Volume 19, Issue 8 Celebrating Piedmont Carolinas Music Since 1982 August 2015 Soul-Stirring Gospel Singing Preview Lunch By Men Standing For Christ At The Piccadilly August 14th Gathering August 14th -

By Wanda Hubicki and Tom Hanchett but still singing strong, recalls Get CFS Ticket when the group first formed: “The Please join us at 7:30 the evening of Rev. Leon Riddick wanted a men’s Discount Friday, August 14th, as we open our group to sing for Father’s Day. He 2015-2016 CFS Gathering season. contacted Deacon G. G. Glenn, By Karen Singleton Great Aunt Stella Center will pro- who said he’d put something to- vide the perfect concert setting for gether, but he didn’t want to do all Steve Umberger’s production of Men Standing For Lunch at the Piccadilly is a new Christ. The former musical comedy written by two church will ring with noted North Carolinians, best- the sounds of African selling author Clyde Edgerton and American quartet- composer Mike Craver, a found- style gospel! This spe- ing member of the Red Clay Ram- cial experience is pre- blers. With twenty great songs of sented in partnership almost every imaginable style, this with Levine Museum funny and heartwarming show of the New South and takes place on the rocking porch of Charlotte Community the Rosehaven Convalescence Cen- Radio. ter in Listre, North Carolina. Un- able to keep up with the times, Ro- Be in line at 7 PM Men Standing For Christ sehaven is being sold to Ballard when the Stella Center College. Nothing is supposed to front doors open to enjoy a pre- that work for just one day per change, but the residents concert of songs from Lunch at the year.” The minister agreed to have already noticed a difference in Piccadilly, a musical based on a schedule the singers for four the cornbread. It’s not looking book of the same name by re- church services annually – but good. But Lil Olive, a new resi- nowned North Carolina author soon they were performing twice a dent, brings new life to the porch - Clyde Edgerton. Lyrics and music month on Communion Sundays. and a revolutionary new idea to were written by Mike Craver, a get the residents out of their rock- founding member of the Red Clay The initial five members included ers. The quirky, indomitable sen- Ramblers. Johnson C. Smith University ath- ior citizens find some surprising letic coach Moses Sharp (baritone), solutions to their problems in this Founded at Mt. Carmel Baptist Elijah Kitchens (second tenor and unpredictable new show that one Church near Johnson C. Smith Uni- lead), Sam Douglas (tenor), An- critic called “silly and soul- versity in 1956, Men Standing for drew Bryant (bass), alongside ful.” Lunch at the Piccadilly is a Christ carries on the tradition of David Thompson (tenor and bari- collaboration between Playworks four-part harmony that dates back tone). Thompson’s uncle was and Aldersgate, a visionary senior to the 1920s. Original member Beachy Thompson, nationally living community in Charlotte. David Thompson, now in his 80s known singer with the famed (Continued on page 3.) (Continued on page 3.)

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CFS Folk Calendar Charlotte Folk CFS Partners Folk Calendar is a publication of the Society Mission Aldersgate Charlotte Folk Society. No articles may Arts & Science Council be reproduced without the permission of The purpose of the Charlotte Folk Charlotte Blues Society the Society. Deadline for all submissions th Society, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit or- Charlotte Community Radio is generally the 20 of the month preced- ganization and an Arts & Science Charlotte Scottish Country Dancers ing publication. Contact Wanda Hu- Council grant recipient, is to pro- Charlotte Museum of History bicki at 704-563-7080. Submit articles Photographer Daniel Coston by email at mote the ongoing enjoyment and Irish Society of Charlotte [email protected], or by U. S. preservation of traditional and con- Si Kahn mail at 3610 Country Club Drive, Char- temporary folk music, dance, crafts, Letty’s on Shamrock lotte, NC 28205. All rights reserved. and lore. Levine Museum of the New South Maxx Music 2014 Board of Directors Hire Musicians Mecklenburg Historical Assn. President: Tom Phlegar Myers Park Baptist Church 704-535-2154 For Your Our State Magazine Plaza Presbyterian Church Vice President: Mark Clemens Next Event Storytellers Guild of Charlotte 704-892-4914 The Evening Muse Secretary: Janet Clark The Charlotte Folk Society has ex- The Swannanoa Gathering 704-536-8055 tensive resources to help you with The Violin Shoppe Tosco Music Party Treasurer: Luchi Aveleyra your special event or conference – 704-537-4813 anything from just a taste of this re- Members at Large gion’s Appalachian musical heri- tage to a full evening of music and Ramona Moore Big Eagle Folk Calendar 704-568-6940 dance with audience participation. Call Karen Singleton at 704-458- Contributors Greg Clarke Sue Eldridge 6453 to arrange for entertainment 704-364-9056 704-364-8858 and/or instruction at reasonable Thanks to Gary Carter, Mark Tom Covington Cathey Franklin rates. Clemens, and Tom Estes for provid- 704-334-0778 704-525-3256 ing photos this month. Thanks to Bill Cooke for putting together the Alan Davis Dennis Frost 704-499-3918 704-650-8577 CFS Member dance calendar. We appreciate Hat and Dan Thompson for labeling John Divine Wanda Hubicki Merchant and stamping the newsletter for 704-442-0202 704-563-7080

mailing each month. Email Wanda Karen Singleton Discounts Hubicki at [email protected]. 704-458-6453 com to contribute calendar items. Junior Board Members Please support these merchants who Charlotte Folk Society Annika Bowers offer Charlotte Folk Society mem- 704-821-8184 bers a 10% discount on their pur- Annual Membership Fees chases. Present your membership Newsletter Editor Webmaster Individual $30 & Publicist Rick Bolen card at the time of purchase: Student $20 Wanda Hubicki 704-523-2849 704-563-7080 Family $40 The Violin Shoppe Senior Individual (62+) $25 Membership Chair Web Assistant Wax Museum Senior Family (62+) $35 Sue Eldridge Diana Wade Woody’s (Rock Hill and York) Sustaining $50 704-364-8858

Sponsor $100 Founder and Board Member Emeritus Benefactor $250 Marilyn Meacham Price Patron $500 803-548-5671 The musician’s friend, Lifetime $1000 Charlotte Folk Society website: Visit http://hetzler. Affiliate Organization $35 homestead.com. www.folksociety.org 2 FOLK CALENDAR (Men Standing For Christ, continued from page 1.) models in service and steward- Uptown Charlotte.

ship. The group’s special calling Dixie Hummingbirds from 1943 to is singing in prisons. But Refreshments, a song circle, open jam 1992. (If you recall pop star Paul whether they are visiting the sick sessions, a songwriter’s workshop, Simon’s 1974 hit Loves Me Like a or the incarcerated, or perform- and an Appalachian dulcimer group Rock, those were the Dixie Humming- ing in concert, their message re- follow the hour-long concert; visitors birds behind him.) Uncle Beachey mains the same: “God loves all are welcome to join in or simply lis- tried to get young David to join the of His children.” ten. ‘Birds on the road. But with a new baby at home, that didn’t seem the We are excited to welcome Men Free parking is available in the sur- right decision. “I decided to give my Standing For Christ to Great face lot adjacent to the Stella Center, talent to the Lord,” he says simply. Aunt Stella Center. They first as well as in the Mecklenburg County performed on our stage at CPCC Parking Deck on Fourth Street, be- in June 2006. Dr. Tom Hanchett tween Kings Drive and McDowell met the group while on assign- Street. Accessible entry and an eleva- ment for ASC and he enthusiasti- tor are available at the Stella Center cally suggested that we present ground-floor entrance, on the parking them. In each of the years fol- lot side of the building. Drivers may lowing, Men Standing For drop off passengers with disabilities Christ opened our Festival in the at that entrance; a CFS volunteer will Park stage on Sunday mornings. be available to assist them into the building. Fans of Men Standing For Christ will be delighted to know Charlotte Folk Society Gatherings are that the group released their first made possible, in part, with funding from CD last year. Men Standing For the Arts & Science Council, the North Christ Live from the Joy Per- Carolina Arts Council, a division of the formance Center draws the lis- Department of Cultural Resources, and The Dixie Hummingbirds tener into the soul-stirring live the National Endowment for the Arts, concert experience. CDs are which believes that a great nation de- Men Standing For Christ perform available for $10, plus shipping. serves great art. songs in ways their grandparents To order one, contact Gary Car- would recognize and applaud. Selec- ter at [email protected]. We ex- tions range from age-old to new, in- pect you may be able to buy one cluding standards, call-and-response after the August Gathering, too! pieces, and recent compositions. Songs combine a spiritual passion with Visit www.folksociety.org to en- a dose of the musical diversity of the joy YouTube performances by 1950s. Sharp-eared listeners will hear Men Standing For Christ. the roots of doo-wop, R&B, and rock and roll. Nineteen voices rise in rich Stream Cuz’s Corner, hosted by harmony, accompanied from time to Dennis Frost, on the Charlotte time by saxophone, keyboard, bass, Community Radio website and drums. Every member sings lead (http:// on at least one or two songs. Explains charlottecommunityradio.org) at choral director Gary Carter, 8 PM on Wednesday, August “Everybody’s got testimony.” 12th, to hear a live in-studio inter- view and performance by Men Above all, the message is the reason Standing For Christ. for singing. “We didn’t come for show or fame,” says the mission statement of Second-Friday Gatherings are Men Standing for Christ, “but we family-friendly and free. Dona- came to help you along this Christian tions are appreciated and essen- Journey.” Ever since its inception, tial to presenting this series in members of Men Standing For Christ the Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 have sought to be positive male role Elizabeth Avenue, in the edge of

3 FOLK CALENDAR (Lunch at the Piccadilly, continued from page 1.) dersgate, Lunch at the Picca- together to create and strengthen dilly’s major sponsor, are being communities past and present. Sample songs from the Piccadilly planted to facilitate a more sus- Feast Here Tonight was also one of production on August 14th at 7 PM, tained outreach effort long after the first songs recorded by the Fa- prior to the 7:30 CFS Gathering con- the musical’s production ends ther of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, in cert by Men Standing For Christ. this fall. We will keep you Charlotte in 1936! Levine Museum The song How Does A Glass Eye posted! of the New South historian Dr. Tom Work will give you Hanchett joins the Kollard Kings pause to consider the stringband for a 90-minute concert many scintillating ad- exploring Southern music, food, ventures awaiting us and history at 2 PM on Saturday, as we age! Lunch at August 15th, at the Earl Scruggs the Piccadilly opens Center. September 17th in the Booth Playhouse Then, starting at 5 PM, everyone is (Blumenthal Perform- invited to Pickin’ on the Square, a ing Arts Center, 130 free public concert with the Kollard North Tryon Street) Kings and community jammers on and runs through Oc- the Courthouse grounds. tober 4th. Presented by Earl Scruggs Center: Single tickets sales be- Music & Stories from the American gan August 1st for South in partnership with Levine Lunch at the Picca- Lunch at the Piccadilly cast members Museum of the New South. The 2 dilly. CFS members PM program and tour are free with are eligible for a $2 ticket discount. admission to the Scruggs Center. Purchase tickets online at http:// For more information, visit www. carolinatix.org/events/detail/lunch- Kollard Kings ScruggsCenter.org, call 704-487- at-the-piccadilly or by calling the 6233, or email Blumenthal Box Office at 704-372- Stringband [email protected]. 1000. Use the promo code FOLK however you make your purchase. August 15th Tickets range in price from $18-42 (Price Zones 1,2, and 3). 2-3:30 PM Queen City Earl Scruggs Lunch at the Piccadilly has served as Bluegrass Jam a catalyst for Knee to Knee—Heart Center to Heart, a new Folk Society out- At Aldersgate reach initiative in the senior commu- nity utilizing sing-a-long song circles In the Historic Cleveland County The Queen City Bluegrass Jam at senior daycare and retirement cen- Courthouse in the heart of meets every other Saturday, 2-4 ters. This effort, coordinated by Shelby, North Carolina, an hour PM, at the Asbury Care Center at Karen Singleton, will also bring to- west of Charlotte, the Earl Aldersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive, gether younger and senior CFS musi- Scruggs Center portrays the life (between Eastway Drive and cians as part of one-on-one conversa- and influence of the noted pio- Sharon Amity Road) in east Char- tions with individual seniors who neer of bluegrass banjo Earl lotte. live in assisted living or who attend Scruggs, a window on the chang- th daycare programs. Please stay tuned ing South in the 20 century. The For the exact meeting dates each to the CFS newsletter and our web- special exhibit Feast Here To- month, contact Jerry Leonard at jer- site for more details about when and night: Southern Food & Music [email protected]. Or, join where these events are taking place Traditions, on display through the group at www.meetup.com in and how you can participate as a January 3, 2016, explores the way order to keep current. Search on singer or guitarist. As this newsletter in which the traditions of both that site for “Charlotte Beginner goes to press, seeds of an ongoing southern food and music have Bluegrass Jam.” project in partnership with Al- woven individuals and families

