasing , and horse trials took the place of cow horses , while she honed her songwriting skills amongst some of Nashville's finest. She and husband keep two favorite horses these days, living in Franklin, Tennessee. Juni Fisher is easy to find these days, performing at venues across the country. Through radio and word of mouth, the work and the kudos keep rolling in. . And justly so. Juni was named the 2005 Academy of Western Artists Female Western Vocalist of the Year, and the 2005 Western Music Association Crescendo Award winner. At the Iron Door Saloon we always say "Support Live Music In your Town,"and here's an opportunity to do just that. I'll leave you with a quote from Jack Hannah, a member of the "Sons Of The San Joaquin." He says,"The first time I heard this beautiful lady sing is still a memorable experience. As I listened in awe, I knew I was listening to a voice that possessed the ultimate components in vocal beauty, the qualities of texture, timber and resonance, essential for greatness which she employed exquisitely. Juni creates moods that run the gambit from sunshine bright and cheerful, to plush, warm and dark. Like all great performers, she can modulate the voice, singing in her complete vocal range effortlessly painting pictures with her voice. She accompanies herself on the guitar with a professional deftness that compliments her totally relaxed performance style. A crucial element of Juni's uniqueness includes the gift of superb song writing. Her original compositions can leave you breathless, tickle your funny bone, or tug at your heart strings all in one concert. I know, because I am speaking from personal experience. Juni Fisher just happens to be one of those rare artists who has it all. It also doesn't hurt when you discover the delightful truth that this wonderful talent is a great person."