The Great American Music Co Music Group

The Great American Music Company will end its long-standing series of concerts saluting pre-rock-era American popular composers and performers with its Frank Sinatra tribute Sunday. Spokesman and singer Dewey Erney said the group has become frustrated playing local restaurants rather than clubs or concert halls. Any future shows, he said, will be treated as special events when a suitable space can be found.

The Great American Music Company will end its long-standing series of concerts saluting pre-rock-era American popular composers and performers with its Frank Sinatra tribute Sunday. Spokesman and singer Dewey Erney said the group has become frustrated playing local restaurants rather than clubs or concert halls. Any future shows, he said, will be treated as special events when a suitable space can be found.

Singer Dewey Erney had just gotten married in 1962 when he first heard the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim being performed by guitarist Charlie Byrd in a Washington, D.C., nightclub called the Showboat Lounge. "Byrd had just been to Brazil, and he was playing such songs as 'One Note Samba,' 'O Grande Amor' 'Desafinado,' " Erney said. "Stan Getz was in the club one night, and I overheard him having a conversation about making an album of this music.

Singer Dewey Erney had just gotten married in 1962 when he first heard the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim being performed by guitarist Charlie Byrd in a Washington, D.C., nightclub called the Showboat Lounge. "Byrd had just been to Brazil, and he was playing such songs as 'One Note Samba,' 'O Grande Amor' 'Desafinado,' " Erney said. "Stan Getz was in the club one night, and I overheard him having a conversation about making an album of this music.