3hattrio Concert

Join us for a day full of events in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day.

2:00PM Parade along Zion Park Blvd

2:30-6:30PM Festival on the Bumbleberry Lawn

7:00-9:00PM 3hattrio Concert at the Bumbleberry Theater ($15)

3hattrio was born when violinist Eli Wrankle was 15 years old. The group got together when his family held a small recital in their home to raise funds for Eli’s high school orchestra to perform at Disneyland. After the rehearsal, family friends and veteran musicians Greg Istock and Hal Cannon asked if Eli wanted to jam. He had never played music that way before but agreed. When they finished he asked for more.  The group was born purely out of friendship, localness, and musical chemistry.

Living in a rural place in southern Utah, the group has a lot of time on their hands so they decided to employ that time to develop a sound that reflects the landscape they live in and the musical influences that they are passionate about. From that came a first album, “Year One,” that they described in literary terms as “Magic Realism.”

If you ask most people what Western music is you are likely to hear the response, cowboys and Indians. 3hattrio has great respect for these music’s but they also think there is more to the West and its music. Musicians like to identify with things larger than themselves. Music is often identified with place, like the Delta and its blues or mountain music of Appalachia. It can even be a city’s music like New Orleans, Austin or Bakersfield. In the case of the 3hattrio inspiration comes from the deserts of southern Utah, thus,  American Desert Music.

3hattrio hails from Zion Canyon in Southern Utah and includes Hal Cannon who is a singer and plays banjo and guitar. He is also a cowboy music scholar. Greg Istock plays acoustic bass and foot percussion. He has a Caribbean music background and sings in a haunting and soulful style.  Eli Wrankle, a classically trained violinist who studies  at Southern Utah University and comes from a family of artists.