High Lonesome Strings Monthly Meeting

Sunday, August 18, 2019, 4-6 PM

Barber Park Amphitheater

1500 Dans Rd, at Lee Street Ext.

Greensboro NC

 

Note the later time than usual to avoid the heat!

Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Jamming at the park after the show scheduled from 6-8 pm

Featuring:

Nu-Blu and The Burnett Sisters with Colin Ray

Nu-Blu

The Burnett Sisters with Colin Ray

 

With four Top Ten Billboard albums, Nu-Blu has quickly established themselves as one of the top Acoustic acts in all of music. They made headlines a couple of years ago for their George Jones inspired tribute single “Jesus and Jones” featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer ‘Soul Man’ Sam Moore (of the iconic duo Sam and Dave). They’ve made appearances on Fox News in the past, while also having their music featured on CBS “Sunday Morning.” Over the last year they have also helped bring Bluegrass to the masses, hosting the nationally-syndicated TV show “Bluegrass Ridge,” which airs in 60 million homes worldwide. They also just celebrated the release of their brand-new DVD project, “The Stories We Can Tell” which features exclusive music videos and in-depth interviews about all of their struggles and triumphs.

Ranging from ages 12 to 22, The Burnett Sisters Band consists of five members who create a unique blend of music in the bluegrass, old-time, old country, and folk traditions. Establishing themselves as a gospel quartet, all four sisters began singing and playing together at local venues and churches in their early youth with the inspiration of other family bands. Currently, The Burnett Sisters Band performs professionally as a five-piece string band across the United States. The Burnett Sisters Band has established the reputation of a highly entertaining, engaging, and delightful group of musicians with haunting sibling harmony vocals. Products of the very successful JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) program, the members strive to carry on the old-time and bluegrass traditions, while providing their own characteristic renditions of classic favorites and originals. The Burnett Sisters Band looks forward to sharing their music with you.

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High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association Presents “Bluegrass For the Future” – Concert by Sideline and Southeast Express on August 23, 2019

This is a fundraising event for High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association. Our goal is to raise money for the High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association’s Youth Scholarship Fund. Current Youth Scholarship Recipients will be appearing before the show and during intermission. Come early so you can catch the ‘future of bluegrass’ in the ‘now’!

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High Lonesome Strings Monthly Meeting

Sunday, July 28, 2019 @ 2:30 PM

 

Stonefield Cellars Winery

8220 NC Highway 68 North

Stokesdale, NC

 

Featuring:

Paula Dellenback & Fox River

Paula Dellenback & Fox River was formed from a musically rich area near the state’s heritage music trail called “The Crooked Road”. With a style of their own, these members bring a mixture of original material, traditional and progressive Bluegrass music.

 Paula Dellenback is an award winning singer and songwriter born in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia. Her songwriting has a style of storytelling through song that brings visuals of the region’s history and intrigue of trials, family, love, and life. Her second original song “Jar Gap”, won WPAQ’s Ralph Epperson Award for excellence and has been the most popular so far. Paula began music later in life but took off at a fast pace singing lead, harmony and playing rhythm guitar and electric bass. She has played in numerous Gospel bands, solo shows, and manages the Paula Dellenback & Fox River Band. Paula and her band have appeared in numerous festivals and venues including “Song of the Mountains”, IBMA, Reeves Theater, Heartwood, Blackmon Amphitheater, and many more.

 George Cutchins began his music career at a very young age by attending all the festivals and fiddlers conventions during the late 70s-80s with his mom and grandma who danced with local dance teams. He has played upright bass with many musicians throughout the years. George briefly played with, and was influenced by  “Old Standby” Mr Jim Eanes around 1992-1993.  He also played with many other local groups until 1996 when he joined Don Smith and the Foggy River Boys. George is still with Don and they have been going strong for 23 years. Other bands include Bluegrass hall of fame artist Bobby Atkins and The Countrymen, Out of Bounds, The Hardtimes Band, Paula Dellenback and Fox River from 2016-current, and The New High Country Boys from 2018 to current. He played mostly upright bass and occasionally rhythm guitar with all the bands. Several of George’s influences are Charlie Waller, Ed Farris, Bill Harrell, Roy McMillian, Monroe Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Ray Cline, Don Reno, Charlie Poole and many others. George is a member of multiple organizations of bluegrass music including the Sandy Ridge Music Association where Paula Dellanback is a board member and promoter, the North Carolina Bluegrass Music Association, High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association,  and several luthier organizations. George Cutchins’ passion is to help promote the traditional style of music and to preserve the heritage of its meaning in song.

 Charlie Milliron grew up in Franklin County, VA. No one in his family played music but he was drawn to the Bluegrass & Old-Time style of music that was played at the old Cannaday’s Store in Boones Mill, VA. Charlie started joining music jams at the age of 10 and by 14 was becoming a good rhythm player and taking lead breaks on the popular Bluegrass and fiddle tune instrumentals. From that time through high school he was influenced greatly by the band Lost & Found and Charlie Waller and Country Gentlemen. Uncle Josh Graves and Bashful Brother Oswald influenced Charlie’s Dobro playing, and to this day he still makes that old box cry and sing like they did! Charlie is now a prize winning Dobro player himself as well as a singer and songwriter.  He is currently part of the Roger Handy and Friends band as well as Paula Dellenback & Fox River.  One of Charlie’s greatest passions is to help young musicians develop their skills in Bluegrass/Old-Time music. He encourages them to mature into great players and to help preserve the tradition for future generations. Charlie’s favorite saying to these young musicians is “Don’t ever lose the melody!”

