Wilson Thicket (SOLD OUT)

Co-produced with The Ten Pound Fiddle!

7:30PM show, 7PM doors

BYOB: You can bring beer or wine from Sleepwalker (next-door to The Robin) to this show. Outside, non-alcoholic beverages are also allowed.

A Michigan-based supergroup of bluegrass virtuosos! 

Wilson Thicket has the acoustic  soul of an Appalachian string band, but there is more to this Thicket  than just a patch of bluegrass! Wilson Thicket combines a hand-picked  group of the top singers, instrumentalists, and songwriters that  Michigan has to offer, with decades of performing experience under their collective belts. Old school favorites, and dynamic original songs are all delivered with strong doses of vocal harmony and creative instrumental mastery. This music has plenty of roots and lots  of grass. There may be some thorns, but also some flowers. Welcome to  the thicket!

Video: https://youtu.be/cGGsaeDqzjI?si=Qg_Z5mfyKKXY01DH

Links: https://www.wilsonthicket.com/about/

Wilson Thicket has the acoustic soul of an Appalachian string band, but there is more to this Thicket than just a patch of bluegrass! Wilson Thicket combines a hand-picked group of the top singers, instrumentalists, and songwriters that Michigan has to offer, with decades of performing experience under their collective belts. Old school favorites, creative covers, and dynamic original songs are all delivered with strong doses of vocal harmony and creative instrumental mastery. This music has plenty of roots and lots of grass. There may be some thorns, but also some flowers. Welcome to the thicket!

 Jason Dennie (Mandolin/Guitar/Vocals):

Jason is among the top singers, songwriters, and musicians you will ever lay ears on! His mandolin work

with acts such as Annie and Rod Capps, Jill Jack, Billy Brandt and the Sugarees, STELLA, Mark Lavengood

Bluegrass Bonanza and others, led to 10 Detroit Music Award Nominations. Jason is also a three-time

CAMMY AWARD Winner for Best Folk/Bluegrass Instrumentalist, the 2000 Gamble Rogers Fingerstyle

Guitar Champion, and a 2011 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition finalist (with Wayward

Roots). Jason has gained respect among guitar aficionados for his instrumental work, including 2000

release Just Enough (with guests including Sam Bush and Dave Pomeroy). His song “Five Points” was the

theme song for the Acoustic Alternatives radio show on 107.1, hosted by John Bommarito. In recent

years, his songwriting has been featured with Thunderwüde and is now on full display with Wilson

Thicket! Jason proudly endorses K&K Pickups

Scott Kendall (Upright Bass):

Being a fan of all types of music, Scott has found himself playing in bluegrass bands for most of his adult

life, while also performing in ensembles as varied as math rock, jazz, classical, soul, funk, hip hop, blues,

pop, metal, and pretty much any genre one can think of (regrettably he has never been a part of a Tuvan

throat singing ensemble, but there's still time). He is astonishingly grateful to play with a band like

Wilson Thicket, because the musicianship and camaraderie is spectacular and hilarious. You can also see

him performing regularly with groups like the Dave Menzo Band, Child Sleep, Louie Lee, Soul Priority,

and Fallow Land.

Keith Billik (Banjo/Vocals):

Keith’s fiery, dynamic banjo playing earns him the award for most notes-per-song of anyone in Wilson

Thicket! Keith is best known for his recordings and performances with Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, Mark

Lavengood’s Bluegrass Bonanza, and many other groups in his nearly twenty years playing banjo. Keith is

also the creator and host of The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast, a show listened to by banjo enthusiasts

worldwide, and which earned Keith a 2022 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award

nomination for his involvement in the bluegrass industry. Keith is proud to endorse GHS Strings.

Aaron Markovitz (Guitar/Mandolin/Vocals):

While Aaron has had an eclectic musical upbringing with all sorts and kinds of influences, his style has

settled somewhere in between electric blues and acoustic flat picking, bridging both styles with a

common goal: pulling that sweet tone out of a geetar. Steadily throughout his music career, Markovitz

has become better known as a songwriter. He spent several years writing songs and playing mandolin

with the Detroit based group Escaping Pavement, which won a Detroit music award for outstanding

recording in 2016 with “The Night Owl”. Most recently, Markovitz was endowed with the position of

‘Artist in Residence’ for Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, the largest reform Jewish congregation in the

country. Now it’s raining otherworldly talented men and the songs are flowing under this umbrella of

killer musicians in Wilson Thicket!

Social Media Links:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@wilsonthicket5541

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilsonThicketBand

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wilsonthicket/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/wilsonthicket

Youtube Videos:

“3 Stones in the River” - https://youtu.be/6BEr0fB7smw

“Bartimaeus” - https://youtu.be/wi0pkPrMJ4c

“This December” - https://youtu.be/cGGsaeDqzjI

“In My Arms” - https://youtu.be/v05sTDAtLV8