OCTOBER 15, 2009 ISSUE
Mountain Home Music Presents Generations of Bluegrass Saturday
Brooke and Darin Aldridge and their band will perform at the Mountain Home Music Generations of Bluegrass concert this Saturday, October 17, in Blowing Rock.
Bluegrass veterans combine with bluegrass prodigies to form Generations of Bluegrass, a Mountain Home Music concert taking place this Saturday, October 17, at 8:00 p.m. at the Blowing Rock School Auditorium.
Representing the bluegrass veterans will be Darin and Brooke Aldridge. Representing the bluegrass prodigies will be the Snider Family.
Darin Aldridge came up with Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlemen. He was not only a performer and singer but also was producer for several award-winning albums with Waller, including 2005 bluegrass CD of the year Songs of the American Spirit. Brooke Aldridge has won contests as a singer since she was a child.
About the duo, reviewer Tom Bibey wrote, “Brooke’s emotive vocals combine with Darin’s soaring tenor in a magical combination.”
Their magic has had results. The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) selected them as an official showcase artist for 2009. Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine said they have set a new standard of excellence in bluegrass gospel. And the Gospel Roots chart ranked their CD I’ll Go With You at No. 1 for this year.
Young fiddler Samantha Snider, her brother and guitarist Zeb Snider and their father and bassist Bud will perform as the Snider Family at this Saturday’s Mountain Home Music concert.
In addition to Darin and Brooke, the band includes Eddie Biggerstaff (bass fiddle), Chris Bryant (banjo) and Perry Woodie (dobro and guitar).
The Snyder Family Band features Samantha, 10, and Zeb Snyder, 14. Their father Bud plays the bass fiddle.
Samantha began playing classical violin at age 3 in the Suzuki method. By age 4, she was playing duets with Zeb, who was learning classical guitar. At age 7, she made the transition to bluegrass. In 2008 at age 9, she became the youngest ever to win the prestigious Fiddler of the Festival award at Fiddler’s Grove in Union Grove, home of the oldest fiddler’s competition in North America.
Zeb began classical guitar lessons at age 7 and in the Suzuki method. When he broadened his interest to include bluegrass at age 11, he entered a new phase that brought him to his favorite style of playing the guitar—flatpicking. Zeb has won many guitar competitions since he began flatpicking.
Bud’s musical training began in high school as a percussionist. It was not until his children needed a bass player for the family band that he stepped up to the challenge.
Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $15 at the door. Tickets for college and high school students are $10 at the door only. Tickets can be purchased at Mast Stores, Rydell Music Center, Pandora’s Mailbox in Blowing Rock and Fred’s Mercantile on Beech Mountain and online.
For tickets or more information, click to www.mountainhomemusic.com or call 828-964-3392.
Want To Go?
Date: Saturday, October 17
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Blowing Rock School Auditorium
Cost: $12.50 advance/$15 door/$10 students
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