Biographical Information
A seasoned musical entertainer, Garold Amadon accompanies himself on acoustic twelve string guitar in a powerful vocal performance. In true troubadour spirit, his pictorial introductions possess a unique edge that shapes each of his lyrical compositions into captivating ballads.
His writing style displays a wide variety of musical influences enhanced by over twenty years of performance time developing an entertaining attitude.
Amadon hails from Athol, Massachusetts, a small river town in the stony hills of the north-central area of the state, near the Vermont-New Hampshire border. Throughout the 70s, the entertainment scene in New England sparked Garolds strong desire to travel and bring his music to college towns and resort areas. Before leaving the area he averaged 150 club dates a year and accumulated 60 performances in musical theater in several lead roles with two community theater groups.
Garold performed throughout the 80s in the Southwest Michigan area as a full time night spot entertainer as well as an independent contract performer. Averaging 240 performance dates a year and arranging an ever growing repertoire of over 1000 popular contemporary songs, he used his stage time to intertwine more original material into his performances.
In 1981 Garold introduced Gibbon the Troubadour to the Michigan renaissance Festival, where he has performed seven weekends every year since. Gibbon the Troubadour is a twentieth century caricature of a sixteenth century minstrel. His character has developed over the years into an intriguing balladeer with a lively nautical theme. In 1988, Gibbon the Troubadour started traveling the National Renaissance Festival circuit which provides the perfect atmosphere to showcase Gibbon.
In his night spot appearances, Garold will swing you from a light jazzy format to heartfelt original versions of 70s folk-rock ballads. He will set you sailing across the wild briny swells with rich samples of original and traditional seafarin tunes that are sure to raise many a tankard in stouthearted fashion.
BUSHEROD McKEAVER ENTERPRISES?
Inscribed on Garolds guitar strap is the name busherod McKeaver, facing him, so that he can see it at a glance. For years now, all his promotional materials, and albums have included the phrase A production of Busherod McKeaver enterprises, a good many people have asked what Busherod McKeaver is.
An oak tree grew in the front yard of Garolds parents home when he was growing up. It had been there for at least 70 years before they lived there, and since that time, four generations of his family raked its leaves, cleaned up its acorns, and picked up its rotted, fallen branches.
In his late teens, he named the tree Busherod McKeaver. Even his Dad called it by name. It lived to be at least 100 years old. Its roots were deep and had pushed in the solid granite foundation to the cellar of the house. Its branches towered of the peak of the house by at least 15 feet and shaded nearly half the house from the evening sun. It endured hurricanes, drought, thirty below zero winters and icy blizzards, even the great caterpillar infestation of 1979. Every year its leaves came back, and every fall the rat-tat-tat of acorns pelting the roof and the cars in the driveway let us know that the cycle of seasons was progressing once again and another New England winter would soon be upon us.
Busherod McKeaver had to be carefully cut down several years ago. Garolds Dad had slices cut for each of his kids. His travels with him to this day. Busherod McKeaver Enterprises carries the memory of the strength and endurance it takes to survive in this world. It ties neatly into that unending quest for a dream.
