A country music concert and “Hillbilly History” will be held at the Crook Farm Bank Building on Saturday.
Events of the day begin with a potluck sponsored by the Landmark Society at 5 p.m., with a donation accepted for the cost. The society will provide chicken, pizza, coffee and water, and guests are asked to bring side dishes or desserts. At 6 p.m. will be a workshop/hillbilly history with Allen Hopkins and Brett Howland.
At 7:30 p.m. will be a concert with Howland for a suggested donation of $10. Howland is called “America’s gatekeeper of traditional music.” He plays the fiddle, banjo, guitar and sings.
Songs & stories from the pioneers of Country Music will be presented, including Jimmie Rodgers, Uncle Dave Macon, the Carter Family, Fiddlin’ John Carson and more.
Howlands and Hopkins, multi-instrumentalists with long backgrounds in traditional American country music, will lead an unrehearsed, open-ended discussion and demonstration of the styles, subjects and performers of “hillbilly” music from 1920-50. Expect to hear bluegrass, old-timey, gospel, Appalachian balladry, and other styles, with accompaniment on guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, Autoharp, harmonica, and who knows what else. Audience participation is encouraged; bring, voices, questions, comments and bad banjo jokes.
