Currently I'm performing with Red June; a trio with John Miller (of Lo-Fi Breakdown) and Will Straughan, and the Kari Sickenberger Band; with Kari (of Polecat Creek) and John Miller. I also play duet shows with John, covering a range of originals, bluegrass and gospel standards, and old-time instrumentals.
Influences
Joshua Bell, Chris Brashear, Vassar Clements, Stephan Grapelli, Joe Venuti, Kenny Baker, Bobby Hicks, Arvil Freeman, Rayna Gellert, Bruce Molsky, James Price, Jim Shumate, Jason Carter, Mark O'Connor
I grew up in a musical family and began playing the violin at a young age. Classical music was my focus and it wasn't until college that I started pursuing jazz, bluegrass and early country. I also began teaching violin at a summer music program and discovered my love of teaching. After college, I decided to move down South to learn more about roots music from the source. In Asheville I've been learning from wonderful musicians such as Arvil Freeman, Jim Shumate, and Riley Baugus, to name a few. I'm currently teaching fiddle privately as well as in two area public schools. I also taught at the Swannanoa Gathering in 2008 and will be teaching again in 2009 at Fiddle Week. While I've been focusing on performing bluegrass and country music, I still play classical when I have the opportunity.
We hope you can make our show Friday Night December 19 at The Grey Eagle.
This show will be an All Ages show.
Tickets are on sale now at Harvest Records and The Grey Eagle ... you can also purchase them online here:
http://greyeagle. musictoday. com/GreyEagleTavernandMusicHall/calendar. aspx
Doors Open at 8pm. Come early and get some in house Cajun Cooking from The Twin Cousins.
Our guitarist Woody Wood will be performing his original Rock and Soul music at 9pm with is band Hollywood-Red.
Then around 10pm Custard Pie will take the stage and keep the train a rollin' well past midnight.
This will be our last show of the year - probably won't be doing another electric show for a while - and we want to go out with a bang. So we hope you and your friends can join us.
Town Mountain here, we are very excited to have the day finally arrive for our CD Release Party of HEROES and HERETICS. We will be having a show to celebrate this occassion on Friday September 26th at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC and we hope that you will come out and join us!
Here are the details for the evenings show:
Friday September 26th The Grey Eagle Town Mountain CD Release Party w. special guests Packway Handle Band Doors at 8PM Packway Handle Band starts at 9PM Tickets - 8.00
Town Mountain will also be appearing live on WNCW radio on Friday the 26th before the show at 1PM, and you can listen online at www. wncw. org!
Hope that you are having a great summer! We are really excited about our show this weekend, it will be our first visit to Jack of the Wood, and we are extremely excited about being joined by the one and only Woody Wood! Please do come out and join us, this will be our last Asheville play for a bit, and we would love to see you!
