EPAC Concert Series presents Aztec Two Step in concert at the Endicott Performing Arts Center’s Robert Eckert Theater located at 102 Washington Ave, in Endicott NY on Friday, April 27 at 8:00 PM.

Celebrated folk-rockers Aztec Two-Step, ''possibly the best acoustic duo in the world today,'' according to Richard Cuccaro in Acoustic Live (2004), will perform at the Endicott Arts Center as part of their 40th Anniversary tour. The enduring duo will be performing their entire self-titled debut album, plus fan favorites spanning an impressive 40-year career.  Concertgoers can also expect a smattering of songs from the duo’s two major influences - The Everly Brothers and Simon & Garfunkel.

In 1972 Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman burst on the scene with their Elektra Records debut, and since then reviewers have said the critically acclaimed Aztec Two-Step had the “intellectual lyricism” and “ethereal harmonies” of their legendary predecessors, Simon & Garfunkel.

Aztec Two-Step takes its name from the poem "A Coney Island of the Mind" by renowned poet, painter and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and since 1971 Fowler and Shulman have been writing and performing songs that helped make their generation’s musical memories. Ferlinghetti had strong ties to the "Beat'' movement, which included writers like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. And according to Kerouac’s biographer, Dennis McNally, The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road), a song from Aztec Two-Step's self-titled debut album, was the first song written about Kerouac’s iconic American novel, On The Road.  The song is included on the 2007 Rhino Records release Forever Changing-The Golden Age of Elektra Records 1963-1973, a five-CD box set that tells the story of this landmark record label and the music that defined an era.

In 1987, the duo's Living in America received the New York Music Award for Best Folk Album and was named in Billboard’s year-end critic’s poll. Continuously praised in major media outlets such as the NY Times and Rolling Stone Magazine, Aztec Two-Step was the subject of a documentary that aired on PBS in 1999, following numerous appearances on TV and radio shows such as David Letterman, King Biscuit Flour Hour and World Café Live.  The Boston Globe lauded their most-recent studio release, 2005's Days of Horses, saying “fans of the duo’s harmony-driven tunes and easygoing acoustic guitar riffs will recognize their James Taylor-meets-Simon & Garfunkel sound. What’s new is the mood. This album sits back on its haunches as Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman look back wistfully at American pop culture and their own ride through it.”

In June of 2007, thirty-five years after the release of their debut album, Aztec Two-Step performed the album's The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) in Lowell, Mass., at a very special Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival, as the author’s hometown marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of On The Road. That same month, Real Simple, a popular national lifestyle magazine, named the duo's self-titled debut album one of the top five classic folk albums, joining work by superstars Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Tom Rush and Phil Ochs.   In 2008, the duo released Time It Was-The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook (Red Engine Records), a live album of S&G’s music, featuring narration by legendary DJ and music historian Pete Fornatale, who provides commentary and insights based on his interviews with Simon & Garfunkel.

In January 2012, Fowler and Shulman released Cause & Effect, a new studio CD to commemorate their 40th Anniversary. It is a collection of 16 songs of social significance produced by Paul Guzzone and featuring long-time bassist Fred Holman, who has accompanied the duo on many occasions in their storied history. The album is a combination of re-worked previously recorded songs and newly mined material. Renowned for bringing the folk-rock music of the 1960s into the '70s and beyond, Aztec Two-Step continues to be one of acoustic music’s most respected and popular acts. The duo's ability to impress audiences with intelligent songwriting, dazzling acoustic lead guitar and inspiring harmonies continues not only to endure, but to thrive, 40 years after a chance meeting at an open stage in a Boston coffee house.

Aztec Two-Step Website: www.aztectwostep.com 

Video: The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlZz7mTmquc                    

For further information, review CDs, photos and interview requests, please contact Bobbi Dickerman (bobbi@monarchmusicagency.com or 845-613-7431)

Tickets are $23 in advance and $25 at the door and WILL BE (they’re not yet) available online by clicking on the TICKETS button at the right, by phone at 607-785-8903 or at the theatre box office Mon. – Fri. 9am- 5pm.