Sat 10/31 Mac Arnold & Plate Full O'Blues at White Horse

Halloween Blues Bash

Saturday October 31st

Featuring the Feel Good Blues of

Mac Arnold and

Plate Full O'Blues

with
The Edgar Alley Band

8pm

One of the hottest blues band's in America returns to White Horse Black Mountain for a special Halloween Blues Bash !!!!!

Mac Arnold and Plate Full O'Blues kicked off their Cornbread and Collard Greens Blues Festival with a show at White Horse Black Mountain last April and left the audience begging for more. Well, we're gonna get more this Saturday night.... more blues, more soul, more funk, ....and MORE FUN !!!!!

COSTUMES ENCOURAGED
In addition to the musical celebrations,

there'll be a costume contest with

a CASH PRIZE OF 50.00 !!!

Black Mountain Ironworks has graciously
agreed to put up $50 for first prize, and

an antique Frankenstien book for second prize!

Mac Arnold's Plate Full O' Blues band consists of
Danny Keylon bass and vocals,
Austin Brashier guitar and vocals,
Max Hightower keyboards, harmonica, guitar, and vocals,
Mike Whitt drums, and
Mac Arnold vocals, bass and Gas Can Guitars.

From a farm in rural Pelzer, South Carolina to the South Side of Chicago to Los Angeles and back to South Carolina, Mac Arnold has lived and breathed music for most of his 67 years.

Growing up in a large farming family, Mac got his first taste of the blues when he learned to play his brother Leroy’s home-made guitar at the age of ten. He quickly decided that playing music had far more promise and far less back aches than the farming life and soon embarked on a musical career that would take all over America and into Europe.

Mac quickly made a name for himself in upstate South Carolina. His high school band “J Floyd & The Shamrocks” were often joined by a young relatively unknown piano player from Georgia, James Brown. Of course James Brown would go on to become the "Godfather of Soul".

After playing local clubs and fish-fry's in Greenville County SC, Mac decided he was ready for a musical challenge and what better challenge than a move to Windy City of Chicago where a bluesman was sure to get work playing bass at a local Chicago clubs for the local blues bands.

It was at one of the clubs, that blues legend Muddy Waters heard the young country boy and hired him on the spot. The Muddy Waters Band including Mac Arnold, helped shape the electric blues sound that inspired the rock and roll movement of the late 60’s and early 70’s. Regular guests of the band included Eric Clapton, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, and Elvin Bishop. The Muddy Waters Band (as a unit) shared the stage with the likes of Howlin’ Wolfe, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Junior Wells, Big Joe Williams, and Big Mama Thornton just to name a few.

After more than a year with Muddy Waters, Mac formed his own band, the Soul Invaders which backed up many artists, including The Temptations and B. B. King. During this time, Mac Arnold also played on John Lee Hooker’s “live “album, Live at the Café Au Go-Go, as well as Otis Spann’s classic recording “The Blues is Where It’s At”.

In the early 70’s, he moved Los Angeles to work at ABC Television and LAFF RECORDS (Redd Foxx). This led to work on the TV hit show, Soul Train from 1971 to 1975 where he worked closely with producer Don Cornelius. He even played bass on the Sanford & Son television show when he wasn't playing bass for Otis Redding and B.B. King.

In the 1980's Mac decided he'd had enough of show business and enough of the big city. He retired from show business to be an organic farmer and returned home to Pelzer South Carolina.

Several years later, a young truck mechanic named Max Hightower struck up a conversation with the farmer at a local garage. Max was a musician himself with a passion for the blues. A Muddy Waters song was playing on the speakers and Hightower asked the farmer if he had ever heard of Muddy Waters. "Heard of him?....I played and recorded with him back in the 1960's replied Mac Arnold".

Max Hightower began plying Arnold with questions about Muddy, about life on the road, about blues music in general. Hightower paid frequent visits to Mac Arnold's farm and soon he was pestering Mac Arnold to start playing music again. Mac finally gave in and told Hightower that if he could muster up a few top-quality musicians he'd think about it.

Hightower returned with a group of local musicans and Arnold put the young musicians through rigorous rehearsals before he felt they were ready for the public stage.

The audience reponse was tremendous and Mac Arnold began to fill the creative juices bubbling up again. Soon, the band was touring around South Carolina and winning fans. The word quickly spread and the bands touring radius widened. Mac Arnold realized that these young men were serious and he was thrilled to be making fresh new blues music again.

The next year, Mac Arnold purchased a touring bus and took the new band on the road across America. Festivals, concert halls, bars, juke joints, the band played them all.

