Jiminy Crisket

Saturday, September 25, 7-9 pm

Cover charge includes cheese & crackers and of course fudge. The folk music will be by Jiminy Crisket.  Jimmy Joe and Chrissie Natoli who are a Swinging, Folky, ‘Bluegrassy’, Fun, Story-Telling, Duet-Singing Duo, hail from just a little East of Austin, TX.  They feature “Tunes handcrafted to make you smile”.

The fudge will be from Mud Pies Pottery who sells the ever famous and sought after “Sir Wigglesworth’s Homemade Fudge,” formerly made and sold at Sir Wigglesworth’s of Salado for over 17 years. With only the finest ingredients available including real butter and cream.  This Texas fudge is hand made, poured, and garnished in the Fudge Kitchen here in Salado.

As part of the Salado Chocolate & Wine Weekend, free golf cart shuttle will be available in Salado from 12:30 pm – 9:30 pm provided by the Village of Salado tourism department, the volunteer Salado Ambassadors and Fairway Golf Carts.  Tickets are $9.95 each and will be available at the door or

Would you like to know more about the band?  Jiminy Crisket is a husband-wife musical duo who capture the ears and hearts of their listeners with songs that are at once relatable and unique.  Their style encompasses overtones of country, bluegrass, folk, jazz and even classical music.  Variety is definitely a constant with this pair!  Their songs tell stories of hotrods and boot-leggers, race car hall-of-famers, grandpa’s yarns, internet dates gone wrong, and devilish romances.   Their duets are funny and touching at the same time, packed full of clever rhymes and real-to-life guy-to-girl banter that inspires laughter and knowing nods from the audience.  Vocal harmonies and tasty, fancy guitar work are an integral part of their show. 

Jimmy Joe has a way of playing a guitar that is inspiring, moving, and often just plain amazing.  He’ll play a song that is reminiscent of Chet Atkins, then pull out some Johnny Cash style licks, and then in a sweet moment play a classically influenced solo that will bring listeners to tears!   He studied at both Berklee in Boston and GIT in Hollywood, and has spent 30 years with a guitar in his hands.  But more than what could be learned in any school, he has a special talent for being able to listen with his heart and play just the right notes to fully bring out the emotion of a piece, whether it be a gentle song written by Chrissie or a hard-hitting, 95 mile per hour bluegrass tune!

Jiminy Crisket has been performing together for about 4 years.  Their musical wedding in October of 2009 inspired them to write their vows as a duet which they regularly perform, and which becomes an instant favorite for fans.  Since the wedding, they have been putting their efforts whole-heartedly into their musical project.  In a short time, they have recorded a 4 song EP which features one of their duets, their devil love songs, and an instrumental piece that showcases Jimmy Joe’s guitar work.  They have performed for the Zilker Botanical Gardens Festival, for the work week-end concert series for the Kerrville Folk Festival volunteers, at Artz Rib House and Flipnotics Coffeespace in Austin, and on a small tour of New Mexico and Colorado and then in New York.  They  have been featured twice on Austin’s KOOP radio.  They continue to play the Barton Creek Farmers Market weekly, and to perform in house concerts and at vineyards, restaurants, bars and coffee shops across central Texas.  They have an opening slot for the Asylum Street Spankers in October as well as a televised antique show in East Texas coming up in the fall of 2010.   They are constantly writing and creating new music and gaining new fans everywhere they go, inspiring laughter and smiles and providing an earful of good music ready for the listening!

 Contact:  Chrissie Natoli 512.773.2605 or Jimmy Joe Natoli 512.297.7922

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www.jiminycrisket.com