Buzzard Mountain Boys

Bio:

Joe Matteson and Jim White are The Buzzard Mountain Boys. These guys play an amusing selection of Brother Duet and Old-Time music that will warm your heart and take you back to the days of the traveling minstrels! Both musicians are residents of Lumpkin County and are fixtures in the North Georgia traditional music community and heavily involved in the promotion of Appalachian Music! Joe is an accomplished mandolin, guitar, and tenor-banjo player. His Monroe style mandolin breaks and fiery banjo strumming will set your toes to tapping. He has played in several bluegrass and old-time ensembles through the years. Jim plays a lively fiddle and sets the rhythm with his solid guitar work. Brother duet harmony is their forte and takes you back to the roots of bluegrass and rockabilly. A sprinkling of good natured humor peppers their performances. Jim is the chairman of the Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, a charter board member of Georgia Pick and Bow Traditional Music School Program, an advisory board member of the Appalachian Studies Center of NGCSU, and the on-site administrator of the Dahlonega Appalachian Jam. Joe has served many years as the VP of the Bear on the Square Mountain Festival and is the co-producer of Dahlonega's own Mountain Music and Medicine Show, which recently began regular airing on GPR To Book or more info, contact: Jim White @ (706) 348-1370 or jimwhite143@windstream.net Joe Matteson @(706)319-2045 or matteson@windstream.net .

Member Since:

January 11, 2009

Members:

Joe Bob Matteson - Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Kazoo, Vocals and Jim Bob White - Fiddle, Guitar, Tenor Guitar, Kazoo, Vocals

Influences:

Delmore Brothers, Sam and Kirk McGee, Allen Brothers, Monroe Brothers, Stanley Brothers, Blue Sky Boys, Louvin Brothers, New Lost City Ramblers, Charlie Poole, Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, The Prairie Ramblers, Uncle Dave Macon, Bales Brothers, Whitstein Brothers, Carter Family, Norman Blake, Stephen C. Foster, Fiddlin' John Carson, Moonshine Kate, Cackle Sisters

Sounds Like:

Appalachian American Brother Duet

Record Label:

unsigned