 Thanks to Johnny Cox who is filling in on mandolin.

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High Lonesome Strings Monthly Meeting

Sunday, June 23, 2019  2:30-4:30 PM

 

Robert G. Shaw Piedmont Triad Farmer’s Market

2914 Sandy Ridge Road

Colfax NC

 

Featuring:

 

Mason Via with Waverly Leonard & Hot Trail Mix

Hot Trail Mix is an innovative North Carolina bluegrass band
with a rowdy youthful vigor that excites audiences of all ages,
shapes and sizes! Hot Trail Mix combines soulful high
lonesome harmony singing with virtuosic instrumental prowess.
The band features an all-star cast of convention ribbon
winners, including: Mason Via (guitar), Zeb Gambill (mandolin),
Grayson Tuttle (banjo), Waverly Leonard (fiddle), and
Zachary Smith (of Town Mountain) on bass. Led by Mason Via,
a young singer/songwriter and son of award-winning
songwriter David Via (Corn Tornado). Mason’s lyrics are also
considered by many to be the driving force behind the band’s
music, and his vocals back up the deep emotion that his lyrics
possess. In 2018 they released their debut album. Listen
here: https://hottrailmix.bandcamp.com/releases

Notable past venues: IBMA/Wide Open Bluegrass, Floydfest,
Merlefest, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, Fingerlakes
Grassroots Festival, Richmond Folk Festival, Roosterwalk,
Watermelon Park Fest.

Waverly Leonard (Fiddle) of Wilmington, NC, and Mason Via
(Guitar) of Danbury, NC form together as a tight dynamic
bluegrass duo. When combined, these talented musicians
showcase their instrumental prowess and high-lonesome vocal
harmonies. With genre material ranging from Bluegrass,
Oldtime, and Irish, as well as some of your favorite cover
classics brought into an acoustic rootsy setting. Both Mason
and Waverly are musical veterans of their respective
college/university’s bluegrass band programs (WWC & UNC).
Website: www.masonvia.com/hot-trail-mix.html
Promo Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn-MPDX3nXo
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hottrailmix
Instagram @hottrailmix_official
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYJcoYdtLjc
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXk2LqD6hA0

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Pickin’ in the Park 2019 FREE Bluegrass Music Festival

Saturday,  May 18, 2019 – 10AM – 6PM

Hagan-Stone Park

5920 Hagan-Stone Park Road

Pleasant Garden NC 27313

High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association presents the 22th Annual Pickin’ in the Park Bluegrass Music Festival at the Clyde Davis Memorial Stage in Hagan-Stone Park. There is no charge to attend and the public is invited to bring a chair or picnic blanket and come share with us a day of music. Please visit the Picking in the Park page for more details.

This year’s headliner is Williamson Branch:

Nashville based, Williamson Branch, is a high energy, high steppin’ show that features a fine-tuned variety of bluegrass, gospel and country music, accentuated by world class Appalachian clog dancing. As Pinecastle recording artists, this family fills every performance with memorable moments of love and laughter. In recent years audiences from Canada to the Cayman Islands, Maine to the Mexican border have thrilled to the soaring vocal harmonies and sparkling personalities of Williamson Branch!

“This high energy stage show features the magic of pitch perfect, organic family harmony!” The Southern Illinoisan

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High Lonesome Strings Monthly Meeting

Sunday,  April 28, 2019 – 2:30PM

Mountain Highway

Join us for an afternoon of traditional bluegrass music by Mountain Highway in the 3rd floor “Upstage Cabaret” at the Triad Stage in downtown Greensboro, NC. Hosted by the High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association, this performance will feature a full set of classic bluegrass hits originally recorded by musicians like Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, and Flatt & Scruggs.

Make plans now to attend:

    Upstage Cabaret @ Triad Stage 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

    232 S. Elm St – 3rd Floor, Greensboro, NC

For more information about Mountain Highway, visit: https://mountainhighway.com.

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Bluegrass At The Barn / High Lonesome Strings Fundraiser

Saturday, March 30, 2019 @ 7-10 PM

Vintage Oaks Farm
209 Eastern Randolph Road
Ramseur, NC

Featuring

Nu-Blu

Admission is $15.00 per person 

The hosts of TV’s Bluegrass Ridge are coming to Vintage Oaks Farm! Nu-Blu will be performing a concert right here at the barn, so get your tickets now! This event will also be a fundraiser for the High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association in Greensboro, NC.

Hailing from Siler City, NC, the textbook definition of a picturesque small southern town,Nu-Blu’s heart and soul is husband-and-wife duo Daniel and Carolyn Routh. Carolyn’s caramel-coated soprano is one of the band’s defining traits. Daniel is the group’s backbone, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who also handles band management. Zach McCracken on banjo, and Justin Harrison on fiddle/mandolin round out the quartet’s warm, layered, American roots sound that builds to a full country sound. Learn more about Nu-Blu at www.nu-blu.com.

Tickets by Eventbrite,go to following page to purchase tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/373981509820853/?active_tab=about  

We have been informed that there will be food and drink available to purchase.  

We look forward to seeing you there!!BRING A FRIEND or A DATE,THEY WILL BE GLAD YOU DID!!

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