Sat 7/4 Independence Day at The Town Pump

Sat July 4th
Celebrate Independence Day
at the Town Pump Tavern
5pm until

Featuring

Now You See Them

and

The Pittsburgh Armadillos

www.myspace.com/townpumptavernllc

Sat 7/4 Great Amer Roots Revival at White Horse Blk Mtn

Sat July 4th
Town Mountain
Ian Thomas
Jane & Anna (of Barrel House Mamas)
5pm until

White Horse Black Mountain to Host the Inaugural Great American Roots Revival July 4!

On Saturday July 4th, The White Horse Black Mountain will host an all day event featuring music, pizza, great local brews, and more! The event has been created to be a yearly event celebrating the roots music that western North Carolina is so lucky to have. This years event will feature the roots and original bluegrass music of Town Mountain, the sweet and sultry sounds of Jane and Anna of the Barrel House Mamas, and the great folk songwriting of Ian Thomas.

Admissions are $12.00 for adults, and 5.00 for children and it will include all day reentry fees.

The venue will open its doors to the public at 3pm, and music will start at 5pm. The city of Black Mountain has one of the most amazing fireworks displays, and the music will pause so that our patrons can enjoy the fireworks, Town Mountain will be playing a set before the fireworks, and following.

This years event is sponsored by Papa Johns Pizza, Pisgah Brewing, The Mountain Xpress, Pisgah Print, and the White Horse Black Mountain and is just the first of many events to come from this new organization.

For more information please contact:
The Great American Roots Revival Corporation
828.252.3689

Fri 7/3 Levi Douglas at White Horse Blk Mtn

Fri July 3rd

Levi Douglas Band

at White Horse Black Mountain

8pm

http://www.myspace.com/levidouglasband
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/

Born in the small town of Pistol Thicket, Lousiana, Levi began his blues odyssey at the tender age of seven when he received his first guitar, a Sears Silvertone. Raised the son of a preacher man, Levi studied under the tutelage of family friend, the Reverend James T. Thornton of Slidell, LA whilst honing his skills performing in the family church and listening to the records of Albert King, Albert Collins, Howlin' Wolf, T. Bone Walker, and many other blues greats. At the age of 22, Levi moved to Texas where he continued to hone his skills in the smoky clubs of Austin and San Antonio and developed friendships with such notables as Alan Haynes and Uncle John Turner among others.



Since arriving in Asheville, Levi has worked with many of the top local and regional acts in the area as a guitarist and is continuing the blues tradition fronting his own band and putting his unique spin on the music he loves.





Lancelot McGough: Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was born a manchild that would travel the world preaching the religion of funky grooves to all who would listen. Lancelot left his native Ireland at the ripe age of 13 to pursue his dream of seeing the world whilst playing the music he loved. Until 17 he resided in London playing pubs, clubs, and parties of all sorts as well as an ever increasing supply of session work and a tour that would deposit him on the Australian shore at age 17. After five years down under whilst playing clubs on the weekends and pursuing education full time during the week, Lancelot arrived in the U.S. eager to see it all and has been living and working in Miami, New York, Nashville, Jacksonville, Detroit, and most recently the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina he now calls home.





Lancelot has garnered best bassist awards in several cities and Miami New Times columnist Greg Baker wrote about Lancelot, "one of the best bassists on the scene today, actually chewy bass lines."
Jeff Rudolph: Having served as a show drummer at Dollywood in Gatlinburg, TN and working in concerts with many artists as diverse as Merle Haggard, Celinda Pink, The Dirt Band, and other Nashville notables, Jeff has over twenty years of experience to his credit. He has worked as well with many road bands touring extensively in the south and in Canada. Jeff's inspiration for a career in music comes from his Dad who has been a drummer for over 40 years. After a successful gig on the Mike Douglas Show, Dave Rudolph sent his 10 year old son a set of drums...and the rest is history.

Fri 7/3 Silver Dagger Bluegrass at Town Pump

Fri July 3rd

Silver Dagger Bluegrass

at Town Pump Tavern

8:30pm

www.myspace.com/silverdaggerbluegrass
www.myspace.com/townpumptavernllc

A recognized act in today's roots music scene, Silver Dagger brings together young and energetic talent from the country's leading music programs. Alumni of East Tennesee State's acclaimed bluegrass program, Grace Van't Hof and Ricky Cooper, Berklee alumnus, Ashleigh Caudill, and national touring veteran, Matt Purinton, work a stage like old hands. Weaving in and out of their solos and vocal harmonies, the group rivals seasoned artists many years their senior. Their different backgrounds and four home states influence their uniques instrumental styles. 2009 marks Silver Dagger's first complete touring season. The group's clever originals and covers of bluegrass favorites are sure to captivate any audience!