Mac Arnold is again at the top of the blues world having made two tours of Europe in 2009. He rolls into Black Mountain with a fresh new CD and a barrel of blues fun to deliver. BE THERE !!!!!

www.macarnold.com/

www.myspace.com/macarnoldplatefulloblues

http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/

Sat 10/31 Silver Dagger Bluegrass at Town Pump

Saturday Oct 31st

Silver Dagger Bluegrass

with The Tillers

at Town Pump Tavern

8:30pm

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

www.myspace.com/silverdaggerbluegrass

http://www.myspace.com/thetillersthree

www.myspace.com/townpumptavernllc

Sat 10/31 Chalwa at The Watershed

Saturday October 31st

Chalwa

at The Watershed

8pm

Chalwa and Selector Cleofus return to

the Watershed in Black Mountain once again

for their yearly Halloween party.
live roots reggae with Chalwa PLUS....
dubwise dj selections by Selector Cleofus...and....
costume contest and rowdy shenanigans.......

With the release of their new self tiled album Asheville, NC Reggae collective Chalwa takes a step to further the boundaries of the genre. A fusion of music blending high energy improvisation with roots, rock and reggae the release reaches deep into Jamaica to build an identity. Along with a fresh batch of material the release features an intimate look into the actual Jamaica experience offering field recordings made during the band's frequent trips tothe island. The album leaves the listener captivated by the hooks and melodies and transported by the dreamy interludes to a Jamaica that feels very present yet distant at the same time.


Chalwa has been located in the western North Carolina mountain town of Asheville since 2006. Their sound is heavily influenced by roots they have established through years of family ties to Jamaica. Despite cultural boundaries, Chalwa finds a way to create music that is both progressive and steeped in tradition. Perhaps this is what links Chalwa so closely to the spirit of reggae music in Jamaica; it is the comfort of and understanding of self that allows one to transcend sufferation and stereotypes and create something truly original and powerful. Chalwa brings to the stage"a fusion of sounds all wrapped up in a roots reggae beat that will make all ages dance and have a truly positive experience (Black Mountain News)."

As we move forward in 2009 Chalwa is coming off a year in which they performed well over 100 shows throughout the United States and Jamaica along side artists such as Culture, Midnite, Steel Pulse, Bambu Station, Michael Franti, Pato Banton, Groundation, Soldiers of Jah Army, Niyo Rah, Ras Alan, Mickey Mills, Jah Lightning and Thunder, Dubconscious, the Overtakers, and more.

www.myspace.com/chalwa

Sat 10/31 The Queen Anne's Revenge at Straightaway Cafe

Saturday Oct 31st
The Queen Anne's Revenge
at The Straightaway Cafe
6pm

Fiesty mountain music that Nashville and your preacher warned you about. Rounders, miscreants and ne'er do wells welcome as well as their dogs.


We are a North Carolina band who raises the dram glass to natives such as Charlie Poole, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Etta Baker, Tommy Jerrell, Benton Flippen, Frank Profitt and others who created the "Carolina Sound" that to this day defines North Carolina string band music.

The modern commercial Velveeta Nashville sound (late 20th century) does not find its way into our music.

We also perfrom regional string band music from the Southeast such as Gid Tanner, Howard Armstrong, Jimmie Rogers, The Kessinger Brothers, The Stripling Brothers, The Mississippi Sheiks, Uncle Dave Macon, The Balfa Brothers, Sam McGhee (from sunny Tennessee), Dock Boggs, Ralph Blizzard along with a few hokum and maritime tunes are our favorite sources of inspiration.

We are named after Edward Teach's (aka Blackbeard) commandeered pirate ship that wreaked havoc and mayhem along the South Carolina and Virginia coasts during the golden age of piracy before being scuttled in the secluded inlet off the North Carolina coast known as Teach's Hole.

www.myspace.com/thequeenannesrevenge9

Sat 10/31 Agent 23 Skidoo at White Horse Blk Mtn

The

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

Halloween Trick AND Treat!!!!

Saturday Oct 31

2:00PM

at

White Horse Black Mountain

Downtown Black Mountain NC

Price: 5$

Positive Kids Hip Hop, Magic,

and a Costume Contest!

"This is Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, purveyor of the finest in POSITIVE KIDS HIP HOP! My family band and I have been working hard, Johnny Appleseeding our Kid Hop throwdowns all over the country, and it's starting to catch a fire! We got two #1 songs on XMRadio this year and got to play Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits."

By combining the world of infectious beats and rhymes that he grew up on with the magical realm of childhood, Agent 23 Skidoo aims to introduce kids to hip hop without compromising either one.

His debut album, “Easy”, mixes traditional funk, bluegrass, reggae and blues with classic golden age hip hop beats. Then, he tops it off with positive, party rocking rhymes, and a slew of exciting characters from the last dragon left on earth to the bluegrasshopper.

Entertainment and education strike a perfect balance in this story filled party album, making it a pamper shaking good time. Kids of all ages, (even the adult type) have been spotted nodding their heads to its sophisticated musicality.

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo had spent over a decade touring nationally in a live hip hop band, and half that time as a Dad, when he realized a need for hip hop both kids and parents could relate to.

After traveling the wide world learning life lessons and having a mindbogglingly good time, he was full to the brim with stories and music. With a home base in Asheville, NC, the Southeast’s worst kept secret, he enlisted the help of the local music scene’s top players. Together, they went to town on 13 tracks of ground breaking goodness.

