Mother Fool's is thrilled to host the first-ever duo show from two of Madison's most dynamic string musicians. Join us for a very special evening of hot swing, blues, Celtic and bluegrass music.

Randal Harrison is well-known to Madison audiences as the innovative jazz violinist in the Randal Harrison Trio, and as the blues-rock violinist in Honor Among Thieves. This summer he has also been touring with Milwaukee's Irish group Leahy's Luck, and with bluegrass stalwarts the Piper Road Spring Band. He has won Madison Area Music Awards for Artist of the Year in each of the Jazz, Classical, and Blues categories.

Chris Powers is the commanding lead singer and multi-instrumentalist with the Old Tin Can String Band. His mandolin was the third voice in the blues-roots group The Roddys. He also was band-leader for Madison's long-running Bluegrass Survivors, and for the original string jazz trio Nobody's Bizness. He hosts the weekly radio show "Mud Acres" on WORT-FM.

Powers and Harrison first played together in the mid-1980's when they were both studying jazz with Richard Davis' Black Music Ensemble. Though their paths have crossed many times over the years, this is the first time they ever collaborated an entire show.