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Our first release on Mountain Roads Recordings located in Bristol, Tenn., is scheduled to be released around November 2008. We are scheduled to go in the studio on Sep. 3rd to begin recording. We are really exited about working with Karl & Gail Cooler at Mountain Roads Recordings. Check out their web site at www.mountainroadsrecordings.com
We are very much interested in keeping the old songs and ballads from our area alive. There are so many songs that have become lost or are in danger of being lost. Our musical heritage is something that we feel is very important and we are trying to keep these old songs heard by as many people as we can. We have made five recordings (CD's) of these songs and will be in the studio on Sept. 3rd to start recording our first release for Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tenn. This band was formed in late 2001 to perform the music for the play "Tom Dooley, A Wilkes County Legend" which is an annual event that is put on by the Wilkes Playmakers. It is shown in late July at the Forest Edge Community Amphitheater near Historical Fort Hamby Park on W. Keer Scott Lake in Wilkesboro, NC. The original band members were: Nicole Vidrine, Jerry Lankford, Herb Key, Drake Walsh & Bill Williams. We were a part of this play for 4 years but have moved on to different venues in order to get our music out to the public. Nicole and Jerry are no longer with the band but we hold fond memories of both of them when we picked together. There are a lot of people, old and young who enjoy our forms of music. We are very glad to be able to bring these old songs to the public and keep the music of the North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia region alive.
The Elkville String Band members are:
HERB KEY - Guitar & Vocals, also picks and works with Wayne Henderson of Rugby, Va. Herb is a fine luthier and and exellent instrument repair man. Herb does most of the lead singing for the band.
JEFF MICHAEL - Jeff is a master of all stringed instruments and a fine singer. He has played on the Grand Ole Opry with Charlie Louvin, Bill Monroe and Big Country Bluegrass. Jeff is a full time member of Big Country Bluegrass and picks with us as much as he can.
DRAKE WALSH - Fiddle & Mandolin. Drake is the son of Dock Walsh who picked with the original "Carolina Tar Heels" and Gid Tanner. Dock recorded for Columbia and RCA records in the late 20's and early 30's.
BILL WILLIAMS - Acoustic Bass & Harmony Vocals. Bill was a founding member of Steve Kilby's "Sunday Night Band" later to be renamed "Kingsberry Run". Bill has picked and recorded with several groups over the past years.
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