4 FOLK CALENDAR artist, gutsy and sensitive, with a available for $10. Purchase tickets Watermelon history of recording and per- here: www.downtowngastonia. forming astute, socially aware com/event/mill-mothers-lament- Wine: The songs. She has performed at Li- cd-release-jam-session lith Fair, The Bluebird Café, and Poetry Of The White House and opened for All proceeds will benefit the Ella artists such as Norah Jones, May Wiggins Memorial Commit- Americana Mary Chapin Carpenter, and tee's efforts to raise $3,500 needed Stevie Nicks. to begin construction of the memo- Music rial. August 23rd Mill Mother’s Award-winning Nashville song- Lament Charlotte writer Anne E. DeChant teams with Appalachian Alabama author Frye Gaillard for CD Release Watermelon Wine: The Poetry of Dulcimer Club Americana Music, a unique pro- Jam Session gram of reading and song, at 3 PM Meetings on Sunday, August 23rd. The event August 22nd takes place at Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, 3501 West W. T. Ella May Wiggins was a mill The Charlotte Appalachian Dulci- Harris Boulevard, in Charlotte. Ad- worker, union organizer, and mer Club meets after every second- mission is free; a $10 donation is re- songwriter who was shot and Friday CFS Gathering with a begin- quested. killed just shy of her 29th birthday ner-friendly jam. Loaner instru- during the Loray Mill Strike in ments are available if you want to In his award-winning book, Water- Gastonia in 1929. The mother of try your hand. If you have a dulci- melon Wine, Gaillard maintains that nine children, she penned the mer you’d like to play, bring it with great songwriters, like DeChant, ex- Mill Mother’s Lament. you and we’ll get you tuned up and plore the depths of the human heart playing in no time! with all the subtlety and feeling of The Ella May Wiggins Memorial our finest novelists and poets. Gail- Committee is fundraising with Look for them in the office around lard will present brief readings from the goal of erecting a memorial to the corner from the sanctuary on his works, setting the literary context her. You can support their efforts the second floor after the August 14th concert. for Anne E.’s all-acoustic rendition by attending a CD Release Jam of her songs. DeChant and Gaillard Session for Mill Mother’s La- The Club also hosts weekly Dulci- have appeared together at such di- ment: A Tribute to the Life and mer Jams at 1 PM on Wednesdays verse venues as Belmont University Spirit of Ella May Wiggins at 7 in the Arboretum area. For more (Nashville), the University of South PM on Saturday, August 22nd, at information about either weekly or Alabama, Kimbro’s Pickin’ Parlor Zoe’s Coffee House, 170 S. South monthly sessions, contact Carol (Franklin, Tennessee), and Satori Street, in Gastonia. The CD fea- Rousey at 704-321-2020. Coffee House (Mobile, Alabama). tures such local musicians as David Childers, Robert Childers, Gaillard was formerly the Southern Bob Crawford, Si Kahn, Travis Editor of The Charlotte Observer, Phillips, Caryn Egan, Corey Dud- where he covered stories ranging ley, Justin Blackwood, DeWitt from Charlotte’s landmark school Crosby, Jimmy Rogers, Andy the desegregation case to the ill-fated Door Bum, and Katie Oates. All ministry of televangelists Jim and of these musicians donated their Tammy Faye Bakker. He has writ- time to record the ballads of Ella ten and/or edited more than twenty May Wiggins and they will per- books and now serves as writer in form at the Jam Session at Zoe’s. residence at the University of South Tickets are $10 in advance and Alabama. DeChant is a seasoned $12 at the door. The CD will be

5 FOLK CALENDAR The Violin Shoppe Donates Recording King RM-998-R Resonator Guitar for 2015 Raffle!

The Charlotte Folk Society is in- Drawing of the winning ticket will The Violin Shoppe is located at debted to Glen Alexander and take place during the Folk Society’s 2112 East Seventh Street. The shop David McGuirt, proprietors of The Annual Holiday Potluck, tenta- is open Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 AM-6 Violin Shoppe, Inc., for their con- tively scheduled for Saturday, De- PM, and Saturdays, 10 AM-4 PM. tinued generosity. Thanks to cember 12th, at Dilworth United Folk Society members receive a these two good friends of the Folk Methodist Church, 605 East Boule- 10% discount. Be sure to take your Society, we will raise funds vard, in Charlotte. Ticket holder CFS member card when shop- through an instrument raffle again need not be present to win. For tax ping. For detailed information this year. compliance reasons, the raffle win- about instruments, accessories, and ner must fill out a W-9 form before services offered, visit www. We’re very excited about the Vio- receiving the instrument. The win- theviolinshoppe.net. lin Shoppe’s donation of a Record- ner is responsible for all resulting ing King RM-998-R Metal Body income taxes, if any. Check out their extensive selection Resonator Guitar! Modeled after of violins in all price ranges. The the original pre-war resonator gui- Violin Shoppe has a fiddle for tars, Recording King resonators every budget – from $200 to are some of the foremost metal $10,000. The Violin Shoppe is a li- body guitars on the market. From censed dealer for both Eastman professional artists to beginners, and Loar guitars and mandolins, these resonators have made a Ohana Ukuleles, and Recording huge impression on players. King guitars and banjos. Services include expert repair, restoration, Bodies made from bell brass give and re-hairing for violins, violas, them incredible projection and cellos, and basses. classic resonator tone. This model has a nickel-plated bell brass mir- The Violin Shoppe offers tradi- ror finish. Features include a 9.5" tional and bluegrass fiddle lessons, hand-spun aluminum Recording as well as classical violin and cello King cone, Honduran mahogany lessons, including the Suzuki neck, rosewood fretboard, hard Method. Instruction for guitar, maple bridge, mother of pearl dot banjo, mandolin, Dobro, bass, and position markers, and it comes bodhran is available. Award- complete with a gig bag. The list winning musicians/instructors, price of this instrument is $999.99. Glen Alexander and Jon Singleton, Visit www.recordingking.com/ make The Violin Shoppe a destina- products/resonators-all-models/ tion for both traditional and blue- style-o-resonator#sthash. grass students. qktRDLLK.dpuf to learn more.

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new CD, please contact me at Cuz's Corner Returns On [email protected] and we will get your music out there Charlotte Community Radio! to the public – in-studios are the best! I must say that if you are a By Dennis Frost add more shows all the time. As music lover, hosting a radio show of now, you will find talk shows is very addictive! It’s been a few If you are heading down 36th Street and all kinds of musical offerings, years since I was a host on past the Neighborhood Theatre and including jazz, indie rock, reggae, WGWG’s Americana based sta- the Evening Muse, there is a ware- world music, classic rock, roots/ tion, so many thanks to Bridget house on the left beyond all the light Americana, all of which are pro- Sullivan and Charlotte Commu- rail construction that is sprouting a duced in house and hosted live. If nity Radio for giving me the op- whole array of community- based you have an idea for a show, portunity to feed my hopeless mu- activities. The name appropriately please contact Bridget through sical addiction. given to this once forgotten building charlottecommunityradio.org. To is Seeds. Within this listen, go to the web- innocent looking ware- site and click on the house, you will find hy- play button in the Folk Society droponics, mime, chil- upper right hand dren’s and adult thea- corner of the home Instrument ter, a spot for folks to page or go to www. tinker with all things Mixlr.com/ Lending old and new, and the CLTCRadio, where home of Internet-based you can also chat Library Charlotte Community with the host and Radio. make requests. The CFS instrument lending li-

brary is open for business! Hosted CCR is the brainchild of I would describe my by Plaza Presbyterian Church, it’s Bridget Sullivan, who Cuz’s Corner show, , located at 2304 The Plaza, Char- immediately began Dennis “Cuz” Frost as being American lotte, NC 28205. Visit www. looking for a true com- roots-based music folksociety.org to see available in- munity radio station on her return to with an Americana edge. It airs struments. Borrowers must be 18 the South and the Charlotte area in Wednesdays 7-10 PM. During the years of age, have a current state- 2010. Having spent four years at three hours you will most likely issued issued ID, and also have a KBOO in Portland, Oregon, hosting hear legendary singer-songwriters $30 refundable deposit fee for the both music and community affairs (I love the Texans!), bluegrass/ two-month lending period. programming, Bridget sought to cre- newgrass, old-time, blues, folk, ate a station in the Queen City that reggae and calypso, blues, new If you are interested in borrowing would focus both on training future acoustic, and some good ole roots an instrument, contact librarian broadcasters and serving as a cata- based rock ‘n’ roll. We will also David Fee by emailing him at lyst for enhancing both community explore Americana artists that [email protected] or calling collaboration and communication. keep country music honest by him at 704-733-8409. Finally, in January of this year, the harking back to the ghosts of station was realized with its 501(c)3 Gram Parsons and Johnny Cash. status and the first shows came on At 9 PM we stretch out a bit with the air in April, including Cuz’s Cor- what I call the Nine O’Clock Jazz ner. Hats off to Bridget’s husband, Jump, where I play a song from a Melvin Nix, and one other commu- classic jazz artist . . . my version of nity member for helping to realize a the seventh inning stretch! Now dream! that I’m getting used to all the technology and I’m settling in, I Charlotte Community Radio now would like to start bringing in hosts a wide variety of community- more local artists to play live on originated shows and the goal is to the air, so if you have a gig or a

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If you think you would be inter- Christmas in July & August ested in taking on the role of Re- freshments Coordinator, please Half-Price CFS Memberships contact Wanda Hubicki at either 704-563-7080 or phu- Each July and August, we offer new Members receive discounts on [email protected] to discuss and renewing members a chance to purchases at The Violin Shoppe, the tasks involved. enjoy six months of membership at Wax Museum, and Woody’s (Rock half the usual cost. It’s easy – just Hill and York). visit www.folksociety.org and join Willow Grove online, using a credit card, or down- Members are automatically eligi- load a membership form and mail it ble to use the services of the Sha- Acoustic Jam in with your check. Or, come down- ronview Federal Credit Union stairs to the Café’ after our August (www.sharonview.org). September 5th 14th Gathering concert and visit the CFS Info Table. Throughout the year, we often have other special opportunities With fond memories of its foun- You’ll receive a monthly newsletter that benefit members; e.g., dis- der, Bill Williams, the Willow from now through December. We counts on tickets to concerts by Grove Jam will continue to meet have a terrific lineup of Gathering other presenters. on the first Saturday of each performers for the 2015-2016 sea- month from 2 PM to 4 PM. Co- son – representing the diverse inter- If you have questions about the hosted by Charlotte Folk Society ests of our members. Join or renew status of your membership, please members Alan Davis and Tom now. Enjoy the satisfaction of sup- contact Membership Chair Sue Kelleher, the open jam takes place porting CFS and our mission! Eldridge at 704-364-8858 or in the Activities Room at the Wil- [email protected]. low Grove Retirement Center, lo- This is a great way to “take us for a cated at 10043 Idlewild Road, test drive” or to introduce a friend to Matthews, North Carolina. All the Folk Society. All half-price are invited to the next jam on memberships expire December 31, Justine Koch Saturday, September 5th. 2015. Stepping The format for this unplugged jam Members receive a monthly 16-22 Down As is a play-around, like a song circle, page newsletter, including a four-to- where each person chooses a tune six page calendar of concerts, festi- Refreshments or song. It can be anything from vals, workshops, and dances gospel, bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, throughout the state and beyond. Coordinator or Americana in genre. The audi- This is one of the most comprehen- ence varies from ten to forty resi- sive listing in the Carolinas. dents and guests. For more infor- After years of being the face of Folk mation, contact Alan Davis at Members may place free classified Society hospitality for our Gather- [email protected] or 704- ads in three issues of the newsletter ing guests, Justine Koch is stepping 499-3918. annually. down after October. If you do not know her by name, she is the cheer- Members may place free ads on our ful, gregarious lady who greets you website for their products, such as behind the Café refreshments table CDs, books, instruments, and hand- each month. Please let her know crafts. They may also place free ads how much we appreciate her com- on the website for their services, such mitment when you’re enjoying as performance, teaching lessons, etc. some cookies and a drink this month or next. We certainly hope Members’ house concerts are an- we’ll continue to see her at Gather- nounced via the newsletter and ing concerts – sitting through them emails to CFS members. until the very last note is played! Bill Williams (Photo by Mark Clemens)