From Christopher Healy/ www.cookiemag.com :

"When North Carolina rapper Secret Agent 23 Skidoo became a dad, he set his sights toward creating hip-hop he and his daughter could enjoy equally. The result, Easy, is a revelation.

Plenty of artists have taken a stab at "kid-hop" before, but not one has produced such an unqualified success. This is real hip-hop, with thumping funk grooves that wouldn't seem out of place on adult radio and the kind of playful rhymes that came from Will Smith back in his Fresh Prince days (so it's accessible even to those who may not consider themselves rap fans).

The lyrics are pure kid stuff—the songs radiate positivity, promoting self-esteem and curiosity via stories about dragons and mermaids—but it's all so masterfully delivered that it doesn't feel the least bit corny. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo has set a new bar for the genre"

http://www.secretagent23skidoo.com/
www.myspace.com/secretagent23skidoo
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/

Fri 10/30 Stephanie's Id at White Horse Black Mtn

Friday October 30th

Stephanie's Id

at White Horse Black Mountain

8pm

"This is world-class music, period. No labels necessary." --Fred Mills, Blurt Magazine, Review of "Warm People", March 2009

"A very mesmerizing mix of songs that can be hushed and calm one moment, and then suddenly dark and explosive the next." - RobinHilton, NPR All Songs Considered

"The brief tease of a 30-year-old [Queen] classic came by way of a rather transcendent set by indie pop maven act, stephaniesid. The band was different, melodic, quirky, and just plain good when one thinks of how many bands were trashing guitars throughout the tents at this point of the evening. A sleeper act which hit the mark with an almost Bjork-like panache. Ahh.... Iceland, again." --Bonnaroo Beacon, June 2008

Stephaniesid is indie pop revelry! The foundation is Stephanie (lead vox, guitar, synth) and Chuck (keys, bass pedals, backing vox), and a drummer (currently the fabulous Tim Haney), and sometimes we're able to bring Matthew on vibraphone and Jacob and Justin on horns, or singers, or other folks we like to make music with.

We always play with heart and lust and gusto, because there's no point in doing anything else. We care about people and things. We often brood about them. But not for terribly long, as there is no gain in taking the human condition too seriously. The music, like life itself, is striving, searching, inconclusive, and (hopefully) beautiful.We have chosen to live in the best city... Asheville, NC, in the mountains.

And they've voted us "best indie band" here, 3 years in a row! People who live elsewhere and read about us are apt to think we've got banjos on our knees. Though Steph wishes she knew how to play a banjo, we are happy that people are slowly beginning to look around obvious identifiers.

We used to have a lot of other stuff about the history of the band up here on this page. But it's boring to read. Suffice to say we've been around for about 5 years, we like to tour, the national press takes notice every once in awhile, and people in increasing numbers are coming to hear us play.

http://www.stephaniesid.com/

http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/

Fri 10/30 Phuncle Sam at Pisgah Brewing

Fri October 30

Phuncle Sam

at Pisgah Brewing

8pm

Since their formation in October of 2004, Asheville NC based, Phuncle Sam has been firmly rooted in musical exploration. Phuncle Sam is Asheville's own Improv~ Americana, Dead~Centric "jam band" Over three years of intense jamming and rehearsing finds Phuncle Sam with an ever-expanding body of original music. The band will also serve up quintessential interpretations of Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead and many others.

Phuncle Sam is known to play concert/ parties that last all night; such as Asheville’s "after~show" shows for Ratdog, Moe, Widespread Panic and Darkstar Orchestra fans.

The band has played local venues as the Westville Pub, Stella Blue, the Emerald Lounge and The Town Pump in Black Mountain and festival venues such as The Harvest Bash in Mars Hill and The Pig Pull at Deerfields.

Phuncle Sam has also worked with the Traveling Bonfires For Peace playing in Asheville’s Pritchard park many times and also playing acoustic shows in smaller venues such as Malliprop’s bookstore and Rosetta’s Kitchen.

Phuncle Sam’s real testing grounds were at Bearly Edible (now Ophelia’s). Frankly, we lost track of how many gigs we played there, maybe close to twenty.

In the summer of 2006, Phuncle Sam did a short tour hitting Nebraska and Colorado, playing at Quixote's in Denver and headlining the Summerfest festival in Alamosa among other appearances.

The band has also collaborated many times with the gifted singer and guitarist, Jaimee Tomas and shared the stage with many other fine musicians such as:
The Mantras, The Firecracker Jazz Band, and Fiddle Dave.

http://www.phunclesam.com/

http://www.pisgahbrewing.com/

Fri 10/30 Jay and Mandy at Straightaway Cafe

Friday Oct 30

Jay and Mandy Carter

of Every Mothers Dream

at Straightaway Cafe

6:30pm

Jay Kaiser and Mandy Carter have been making music as a pair since 2001. Jay, who was trained in classical guitar at the University of Illinois, moved to Asheville to join a local rock band. Mandy was fresh on the singer songwriter scene, testing her new found talent in local showcases. Noticing the matching stickers on one another’s guitar cases, the two found musical common ground.

