Taos performers Treiber and Thompson coming to Society Hall 

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Posted 10/23/24

ALAMOSA – Society Hall is excited to welcome Taos, N.M., singer-songwriters Kim Treiber and Chipper Thompson and their band to the stage. They will be joined by Alamosa multi-instrumentalist and producer Don Richmond, as well as drummer Gilbert Frayer and bassist Conrad Cooper, and special guest Nicole Hayworth on vocals. The concert will be on Friday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Society Hall, 400 Ross Ave., Alamosa.

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Taos performers Treiber and Thompson coming to Society Hall 

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ALAMOSA – Society Hall is excited to welcome Taos, N.M., singer-songwriters Kim Treiber and Chipper Thompson and their band to the stage. They will be joined by Alamosa multi-instrumentalist and producer Don Richmond, as well as drummer Gilbert Frayer and bassist Conrad Cooper, and special guest Nicole Hayworth on vocals. 

The concert will be on Friday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Society Hall, 400 Ross Ave., Alamosa. Door will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available online at www.societyhall.org and at the Green Spot, 711 State Ave., Alamosa. The concert will also stream live on the Society Hall Facebook page and You-Tube channel. 

Treiber and Thompson have performed in Alamosa numerous times over the years in several different musical configurations. They have been living and performing in Taos, N.M., for over 33 years and the concert will feature original songwriting from the entire span of their local and regional careers. They will be joined by regional legend Richmond on guitar, fiddle, and mandolin, and northern New Mexico rock stars Cooper on bass and Frayer on drums.  

Special guests will include Nicole Haworth, daughter of songstress and Treiber’s partner in Burning Joan, Kirsten Parsons. Haworth was recently awarded a grant supporting her amazing music from Howlin’ Dog Music Group, her voice is not to be missed. 

“My job as a songwriter is to not only reflect the joy and beauty of this world, but also reflect on the extremely precarious times in which we find ourselves,” says Treiber, who moved to Taos, N.M., from Chicago in 1983. She has been a member of the legendary Taos rock band Bohiems, as well as Fear No Art, Burning Joan (named for one of Thompson’s songs), and her long-lived and much-loved honky-tonk band Kim And The Caballeros. 

Thompson moved to Taos, N.M., from north Alabama in 1991 and has been performing locally and regionally since his second night in town. Thompson released his debut solo CD in 1997, and since then he and Treiber - both individually and collectively - have released 12 albums worth of their music, ranging from honky-tonk country to contemporary folk to rock to old-time mountain music. 

Society Hall board member Richmond, also performing in the show, says, “Chipper and Kim are two of the most relentlessly creative artists and people I have ever known. This will be a great journey through the width and breadth of their amazing musical catalog.” 

Treiber says, “For me, playing music is a way to immerse myself and truly be in the present moment, the chatter in my head ceasing, and the anxiety around the challenging times we live in, fade away… even if just for a few hours. And hopefully that extends to the listeners, and we all can have a collective experience of joy and connection.” 

In addition to music, Treiber is a potter, photographer, and farmer. Her pottery is for sale at the gift shops of the Harwood Museum of Art, Millicent Rogers Museum, Magpie, and Taos Ceramic Center. Thompson has written a novel and a non-fiction art book and designed a coloring book, and his fine art is shown at Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M. 

The board of Society Hall, a 501c-3 non-profit organization, invites you all to join them for an evening of beauty and power with the music of Treiber and Thompson and band on Friday, Oct. 25.