Chris Carney-Fiddle, Mandolin ~ Steve Wharton-Banjos, Autoharp, Harmonica ~ Evan Morgan-Guitar ~ Sue Walters-Bass * Contact us at: knccarney@yahoo.com
Influences
We could go on and on with this catagory. Suffice it to say that with all the diverse interests in this band that we could say our influences range from Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles (and all that entails) to Bob Wills, and Merle Haggard to Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers and Charlie Poole, The Carter Family, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, Tommy Jarrell and The Camp Creek Boys, Alfred Karnes, etc. etc. etc...
THE LONESOME HOLLER STRING BAND (Consisting of Evan Morgan on guitar, Steve Wharton on banjos and autoharp, Chris Carney on fiddle and mandolin, and Sue Walters on bass ("...and they all sing real good too") is dedicated to preserving and playing the rural music of the 1920's and 1930's. We've been doing this for a long time now under various and sundry band names and this is the latest one. Steve and Chris played under the name "THE ACME STRING ENSEMBLE" for about 20 years and Evan was part of that band for 5 or 6 of those years. We're glad to be playing together again. Evan (check his myspace page out at myspace.com/evanrobertmorgan) has the uncanny ability to play many different styles of guitar from Chuck Berry and Kurt Cobain to Clarence White and Riley Pucket (and make them all sound genuine). We're lucky to have such a fine musician in this band. Steve is the professor of the band. He knows more about old time music than anyone I know. He can even decipher the lyrics from old 78's and he's been playing old time music for more years than even he can remember. Chris (myspace.com/chriscarneyandfriends) grew up playing music. He started in the 4th grade playing the fiddle. He switched to the Trumpet and French Horn all the rest of the way through school (He figured that that's where the big money was). He finally came to his senses and got back to the fiddle in his late 20's and has been playing old time and celtic music ever since.
We'd also like to welcome back a great friend of ours and THE ACME'S bass player, Sue Walters. I can't tell you how much we appreciate her solid rhythm and fine bass playing. A real treat for us all.
Lonesome Holler is a fine bunch of folks who have a great time playing together and resurrecting some wonderful old music. You shouldn't miss a chance to hear them.
Lonesome Holler String Band's Friend Space (Randomized)
Thanks Much For The Add! We really like your music. Y'all are Awesome. Drop in anytime and holler at us. We like hearing from our friends. Take care and have a great week.
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Ha, the FIRST!!! Do I detect a certain overlapping of repertoire? We'll have to watch out for that on the "Heros of West Coast Old Time Music Tour." Get the bus first, the bookings will come. JP