Jay Kaiser and Mandy Carter, bring intelligent and inspiring songwriting to a mix of impeccable acoustic guitar work, well-crafted lyrics and sweet vocal harmonies

For the past 8 years the couple have performed together, building a large following and recording and performing in a shifting lineup of band configruations.


For larger gigs, they perform as a full band called Every Mother's Dream. EMD has gained respect in the regional music community with their own fresh brand of roots music inspired by a blend of folk, funk, rock & roll, country, pop, and jazz musicians – a little something for everyone.

Fri 10/30 Hay Sugar at Beacon Pub

Friday October 30

Hay Sugar

at Beacon Pub

9pm

"They combine funk, jazz, blues and rock...Matt Leech's sick guitar skills and Madison Flego's southern-gal vocals (that accent just gets me every time), they're making an impression". -Rich from Snap, Crackle, Pop- an entertainment blog maintained by the Collegian staff

Hay Sugar, a relatively new band to the local music scene has a unique style that separates themselves from most bands in local areas. They aren’t strictly bluegrass and play a lot of southern rock covers.

Hay Sugar started out as a group of friends wanting to play music together. After a few months and a few road trips, Hay Sugar grew into a band with a love of music and a need to play it and mold it into their own. A few shows led to other opportunities to play popular venues in the State College, Pennsylvania area as well as the Movin’ On Music Festival after winning a competition for a spot on the bill.

Outside influences and friends helped to shape their sound and after graduating from college, Matt Leech and Madison Flego decided to migrate to Asheville to pursue their music in an eclectic and nurturing environment.
With the move came the collaborative energy of Matt’s brother, Tall Paul, who is no stranger to the Asheville music scene, often playing with local favorites as well as teaching music. The three formed a musical sound that encompasses a variety of tastes and styles to weld their love of music to each song that they play.

While getting their feet wet in the local circuit, they met Salley Williamson, a wonderful artist and aspiring musician. She became a talented addition to Hay Sugar.

Madison Flego- vocals, guitar
Matt Leech- guitar, banjo, vocals
"Tall" Paul Leech- mandolin, vocals
Salley Williamson- bass

www.myspace.com/haysugar
http://www.haysugar.com/
http://www.beaconpub.info/

Fri 10/30 The Delta Saints at Town Pump Tavern

Friday October 30

The Delta Saints

at Town Pump Tavern

9pm

A fusion of traditional southern soul and funk-inspired power, all layered with furious harmonica lines that simultaneously tie the group together and threaten to unseat it all in one sweep. .....As if the warm familiar melody of rootsy porch music has been plugged in and turned up: The Delta Saints are driving listeners from the comforting recline of their porch swings right to the edge of their seats

It’s the unsettling sound of strength. A strength fueled by talent and bridled by a passion to relate to another that catches the attention of passers-by with its language-like quality. You can hear within it a conversation between five men able to speak to one another through their instruments.

The essence of the Midwest and the bayou work together to make a sound unique but befitting of Nashville. And the energy that sweats from this gritty howling dynamic is a message heralding love and loss and consequence. And though the songs may end, the intensity generated from the act of something old made new again will hauntingly remain.




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

Fri 10/30 Valorie Miller at Sprout Garden Cafe

Friday October 30

Valorie Miller

at Sprout Garden Cafe

6pm

Asheville N.C's Valorie Miller has plenty of accolades in the world of songwriting: top finalist in the 2007 Great American Song Contest, a recent invitation to play at New York City's renowned folk club, The Bitter End, and even fan mail from Lucinda Williams herself. But to Valorie, the hallmark of personal success is the intensity with which her fans become attached to her songs.

One fan recently had his favorite of her songs played at his mother's memorial service. Another sustained a life threatening injury while hiking in the wilderness alone, and later wrote her to say that playing her songs over and over in his head gave him the strength to get himself out alive. To her fans, Miller's songs are more than entertainment, they are vitally important touchstones. This phenomenon inspires her to keep touring, writing and recording.

Her current release, Autumn Eyes, masterfully delivers her newest material with the trademarks that everyone who loves her music has come to expect: beautiful guitar picking, a genuine and singular voice, and heart-wrenching lyrics.

This woman is a songwriter's songwriter, and she inhabits the Americana music scene like a true native.

http://valoriemiller.com/
www.myspace.com/valoriemiller

Thu 10/29 The Leigh Glass Band at Town Pump Tavern

Thursday October 29

The Leigh Glass Band

at Town Pump Tavern

8:30pm

"Leigh has an Elvis thing goin' on when she sings."....... "Distinctive and powerful vocals deliver haunting, provocative lyrics amidst a landscape of soul-stirring, ass-shaking grooves." -Michael Farr.
"She's got the raspy voice of an early Cher, and a Nancy Sinatra attitude to boot." -Take 5

"Glass is a heartbroken, blues-infected troubadour, using her acid-etched voice to weave tales of loss, lament and love." -Mountain Xpress......