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The Charlotte Sessions:

Hambone, Bootleggers, and Politicians

By Tom Estes Chris Smith, were medicine show Bootleggers veterans who graduated to Tom Estes is a past president of the vaudeville. In 1912, Bowman and According to more than one schol- Charlotte Folk Society and plays banjo Smith penned the words to arly work, the duo of Darby and with the Kollard Kings, a group dedi- Beans, a comical treatise concern- Tarlton were one of the most influ- cated to the music recorded in Charlotte ing the normal table fare of the ential of the early recording artists. during the 1930s. This is the sixth in a financially challenged. Darby was a cousin of blind Skillet series of articles written by Tom Estes on Licker guitarist, Riley Puckett, and the RCA Victor Recording Sessions in The tune caught the ear of two was known as a solid blues guitar- Charlotte. Read the entire Charlotte performers that recorded in the ist in addition to being a moon- Sessions series online at www. Queen City – James Albert (also shiner and bootlegger. Darby was folksociety.org and click on hot links known as “Hambone”) and El half Cherokee and credited his mu- to listen to songs. Morrow. No one knows what the sical interest to his Indian heritage. instrument was that they used in Tarlton, the son of a sharecropper, In 1931, the United States hailed from Cheraw, was still in the midst of the South Carolina. As a Great Depression. It was a boy, he learned blues dark time for America. from local black musi- New York’s Bank of the cians. Even though you United States, with over two don’t recognize the hundred billion in deposits, names of Darby and failed – making it one of the Tarlton, if you are fa- single largest bank failures miliar with Columbus in American history. People Stockade Blues and who had little or no food Birmingham Jail, you rioted. Veterans of WWI know their work. They demonstrated in Washing- are credited with the ton, trying to get minimal authorship of both assistance. Bread lines and tunes. soup kitchens adorned prac- tically every city in the U. S. the performance. On the session Darby and Tarlton were among the The music industry suffered. None- notes, it is listed as a guitar. first Hillbilly artists to seriously in- theless, Victor held its second Char- corporate blues into their country lotte session that year. Under the name of Hambone and music, much more overtly than Morrow the duo recorded Beans Jimmie Rodgers. One musicologist A&R Man, Ralph Peer, found a way and Tippin’ Out. You will get a says that the duo sounded a lot like to keep his stable of recording artists blast listening to Beans at Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert going and continued to use the ses- https://youtu. Johnson. Tarlton played a slide sions to record undiscovered local be/64JWwdKXoV8. Tippin’ Out guitar on all of their recordings. talent. There was an abundance of can be heard here: https://youtu. You can get a taste of their Blues characters who participated in the be/HuXoJz-MQUg. Both records influence in Sweet Sarah Blues: Charlotte Sessions. In this article I were released in Victor’s Race se- https://youtu.be/dIxdg-8urus. will introduce you to some of the ries. most interesting little-known artists In late 1930 the duo split because of who recorded in the Queen City. Not much else is known about a dispute about royalties. Darby Hambone and Morrow. They then formed a group known as the Hambone more or less passed silently into Georgia Wildcats which came to history. You should listen to Charlotte to record in the 1931 ses- Charleston, South Carolina natives, these recordings. They ROCK! sions. Over four days they Elmer Bowman, and his lifelong pal, (Continued on page 10.)

9 FOLK CALENDAR (Charlotte Sessions, continued from page 9.) ing Jimmie Davis, The Dixon ing guitar, if you are interested in Brothers, Wade Mainer, and The Jazz, and if you appreciate virtu- recorded six tunes. You can hear Monroe Brothers. They changed osity, listen to Snoozer’s Tele- one of their tunes, Lonesome Frisco the way country music was per- phone Blues here: https://youtu. Line, a variant of Lonesome Road formed. From the time of their re- be/sb18zpephAM. Blues, here: https://youtu.be/ cordings forward, blues would POCxMwQ-c_M. All of the Char- have a major impact on Hillbilly Buddy Jones was born in music. Asheville, North Carolina. He and his brother had a history of Politicians performing with traveling medi- cine shows until they settled in Jimmie Davis is one of the most Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a interesting characters in all of the noted Western Swing musician. history of country music. When he The 1931 Charlotte session was his came to Charlotte in 1931, he was first with Jimmie Davis. They already a star. You can hear one of continued to perform together for his thirteen Charlotte songs, She six more years before Jones went Left A Runnin' Like A Sewing out on his own. You can hear him Machine, here: https://youtu.be/ sing Rockin’ Rollin’ Mama at this Vnae_bQBw8o. link: https://youtu.be/ J2A5wm9P2Wg. This song was When Davis arrived in Charlotte, recorded over a decade prior to he brought with him some of the Bill Haley’s Rock Around the best musicians to ever record in the Clock! Queen City. Each one was an ac- complished musician and show- man. Each one went on to become a successful act on his own. The Victor recording logs list their names as Snoozer Quinn, Buddy Darby and Tarlton Jones, and Dizzy Head. lotte recordings are available in the Bear Family box set on Amazon for Snoozer Quinn was an exceptional $70. Jazz guitarist who played with some of the greats (like Louis Arm- In a later interview, Tarlton remi- strong). Snoozer was so good that nisced about writing Columbus other professional musicians Stockade Blues and Birmingham would seek him out when they fin- Jail while he was incarcerated in Bir- ished their evening shows. mingham, Alabama. The town was Snoozer would entertain them un- so impressed with the song, they in- til after daylight. He recorded vited him back to dedicate the new eight solo sides of pure guitar Birmingham jail in 1937. After his work for Victor in 1925. The re- years of performing, Darby and his cordings were never released and wife returned to moonshining and are lost to the annals of history. bootlegging. This was still in the But bandleader Johnny Wiggs went to the hospital where Quinn prohibition era. Neither Darby nor Jimmie Davis Tarlton ever found success in music was and recorded six tunes. on a grand scale again. Quinn still has a cult following. The third member of Davis’ band There are a number of current was a black bluesman by the name In addition to the songs recorded in websites dedicated to him and his of Dizzy Head (Ed Schafer). Scha- Charlotte, the team left a legacy by music – see http://snoozerquinn. fer was an artist who not only serving as sources for many of the com/story/ and http://www. played guitar, but even partici- acts who would record later, includ- booze-bros.com/snoozer.html. pated in singing the lyrics on And by all means, if you are play- some songs with Davis. For a real

10 FOLK CALENDAR treat, listen to one of the Charlotte Davis won the governorship again tunes with Schafer participating in 1960. He had been roundly criti- Come For Ice with Davis, Down at the Old Coun- cized by his opponent for cam- try Church, at https://youtu. paigning in a Cadillac. So on inau- Cream, Jamming be/5VrNNCtC5WY. You can hear guration day, Davis with his usual some of Schafer’s pure blues work flair, road his white horse, Sun- & Socializing with his band, The Shreveport shine, up the steps to the state Home Wreckers, at https://youtu. capitol building to take his oath of September 19th! be/En-dnSwsluA. WOW! office. The Charlotte Folk Society will From this team of sidemen, you get At Davis’ funeral, former Louisi- gather to enjoy ice cream, jamming, a sense of Davis’ creativity. He had ana Governor Edwin Edwards and socializing on Saturday, Sep- assembled accomplished Jazz, Blues, said, ''Just imagine: he served two tember 19th, 1-5 PM, as part of and Western Swing musicians and terms as governor of Louisiana and Backcountry Days at the Charlotte welded them into a unit. Even was never indicted. That's a genu- Museum of History, 3500 though Davis was known as a Jim- ine achievement.'' Shamrock Drive, Char- mie Rodgers imitator, he was very lotte. This event is free unique. His music went well be- and open to the public. yond the single guitar work of Rod- gers. He amalgamated a band in CFS Presents We are pleased to again which we hear the seeds of Old partner with Charlotte Time, Bluegrass, Western Swing, At Festival In Museum of History the Blues, Jazz, and Rock and Roll. It is The Park Storytellers Guild of no wonder he enjoyed vast popular- Charlotte and we look ity. September 25th forward to returning to the grounds of the Heze- Jimmie Davis would later run for kiah Alexander Homesite, the and win the governorship of Louisi- The Charlotte Folk Society will perfect setting for families to enjoy ana. To discredit Davis, his oppo- once again have a presence at Fes- an old-fashioned summer after- nents would often amplify some of tival in the Park during the open- noon of storytelling, open jam ses- his rowdier recorded numbers at ing evening, Friday, September sions, singing, and, of course, ice their rallies (like Charlotte song She 25th. We’ll be presenting perform- cream – as long as it lasts! Left A Running Like A Sewing Ma- ers on the Youth and Variety Stage, chine). They stopped in frustration near the Princeton Avenue en- Take time to explore the activities because the crowds were all dancing trance to Freedom Park, from 4:30 of 18th century daily living in this to the music. (You would have to be PM to 9:30 PM. You’ll want to region of North Carolina then familiar with Louisiana culture to come out to listen to this terrific known as the Backcountry. Visitors appreciate that.) Davis is most re- lineup of performers and, while will be able to see demonstrations membered for being the author of you’re there, drop by and visit our of traditional crafts and cooking, You Are My Sunshine (https:// volunteers at the CFS Information along with children’s crafts and co- youtu.be/X0HLEJCgGws), which is Table. lonial games. Admission to the the official song of the State of Lou- Hezekiah Alexander Homesite and isiana. 4:30 – 5 PM To Be Announced the Museum is free.

