Gayheart, Freeman & Lacy; Kinney Rorrer with Wayne & Margaret Martin - Reynolds Homestead - Critz, VA
June 11, 2018
7:00 PM
Doors Open: 6:30 PM
Doors Open: 6:30 PM
This concert will be at Reynolds Homestead located at 463 Homestead Lane in Critz, VA. ~~~~ Gayheart, Freeman, & Lacy - Willard Gayheart, Scott Freeman, and Edwin Lacy are consummate musicians, storytellers, teachers, songwriters and tunesmiths, and to say they are versatile would be an impressive understatement. Though grounded in old-time tradition, their music is adventurous and ready to roam the edges for new sounds and songs that fit within the tradition. Hearing Edwin play Lara’s Theme from the movie Dr. Zhivago on clawhammer banjo is a great convincer. Scott Freeman plays mandolin, guitar, and fiddle and has a smooth baritone vocal style that he uses to great effect on his own songs as wells as those of others. Willard, a renowned pencil artist, is a hugely gifted songwriter that captures Appalachian life in song like a firefly in a jar for all to marvel at. ~~~~
Kinney Rorrer grew up listening to the old Victrola 78rpm records that his dad’s uncles, Charlie Poole and Posey Rorer, made with the well known old time musician Charlie Poole in the 1920’s. He was inspired by that music to take up the banjo, playing in the Charlie Poole style. Kinney and his brother Doug sought out musicians who played with Charlie Poole to learn the music and lore that went with that style of old-time music. They were fortunate to get to play with the likes of Lonnie Austin and Norman Woodlieff who had recorded with Charlie Poole. Kinney has written extensively about the region;s old time music as well as hosting “Back to the Blue Ridge,” a staple on WVTF public radio for over 25 years.
Wayne and Margaret Martin add fiddle and guitar to Kinney Rorrer’s banjo playing to create the sounds of the string bands that flourished in the piedmont and foothills of North Carolina and Virginia. The Martins learned directly from older musicians throughout North Carolina and performed with the late Etta Baker, A.C. Overton, Lauchlin Shaw, Algia Mae Hinton and Joe and Odell Thompson, among others. Wayne has produced influential recordings of traditional artists as well as recording with Margaret on “ Birdie,” with the late Craig Johnson, and “Happy Valley Pals,” with Gail Gillespie and Dwight Rogers.
~~~~ The Crooked Road’s Mountains of Music Homecoming is made possible by the support of the
Appalachian Regional Commission, Food City, National Endowment for the Arts, Virginia Department of Housing & Economic Development, Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, Virginia Tourism Corporation, Blue Ridge Beverage, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Davenport & Company, Market Connections, Community Foundation for the New River Valley, Asset Solutions Corporation, Ballad Health, McGuire Woods LLP, Galax Moose Lodge # 773, Union Bank, Bank of Marion, Bill Kornrich, Breaks Insterstate Park, David & Judie Reemsnyder, Electric Hardwoods, Moonstruck Management, CGI, Rotary Club of Washington County, Jefferson College of Health Sciences, FocusOne Integrated Financial Planning, Chantilly Farm, Downtown Wytheville Association, SWCC Educational Foundation, Walt & Janet Crickmer. Special thanks to Round the Mountain and Pro-Art Association.
For the deaf and hard of hearing community, signing interpretation services can be made available if requested at least 21 days in advance of the concert. For requests received less than 21 days prior to the concert, every effort will be made for accommodations, but interpretation services are not guaranteed. To request services or for more information contact The Crooked Road office by email at admin@thecrookedroad.org or by calling 276-492-2409.
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