Aztec Two-Step performing at Great Waters Music Festival on April 17

WOLFEBORO — Folk-rock duo Aztec Two-Step will be performing a concert of their own classics as well as a tribute to Simon and Garfunkel and The Everly Brothers on Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m., at Great Waters Music Festival, Anderson Hall, 205 South Main St.

Aztec Two-Step came on the scene in 1972 with their self-titled debut album and three subsequent albums which were staples of progressive FM and college radio, and helped usher the music of the 1960s into the '70s and beyond. Since then, Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman have spent a lifetime making music together as the folk-rock duo that takes its name from a poem by beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Recording and touring non-stop since the early '70s, Fowler and Shulman have accumulated 40-plus years of awards, accolades and TV and radio appearances that include the David Letterman Show, World Café Live, and the King Biscuit Flour Hour, and have graced countless stages including those of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In 1987, the duo's "Living In America" received the New York Music Award for Best Folk Album and was named in Billboard's year-end critic's poll, and in 1999 they were the subject of "No Hit Wonder," a documentary that aired on PBS.

In 2005, they released "Days Of Horses" CD to rave reviews. Up until this point Fowler had been the primary songwriter of the duo, but here, five of the album's 11 songs, including their baby boomer anthemic "Better These Days," were penned by Neal Shulman. The title track "Days of Horses," written by Rex Fowler, was used as the opening and closing music in the 2012 documentary "Selling Cars in America."

In 2012, to commemorate their 40th Anniversary year, Fowler and Shulman released their 10th studio album "Cause & Effect." It is a collection of 16 socially significant songs. The album is a combination of re-worked previously recorded songs and newly mined material.

Tickets for the concert cost $12 to $35 and can be purchased by going to www.greatwaters.org or calling (603) 569-7710.