Historical society ushers in Winter Wednesdays

MILFORD, PA — The Pike County Historical Society (PCHS) has announced the first performer in its Winter Wednesdays music series. Martha Lorin will perform at Cliff Park Inn on Wednesday, February 3, at 7:00 p.m. She will be accompanied by Don Miller on bass and Johnny O’Neal on piano. A cash bar and menu will be available.

Growing up in Pueblo, CO, Lorin received her early training from her grandmother, Sarah Dalton, who was a noted popular singer of her day, and also from her mother, Margaret Dalton, pianist/singer/songwriter. Martha met her mentor, pianist Shelly Robin, at her first club gig at Enrico Banducci’s acclaimed Hungry Eye in San Francisco. The tragic loss of her husband, Capt. Bruce Walker (shot down in Vietnam and continuing in a MIA status), pushed Lorin, with their one-year-old baby girl, to leave home and move to Germany, where they lived for two years.

She returned to complete college, then went on to San Francisco to begin her singing career. Henry Lewy, Joni Mitchell’s sound engineer, co-produced her first solo album, “The Best Is Yet to Come.” Shortly thereafter, Martha and her daughter moved to Los Angeles, where she collaborated as a lyricist with pianist/songwriter Frank Collett. John S. Wilson of The New York Times said: “Her lyrics, with music by Frank Collett, stand up well in the company of such established gems as Strayhorn’s ‘Day Dream’ and ‘Easy Living’ by Ralph Ranger/Leo Robbins.”

Tickets for Lorin’s performance cost $25, and proceeds benefit the PCHS Building Maintenance Fund. Reservations are suggested.

For more information on the performance call 570/296-8126; for information on PCHS programming visit pikecountyhistoricalsociety.org .