What people are saying about Silver Dagger:
"Silver Dagger is a dynamic acoustic band...and one of my favorites! They have great vocals that blend seamlessly with their controlled, powerful instrumental work. This fine group showcases a wealth of American and Bluegrass music...as well as expertly presenting the best of their own original songs. I look to these young folks to make important contributions to our music heritage for a long time!" -Marc Pruett (Kentucky Thunder, Balsam Range)



Band:


Ashleigh Caudill started out playing music with her family when she was young. While attending Berklee College of Music in Boston she had the opportunity to soak up the New England music scene playing with groups such as the New England Bluegrass Band, Joy Kills Sorrow, Lincoln Meyers and The String Alliance, and April Verch. She has performed live on XM radio, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The Berklee Performance Center and in countless bars and clubs in New England and on the Front Range of Colorado. An accomplished bluegrass musician and songwriter, she recently released her debut solo album, I'm Not Fallin,' featuring some of the most talented musicians in New England, as well as many of her original tunes.





Born and raised in Western Michigan, Grace Van't Hof studied violin and piano at a young age until she discovered the banjo in high school. She built a 5-string prototype that won 2nd place in a statewide Science Olympiad. Before moving to North Carolina, she studied in the Bluegrass music program at East Tennessee State University after receiving a scholarship based on banjo performance. Grace has also studied Voice and Visual Art at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. After relocating to Asheville, Grace has performed and recorded with musical artists such as Buncombe Turnpike, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Brad Sweitzer and the Young Sophisticates, the Trainwreks, and Taylor Martin and Friends. Apart from bluegrass, she also works as a graphic designer and artist.





Matt Purinton has been playing music since he was just a kid. His parents had always been fans of Doc Watson, Merle Watson and Sam Bush, so its no surprise that this influence carried over to their son. Growing up in upstate South Carolina, Matt was exposed to a ton of traditional music and with the Reedy River Boys and Big Iron Bluegrass he played all over the South East. When he got an offer to play full time in Colorado he jumped at the chance. Upon moving to the great Rocky Mountains he met up with Viktor Barns and toured throughout California, Utah, Nevada, as well as Colorado. Now that Matt has become a fixture in the Northern Colorado music scene, he's moving to North Carolina to join the rest of Silver Dagger.





Ricky Cooper was born and raised in East Tennessee. Studying piano and listening to his father's country records in his youth instilled a love for music in him. An alumnus of ETSU's bluegrass program, Coop learned bluegrass standards from legends like Raymond McClain and Jack Tottle. He has toured around the southeast with the bluegrass and swing band, the Clear Liquor Pickers. Coop is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, proficient on everything from upright bass to piano, but his real strength are his creative guitar stylings. This was proven at Rockygrass '08 where Coop took home second place in his first guitar competition. His outstanding guitar playing, songwriting and bluegrass singing greatly contribute to the Silver Dagger sound.

Thu 7/2 Nikki Talley at Town Pump Tavern

Thursday Jul 2nd
Nikki Talley
at The Town Pump Tavern
8:30pm


http://www.nikkitalley.com/
http://www.myspace.com/nikkitalley
www.myspace.com/townpumptavernllc

Hold on for the ride! In seconds, Nikki Talley can go from a soulful banjo ballad to in-yer-face rock n roll!!! Tho guitar slingin & banjo pickin skills shine, it's her powerful and beautiful voice that can start ethereal and angelic and end up sending you through a fire storm in hell w/ chills.





From Mountain Express


"Local songstress Nikki Talley suffers from a rare condition -- an excess of talent. She's a stunning songwriter, combining haunting, richly symbolic lyrics about passion and love with a mastery of both guitar and piano; her music definitively sets a mood. Imagine a fusion of Tori Amos' passionate lyrical drive and Norah Jones' masterful spirit, plus an innate fearlessness that lets Talley crisscross genres from folk to bluesy rock to metal, and even take a lead role in last summer's Asheville production of the gender-bending "rock opera" Hedwig and the Angry Itch. She's not just good; she's that good."