Live Music

We got some awesome shows nearby in the near future.

The second concert at the Blue Ridge Music Center at 7 p.m. June 6 features gospel greats Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver and the Paschall Brothers. Tickets are $15 at the gate. 12 and under admitted free. 7-9 p.m.; concert seating begins at 5:30. Free Gospel Workshop preceding at 5 p.m. Seating limited. Call to reserve seating (276) 236-5309.

Sunken Garden Sundays at Nesselrod on the New present our inaugural performance on June 7th featuring the award winning Blue-Grass/New Grass stylings of Raleigh-based Chatham County Line, an all-acoustic band comprised of guitarist/lead vocalist Dave Wilson, bassist Greg Readling, fiddler/mandolin player John Teer and banjoist Chandler Holt. Chatham County Line is fresh off a whirlwind of critical and commercial success in Europe following the release of Amerikabesok, their album with Norwegian legend Jonas Fjeld.

Opening band for Chatham County Line is the Harwell-Grice Band featuring our pal PJ on the bass.

I love Chatham County Line and I've never been to the BRMC, so this might be a serious weekend for Bluegrass.

Bass? Who needs a bass?

A hardy band of a dozen or so bass-less pickers had a fine ol' time during a Memorial Day jam. The crowd was a little lighter than usual, but even so, the place was mostly full. The smaller numbers and the stellar work of the rhythm players (esp. Asenath, Kendall and Nancy) made it a little easier to handle the lack of the ol' doghouse.

We welcomed a rare visit from old pal Wilson Rankin, who spun some of his classic country stylings. Tim Pak sang more songs than he has in all his previous visits combined (3, I think). Chris, Kendall, George and Asenath vocalized all nice and bluegrassy. Jason, Richard, Christian and Nancy were among the regulars, and we were joined by a young lady who has just begun playing mandolin. Hope we didn't scare her off!

The real highlight, IMHO, was the fiddling of our new young friend Avery "AveDave" Davis, who soloed on "Devil's Dream" and "Salt Creek." She earned big ovations for both, well-deserved.

Floyd Country Store

It took slightly longer than usual, and two mandolin strings were lost in the process, but the JB's had that crowd bouncin' by the end of the night. They were warmed up good, and maybe worn out from dancing with Katie and Bubba-tones, but all in all it was another Friday night at the store.

Can't beat it when the whole place gets their feet movin'.

1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Del McCoury Band at their best.

Liberty

Hey Ralph, Let's give 'em some of this...

Java Brothers. Floyd. Friday. Be there.

Hey hey! The Java Brothers make their triumphant return to the Floyd Country Store on Friday night! (5/15/09 on your calendar thingies.)

Here's the schedule:

Friday, May 15
6:30 Bluegrass Inspiration
7:30 Katie & The Bubbatones
9:00 The Java Brothers

It's gonna be awesome and you should make it out there.

Struggling onward!

We were missing both Doug and Ralph last night, so the folks had to suffer Chris on bass for a while. On the upside, they got to suffer through Asenath, Kendall, Wayne, and Tim Pak on bass also. Kudos for those guys for stepping up. All in all another fun, if slightly exhausting night. Christian Hearn sitting in, Richard on fiddle, a young girl on fiddle, and older lady with a nice voice, demeanor, and autoharp, Jason and his pal playing guitars, Harlow menacing the crowd with a toy knife, Kendall singing a bunch, George, Frye, Joe, and George Smith in there.

Good times.

Don't forget the Java Brothers at the Country Store this Friday night!

Duelin' Banjos

Now I know what I can do at the next gig if I forget to bring my banjo :).... gotta learn some of these licks and runs he does....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEJKrz_Jxig