Asheville-based blues troubadour Leigh Glass put the first lineup of her band together in 2003, but her own musical history goes back much farther. "I took piano lessons when I was little...but it didn't stick," she laughs. With deep roots in Western North Carolina -- her family is from Bethel (Cold Mountain) in Haywood County -- she proudly notes her musical pedigree. "My great aunts and uncles and my grandfather were big-time bluegrassers; in the 1940s they played in the Carpenter Family Band, and they performed in Asheville at the venue that was here before the Civic Center was built.

For herself, Leigh didn't pick up the guitar until about ten years ago ("I decided I needed an instrument I could take around with me," she quips). Leigh's original songs are built upon an electric blues musical foundation, with healthy ladles of country (and country-blues) influences added. A list of her musical heroes covers a wide spectrum of American artists and genres: Ann Wilson (rock), Gillian Welch (Americana), Tina Turner (blues and soul), Emmylou Harris (country) and Leontyne Price (opera). Leigh's style distills all of these and more into the blues idiom, but her lyrics are always prominent in the mix.

In 2007, the band released their CD The Saints and the Creole Angel. Leigh produced and wrote all of the songs.

Leigh offers, "My songs are all stories that run the gamut of emotions and characters." Though it wasn't planned this way, Leigh observes that "seven of the new tunes are about men -- or told from the viewpoint of male characters! And," as Leigh notes, "I'm a female." Yet these are not your standard love-gone-wrong tunes; the lyrics chart more of a Southern Gothic path.

Not only is she an accomplished songwriter, she is an incredible musician and singer. Leigh has a way with the crowd. Bold and free in spirit, she has the power and finesse of an amazing soulful and rocking voice that brings an overwhelming gift of discovery to her songs. The Leigh Glass Band formed in 2003. They have a huge following the southeast. She is the lead singer and plays rhythm guitar.

http://www.leighglassband.com/

www.myspace.com/townpumptavernllc

Thu 10/29 Erika Jane at Pisgah Brewing

Thursday October 29

Erika Jane and Remember The Bees

at Pisgah Brewing

7pm

Coming from the Colorado mountains, Erika Jane moved to Asheville in 2006. After recording her debut album, The Hill Creek Sessions (at lovely Hill Creek Studios), Erika Jane began playing shows around the Asheville area. Remember the Bees came together as a project in January of 2008. The driving bass drum, soulful guitar and thoughful lyrics has intrigued a bit of local attention. They have even had the pleasure of opening for the likes of Grace Potter & the Nocturnals and the Benevento Russo Duo.

This band is very passionate about a problem facing all humanity in North America, the disappearance of the bees. As beekeepers in 2006 began reporting, nearly one third of all honey bees have been leaving their hives, never to return again. Much of our food supply is dependent upon pollination and as more information surfaces, research is showing that the disappearance is not limited to bees but is affecting butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinating creatures.
Erika Jane & Remember the Bees have made a commitment to learning more about this problem and sharing information and solutions.

www.myspace.com/erikajane1
www.pisgahbrewing.com/

Thu 10/29 Dustin Burley at Beacon Pub

Thursday Oct 29

Dustin Burley

at Beacon Pub

9pm

Dustin Burley's music is about life experiences, if he's lived it, he'll be sure to fill your ears with his guitar and vocals and take you on a musical journey. Coming from a musical family, Dustin has been influenced by so many styles of music such as folk, rock, blues, classical, grunge, reggae to name just a few.

He’s always coming up with new material and has well over 100 original songs to his credit and 7 independently released albums.



Blessed with a gift for improvisation, Dustin shines as a musician on the stage in front of a live audience and strives to keep his act fresh and forever changing.



You can see Dustin performing around the Pennsylvania area where he resides in the Allegheny Mountains, and be sure to check often to see when he is on tour, he could very well be playing in your neck of the woods. When not doing the solo acoustic act, Dustin is playing with his band, “The Ren”, a progressive rock band that loves to jam and write original music along with a diverse variety of cover songs.

http://www.myspace.com/dustinburley

Wed 10/28 Lyndsay Wojcik at Blackbird Restaurant

Wednesday Oct 28

Lyndsay Wojcik

at The Blackbird Restaurant

8pm

Combining a musical mixture of roots, folk, and soul, Lyndsay Wojcik brings a refreshing twist to the often mundane and repetitive styles of the present music industry. Using her savvy lyrical sense, she paints her interpretation of life onto her audience as if they were the wet canvas on which she worked.


She has won several competitions such as the Gibson Songwriters contest in Nashville, placed second in the NSAI songwriter competition in Charlotte, placed second in a competition in Knoxville, and has appeared on the CMT television show "The Big Break" with Sara Evans.


