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| Folklife Festival 2003 > Appalachia> Performers > Bluegrass |
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| The East Tennessee State
University Student Bluegrass Band Raymond McLain, Johnson City, Tennessee, fiddle Daniel Boner, Bridgeton, New Jersey, guitar Josh Goforth, Marshall, North Carolina, mandolin Jenny Lyn Harper, Simsboro, Louisiana, bass J.P. Mathes, Elizabeth, Tennessee, banjo |
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—The senior band of the East Tennessee State
University Bluegrass and Country Music Program is made up of some
of the outstanding players in the program. Recent graduates of the
program include country superstar Kenny Chesney and Blue Highway
leader Tim Stafford. |
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| The O'Quinn Brothers
& the Bluegrass Travelers Fred O'Quinn, Birchleaf, Virginia, banjo Joe Arrington, Haysi, Virginia, bass Herb Bowman, North Tazewell, Virginia, fiddle Keith O'Quinn, Bee, Virginia, mandolin Kyle O'Quinn, Birchleaf, Virginia, guitar |
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| —There are many bluegrass
groups that tour nationally and whose records sell all over the world;
however, there are hundreds of smaller regional bands who play local
events and the festival circuit during the summer. Among these, the
O'Quinns are a family group who come from Birchleaf, Virginia, a stone's
throw from the home of the Stanley Brothers, and play regionally in
southwest Virginia and Kentucky. Family patriarch Fred O'Quinn plays
both old-time and bluegrass music on his banjo. www.dickensoncounty.net/rockyisland.html |
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| The VW Boys Tim White, Blountville, Tennessee, banjo Larry McPeak, Wytheville, Virginia, bass Dave Vaught, Bristol, Tennessee, guitar |
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| —The VW Boys
are a group from the Bristol, Tennessee, area that mixes comedy and
music. The band is made up of members who have spent time in well-known
groups. Tim White is also the artist who painted the "Birthplace
of Country Music" mural in Bristol. www.palacetheater.com/vw_boys1.htm |
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