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Appalachian alumni returns to Boone with Gregory Brothers |
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
 The Gregory Brothers play Oct. 10 at Crossroads Coffeeshop. Photo Special to The Appalachian
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by ASHLEY BENNERS
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
If John Prine folk music being channeled through Otis Redding is up your ally, it will be worth your while to check out the Gregory Brothers at Crossroads in Plemmons Student Union Oct. 30 at 8 p.m.
Originally from Radford, Va., Evan, Andrew, and Michael Gregory, joined by Sarah Fullen from San Antonio, Texas, are winding down their three-month tour, having played in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
For the Gregory Brothers, Boone is a familiar setting.
Michael, the youngest of the group, graduated with a degree in music industry studies from Appalachian in spring 2007.
“It is surreal to be back at places that used to be part of my everyday
life, as a visitor,” Michael said. “I’m excited to see all my friends
again.”
His brothers Evan and Andrew are also not strangers to Boone.
“Whenever I come to Boone, Michael puts me through a training regimen,”
Evan said. “He has made me run from the Living Learning Center to the
top of Howard’s Knob five days in a row, and I get winded just driving
up there.”
“I came down to Boone in January of 2006 and recorded with Evan and
Michael,” Andrew said. “We spent 90 percent of our time in the studio
and the other 10 percent in Black Cat eating delicious burritos. It is
great to see the album we worked so hard on finally finished.”
Their show at Crossroads will feature songs from the album “The Lost
Year,” which Andrew has been working on for three years as he traveled
in North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
“One of the coolest things about the album is that at one point I sat
down and wrote a really long e-mail to myself and to my best friend
about the album and it turned into something of a children’s book,”
Andrew said.
“Over the next year, I worked with an artist named Stephen Halker to
convert the story into our album’s liner notes. There is also an
illustration on the disc itself and on the tray, so when you remove the
disc it’s like a little animation.”
For Fullen, who first met Evan and Andrew in an artist community of
Brooklyn, N.Y., this will be her first trip to Boone and North Carolina
as a whole.
“I’m pretty excited,” Fullen said. “I’ve heard great things.”
In addition to “The Lost Year,” the tour also promotes Fullen’s new EP – a CD containing about five tracks.
“It’s much like the Gregory Brothers’ music - a cross between folk and soul,” Fullen said.
Opening for the band is Another Level, an a cappella group.
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