Across the Blue Ridge Collectors and Song Carriers of Southwestern Virginia & Northwestern Carolina
Venue: Blue Ridge Music Center, Galax
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2014
Time: 4:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: $7.00
Description:
Blue Ridge Music Center presents Across the Blue Ridge Collectors and Song Carriers of Southwestern Virginia & Northwestern Carolina Hosted by Paul Brown & featuring Bobby McMillon, The Stuart Brothers, Bruce Greene & Don Pedi on Saturday, September 27th starting at 4 pm.

Robert Lynn "Bobby" McMillon, a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award recipient, was heir to numerous strands of Appalachian culture. From his father's family in Cocke County, Tennessee, he learned Primitive Baptist hymns and traditional stories and ballads. From his mother's people in Yancy and Mitchell Counties, North Carolina, he heard "booger tales, haint tales," and legends about the murder of a relative named Charlie Silver. In Caldwell County, he went to school with relatives of Tom Dula, learned their family stories, and heard ballads, gospel songs, and Carter family recordings. "The real storytelling," Bobby says, "was so intertwined that a bear tale or a fish tale or a witch tale or a tale of some history that had really happened—a family tale—they were all equally believable."

For more information visit: http://www.blueridgeheritage.com/traditional-artist-directory/bobby-mcmillon

The Stuart Brothers are world renown for their masterful performances of Appalachian fiddle and banjo duets. Trevor and Travis were born and raised in Bethel , a rural farming community in Haywood County, NC -- an area of magical beauty where the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains meet and once the ancient Cherokee settlement of Sonoma. These majestic ranges surrounded the young brothers with the rich musical and cultural environment of Appalachian fiddle tunes, Baptist spirituals, banjo pickers, all night square dance shindigs and poetic tale weavers.

With deep family musical roots, their great grandfather was the legendary fiddler Rev. Henry King, and great uncle the banjoist and singer Austin Stamey. The brothers learned some of the oldest regional fiddle and banjo styles from masters such as the Smathers Family, Byard Ray, Oscar “Red” Wilson, Gordon Freeman, and the Sutton family. They formed their first band in junior high and played for local clogging teams, local functions and fiddlers conventions. Since then they have toured extensively throughout the US and several foreign countries, teaching and performing at major festivals and music camps.

For more information visit: http://www.stuartbrothersmusic.com

Concert Notes:
-Children under 12 Free
-Patrons are encouraged to bring a lawn chair
-You are welcome to bring your own picnic basket (NO ALCOHOL please!)
-Free Parking
-Rain or Shine
-The Galax Smokehouse serving BBQ, sides and drinks at each concert

For more information, visit: http://www.blueridgemusiccenter.org/ or call 866-308-2773 at extension 213.