She has participated in numerous radio apperances including "The Blue Plate Special", Writers Block, WSQL Radio Show, Local Color on WNCW 88.7, Bob FM, and Charleston's ABC program Low Country Live. She has played at such festivals as Bele Chere in Asheville North Carolina, the White Squirell Festival, LAAF, The Flat Rock Music Festival, the 1st ever Rastafarian Cultural Fest, Mill around the village, Myrtle Beach's Earth Day Festival, and Gorges Music Festival where she opened for Edwin McCain.

She has also opened for the Reggae band Dub Conscious, Darrell Scott, Richard Buckner, Steep Canyon Rangers, Sun Domingo, Moonshine Still, Sol Driven Train, and Jerry Joseph, and headlined many more.



She is a naturally prolific songwriter having written countless original songs. She has been touring the East Coast for the last 6 years and hopes to make her way West soon! Now with a her new CD " Local Honey" , Lyndsay is hitting the road and taking her songs with her. Check the tour dates for full listing!


"While Wojcik is compelling and consistent throughout her set—her style is defined by a bouncy, three-chord progression—she really comes into her own on her state-of-the-world numbers, “Revelation” and “The Necessary Solution is a Revolution.” Here, she allows a funkier, darker voice to emerge, underscoring her political and spiritual credos with appealingly rich vocals. Few people can successfully pull off political songs: Wojcik aces the material." - Alli Marshall The Mountain Xpress



www.myspace.com/lyndsaywojcikband
www.theblackbirdrestaurant.com/

10/24 Zach Blew at White Horse Black Mountain

Sat October 24

Zach Blew

at White Horse Black Mountain

8 pm

The evening will showcase local powerhouse-vocalist and singer-songwriter, Zach Blew, Concert attendees will enjoy a warm mix of folk, blues, rock, and soul. Many who know Zach from his previous work with Kellin Watson and Electric Ghost Collective are thrilled to know that Zach has a CD of his own out. Zach is resident of Black Mountain and locals know him from his work in theatre and his excellent service at The Morning Glory Cafe.

"The first time I heard Zach Blew, I was blown away at how soulfully on point his vocals sounded. Zach has so much potential with his sleek voice and well crafted songwriting. After opening for me at my No Static CD Release party, he proved to not only be a talented artist, but an exceptional performer as well. Zach has a gift for tying in the old with the new displaying a deep-rooted respect and influence for some of the best performers and songwriters of our time. If Amos Lee and Patty Griffin had a love child, Zach is the sound I would picture." --- Kellin Watson

http://www.zachblew.com/

http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/

Sat 10/24 Dangermuffin at Town Pump Tavern

Saturday Oct 24

Dangermuffin

at Town Pump Tavern

8:30pm

Dangermuffin is a power trio, providing a much neededfresh perspective on American roots music. This is notyour uncle’s back porch blues band, folks... these guysslice and dice their chops in a way that always keeps thedancefloor dangerous.

What sets them ahead of the pack is the refreshinglymagnetic songwriting of Dan Lotti, winner of the 2005“New Writers Showcase” held by the Songwriters Hallof Fame. His strong, articulate vocals frame each songperfectly, creating a stout foundation for the tastefulpoly-groove jams and improvisational passages.

Americana radio darlings WNCW have been spinning“Beermuda” in their regular rotation for over a year.Anchored by the creative beats of Steven Sandifer (DrewEmmitt Band, Adrienne Young, The Biscuit Boys)and embellished by the thrilling, twangy guitar stylingsof Mike Sivilli, Dangermuffin is a complete work of art.The music has an inventive and fresh quality, while stillretaining that organic Americana truthfulness.


The band was recently celebrated by the 360,000international readers of Relix Magazine as the April2009 “Jam Off” competition winner. Their fanbase isskyrocketing, with a strong regional presence in theSoutheast plus explosive tours out West, including anappearance at the revered Jazz Aspen Festival openingfor Widespread Panic and Xavier Rudd.

http://dangermuffinmusic.com/
www.myspace.com/dangermuffin
www.myspace.com/townpumptavernllc

Fri 10/23 Kevin Scanlon at Straightaway Cafe

Friday October 23
Kevin Scanlon
at Straightaway Cafe
6pm

Kevin began his journey into song-writing in his early teens, and has been a prolific lyricist ever since. The first instrument Kevin played seriously was the guitar, and has since developed a refreshingly traditional finger-picking style that is suited to the songs he writes and performs. Whether it's an original piece or the works of Elizabeth Cotten to Townes Van Zandt, Kevin is able to perform a very authentic sound, especially when his harmonica is hanging from his harness.

In the mid 90's, Kevin's taste in music started to shift to historical cultural music. . Walking into a local pub during an open Irish jam would change him as a musician. This music has a simple honesty in both the subject matter and music arrangement, which is what ended up the foundation for Kevin Scanlon as a musician. It opened up a world of new music study, including old European folk music, Irish sea shanties, old country and bluegrass.




Logically, his next instrument of interest was the banjo. He developed competent technique in both claw-hammer(old time)and 3 finger(bluegrass) styles.




