The museum behind the music: The Calvert Marine Museum

The Museum Behind the Music

Mixing rock, country and comedy to feed Bubbles and Squeak

For a quarter-century, music fed Calvert Marine Museum’s otters and salaried its staff.

In service of the museum’s twin causes of local history and science, Los Lobos howled, Crosby Stills and Nash harmonized, Bob Dylan growled and the Allman Brothers jammed.

Calvert brought Southern Maryland the big names of rock and country music, and if some of them were slightly off their prime, the fans didn’t care. The classics were balanced with young performers like Travis Tritt, Big & Rich, Trace Adkins and Montgomery Gentry — at the height of their popularity.

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And for a complete listing of The Calvert Marine Museum's concerts, check it out