5:15 – 6 PM Greg Clarke & The While in his first term as governor, Bring your instruments and voices Davis acted in a number of B- Long Overdue Bluegrass Band and a lawn chair, if you want to be Westerns and continued his record- 6:15 – 7 PM High Ridge Pickers certain of a seat. Whether you play ing career. Even so, he was able to (Dave, Mary, and Ruth Shumway) bluegrass, Celtic, or old-time music, keep taxes down, build hospitals, (Bluegrass, Old-Time & Gospel) there’s a spot for you. Join the song repair and create roads, raise teach- 7:15 - 8:15 PM The WBT Briar- circle! Or just listen and enjoy! ers’ salaries, and set up Louisiana’s hoppers (Bluegrass) This is one of our most popular an- first civil service system. (Makes me nual events and we look forward to think that maybe we would get 8:30 - 9:30 PM Cane Mill Road Band (Kinsey Greene, Liam Pur- coming together, again. Save the more done if current politicians date! See you there! would spend more time singing.) cell, and Eliot Smith) (Bluegrass)

11 FOLK CALENDAR brother, Greg Allen, in Kansas. She Orpheus Supertones Return played with an indie rock band, Pay Attention, in the ‘80s and later To Charlotte October 2nd! toured Europe playing old-time with the Delaware River Gap band. Her guitar style mirrors Riley Puck- By Phil Lesser Herald Magazine. ett. She and Pete have recorded a duet CD. CFS members Phil Lesser and Jenni- Walt Koken is best known as a fer Stanton announce a return per- founding member of the widely Hilary Dirlam studied guitar with formance by the world famous Or- acclaimed Highwoods String- Stefan Grossman in New York in pheus Supertones on Friday, Octo- band, as fiddler, but has re- the ‘60s, then played piano, guitar, ber 2nd, 7:30 PM, at Wedgewood corded numerous banjo CDs, and bass with the Arm and Ham- Church, 4800 Wedgewood Drive (at both solo and with his partner, mer old-time band in the ‘70s. Dur- intersection with Tyvola Road). Clare Milliner. ing the ‘80s and ‘90s she played bass Space is limited. Tickets are $20. with North Carolina Heritage Contact Phil Lesser at 704-975-1014 Clare Milliner’s mom made sure Award winners Carroll Best and or [email protected]. Or pur- all of her kids played a musical Luke and Harold Smathers, and re- chase online at www. corded two albums with noted fid- brownpapertickets. dler and music collector Bruce com/event/1850569. Greene. She has managed two U. S. tours for a Nepali band, and she re- You can look forward to corded and produced seven albums stirring, rousing, foot- at a Tibetan Monastery. She is one stomping music by Walt of the founders of the Old Time Koken, Clare Milliner, Herald magazine, has written sev- Pete Peterson, Kellie eral books on banjo tablature, and Allen, and Hilary was creator of the Mars Hill Blue Dirlam, who received Ridge Old-Time Music Week. rave reviews last fall at Levine Museum of the New South! Each The Orpheus Supertones member of the Orpheus Charlotte Supertones is a spectacular, award- instrument, and Clare started pi- winning tradition bearer. Together, ano at age four and violin at Community they are even greater than the sum eight. She began teaching piano of their parts: twin fiddles, banjo, and violin at sixteen and majored Singers guitar, and bass, plus great vocal in music in college. Violin play- harmonies to rock your world. ing became fiddling in the ‘80s. By Carol Raedy

They are six-time winners of the Pete Peterson is a legendary and Charlotte Community Singers is a prestigious traditional string-band prize-winning three-finger banjo non-auditioned intergenerational folk competition at the Appalachian player, guitarist, and traditional chorus. We enjoy singing together String Band Festival (Clifftop, West singer. His extensive knowledge, and promoting peace through music. Virginia). Walt and Pete have won skill, and experience playing old- We sing songs from various cultures, Grand Prize at the Charlie Poole time music are unrivaled. He styles, and languages. We practice Banjo Contest (finger picking). plays one of Charlie Poole’s ban- on Tuesdays, 7-8:30 PM, in the chapel Clare and Walt authored the Milli- jos and closely imitates his style, at Sharon Presbyterian Church, 5201 ner-Koken Collection of American in addition to playing guitar Sharon Road, in Charlotte. We sing Fiddle Tunes, over 1400 reviewed thumb-lead in the old style of out in the community one Tuesday a and published. Hilary created the Roy Harvey and Maybelle Carter. month. We welcome new members Mars Hill University Blue Ridge and visitors. Contact Carol Raedy at Old-Time Music Week over twenty- Kellie Allen, inimitable guitarist 704-367-2536 or carolraedy@hotmail. five years ago. All members are im- and traditional singer, started com. Check for updates at http:// portant contributors to the Old-Time playing old-time tunes with her communitysingers.carolraedy.com.

12 FOLK CALENDAR rect you to the right building. If grass enthusiasts and practicing Charlotte Folk your seating preference is an arm- musicians. We shall follow the less chair, it is recommended that Jam Commandments and we Society you bring one with you. Contact will treat everyone with respect. Slow Session leader Alan Davis at The purpose for setting up this Celtic Sessions [email protected]. The next group is to begin a regular jam Slow Session will meet on Sunday, session. Come when you can; September 13th. have a good time. By Ed Gebauer At the Regular Intermediate Session, Each month, folks who enjoy playing we play from an expanded list of Irish and Scottish music gather to- tunes, and it’s the place to be for gether in what are called Celtic Mu- working your tunes up to speed, Folk Society sic Sessions. The Charlotte Folk Soci- freeing oneself from the sheet music, ety sponsors both Slow and Interme- and adding the signature styling to Sunday Night diate learner sessions for those that the melodies that make this music so come and play. special. You can learn all about the Bluegrass Jams Regular Session by visiting www. Check out the websites below to find folksociety.org/celticsession.shtml. Tommy’s Pub the links to the expanded and up- dated tune lists for the 2015 Celtic At these website locations, you can Sessions! More fabulous Irish and download copies of the music we'll CFS Board member Greg Clarke Scottish melodies to choose from play and sign up to be on the hosts a weekly Charlotte Folk when playing at the sessions! monthly email distributions that Society Bluegrass Jam on Sun- share where these sessions will be days at 6:30 PM at Tommy's Pub, Information about the Slow Session held. Or, you can contact John 2007 Central Ave, Charlotte. The can be found at www.folksociety. Goldsbury directly at johngolds- jam is for intermediate players org/celticsession_slow.shtml, and [email protected]. Hope to see but all are welcome. None of us may be the perfect place for you to you there! are spectacular pickers but all are play if you are: expected to pick up a new tune right away. We do know how to a beginner who wants to learn to Catawba River sing. play Celtic tunes (though we assume you know how to play your instru- Bluegrass You might like this jam for the ment); variety of songs we play. In ad- dition to traditional bluegrass you're not a beginner, but you're new Association songs, we do songs by Bob Dy- to Celtic tunes and want to ease in; Jam lan, Johnny Cash, Merle Hag- you're not a beginner, but you want August 18th gard, and Willie Nelson. Phil a slow pace to work on some tech- Davis brings in an off-the-wall niques; tune every now and then, and I The Catawba River Bluegrass Asso- try to introduce one or two songs you're conversant in one instrument, ciation sponsors an open jam at 7 each week. The Plaza Midwood but want to dabble in another. PM the third Tuesday of each location occasionally draws other month at Bethlehem Baptist artists and bands to drop in to The Slow Session meets on the sec- Church, 3100 Bethlehem Church play with us. ond Sunday of each month, 2-5 PM, Street, in Gastonia. This month’s in the Asbury Senior Care Center jam takes place on August 18th. The owner and the bartender at Chapel at Aldersgate Retirement Tommy's love bluegrass. The Community, 3800 Shamrock Drive Contact Mike McDonald at first beverage for pickers is on (between Eastway Drive and [email protected] with the house. We're grateful for the Sharon Amity Road), in East Char- questions. The association has location. Please stop by to pick lotte. Turn off Shamrock Drive on to pages on Facebook. The group‘s or just to watch. Call Greg Willard Farrow Road at the light. philosophy: Our group is searching Clarke at 704-236-1111 for de- The guard at the entry gate can di- for the perfect jam. We are blue- tails.

13 FOLK CALENDAR held at the Carl J. McEwen Historical live music, live people, real Monthly CFS Site Schoolhouse, is on hiatus until food . . . Contact Rita Hartmann the third Saturday in October. Hey, (AKA “Fiddle of Terror”) at haye- Old-Time it's Festival Season in the Carolinas, [email protected] for more and we would encourage everyone to information. Slow Jams attend one of these fabulous playing and listening opportunities! The Village is located at 7601 Mat- thews-Mint Hill Road (Route 51) in By Ed Gebauer For the weekends you'll be in town, downtown Mint Hill and is run by

beginning May 2nd, please join the the Mint Hill Historical Society. Don’t miss this opportunity to regular Mint Hill Old-Time Jam for a take part in the monthly CFS Old- few hours starting at 9 AM every Sat- Time Slow Jam! urday in front of the restored Ira V.

Ferguson Country Store building ad- August 15th Join us following the next Gath- jacent to the Farmer's Market on the ering concert on Friday, August Carl J. McEwen Historical Site Prop- Greater 14th, up on the third floor of the Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 erty. This Jam draws on the reper- Charlotte Elizabeth Avenue, in Uptown toire of the Slow Jam as well as other Charlotte. Free parking is avail- Old-Time songs and tunes played at a Ukulele Meetup able in the 4th Street county deck. gentle pace. You’ll take a ticket when you en- The ukulele is enjoying a current ter, but after 8 PM the exits are While we're out ”under the trees,” it wave of popularity, appealing to open and there is no charge for may be a good idea to bring along folks of all ages and backgrounds evening parking. your favorite jamming chair! Also, in and lending itself to many differ- keeping with the historical and com- ent genres of music. The Greater If you're new to the idea of an pact nature of this gorgeous outdoor Charlotte Ukulele Meetup reflects Old-Time Instrumental Slow Jam, facility, the setting is not ideal for this diversity. We have members here are the particulars! The pets, amplified instruments, or un- from all over the world, some of group meeting second Fridays fol- attended children. whom are experienced musicians lowing Gatherings is led by local and many that are just learning. fiddler Alan Davis. This is the If you have questions, please get in For more information, or to join place where beginning players of touch with Ed Gebauer at rhythmfid- our group, visit www.meetup. all acoustic instruments are intro- [email protected] or Alan Davis at com/charlotteuke. We meet on duced to old-time dance tunes at a [email protected]. the third Saturday of each month gentle pace. This is the place to at 1 PM at the Sam Ash Music start learning to jam with other Store, 5533 Westpark Drive, players after learning those first Charlotte 28217. Please join us few chords on your guitar or Saturday next on Saturday, August 15th. banjo, or your first tune on your lead instrument. Mint Hill Old-

You can learn all about the Char- Time Music Jams lotte Folk Society Slow Jams by visiting our website at www. May – September folksociety.org/slowjam.shtml. There you'll find all the music we By Rita Hartmann play as well as mp3 files you can download and, with your instru- The Mint Hill Old-Time Music Jam ment, play along. In August, at the Carl J. McEwen Historical Vil- we’ll be playing the tunes in the lage is now on the Summer/Farmer’s key of D! Market schedule. It starts at 9 AM

every Saturday, May through Sep- During the warmer summer tember, and ends at 1 PM. Come out months, the Slow Jam normally and spend a day like 100 years ago:

14 FOLK CALENDAR May 13: The Kollard Kings per- 2015-2016 Charlotte Folk form stringband songs from Char- lotte's heyday as a hub for country Society Gathering Season and gospel recording - roots of the music now known as bluegrass. Charlotte Folk Society second-Friday sic, but ranging to blues, bluegrass, Presented in partnership with Le- Gatherings at the Great Aunt Stella rock, and jazz. “Great playing, sing- vine Museum of the New South. Center (GASC), 926 Elizabeth Ave- ing, and soul. It just doesn’t get any www.kollardkings.org nue, are family-friendly and open to better than this.” – David Holt the public. Gatherings are free; do- Presented in partnership with the June 10: The popular Charlotte nations are appreciated and essential Charlotte Blues Society. www. Folk Society Members’ Showcase to presenting this series in GASC. theharrisbrothers.com returns to shine a spotlight on our The front doors open at 7 PM; con- many talented member musicians! certs begin at 7:30 PM and last about December 12: Holiday Jam & Pot- Expect to hear anything from old- one hour. Refreshments, a song cir- luck features a short performance of time to bluegrass, Celtic to honky- cle, a slow old-time jam, a songwrit- seasonal songs by The Thistledown tonk, swing to Gypsy jazz. ers’ workshop, and the Charlotte Tinkers. Tentatively, Dilworth Charlotte Folk Society Gatherings are Appalachian Dulcimer Club follow United Methodist Church, 605 East made possible, in part, with funding the concert. Spontaneous jams are Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28203. 4 - 9:45 from the Arts & Science Council, the welcomed in the sanctuary. Parking PM. Bring a dish to share or donate North Carolina Arts Council, a division adjacent to GASC is free. Accessible $5/person towards expenses. Song of the Department of Cultural Re- entry and an elevator are available circle & jams before & after dinner. sources, and the National Endowment www.thistledowntinkers.com through the ground floor door on the for the Arts, which believes that a great parking lot side of GASC. nation deserves great art. January 8: The annual CFS Young September 11: Americana folk re- Talent Showcase highlights the im- vival by Steph Stewart & The Boy- pressive talents of our young musi- friends. “With the Boyfriends’ clean cians. Featured performers will be instrumentation setting the scene, 2015 Marilyn Meacham Price Schol- the distinct voice of Steph Stewart arship recipient, Liam Purcell, and conveys stories with considerable 2015 William Thomas Covington grace. At once youthful and wise, Scholarship recipient, Angel Paez. her timbre recalls the genre’s legen- dary sirens while maintaining a con- February 12: Two of North Caro- We are proud this season to have Char- fidently modern sound.” – Our State lina’s most outstanding songwriters, lotte Community Radio, an internet- Digital (June 2014) Presented in David Childers and Malcolm Hol- based community radio station, as our partnership with the Myers Park combe, grace the Stella Stage. www. media partner. Listen to Dennis “Cuz” High School Bluegrass Band. davidchilders.com/#home; www. Frost’s Roots/Americana music pro- stephstesart.net; malcolmholcombe.com gram every Wednesday night, 7-10 PM. www.reverbnation.com/ http://charlottecommunityradio.org stephstewartandtheboyfriends March 11: Multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven is a one man folk show. Ex- October 9: The Red Clay Ramblers pect a thoroughly entertaining, inter- sparked a regional revival of old- active experience! Be sure to wear time mountain stringband music 40+ your sunglasses to protect your eyes years ago. WNCW 88.7 FM calls from his dazzling attire. http:// them “the house band of North joecraven.com Carolina.” Presented in partnership with Our State Magazine. http:// April 8: The four talented women of redclayramblers.com Beeswing create a unique sound based on Irish traditional tunes and November 13: The Harris Brothers, songs with great musicianship and a genuine brother duo from western four velvety voices. www.facebook. North Carolina, have a repertoire com/beeswingmusic rooted in traditional mountain mu-

