MerleFest, the popular Americana music festival founded by the legendary Doc Watson, will give music lovers in the Gaston County community a sneak peak of the spring festival when it brings MerleFest on the Road to the historic courthouse. An ensemble show of three bands from its lineup will perform during this one night concert including Jonathan Bryd & the Pickup Cowboys, Locust Honey, and Mark Bumgarner. Jonathan Byrd is an award-winning songwriter from Chapel Hill. Along with his band, the Pickup Cowboys, they are musical gunslingers, vaudevillian hucksters, and old-fashioned tent revivalists that entertain and get audiences involved in the show. As Locust Honey, Chloe Edmonstone and Meredith Watson bring their experience in old-time, Bluegrass, and pre-war Blues to both their original material and the traditional songs and tunes of the American Southeast. With a rotating instrumentation of fiddles, open-back and resonator banjos, and acoustic and resonator guitars, they set an emphasis on lively arrangements showcasing their signature vintage vocal harmonies. Joined by John Miller on upright bass, they have been touring since 2012. Mark Bumgarner’s musical influences span the American landscape from the traditional sounds of the Appalachian Mountains to the West Coast country and folk rock of the 60s and 70s. Since returning home to North Carolina, Mark has focused on his personal style that is a blend of roots country, bluegrass, and rockin’ hillbilly blues that is true Southern Americana
Friday Feb 24, 2017
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM EST
Friday, 24 February at 7:00 pm
Gaston County Museum at the Historic Dallas Courthouse in Dallas, NC
The event is free, but reservations are required.
Please contact Jason Luker at 704-980-7681 ext. 105
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