Now Kevin had the tools in his bag to perform century old folk music as well as popular modern music. Add a very unique vocal timbre and lyrics written for the common man about the real world around us, and we have a well rounded, straight forward artist who's message needs to be heard. In the past years, Kevin has toured all over the eastern seaboard playing with a diverse group of artists, as well as solo performing. He has performed with a professional vocal ensemble, a few bluegrass groups, folk projects, rock and roll, and projects in Irish music from traditional to modern Irish punk.




Currently residing in rural North Carolina, his art having been tempered by his life experience, Kevin has come into his own. His very original sound is defined and polished. Now all that remains is to spread his message to the public.







www.myspace.com/klscanlon



http://www.straightawaycafe/.

Fri 10/23 Union County at Town Pump Tavern

Friday October 23

Union County

at Town Pump Tavern

8:30pm

UC began at Appalachian State University in 2005. Alan Peterson had been playing guitar and singing for many years and had recently started getting serious about his songwriting. Steve Thompson had been writing and playing in band's for years and was looking for someone to build a unique band with.

Alan and Steve were both music majors at Appalachian and got to know each other in a choir that they both sang in. The thing that they really remember most about the formation of their friendship is cigars. The first few times they spent time together were on opposite sides of burning tobacco and billowing clouds of thick white smoke. Alan and Steve spoke of pain, happiness, freedom, aspiration, religion, fear, and most of all...love. Not from a disgustingly chipper angle or as though it were a redoubtable opponent, instead they spoke of love as it is: the center of all things. This belief at the core of each of them bound them together in a tight friendship very quickly. One night Steve and Alan played some music together.

In this one night it was abundantly clear to both men that there was a special spark in the sound. The styles were different.

Alan's leaned toward folk/jazz and Steve's pushed towards rock/pop, but the mesh seemed effortless. Alan and Steve were immediately pleased with the way their voices sounded while singing together and they quickly realized that this "Union" of styles was one that was strong. It only took a few practices and they were writing songs with the other person's part in mind and before long they had established a home for their specific musical creations..."Union County".

The rest is future history.

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

Fri 10/23 Al Petteway and Amy White at White Horse

Friday October 23

Al Petteway and Amy White

at White Horse Black Mountain

8pm

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT from Al Petteway:

"Come spend the evening with us. We are planning to show our "Land of the Sky" images on the big screen while we accompany them with live music during the beginning of the second set. This show debuted at The National Geographic's Grosvenor Auditorium on Earth Day a few years back and received three standing ovations."

Al and Amy have been thrilling audiences through their concerts and recordings for over two decades and it's no wonder that their music was included throughout the recent PBS/Ken Burns series: The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Al & Amy first began performing and recording together as a duo in early 1995. Since then, they have performed at some of the finest venues in the U.S. Their sound is an exciting blend of original, traditional, contemporary Celtic- and Appalachian-influenced music. They offer a repertoire that includes extensive instrumental work as well as a fine touch of vocals and features acoustic guitars, mandolin, Celtic harp, banjo, Irish bouzouki, piano and world percussion. They are among the most respected and well-loved acts in the acoustic music scene.

Award-winning, critically acclaimed, passionate and playful, Al & Amy are an acoustic music duo that draws inspiration from musical traditions across the globe and distills these myriad styles into a rich and unique voice – a timeless recipe for healing, heartfelt music. During an Al and Amy performance, the audience is treated to a variety of acoustic stringed instruments and percussion with a dash of pristine vocals. They capture the hearts of audiences with colorful stories of wildlife in their own back yard in the Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina and the people and places along the way that have influenced their music. Al and Amy invite their listeners to celebrate beauty and joy in all aspects of life.

Al and Amy were Artists in Residence at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and Warren Wilson College. Their signature sound is heard often on NPR, satellite, internet and independent radio stations. Al and Amy's music has also been used in soundtracks for independent films including Ken Burns' documentaries on "Mark Twain" and most recently, "The National Parks - America's Greatest Idea."

While living in the Washington, D.C. area, Al & Amy won a grand total of 50 WAMMIES from the Washington Area Music Association in the Folk, Celtic and New Age categories as well as 5 separate grants from the Maryland State Arts Council for both composition and instrumental performance. In 2001, Al & Amy received a coveted INDIE Award in the acoustic instrumental category from the Association for Independent Music for their album Gratitude.

In 2005, Al received a GRAMMY Award from NARAS (National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences) for his solo fingerstyle guitar contribution to the pop instrumental compilation, Pink Guitar. In the autumn of 2002, Al & Amy packed up their cats, their music studio, photography equipment & art supplies and moved from Takoma Park, MD to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina just outside of Asheville, NC. Al & Amy’s ridge top home now provides endless inspiration for their many creative passions: these include music, of course, but also photography, reading, gardening, bird- and wildlife-watching, mountain-gazing and hiking.

The rich cultural and natural history of their new home has been a large influence on their more recent recordings Winter Tidings, Golden Wing, Acoustic Journey and Land of the Sky: musical inspirations from the Southern Appalachians.

