DISCOVERY BAY — Guitarists Trevor Hanson and Daniel Macke will perform from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Disco Bay Detour at 282332 U.S. Highway 101.
Disco Bay Detour is a new live music venue for the area, offering an eclectic range of musical styles, featuring both local and visiting musicians.
There is no cover charge but contributions are requested.
“This is our first time performing together, and it should be exciting,” Hanson said.
“We’ll be alternating between solo and duo material.”
These two musicians are well-known performers at local venues, organizers said, but their collaboration that night will be unusual.
As soloists, Macke generally performs inventive original compositions inspired by Celtic and
folk sources, while Hanson plays a mix of classical guitar and jazz standards.
Together, they will experiment with a mash-up of styles and techniques, in what should be a surprising evening, organizers said.
Music will include solo performances by both musicians, plus joint improvisations that draw on their wide but very different repertoires.
They each will play a variety of instruments.
Hanson performs on 7-string nylon and steel string guitars while Macke plays six- and 12-string guitars and plans to spend much of the evening playing a mandocello, an unusual baritone version of the mandolin with a rich, evocative sound, he said.
Hanson also will sing a few of the whimsical pub songs familiar from his group Discovery Bay Pirates, which disbanded last year.