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by ALLISON CASEY
Lifestyles Editor
From playing the streets of Boone to the soundtracks to Hollywood films, Old Crow Medicine Show has found success with a blend of bluegrass, rock, blues, folk and gospel that is all their own.
Old Crow Medicine Show returns to the area for a show at Legends Dec. 3, sponsored by The Appalachian Popular Programming Society’s Concerts Council.
Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $22 for students in advance and $25 at the door and for guests.
“With
them, like some other bands, magic happens,” Student Programs Manager
Randy Kelly said. “It’s an interactive show. Everyone in the room is
having such a great time.”
Justin Townes Earle, son of famed singer songwriter Steve Earle, opens.
Already well-known in Nashville, Tenn. Earle is sure to impress, Kelly said.
Comprised of Critter Fuqua, Kevin Hayes, Morgan Jahnig, Ketch Secor and Willie
“It
brings that folk tradition base back to the area,” Chris M. Cloonan,
APPS Concerts Chair, said. “This is all roots rock. It’s a
foot-stomping good time.”
Watson,
the Old Crow Medicine Show met in New York and soon began touring,
playing for loose change on street corners of Nashville, Tenn.
The band eventually settled near Beech Mountain to live and play for about a year.
While playing outside a local pharmacy, Doc Watson came across the band and booked them to play MerleFest.
Old Crow Medicine Show soon opened for Dolly Parton on the stage of The Grand Ole Opry.
Laura F. Palmieri, senior graphic arts and imaging technology major, saw the band at Bonnaroo two years ago.
“They all have matching outfits, and a big stand-up bass. It’s a really
visual show,” she said. “I’m looking forward to seeing App fans
interacting with the band, Bonnaroo was a huge show, this is going to
be more intimate. App brings a good feel.”
The band has played Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and New Orleans Jazz Festival.
“If no one’s heard of them, this is a show a lot of people can enjoy,” she said.
The
success of bands like Old Crow Medicine Show, The Avett Brothers and
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is due to the expanded definition of
bluegrass to include genres like “newgrass” and “future grass” Kelly
said.
“These are all children of that movement,” he said. “It’s the future of bluegrass.”
Cloonan said he’s seen many rock bands play a few songs bluegrass style, including Phish in the mid 90s.
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