Tickets are only 12.00

Tickets available online at:

http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/tickets.html

For more information contact White Horse Black Mountain
(828) 669-0816
mailto:669-0816whitehorseblackmountain@gmail.com

web:
http://www.alandamy.com/
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/

Thu 10/22 Trampled by Turtles & Shane Pruitt at White Horse

Thursday October 22

Trampled by Turtles

Shane Pruitt Band

White Horse Black Mountain

8pm

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Admission is only 7 bucks..... for two bands !!!!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Trampled by Turtles will make be performing LIVE from Studio B on WNCW 88.7 at 3pm to promote this show.

Trampled by Turtles is an acoustic quintet from Duluth, MN. Based on their instrumentation, the initial instinct is to view the band as a bluegrass or new-grass outfit, but spend more than a cursory moment with their music and it’s clear this tag doesn’t really fit.

For those who are simply fans of music, not bound by rules or forms, Trampled by Turtles take pieces of it all and just play from the heart. Call it alt-bluegrass, nontraditional string, indie-folk, rock-grass, punk-grass or anything else, they don’t care what name you put on it, just show up with an open mind and it won’t be long until you fall under their spell. Like all of us, where they were raised has influenced what they are and these guys didn’t grow up in southern roots country, they come from way up north where folks do it a little different.


The City Pages (Minneapolis) October 18, 2008:“On Duluth, the band runs a thin line among blazing breakdowns as much indebted to the Ramones as Flatt & Scruggs, teary country blues, and brittle folk, all laced with stray shards of jazz and rock.”

http://trampledbyturtles.com/
http://www.myspace.com/trampledbyturtles



The Shane Pruitt Band

Lead man Shane Pruitt hails from Spartanburg, SC, where the musical roots of the blues and southern rock have been living and breathing for years on end. Birthing such musical talents and styles like those of Toy Caldwell and The Marshall Tucker Band, David Ball, Champ Hood, Walter Hyatt, and many others, Spartanburg has named Shane Pruitt its “Instrumentalist of the Year” for seven years and running.

Finding itself ever-searching in musical traditions between Delta Blues, Gospel, and Southern Rock, The Shane Pruitt Band embraces in the Jam Band traditions of improvisation and an ever-evolving musical experience. Picking up momentum with every performance, Shane Pruitt and his trio are driving towards uncharted waters while wowing critics everywhere they play.

The members share their own place in music history as well. Hammond B3 player and vocalist Lil' Jimmy Peterman is a founding member of the Steve Miller Band (1967-1969), having also been a founding member of the Steve Miller Blues Band (featuring Steve Miller and Bozz Scaggs' original colaboration).
www.myspace.com/shanepruitt

Thu 10/22 County Farm at Pisgah Brewing

Thursday Oct 22

County Farm

at Pisgah Brewing

6pm

A 4-piece string band whose sound ranges from the ridiculous to the sublime, from '20s blues to traditional bluegrass, newgrass and beyond.

Doctor" Jay Mullenax - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals. From Franklin, WV, Jay Mullenax is the founder of County Farm. Jay has a remarkable ability to remember more tunes than you or I have ever heard. He sings many of the leads for County Farm, and is a formidable picker on mandolin and tenor banjo, among other things. Pickin’ an’ hollerin’ on the Asheville jam scene, Jay brought the “Inmates” together through his musical talent and old-fashioned hard work. Jay does not like work.



Tommy "The Gun" Dudley - Guitar, Vocals. From North Haven CT, Tom Dudley first got into bluegrass as a teenager, frequenting "the Enormous Room" in New Haven, a venue that played host to Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley and others. Tom gravitated toward jazz, and went on to study music at Berklee College in Boston. Tom moved to Asheville in 1995, joined the Asheville bluegrass jam scene, and found a supportive community of musicians. Tom opened Hoot Holler Music in 2007 to promote his CD, "Walkin' to the Bridge", which features Jay Mullenax and Paul Leech, along with a host of WNC pickers and singers.



Neal "Igneous" Crowley - Fiddle, Banjo, Vocals. From Lexington, KY, Neal Crowley has played with The New Kentucky String Ticklers, and Kentucky Wild Horse, among many others. After moving to Asheville, Neal joined County Farm in September, 2001. Neal teaches banjo and fiddle in Asheville. There is no truth to the rumor that Neal's vision is deteriorating.

Don “Easy D” Rawson- Upright Bass, Fiddle, Vocals. Hailing from Georgia and Ohio, inmate number 060872 has thumped the upright bass with County Farm since 2005. Don enjoys playing grass, old time, Cajun, country blues and Western Swing. He blames public radio and obscure record labels from the 1920’s and 1930’s for his musical tastes. Don can also be found fiddling and singing as the founding member of The Cisco Playboys, an Asheville-based Western Swing, honky-tonk, Cajun and rockabilly band.Don arranges his music collection autobiographically and has been known to repeat his mantra often at shows - “When do we get to eat again?”.



http://www.weaversites.com/cf/


http://www.pisgahbrewing.com/