Bluegrass at the Winyah: Palmetto Blue! (Columbia)
Saturday April 4th 2020 at 7:30 pm
Preferred Seating $25 General Seating $20
Since its formation in 2013, South Carolina Bluegrass Band PALMETTO BLUE has quickly become an ambassador for bluegrass music in South Carolina. Their shows have taken them all over the Palmetto State and surrounding areas, where their performances have entertained audiences from all walks of life not only with their authentic brand of bluegrass music, but also with their stories of the history of the music as it was passed down to them from their mentors and tradition bearers before them. The band includes two members, vocalist Chris Boutwell and fiddler Ashley Carder, who have received South Carolina’s Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award, which is presented annually by the South Carolina General Assembly to practitioners and advocates of traditional arts in the state. The band also includes regional bluegrass veterans Steve Willis on banjo, Marty Carrigg on dobro, and vocalist Darryl Hudson on mandolin and guitar. From the younger generation we have 20 year old bass player and singer Shellie Davis, guitarist Ed Dalton, and fiddler and vocalist Ella Thomas, who have been playing music since their early childhood and are all bluegrass music veterans in their own right.