15 FOLK CALENDAR blumenthalcenter.org (Tuesdays), Sharon Presbyterian Church Chapel, 52o1 Sharon Rd., Charlotte. 7-8:30 PM, Calendar The Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St., Free. Contact Carol Raedy at 704-367-2536 or All calendar listings are subject to change and Charlotte, NC. 704-358-9298; www. [email protected]. http:// should be verified. neighborhoodtheatre.com communitysingers.carolraedy.com

VENUE INFORMATION Old Rock School, 400 Main St. West, Valdese, AUG 11, Red Rocking Chair (Jack Lawrence, NC. Call 828-879-2129; visit www. The Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St., Asheville, Paddy Crouch, Tom Kuhn & Dale Meyer) bluegrassattherock.com NC. 828-348-5327; www.myaltamont.com (Tuesdays), Comet Grill, 8:30-11:30 PM. Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro, 828-225-5851; www.theorangepeel.net AUG 11, Charlotte Nashville Songwriters As- NC. 919-929-2787; www.artscenterlive.org sociation International Workshop Meeting, Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence The Well, 220 Main St., Pineville, NC, 7 PM. Acoustic Stage Private Music Club, 734 1st St., Blvd., Charlotte. 704-335-3100; www. Contact Coordinator Steve Simpson at sisimp- SW, Hickory, NC. www.acousticstage.co ovensauditorium.com/default.asp?ovens=11 [email protected]; http://NSAICharlotte.com Belk Theater, Blumenthal Performing Arts Ctr., Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar 130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. 704-372-1000; Creek Rd., Derita, NC. 704-597-8230; www. AUG 11, Howie Day w/Casey Buckley, The www.blumenthalcenter.org puckettsfarm.com Evening Muse, 8 PM, $20.

Blue Ridge Music Center, milepost 213, Blue Purple Onion, Hwy. 176, Saluda, NC. 828-749- êêAUG 12 (Wednesdays), Charlotte Appala- Ridge Parkway, 700 Foothills Rd., Galax, VA. 1179; www.purpleonionsaluda.com chian Dulcimer Club, Arboretum area home, 1 Call 276-236-5309, ext. 112; visit www. Ri~Ra Irish Pub, 200 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. PM, Free. Call Carol Rousey at 704-321-2020 blueridgemusiccenter.org. 704-333-5554; www.rira.com for directions and questions. The Comet Grill, 2224 Park Rd., Charlotte. 704- Rodi, 245 W. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC. 371-4300. êêAUG 12 (Wednesdays), Cuz’s Corner, 704-864-7634; www.rodiworld.com hosted by Dennis “Cuz” Frost, Charlotte Com- Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place, 2 Pack Stage Door Theater, 5th & College Sts., Char- munity Radio, 7-10 PM. Stream online at char- Place Square, Asheville, NC. 828-257-4530; lotte. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org lottecommunityradio.org. Men Standing For www.dwtheatre.com Christ will be in the studio on August 12th for Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC. Don Gibson Theatre, Theatre, 318 S. Washing- a live performance and interview. 704-895-9090; www.summitcoffee.com ton St., Shelby, NC. 704-487-8114; www. DGshelby.com The Sylvia Theater, 27 N. Congress St., York, êêAUG 13, The Testostertones (Glen Alexan- SC. 803-684-5590; www.sylviatheater.com der, Michael Burgess, Randy DeBruhl, Dave The Double Door Inn, 218 E. Independence Ballenger), The Pizza Peel & Tap Room, 4422 Blvd. Charlotte, NC. 704-376-1446; www. The Visulite Theatre, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., Colwick Rd., Charlotte. 8-10 PM. 704-714- doubledoorinn.com Charlotte. 704-358-9200; www.visulite.com 8808; www.tapandpeel.com

EagleSpeak Coffee House, 3907 South Blvd. (at CALENDAR LISTINGS AUG 13, Tummas English Country Dance Scaleybark), Charlotte, NC 28209. 980-297- Group (Thursdays), Matthews Orthodox Pres- 9643; www.eaglespeakcoffee.com THRU SEPT 7, Guitar: The Instrument That byterian Church, located at 2701 Rice Rd, Mat- Rocked the World, Discovery Place, 301 N. thews, NC 28105. 7-9 PM, Donations appreci- The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St., Char- Tryon St., Charlotte. Exhibit free with admis- ated. www.tummasdance.com lotte. 704-376-3737; www.theeveningmuse.com sion: $15 Adults; $12 for ages 2-13 years & 60+ years. 704-372-6261; www.discoveryplace.org/ AUG 13, Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry, Fairview Ruritan Club Concerts, Fairview Rd., GuitarAUG 1, Carolina Gator Gumbo w/Bill Blue Note Grill, 700 Washington St., Durham, SR821, Galax, VA. 276-238-0376; www. Noonan & The Hey Joes, Double Door Inn, 8:30 NC. 7 PM; No Cover. 919-401-1979; www. fairviewruritan.com PM, $8. thebluenotegrill.com

Fiddle & Bow Society Series, Muddy Creek êêAUG 8 (Saturdays), Mint Hill Old-Time Music Hall, Bethania Mill, 5455 Bethania Rd., êêAUG 14, Charlotte Folk Society Gathering Jam, Carl J. McEwan Historic Village, 7601 Mat- Winston-Salem, NC 27106.. 336-724-9393; & Jams featuring Gospel by Men Standing thews-Mint Hill Rd., Mint Hill, NC. 9 AM-1 www.fiddleandbow.org New Venue. For Christ, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, PM. Free open jam. Rita Hartmann at 704-496- NC. 7:30 PM, FREE; donations appreciated. The Garage, 110 West 7th St., Winston-Salem, 4321 or [email protected]. Doors open 7 PM. Come early to enjoy song NC. 336-777-1127; www.the-garage.ws selections from the musical Lunch at the Pic- êêAUG 9, CFS Bluegrass Jam (Sundays), Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall, 185 Cling- cadilly. Free parking. Refreshments, song cir- Tommy’s Pub, 2007 Central Ave., Charlotte. man Ave., Asheville, NC. 828-232-5800; www. cle, and jams follow concert. Presented in part- 6:30 PM. Intermediate level; all are welcome. thegreyeagle.com nership with Levine Museum of the New Led by Greg Clarke; contact South. www.folksociety.org; www. The Handlebar, 304 E. Stone St., Greenville, SC. [email protected] or 704-236-1111. museumofthenewsouth.org 864-233-6173; www.handlebar-online.com/ index.asp AUG 10, Open Mic w/Three Piece Buckett êêAUG 14, Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer (Mondays), Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 7:30- Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville, Club, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth 10:30 PM. NC. 828-252-5445; http://jackofthewood.com/ Ave., Charlotte, following the CFS concert, ap- prox. 8:45 PM, free. Call Mark Willingham for Knight Theater, 430 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC. AUG 10, Find Your Muse Open Mic information: 980-254-8059. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org (Mondays), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3.

êêAUG 14, Charlotte Folk Society Old-Time McGlohon Theatre, Spirit Square, 345 N. Col- AUG 11, Charlotte Community Singers lege St., Charlotte, NC. 704-372-1000; www. Slow Jam, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Eliza-

