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I’m lucky to have known Goose. I wish he were still here.

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Amid tragedy, this is who Mainers are

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I am Troy R. Bennett, a photographer, journalist, songwriter and performer from Portland, Maine. This is my creative life. It's filled with motorcycles, music and malarky.

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MY BANDS
Half Moon Jug Band
Unfinished Blues Band
Bailey's Mistake

NEXT GIGS

  • MARCH 13 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • MARCH 14 - Mayo Street Arts in Portland, Maine, with Bailey's Mistake.
  • MARCH 15 - Somerset Abbey in Madison, Maine, Maine, with Bailey's Mistake.
  • MARCH 16 - Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, Massachusetts with Bailey's Mistake.
  • MARCH 17 - Rochester Performing & Arts Center in Rochester, New Hampshire, with Bailey's Mistake.
  • MARCH 23 - Maine Maple Sunday at Grandpa Joe's Sugar House in West Baldwin, Maine with the Half Moon Jug Band
  • MARCH 27 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • MARCH 29 - Tate House Museum annual meeting in Portland, Maine. I'll be singing and talking about legendary local lady Alice Greeley.
  • APRIL 5 - New Gloucester Village Coffee House with Bailey's Mistake
  • APRIL 10 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • APRIL 24 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • APRIL 28 - Speaking to students at the University of Southern Maine about my life in photojournalism.
  • MAY 8 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • MAY 9 - Cadenza in Freeport, Maine with Bailey's Mistake.
  • MAY 22 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • JUNE 5 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • JUNE 19 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • JUNE 21 - Cisco Irish Festival in New Bedford, Massachusetts with Bailey's Mistake.
  • JULY 1 - Hidden Valley Camp in Freedom, Maine with the Half Moon Jug Band.
  • JULY 3 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • JULY 4 - Denmark Arts Center in Denmark, Maine with the Half Moon Jug Band.
  • JULY 13 - Concert on Cliff Island in Maine's Casco Bay with Bailey's Mistake.
  • JULY 17 - Eagles Club in Portland, Maine, solo Irish night gig. It's free and open to the public. Plenty of parking.
  • JULY 24 - Bandstand at Mitchell Field in Harpswell, Maine, with the Unfinished Blues Band.
  • JULY 25 - Stonington Opera House on Deer Isle, Maine with Bailey's Mistake.
  • JULY 26 - Starboard Lounge at Hey Sailor! in Searsport, Maine with Bailey's Mistake.
  • JULY 27 - Concert at Stockford Park in Lubec, Maine with Bailey's Mistake.
  • JULY 29 - Hidden Valley Camp with the Half Moon Jug Band.
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