MAY 7, 2009 ISSUE
Donna The Buffalo, Larry Keel To Headline Daniel Boone Days 2009
2nd annual Music & Culture Festival at Horn in the West Sept. 4 and 5
Feel-good funk rockers Donna the Buffalo will end their 20th anniversary tour with a headlining performance at the Town of Boone’s annual festival, the 2nd annual Daniel Boone Days, at Horn in the West on September 4 and 5.
The High Country is about to join the herd.
Currently the last stop on their 20th anniversary tour, Trumansburg, N.Y.-based Donna the Buffalo will bring their blend of old-time-rock-reggae-zydeco to the stage at Horn in the West in Boone as they headline the 2nd annual Daniel Boone Days Music and Culture Festival on Saturday, September 5. Over the past two decades, Donna the Buffalo has built a catchy and solid repertoire of feel-good, slightly funkified country-rock-folk songs, won countless national awards in multiple musical genres and nurtured a fervent fan following lovingly referred to as The Herd. After headlining music festivals across the country this summer, the five-piece band—which features Western North Carolina music scene mainstay, former member of Snake Oil Medicine Show and current member of Acoustic Syndicate Jay Sanders—will end its 20th anniversary tour in Boone with a two-hour set under the lights at Horn in the West.
Joining Donna the Buffalo will be flat-picking guitar legend and progressive bluegrass alchemist Larry Keel and his band Natural Bridge. Larry Keel & Natural Bridge have been cranking up miles on the odometer since playing the inaugural Daniel Boone Days in September 2008 and are hot off the release of their latest studio album, Backwoods. Natural Bridge features Larry’s wife Jenny Keel on upright bass and vocals, former Sassagrass member Jason Flournoy on banjo and former Boone-ite Mark Schimick on mandolin.
Flat-picking guitar legend and progressive bluegrass alchemist Larry Keel and his band Natural Bridge also signed on the play the festival, making this their second performance at Daniel Boone Days.
Boone-based pickers Upright & Breathin’ are also scheduled to play on Saturday, September 5, along with a couple of yet-to-be announced bands and entertainers.
High Country Press, Mountain Fountain Productions, the Town of Boone and the Downtown Boone Development Association are presenting sponsors of Daniel Boone Days 2009, which takes place on Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5, at various locations around Boone. The two-day festival features a Daniel Boone Symposium, Fess Parker Wine Dinners, a World Record attempt and an 11-hour music and culture festival at Horn in the West.
More information on Daniel Boone Days 2009, including ticket prices and new announcements, will come over the next two months. By June, DanielBooneDays.com will be relaunched to provide up-to-date information on the Town of Boone’s annual festival.
For more information, call 828-264-2262.
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