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ter, 5000 Whitewater Center Parkway, Charlotte, Calendar, continued 7-10 PM, Free. $5/car parking fee. 704-391- 3900; http://usnwc.org beth Ave., Charlotte, following the CFS con- lincolntheatre.com cert, approx. 8:45 PM, free. Tunes in the key êêAUG 20, Summit Coffee Songwriters of A. Contact Alan Davis for information: AUG 15, Tri-County Bluegrass, Mount Gilead Showcase features Melissa Mummert, Amy [email protected]. Music Barn, 108 N. Main St., Mt. Gilead, NC Broome, Greg Lilley performing with host Rob 27306. 7:30 PM, $7 Adults; 12 & under Free. McHale, Summit Coffee, 8 PM. www. êêAUG 14, Charlotte Folk Society Song- Music barn hours: 6:30-10 PM. Light refresh- robmchale.com writer’s Workshop, Great Aunt Stella Center ments for sale. 910-220-6426; www. Lobby, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, follow- mgmusicbarn.com/index.html AUG 20, Beavergrass Open Bluegrass Jam, The ing the CFS concert, approx. 8:45 PM, free. Thirsty Beaver Saloon, 1225 Central Ave., Char- Beginners to experience songwriters welcome AUG 15, Rolling Waterwheel Gospel Review lotte, NC. Hosted by Jim Garrett; 8:30 PM. to share songs. Contact Diana Wade at featuring Lib Porter and Heartstrings, Last [email protected] for information. Road, Roosevelt Baker and the Gospel True AUG 21, The Jazz Room w/Mitch Butler Play- Tones, Music in the Mountains Series, Historic ing J. J. Johnson, The Stage Door Theater, 6 PM AUG 14, The Honey Dewdrops, The Hagood Mill (3 miles N. of Pickens, SC or 5.5 & 8:15 PM; $12-15. Presented by Jazz Arts Initia- ArtsCenter, 8 PM, $12-14. miles S. of Scenic Hwy. 11, off Hwy. 178), tive. 704-372-1000; https://tix.carolinatix.org Hagood Mill Rd., Pickens, SC. 11 AM-3 PM; AUG 14, 17th Annual Blues Out Back Con- Free admission; $5 parking fee. Tours, demon- AUG 21, The Jazz Room w/Trombonist Mitch cert Series featuring Jon Shain, Gaston strations, living history presentations. 864-898- Butler Pays Tribute to J. J. Johnson, The Stage County Museum of Art & History, 131 W. 2936; www.visitpickenscounty.com/calendar Door Theater, 6 PM & 8:15 PM; $12-15. Pre- Main St., Dallas, NC. 6:30-8 PM; Free. Bring sented by Jazz Arts Initiative. 704-372-1000; lawn chairs; concert takes place on museum AUG 15, 49th Shindig on the Green featuring https://tix.carolinatix.org back lawn. 704-922-7681, Ext. 105; www. The Stoney Creek Boys, Bluegrass and Old- gastoncountymuseum.org Time String Bands, Big Circle Mountain AUG 21, The Euphonious Ensemble, Barley’s Dancers, Clog Dancers, Smooth Dancers, Bal- Taproom & Pizzeria, 502 Main St., Spindale, NC. AUG 14, Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home lad Singers & Storytellers, Bascom Lamar 7 PM. barleystaproom.com Companion America the Beautiful Tour w/ Lunsford Stage, Roger McGuire Green at Pack Sarah Jarosz, Uptown Amphitheatre at The Square Park, Downtown Asheville, NC. 7-10 AUG 21, Bob Carlin, Fiddle & Bow Society Se- NC Music Factory, 1000 NC Music Factory PM, Free. Bring lawn chairs. Concessions ries, Muddy Creek Music Hall, Historic Bethania Blvd., Charlotte. 7:30 PM, $25-95. http:// available. www.folkheritage.org/ Mill, 5455 Bethania Rd., Winston-Salem, NC prairiehome.org/tickets shindigonthegreen.htm 27106. 8 PM, $12; cash/checks only. Food avail- able at Muddy Creek Café. 336-724-9393; www. AUG 14, Rodney & Daniel Taylor w/Dale AUG 15, The Spencer Branch Band (Old- fiddleandbow.org Smaar & J.S. Edmond, Sylvia Theater, 9 PM, Time) and Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge $10. (Bluegrass, Gospel), Blue Ridge Music Center, êêAUG 22, Six String Saturdays, Guitar: The 700 Foothills Rd., Galax, VA 24333 (Milepost Instrument That Rocked The World Exhibit AUG 14-15, Fries Fiddlers’ Convention, Fries 213 on The Blue Ridge Parkway). 7 PM, $10. featuring the High Ridge Pickers (Dave, Mary Town Park, Fries, VA. Competition, jam- Tickets: 866-308-2773 x 245; www. & Ruth Shumway) (Bluegrass, Old-Time & ming. 276-773-2000; graysoncountyva.com blueridgemusiccenter.org Gospel), Discovery Place, 301 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. Enjoy free concert on the patio near êêAUG 15, Feast Here Tonight: Southern AUG 15, Jeff Little Trio, Lynn L. Shields Audi- the Tryon Street Discovery Place entrance. 2- Food and Music Traditions featuring Dr. torium, Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Ctr., 121 3:30 PM. 704-372-6261; www.discoveryplace. Tom Hanchett & The Kollard Kings String- Schoolhouse Rd., Stecoah (Robbinsville), NC org band, Earl Scruggs Center, Historic Cleve- 28771. 7:30 PM, Adults $25; K-12 $10. Dinner land County Courthouse, 103 S. Lafayette St., available 6 PM. 828-479-3364; www. AUG 22, Mill Mother’s Lament CD Release Jam Shelby, NC. 2-3:30 PM; program/concert free stecoahvalleycenter.com/events.html Session: A Tribute to the Life and Spirit of with admission. 5 PM, “Pickin’ on the Ella May Wiggins featuring David Childers, Square” a free public concert with The Kol- AUG 18, Catawba River Bluegrass Association Robert Childers, Bob Crawford, Si Kahn & lard Kings and local jammers on the Court- Jam, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Gastonia, NC. more, Zoe’s Coffee House, 170 S. South St., house grounds. For more info, visit www. 7-9 PM, Free. Contact Mike McDonald at m. Gastonia, NC. 7 PM, $10 advance; $12 at door. ScruggsCenter.org or call 704-487-6233. [email protected] with questions. CDs for sale for $10. Buy tickets: www. downtowngastonia.com/event/mill-mothers- AUG 15, Greater Charlotte Ukulele Meetup, AUG 19, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Belk lament-cd-release-jam-session The Roasting Oven & Grill, 855 Gold Hill Rd., Theater, 7:30 PM, $20-99.50. Fort Mill, SC, 1 PM, Free. Visit http://www. AUG 22, The Euphonious Ensemble, Farmer’s charlotteuke.com to learn more & to join the AUG 19, Ry Cooder, Sharon White & Ricky Market Stage, Summerfest 2015, York, SC. 9:30 group. Skaggs, McGlohon Theatre, 7:30 PM, $49.50- AM. www.yorksummerfest.com 79.50 AUG 15, Whippoorwill String Band w/The AUG 22, River Jam featuring The New Famil- Euphonious Ensemble, Sylvia Theater, 9 PM, êêAUG 20, Little Big String Band (Glen Al- iars, U.S. National Whitewater Center, 5000 $10. exander, David McGuirt & Scott Caviness), Whitewater Center Parkway, Charlotte, 7-10 The Pizza Peel & Tap Room, 1600 Central Ave., PM, Free. $5/car parking fee. 704-391-3900; AUG 15, Jorma Kaukonen, Lincoln Theatre, Charlotte. 704-790-7335; www.tapandpeel.com http://usnwc.org 126 E. Cabarrus St., Raleigh, NC. 8:30 PM, General Admission Standing $20 + fees; Re- AUG 20, River Jam featuring The Mike AUG 22, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, Triad served Floor $30 + fees. 919-821-4111; www. Strauss Band, U.S. National Whitewater Cen- Acoustic Stage Series, Mack and Mack, 220 S.

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Hill, NC 28753. 4-6 PM; $30-35. Tickets: Calendar, continued 828-649-1301; http://madisoncountyarts. com/events/wayne-henderson-clay- Elm St., Greensboro, NC. 8 PM, $20-25. 336- usnwc.org lunsford/ 643-8643; www.triadacousticstage.com AUG 28, Iris DeMent, Carolina Theatre, 309 W. êêSEP 2, Tosco House Party, The Even- AUG 22, Crusher Run Bluegrass, Mount Morgan St., Durham, NC. 8 PM, $39.68-$70.38. ing Muse, 8 PM, $3.SEP 3, River Jam w/ Gilead Music Barn, 108 N. Main St., Mt. Gil- 919-560-3030; www.carolinatheatre.org Sinners and Saints, U.S. National White- ead, NC 27306. 7:30 PM, $7 Adults; 12 & un- water Center, 5000 Whitewater Center der Free. Music barn hours: 6:30-10 PM. AUG 28, Six String Presents Michael Reno Har- Parkway, Charlotte, 7-10 PM, Free. $5/car Light refreshments for sale. 910-220-6426; rell & Chuck Brodsky, The Cary Theater, 122 East parking fee. 704-391-3900; http://usnwc. www.mgmusicbarn.com/index.html Chatham St., Cary, NC. 8 PM, $10-22.50 + fees. org www.sixstringpresents.com/index.html AUG 22, 49th Shindig on the Green featuring êêSEP 3, Little Big String Band (Glen The Stoney Creek Boys, Bluegrass and Old- AUG 28, Sylvia Songwriter Round featuring Paul Alexander, David McGuirt & Scott Cavi- Time String Bands, Big Circle Mountain Finnican, Dave Huberman & Ricky Vacca, Sylvia ness), The Pizza Peel & Tap Room, 1600 Dancers, Clog Dancers, Smooth Dancers, Theater, 9 PM, $10. Central Ave., Charlotte. 704-790-7335; Ballad Singers & Storytellers, Bascom Lamar www.tapandpeel.com Lunsford Stage, Roger McGuire Green at êêAUG 29, Six String Saturdays, Guitar: The Pack Square Park, Downtown Asheville, NC. Instrument That Rocked The World Exhibit fea- SEP 4, 17th Annual Blues Out Back Con- 7-10 PM, Free. Bring lawn chairs. Conces- turing the J. L. Davis Duo, Discovery Place, 301 cert Series featuring Pat “Mother Blues” sions available. www.folkheritage.org/ N. Tryon St., Charlotte. Enjoy free concert on the Cohen Band, Gaston County Museum of shindigonthegreen.htm patio near the Tryon Street Discovery Place en- Art & History, 131 W. Main St., Dallas, trance. 2-4 PM. 704-372-6261; www. NC. 6:30-8 PM; Free. Bring lawn chairs; AUG 22, Redhead Express (Country, Blue- discoveryplace.org concert takes place on museum back lawn. grass, Gospel) & The Walker Boys (Country, 704-922-7681, Ext. 105; www. Bluegrass), Blue Ridge Music Center, 700 AUG 29, Southern Express Bluegrass, Mount gastoncountymuseum.org Foothills Rd., Galax, VA 24333 (Milepost 213 Gilead Music Barn, 108 N. Main St., Mt. Gilead, on The Blue Ridge Parkway). 7 PM, $10. NC 27306. 7:30 PM, $7 Adults; 12 & under Free. SEP 4, Jeff Black, Fiddle & Bow Society Tickets: 866-308-2773 x 245; www. Music barn hours: 6:30-10 PM. Light refresh- Series, Muddy Creek Music Hall, Historic blueridgemusiccenter.org ments for sale. 910-220-6426; www.mgmusicbarn. Bethania Mill, 5455 Bethania Rd., Winston- com/index.html Salem, NC 27106. 8 PM, $12; cash/checks AUG 23, Watermelon Wine: The Poetry of only. Food available at Muddy Creek Americana Music, A Program of Reading & AUG 29, Steep Canyon Rangers (Bluegrass, Café. 336-724-9393; www.fiddleandbow. Song, featuring Writer Frye Gaillard & Americana) and Mountain Park Old Time Band org Nashville Songwriter Anne E. DeChant, (Old-Time), Blue Ridge Music Center, 700 Foot- Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, 3501 hills Rd., Galax, VA 24333 (Milepost 213 on The SEP 4-5, Smoky Mountain Folk Festival, West W. T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte. 3 PM, $10 Blue Ridge Parkway). 7 PM, $20. Tickets: 866- Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Cen- donation requested. 308-2773 x 245; www.blueridgemusiccenter.org ter, Lake Junaluska, NC. Concerts, dance, jamming. lakejunaluska.com/sm-folk- AUG 23, Melissa Etheridge, Knight Theatre, AUG 29, The Kruger Brothers, Lynn L. Shields festival 7 PM, $20-104.50. Auditorium, Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Ctr., 121 Schoolhouse Rd., Stecoah (Robbinsville), NC SEP 4-6, Happy Valley Fiddlers Conven- AUG 23, Homefront Music Presents Tony 28771. 7:30 PM, Adults $25; K-12 $10. Dinner tion w/Performances Sunday by Strictly Furtado, Wynfield Forest Clubhouse, 15722 available 6 PM. 828-479-3364; www. Strings, The Neighbors, Kilby Spencer, Wynfield Creek Pkwy., Huntersville, NC. stecoahvalleycenter.com/events.html Jeff Little Trio, Strictly Clean and Decent, 6:30 PM, $15. Pre-sold tickets only. BYOB; Harris Brothers, Wayne Henderson Ex- beer & wine only. Potluck at 5 PM; bring a AUG 29, River Jam w/Tellico, U.S. National travaganza, Kruger Brothers, Happy Val- dish to share. http://furtado. Whitewater Center, 5000 Whitewater Center Park- ley, Highway 268, Lenoir, NC. Fri. Night: brownpapertickets.com way, Charlotte, 7-10 PM, Free. $5/car parking fee. Concert, cakewalks, dancing, jamming; 704-391-3900; http://usnwc.org Free. Sat.: Individual & Band Competions; AUG 23, Six String Drag & Mic Harrison, $10. Sun. Concert: 10 AM-5 PM; $10. Lee Street Theatre, N. Lee St. & E. Kerr St., AUG 29, 49th Shindig on the Green featuring The http://happyvalleyfiddlers.org Salisbury, NC. 7:30 PM; Doors 7 PM. $15 + Stoney Creek Boys, Bluegrass and Old-Time tax General Admission. 704-310-5507; www. String Bands, Big Circle Mountain Dancers, Clog SEP 5, Travis Frye & Blue Mountain, leestreet.org/tickets Dancers, Smooth Dancers, Ballad Singers & Sto- Mount Gilead Music Barn, 108 N. Main St., rytellers, Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage, Roger Mt. Gilead, NC 27306. 7:30 PM, $7 Adults; êêAUG 27, The Testostertones (Glen Alex- McGuire Green at Pack Square Park, Downtown 12 & under Free. Free food: 6-7:15 PM. ander, Michael Burgess, Randy DeBruhl, Asheville, NC. 7-10 PM, Free. Bring lawn chairs. Light refreshments for sale. 910-220-6426; Dave Ballenger), The Pizza Peel & Tap Room, Concessions available. www.folkheritage.org/ www.mgmusicbarn.com/index.html 4422 Colwick Rd., Charlotte. 8-10 PM. 704- shindigonthegreen.htm 714-8808; www.tapandpeel.com êêSEP 5, Willow Grove Old-Time Jam AUG 29, The Steeldrivers, The Neighborhood In Memory of Bill Williams, Willow AUG 27, River Jam w/Humming House, U.S. Theatre, 8 PM, $18-22. Grove Retirement Center Activities Room, National Whitewater Center, 5000 Whitewa- 10043 Idlewild Road, Matthews, 2-4 PM; ter Center Parkway, Charlotte, 7-10 PM, Free. AUG 30, The Kruger Brothers, Ebbs Chapel Per- open jam. For information, contact Alan $5/car parking fee. 704-391-3900; http:// forming Arts Center, 271 Laurel Valley Rd., Mars Davis at [email protected] or 704- 499-3918.

