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COMPLETE LIST OF AWARDS:

2007 - WOODY GUTHRIE SONG CONTEST, 4TH Place
2007- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MUSIC AWARDS "Best
Singer-Songwriter"
2006- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MUSIC AWARDS "Best
Singer-Songwriter"
2004- KERRVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL "New Folk Competition
for Emerging
Songwriters", Winner
2003- OZARK FOLK FESTIVAL Folk Song Contest, 3rd Place
2003- OKLAHOMA SONGWRITERS AND COMPOSERS ASSOC.
(OSCA) One Plus One Song
Contest, 1st Place
2002- OZARK MUSIC AWARDS "Best Original Song"
('Yankee Dime")
2002- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MUSIC AWARDS "Best Folk
Artist"
2001- GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITING CONTEST "Honor Award"
2001- UNISONG INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING CONTEST
Finalist
2001- OKLAHOMA SONGWRITERS AND COMPOSERS ASSOC.
(OSCA) One Plus One Song
Contest, 2nd Place & Honorable Mention
2001- COOCH MUSIC SONG CONTEST Honorable Mention
2000- OKLAHOMA SONGWRITERS AND COMPOSERS ASSOC.
(OSCA) One Plus One Song
Contest, 1st Place
2000- WOODY GUTHRIE SONGWRITING COMPETITION, 3rd Place
2000- ENORMOUS RECORDS Song Contest, Grand Prize
Winner
1999- CHRIS AUSTIN SONGWRITING CONTEST (MERLEFEST),
2nd Place (Country)
1998- WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL (WINFIELD, KS),
"NewSongs Showcase" Selectee

"...but the best award is when someone tells you
you've touched their
heart with a song." -Effron
A FEW OF THE RESPECTED VENUES WHERE
EFFRON HAS PERFORMED:

GRUENE HALL (w/ Scott Nolan), New Braunfels, Texas,
2007

The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Okemah, OK,  7 years
straight, 2000 - 2007

BASS PERFORMANCE HALL's McDavid Studio, Fort Worth,
TX, 2007

The Kerrville Folk Festival, 2004 (New Folk) and 2005

THE BLUEBIRD CAFE, Nashville, TN, 2003

Merlefest, Wilkesboro, NC, Chris Austin Song Contest,
1999

WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL, Winfield, Kansas, NewSongs
Showcase, 1998
SETLIST

30 minutes to 2 hours of original material; 3-4 hours
of cover material. I fashion my setlist to suit the
particular venue and length of the set(s).

SOME CREATIVE COVERS:
Pancho and Lefty - Townes Van Zandt
I've Been Everywhere - Geoff Mack
Don't Speak in English-Chip Taylor/Carrie Rodriguez
Wilder Than Her - Fred Eaglesmith
Ramblin' Round - Woody Guthrie
White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt
I Lost It - Lucinda Williams
Pico de Gallo - Emily Kaitz/Marilyn Cain
Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
L.A. Freeway - Guy Clark
The Times They Are A'Changin - Bob Dylan
You're a Big Girl Now - Bob Dylan
Carmelita - Warren Zevon
Many More - Minnie Moore

SOME OFTEN-REQUESTED ORIGINALS:
Yankee Dime
Biscuits and Gravy
Black Window
Right Next to Nothing
Arkansas Wine
Terrors of the Neighborhood
And the Tears Turn On
Nothing to Lose
Cattitude
If I Fall
Fate Won't You Smile On Me Awhile
Transcontinental Railroaded
Texas Heaven
A Little Bit of Sweet
On the Road Somewhere
Effron White - VOTED "BEST
SINGER-SONGWRITER, 2007"
Northwest Arkansas Music Awards:
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Biography

another singer-songwriter. When you hear Effron, you
are immediately struck by the uniqueness of his songs
Effron White, from Fayetteville, Arkansas, is not just
another singer-songwriter. When you hear Effron, you
are immediately struck by the uniqueness of his songs
and their delivery. His gravelly vocal quality is
reminiscent at times of Tom Waits, John Prine, or Bob
Dylan; yet, there's a personal earthiness that drives
the emotional truth of his songs right into your heart.

As a songwriter, Effron draws his influences from those
legends of the past who are looked upon as poets as
much as songwriters, such as, Bob Dylan, Townes Van
Zandt, John Prine, and Guy Clark. His skills as a
singer/songwriter have resulted in nationwide
recognition. In 2004, Effron won the coveted "New Folk"
has also been honored as the Northwest Arkansas Music
Award's "Best Folk Artist", and his song, "Yankee Dime"
was voted "Best Original Song" at the 2002 Ozark Music
Awards. Most recently, he was voted "Best
Singer-Songwriter" at the 2007 Northwest Arkansas Music
Awards (2nd year in a row).