Amy Friedl Stoner's “Go Your Own Way: The Music of Fleetwood Mac" at the Ohnward Fine Arts Center -- January 27.
Saturday, January 27, 7 p.m.
Ohnward Fine Arts Center, 1215 East Platt Street, Maquoketa IA
Joined by music director Luke Viertel and band members Brook Hoover, Tim Crumley, AJ Plummer, and Blake Shaw, a talent familiar to Ohnward Fine Arts Center audiences returns to the Maquoketa venue in Amy Friedl Stoner's Go Your Own Way: The Music of Fleetwood Mac, a celebration of the group that has sold 100 million albums and charted numerous number-one hits, culminating in their 1998 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Amy Friedl Stoner is an accomplished and versatile cabaret/jazz singer born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In just eight years, she has produced numerous sold-out cabaret shows in Eastern Iowa, as well as in several major cities across the United States, catapulting her cabaret career. Stoner made her Carnegie Hall debut in May of 2018 as a featured performer in All the Way: The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen, which was produced by the Mabel Mercer Foundation, Since then, the vocalist has been warmly received in notable venues such as the famous Birdland Jazz Club and Don’t Tell Mama (both in New York City), Davenport’s (Chicago), the Gaslight Theatre and Blue Strawberry (both in St. Louis), and Des Moines' Noce. Over the years, Stoner has worked with many Tony and Grammy Award-winning artists, among them Faith Prince, Christine Ebersole, Jason Robert Brown, and Billy Stritch, the notable music director for Liza Minnelli and Tony Bennett.
Locally, audiences may have seen Stoner performing at Brucemore’s Cabaret in the Courtyard, CSPS, Opus Concert Café, Theatre Cedar Rapids, and Revival Theatre Company. No stranger to the stage, she has been a frequent leading lady in many theatre productions over the last 14 years, with some of her favorite roles including Maria in The Sound of Music, Eva Perón in Evita, Mother in Ragtime, Lizzie in Baby, and Cathy in The Last 5 Years. During most weekdays, Stoner can be found working as a master stylist, a career she has loved for more than 17 years -- though she admits that her favorite role of all time is that of mom to her handsome 10-year-old son Weston.
Their iconic hits including “Big Love,” “Don't Stop,” “Go Your Own Way,” and other pop classics, Fleetwood Mac has collectively sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands. In 1979, the group was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 1998, Fleetwood Max was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the prestigious Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Released in 1977, the group's signature smash Rumours produced four U.S. Top 10 singles, and remained at number one on the American albums chart for 31 weeks. It also reached the top spot in various countries around the world and won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978. Rumours has thus far sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it the one of the best-selling albums in history.
Amy Friedl Stoner's Go Your Own Way: The Music of Fleetwood Mac will be performed in Maquoketa on January 27, admission to the 7 p.m. concert event is $15-28, and more information and tickets are available by calling (563)652-9815 and visiting OhnwardFineArtsCenter.com.