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SEPT 18, The Jazz Room Special Edition SEP 5, Wayne Henderson, Helen White & Herb ter Parkway, Charlotte, 7-10 PM, Free. $5/car w/Sasha Masakowski Singing Antonio Key (Old-Time, Accoustic, Folk) with Stevie parking fee. 704-391-3900; http://usnwc.org Carlos Jobim & the Music of Brazil, The Barr & The Mastertones (Bluegrass, Old-Time), Stage Door Theater, 6 PM & 8:15 PM; $12- Blue Ridge Music Center, 700 Foothills Rd., Ga- SEP 12, Forty Acres Presents The Old Cere- 15. Presented by Jazz Arts Initiative. 704- lax, VA 24333 (Milepost 213 on The Blue Ridge mony, RambleRill Farm (www. 372-1000; https://tix.carolinatix.org Parkway). 7 PM, $10. Tickets: 866-308-2773 x ramblerillfarm.com), 913 Arthur Minnis Rd.,

245; www.blueridgemusiccenter.org between Carrboro & Hillsborough, NC. 8 SEP 19, 2nd Annual Blowing Rock Music PM; Doors 7 PM. $21.69 advance; $25 at door. Festival with TBA, 9 AM-8:30 PM, $25. SEP 5, 49th Shindig on the Green featuring The Bring a picnic any time after 4 PM and enjoy www.theblowingrock.com/event/the- Stoney Creek Boys, Bluegrass and Old-Time the 10 acres of this organic farm. Buy tickets: blowing-rock-music-festival-2014/ String Bands, Big Circle Mountain Dancers, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2100624

Clog Dancers, Smooth Dancers, Ballad Singers SEP 19, Backcountry Days featuring Char- & Storytellers, Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage, SEP 12, Willard Gayheart, Bobby Patterson lotte Folk Society & Storytellers Guild of Roger McGuire Green at Pack Square Park, & Scott Freeman (Old-Time, Folk, Country) Charlotte, Charlotte Museum of History Downtown Asheville, NC. 7-10 PM, Free. Bring with Bill & Maggie Anderson (Bluegrass, and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite, 3500 lawn chairs. Concessions available. www. Folk, Country), Blue Ridge Music Center, 700 Shamrock Dr., Charlotte. 1-5 PM, Free. folkheritage.org/shindigonthegreen.htm Foothills Rd., Galax, VA 24333 (Milepost 213 Enjoy storytelling, song circle, slow old- on The Blue Ridge Parkway). 7 PM, Free. time jam, Celtic jam, bluegrass jam, Appa- SEP 6, Lakota John & Kin, E. Carroll Joyner Tickets: 866-308-2773 x 245; www. lachian dulcimers, and ICE CREAM, as Park, 701 Harris Rd., Wake Forest, NC. 5 PM. blueridgemusiccenter.org long as it lasts! Explore activities of 18th Free. Bring lawn chairs. Rain location: Wake century daily living. Demonstrations of Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St., SEP 12, Jim Lauderdale, The Evening Muse, 8 traditional crafts & cooking. Children’s Wake Forest, NC 27587-2932. www.pinecone. PM, $20-22. activities. Presented by partnership of org SEP 12, Steve Earle & The Dukes w/The Charlotte Museum of History, Charlotte SEP 7, Anthony Scruggs’ Bluegrass Jam, Mastersons, McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Folk Society, and Storytellers Guild of Belmont General Store, 6 N. Main St., Belmont, Square, Charlotte. 7:30 PM; $20-39.50. Charlotte. www.folksociety.org; NC. 7-9 PM. Open to all – beginner to ad- vanced. Listeners welcomed. Please support the SEP 13, An Evening with Michael W. Smith, SEP 19, Apple Fest at Historic Bethabara Park featuring Sara Grey & Kieron Belmont General Store by purchasing cold bot- Knight Theater, 7 PM, $20-59.50. Means, Dana & Susan Robinson, Tellico tled drinks, ice cream, etc. (Americana & Bluegrass Band), Historic êêSEP 13, Charlotte Folk Society Slow Bethabara Park, 2147 Bethabara Rd., SEP 10, River Jam w/Sinners and Saints, U.S. Celtic Session, Senior Care Center Chapel, Winston-Salem, NC. 10 AM-4 PM, Free. National Whitewater Center, 5000 Whitewater Aldersgate Retirement Community, 3800 Family event w/apples, crafts, music, food, Center Parkway, Charlotte, 7-10 PM, Free. $5/ Shamrock Dr., East Charlotte, 2-5 PM. Please games for children, and Hogway Speed- car parking fee. 704-391-3900; http://usnwc.org bring an armless chair. www.folksociety.org/ way: The Official Racing Pigs. 336-924- celticsession.shtml 8191; www.cityofws.org/departments/ SEP 10-12, Music Fest at Blue Bear Mountain recreation-parks/historic-bethabara featuring Acoustic Syndicate, Sol Driven Train, SEP 12, Bluegrass Blend, Mount Gilead Mu-

The Revelers, Jeff Little Trio, Carter Brothers, sic Barn, 108 N. Main St., Mt. Gilead, NC SEP 19, Paul Brown & Terri McMurray Melissa Reaves, Dr. Bacon, Mel Jones & His 27306. 7:30 PM, $7 Adults; 12 & under Free. (Old-Time), Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice Bag of Bones, Lost Ridge Band & more, Blue Music barn hours: 6:30-10 PM. Light refresh- (Old-Time, Bluegrass, Country, Folk) with Bear Mtn. Campground, 196 Blue Bear Moun- ments for sale. 910-220-6426; www. De Temps Antan (World, Folk), Blue tain Rd., Todd, NC 28684. Advance tickets: mgmusicbarn.com/index.html Ridge Music Center, 700 Foothills Rd., Ga- Thurs. Night $15; Fri. $25; Sat. $30; Weekend lax, VA 24333 (Milepost 213 on The Blue Day Pass $55; Camping & Weekend Pass $90. SEP 15, GospelSHOUT, “Mother House” of Ridge Parkway). 7 PM, $15. Tickets: 866- Add $5 at the gate for all prices. 828-406-4226; the United House of Prayer For All People, 308-2773 x 245; www. musicfestatbluebearmountain.com 2321 Beatties Ford Rd., West Charlotte. 7:30 blueridgemusiccenter.org PM, Free. Presented by Levine Museum of

SEP 11, Homefront Music Presents Barnaby the New South and Charlotte Center City SEP 19, Charlotte Blues Society Blues Bright, Wynfield Forest Clubhouse, 15722 Wyn- Partners. For more info, call 704-577-5103. Challenge For Bands, Romare Bearden field Creek Pkwy., Huntersville, NC. 8 PM, $12. Park, 300 S. Church St., Uptown Charlotte. Pre-sold tickets only. BYOB; beer & wine only. SEP 17-19, Hoppin’ John Old-Time & Blue- 1st place band wins $1000 and travels to Please bring munchies to share. http://barnaby. grass Fiddlers’ Convention, Shakori Hills, Memphis to present CBS at the Interna- bpt.me/ Silk Hope, NC. Competitions, jamming, tional Blues Challenge. http:// workshops, dance. 919-542-1746; hoppinjohn. charlottebluessociety.org/home.htm; SEP 11-13, 75th National Folk Festival, Greens- org http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/ boro, NC. Free. http://nationalfolkfestival.com county/ParkandRec/Parks/ SEP 17-OCT 4, Lunch at the Piccadilly Musi- ParksByRegion/CentralRegion/Pages/ SEP 12, Chatham County Line w/Bombadil, cal, Booth Playhouse, Blumenthal PAC, 130 Romare-Bearden-Park.aspx The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $17-20. N. Tryon St., Charlotte. Get a $2 discount on

your tickets by using the promo code FOLK, SEP 19, Tosco Music Party, Knight Thea- SEP 12, River Jam w/Big Daddy Love, U.S. Na- whether buying by phone or online. $18-42; ter, 7:30-10:30 PM, $17-23. Visit www. tional Whitewater Center, 5000 Whitewater Cen- Price Zones 1,2, and 3. Tickets: 704-372-1000;

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6113 or email [email protected]; www. Calendar, continued harvestmoonfolk.org AUG 14: Friday Advanced Dance w/ toscomusicparty.com to see complete lineup and PM. Dance 8-10 PM, $7. www. Steam Shovel & Beth Molaro calling. No buy tickets. charlottedancegypsies.org potluck. Experienced dancers only; not for AUG 10: Indian Summer w/Gretchen beginners & new dancers. SEP 18-20, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Caldwell calling. AUG 15: Gold & Light w/Diane Silver. featuring Steve Earle & The Dukes, Hot AUG 17: Spinning Wheel w/Jack Mitchell. AUG 22: Toss the Possum w/Keith Cor- Rize, Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers, AUG 24: Band TBA w/Lesly Bowers calling. nett Eustis calling. Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, AUG 31: Band TBA w/Jacob LeGrone. SEP 4: Friday Advanced Dance w/Flying Gibson Brothers, The Steeldrivers, Balsam the Tune & Caller TBA. SEP 7: Band & Caller TBA .

Range Dom Flemons, Lonesome River Band Harvest Moon Folk Society CityDance, The Grey Eagle, Haywood Rd. & Clingman & many more, State Street, Historic Down- Landmark Hall, 156 Landmark Dr., Taylors, Ave., Asheville, Mondays, 8 PM, $5. Call 828- town Bristol, NC/TN. www.bristolrhythm. SC. Lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, 232-5800 for details; visit www.oldfarmersball. com Children free. Call Terry Pizzuto at 864-639- com 6113 or email [email protected]; www. AUG 10: Cardinal Direction w/Dave Eisen- SEP 25, Charlotte Folk Society Presents on harvestmoonfolk.org Youth & Variety Stage, 51st Annual Festival stadter. AUG 17: Toss the Possum w/Terry Doyle. AUG 28: Wolf Moon String Band w/ in the Park, featuring Greg Clarke & The Clinton Ross calling. Long Overdue Bleugrass Band (5:15 PM), AUG 24: Eric the Cat w/Andrea Nettleton. High Ridge Pickers (6:15 PM), The WBT AUG 31: Crooked Pine w/Charlotte Critten- Old Farmer’s Ball, Bryson Gym, Warren Briarhoppers (7:15 PM), Cane Mill Road den calling. Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC, Thurs- Bluegrass Band (8:30 PM). Freedom Park, SEP 7: Indian Summer w/Lauren Kriel. days, Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8 PM, $6. near Princeton Avenue entrance. Free. www. Boone Country Dancers, Apple Barn, Valle Beginning & intermediate music jam Thurs- folksociety.org; www.festivalinthepark.org Crucis Conference Ctr., Valle Crucis, NC. Les- days, 7:30 PM. Information: 828-299- sons 7:30, dance 8 PM, $7 Adults; $5 High 8823/828-298-7821 or visit www. SEP 25-26, Carolina in the Fall Festival fea- School Students; 12 & under Free. Wear soft- oldfarmersball.com turing The Kruger Brothers, Rhonda Vincent soled shoes. John Pertalion at 828-406-0580; AUG 13: Cardinal Direction w/Dave and the Rage, Balsam Range, The Secret www.boonecountrydancers.org Eisenstadter calling. Sisters, Mipso, Barefoot Movement & more, AUG 22: FootSpring w/Caller TBA. AUG 20: Toss the Possum w/Andrea Net- Wilkes Heritage Museum Lawn, 100 E. Main tleton calling. St., Wilkeboro, NC. Two-day ticket $20; until Carolina Song & Dance Assn., Carrboro Cen- AUG 27: Hot Sonata w/Clinton Ross. July 31st. Two-day VIP ticket $60; until Sep. tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & Triangle Country Dancers, Carrboro Cen- 25th. 336-990-0747; http://carolinainthefall. Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & org 8-11 PM, $8. Call 919-967-9948 for directions. Visit http://csda-dance.org/index.htm Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $9. Dance hotline: 919-286- SEP 26, Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run AUG 21: Buz Lloyd Dance ($8). 6624; questions 919-220-8411. www. (Bluegrass) with The Buckstankle Boys Columbia Traditional Music and Dance, Em- TCDancers.org (Bluegrass, Old-Time), Blue Ridge Music erald Ballroom, 1333 Omarest Dr., Columbia, AUG 14: AUG 15: Cailen Campbell & the Center, 700 Foothills Rd., Galax, VA 24333 SC. Lessons 7 PM, Dance 7:30-10:30 PM, $5. Pond Brothers w/Valerie Helbert. (Milepost 213 on The Blue Ridge Parkway). 7 803-796-8935; visit www.contracola.org SEP 5: FootLoose/Contrazz Dance; $10. PM, $15. Tickets: 866-308-2773 x 245; www. AUG 15: Recorded Music by ContraForce w/ Triangle Country Dancers, blueridgemusiccenter.org Caller TBA. Reality Center. 916 Lamond Ave., Durham, NC. Lessons Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, Guilford 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8. Dance hotline: SEP 26, Mountain Heritage Day, Western Grange Hall, 4909 Guilford School Rd., off I-40 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. Con- E, Greensboro. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 www.TCDancers.org certs, dance, jamming, shape-note singing. PM. $8; $6 students; under 12 free. Contact AUG 28: Good & Plenty w/Ruth Pershing 828-277-7129; mountainheritageday.com Janice/Paul Bruesch at 336-855-8797 or calling. [email protected]. http://feetretreat.

