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Three Rivers is a soulful, Americana, Bay area favorite! They are beloved among their strong fan base. Their exceptional musicality and lush vocals flows in and out of all the roots music genres, with well crafted originals and surprising covers from Chaka Khan to the Grateful Dead, CSNY, Neil Young, Rainbow Girls, Joni Mitchell, and more! Three Rivers is a collaboration of Maggie Forti (song crafter, lead vocalist, guitar), Jeff Hobbs (violin, mandolin, bass, clarinet, saxophone, harmonies), & Anne Marie Praetzal (harmonies, mandolin.) They often bring special guests Gerry Pagano (lead guitar) and Jim Larson (harmonica & harmonies.) Each ofβ¦ these musicians are veterans in a plethora of Bay Area Bands! Maggie Forti is a highly creative, innovative improvisor with soulful, gorgeous vocals and soaring harmonies. Her well-crafted songs, groove with her rhythmic guitar playing. Sheβs a recording artist, the founder of Wildcat Canyon and Three Rivers Band and has a B.A. from Berklee College of music. Sheβs played all over the country, and at the last three High Sierra Music Festivals. Her latest CD, Travelinβ On, came out in 2019 and has an all-star line-up of Bay Area musicians. Jeff Hobbs was most recently a featured performer alongside Joan Baez and Sargent Splendor in the 2025 production of Soiled Dove with the Vau de Vire society cast. Heβs an exceptionally versatile multi instrumentalist who plays many genres of music with a plethora of Bay Area bands using his improvisational approach. He's best known for his playing in Rosin Coven, the original band for SFβs fantastic Edwardian Ball. Anne Marie Praetzel (vocals/mandolin) grew up singing harmonies with her sisters on the back porch, and loves nothing more than adding vocal color to the musical mix. She sings with Bay Area bands, including Dead Enough, Peter Harris's Grateful Band, Phil McGee & Friends, Scarlet Fyre, among others.
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