06/03/2026
JAZZ at Lucky Betty’s: 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm
Grab a cocktail at Lucky Betty’s in Downtown Camden, sit back and listen to jazz with David Clarke & Melissa Elliotte. (Bar opens at 4pm, btw)
Singer-songwriter Melissa Elliotte recently moved to Rockport, Maine and has performed in the U.S., UK, Switzerland and Ireland-- notably the Rose of Tralee festival. Her original jazz album Sunshine Moonlight was co-written with David Keary, the lead guitarist for Van Morrison. Her cover of Norah Jones' "Come Away With Me" was also part of the UK gold compilation album, Songbird. She's been fortunate to open for Meteor Irish Music and RTE Folk Award Winner John Spillane and have one of her original songs, "No One Else," be covered by the Irish artist, Frances Black. She currently performs locally with long-time Belfast resident and guitarist, David Clarke.
David began his musical quest on the ukelele at age 3. He started clarinet in the 5th grade,and got serious with the guitar at age 12. At 13 he was performing gigs, and played in the pit band for Waterville Opera House' production of "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris." He did a four-year stint with the Air Force Band, playing in rock and jazz ensembles in Mississippi, touring the southern coast; The Philippines, touring Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Guam and Hawaii; and at Travis Air Force Base in California. He moved back to Maine in 1986, opening up David's Music, a local retail store where he taught music lessons and performed in local bands. He started a band called DC-3, which won the Belfast Bay Festival Battle of the Bands three years running. Over the next 25 years he has played with such bands as Faceplant, Tonto Lavec, The W***y Kelly Band, The Hemmens, The Bel-Isle Trio/Quintet, and The Elevator Pilots. He completed his Bachelors in Music Education from UMA and UMO in 1995.
This is a free event as part of Jazz in June, produced by the Camden Opera House and Matt Brown.