CONTRA DANCES com DANCE WEEKENDS AUG 15: Cailen Campbell & the Pond Broth- Charlotte Dance Gypsies, Chantilly Commu- ers w/Joy Greenwolfe calling. AUG 21-23, Splash Dance Weekend, Camp nity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Charlotte. Pinnacle, Hendersonville, NC. www. Potluck 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, Clemmons oldfarmersball.com/SplashDance/index. PM, $9, students & 65+ $7. Gretchen at 704- Civic Club, 2870 Middlebrook Dr., Clemmons, php 537-1377 or Dean at 704-361-6387; www. NC. Every Tuesday; Dance 8-10:30 PM; Les- charlottedancegypsies.org sons 7:30 PM. $8; $5 students; under 12 free. SEP 11-13, MoonDance, Table Rock State AUG 12: Cardinal Direction w/Dave Eisen- Email Austin Murray at contraculturemu- Park, Pickens, SC. Coffee Zombies and stadter calling. [email protected]. http://feetretreat.com Stollen Gold w/Darlene Underwood & AUG 29: Ivory Boys w/Bree Kalb calling. AUG 11: Cardinal Direction w/Dave Eisen- Charlotte Crittenden calling. www. SEP 9: Waltz Wednesday w/instruction by stadter calling. harvestmoonfolk.org Lisa Faryadi & Buddy McManus. Recorded AUG 18: Toss the Possum w/Jack Mitchell. SEP 18-20, Feet Retreat, Camp Millstone, music. Instruction 7 PM. Waltz/reel 7:30-9 AUG 25: Band TBA w/Nick Boulet. Ellerbe, NC. Mean Lids and Shea, Moore, PM. Harvest Moon Folk Society, River Falls Gold & Light w/Susan Kevra & Diane Charlotte Country Dancers, Chantilly Com- Lodge, near Marietta, SC, Set up 5 PM, Potluck Silver calling. http://feetretreat.com munity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Char- 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, lotte. Every Monday evening. Lesson 7:30 Children free. Call Terry Pizzuto at 864-639-

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Yeager at 704-754-6288. 1st SATURDAYS Calendar, continued Willow Grove Old-Time Jam, Willow Grove Retirement Center Activities Room, ONGOING EVENTS Tummas English Country Dance Group, Mat- 10043 Idlewild Rd., Matthews, NC, 2-4 PM. thews Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 2701 MONDAYS Call Bill Williams at 704-573-6154/704-517- Rice Rd., Matthews, NC, 7-9 PM. Donation. Find Your Muse Open Mic, The Evening 2822 (cell). 704-309-7649 or [email protected]. Muse, 8 PM, $3. 3rd SATURDAYS www.tummasdance.com NEW LOCATION Open Mic, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 Charlotte Folk Society Slow Old-Time Jam, 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS W. Sugar Ck. Rd., Derita, NC. 7:30 PM. Led Ashcraft School, Carl J. McEwen Historic Bluegrass Thursday Night, Allison Creek by house band, Three Piece Bucket. Village, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. (Route Presbyterian Church, Family Life Center, 5780 1st MONDAYS 51), Mint Hill, NC. Open jam; 12 Noon-1 Allison Creek Rd., York, SC, Doors open 6 PM. Open Bluegrass Jam, Belmont General Store, PM. Free. Ed Gebauer at Hamburgers & hotdogs for sale 6:30 PM. Mu- 6 N. Main St.,, Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, free; [email protected]. Visit www. sic 7-9 PM, free. 803-366-1302; www. beginners to advanced and listeners wel- folksociety.org/slowjam.shtml for music & allisoncreekbluegrass.com comed. Contact Anthony Scruggs at scrugg- mp3s of fiddle tunes. SUSPENDED UNTIL 3rd THURSDAYS [email protected]. OCTOBER. Songwriters Round, hosted by Rob McHale, Nashville Songwriters Association Interna- Greater Charlotte Ukulele Meetup, Sam Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC. tional Meeting, Location TBA, Rock Hill, SC. Ash Music Store, 5533 Westpark Dr., Char- 704-895-9090; www.summitcoffee.com 7 PM. Contact Tim Jones: 803-328-8689. lotte 28217, 1 PM. To join the group/learn Beavergrass Bluegrass Jam, Thirsty Beaver 4th MONDAYS more, visit www.meetup.com/charlotteuke Saloon, 1225 Central Ave., Charlotte, NC. 8:30 Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society, Watson Stage, Old Time Square Dance (Traditional Ap- PM; hosted by Jim Garrett. 704-332-3612. Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC, palachian style), Denton Civic Ctr., W. 7 PM; www.wilkesfolks.org FRIDAYS Salisbury St., Denton, NC. Bluegrass & old- Bluegrass Jam, E. H. Montgomery General TUESDAYS time bands, 7-10:30 PM, $5 adults. 336-472- Store, 750 Saint Stephens Church Rd., Historic Charlotte Scottish Country Dance Society, 2802; www.dentondance.net/dentondance Gold Hill, NC. 7-9 PM. Call Vivian Hopkins: British American School, 7000 Endhaven Folklife Demonstrations and Traditional 704-279-5674. www.historicgoldhill.com/ Artists & Musicians, Lane, Charlotte 28277. 7-9:30 PM. Jack Historic Hagood Mill, eh_montgomery_general_stor.htm Pressley at 704-814-9647 or jpres79334@aol. 3 miles N of Pickens, SC, off Hwy. 178, on 2nd FRIDAYS com. www.charlottescottishdance.wordpress. Hagood Mill Rd. www.co.pickens.sc.us. **Charlotte Folk Society Gathering, Great EVERY OTHER SATURDAY com. Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Char- Queen City Beginners Bluegrass Jam, Charlotte Community Singers Practice, lotte. Concert, song circle & jams. Free & Asbury Care Center Living Room, Al- Sharon Presbyterian Church Chapel, 5201 open to the public; donations appreciated. 7:30 dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Dr., east Charlotte, Sharon Rd., Charlotte, 7-8:30 PM, free. New PM. 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org. 2-4 PM, free. Email [email protected] members & visitors welcomed. Carol Raedy Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, Great for meeting dates/search “Charlotte Begin- at 704-367-2536 or [email protected]. Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Char- ner Bluegrass Jam” at www.meetup.com. Check for updates at www. lotte. After Folk Society concert, app. 8:45 PM. charlottecommunitysingers.org Carol Rousey at 704-321-0202. SUNDAYS 2nd TUESDAYS Charlotte Folk Society Slow Old-Time Jam, Charlotte Folk Society Sunday Bluegrass Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Jam, Tommy’s Pub, 2007 Central Ave., Workshop Meeting, The Well, 220 Main St., Charlotte. After Folk Society concert, app. Charlotte, 6:30 PM. Intermediate level; all Pineville, NC, 7 PM. Call Fiona MacAllister 8:45 PM. Contact Alan Davis at are welcome. Contact jam leader Greg at 704-483-1671; http://.NSAICharlotte.com. 3rd TUESDAYS [email protected]. Visit www. Clarke at 704-236-1111. Celtic Sessions, Catawba River Bluegrass Association Jam, folksociety.org/slowjam.shtml for music & RiRa Irish Pub, 208 N.

Bethlehem Baptist Church, 3100 Bethlehem mp3s of fiddle tunes. Tryon, 7-9 PM, food available, no cover. 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS Church St. (just off South New Hope Rd.), 704-333-5554. Boots-N-Slippers Square Dance, Steele Creek 2nd SUNDAYS Gastonia, NC, 7-9 PM. Open jam; all wel- Presbyterian Church, 7407 Steele Ck. Rd., Charlotte Folk Society Slow Celtic Session, come. Contact Mike McDonald at m. Charlotte. 8-10 PM. Call 704-525-1940. Asbury Senior Care Center Chapel, Al- [email protected] dersgate Retirement Community, 3800 WEDNESDAYS SATURDAYS Shamrock Dr., East Charlotte. Contact Ses- Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, home Mint Hill Old-Time Music Jam, Farmer’s sion leader Alan Davis at davisxyz@hotmail. of Carol Rousey in the Arboretum area of Market, Carl J. McEwen Historic Village, 7601 com. Charlotte. 1 PM. Call Carol at 704-321-2020 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. (Route 51), Mint Hill, Dixieland Jam Sessions, Fraternal Order of for directions. NC. Open jam; 9 AM-1 PM; free. Rita Hart- Police Hall, 1201 Hawthorne Lane, Char- Too Wet to Plow, Philosopher’s Stone Tavern, mann: 980-949-8687 or hayefourfour@hotmail. lotte, 6-9 PM, free. Dinner & bar service 7th & Caswell Sts., Charlotte, 7 PM, no cover. com. available. 704-350-1331. Morning Jam Session, Cook Shack, Union Triad Scottish Fiddlers & Friends of North Bluegrass, Old-Time Country, Folk & Gos- Grove, NC. Exit 65 off I-77 North; turn west; Carolina Monthly Meeting, 3-6 PM, Loca- pel Jam Session, Cabarrus Co. Senior Ctr., travel 2 miles; sits on left of road. Call Pal tion TBA. Debbie Morris at 336-248-9529. 331 Corban Ave., SE, Concord, NC. 6-9 Ireland at 704-539-4353 for directions. http://sites.google.com/site/ PM. Open to the public; free. 704-920-3484. Bluegrass Jam Session, Pat’s Gourmet Coffee triadscottishfiddlers/ 1st WEDNESDAYS Shop, 166 North Main St., Mooresville, 9 AM-1

Tosco House Party (open mic), The Evening PM. Call 704-662-6299.

Muse, 3227 N. Davidson, Charlotte, 8 PM, $3. Old-Time & Bluegrass Jam Session, Dixie’s

Host John Tosco. www.toscomusicparty.org. Coffee Roasters, 102 S. Main St., China Grove,

THURSDAYS NC. 9 AM- Noon. Contact The Rev. Greg

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Charlotte Folk Society PO Box 36864 Charlotte, NC 28236-6864 www.folksociety.org MEN STANDING FOR CHRIST Soul-Stirring Gospel! Friday, August 14, 2015 7:30 PM Great Aunt Stella Center 926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28204 7:00 PM Pre-Concert: Songs from “Lunch at the Piccadilly”

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