Sat Oct 1st
7:30 PM
Grace Episcopal Church Chapel
110 North
Church Street
Berryville
just above Main
$10 Admission;
Under 18 admitted free
Reservations and Information
540-955-4169
Sponsored by
The Sounds of Grace
and
Roots of American Music
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Dr. Banjo,
Chinquapin Charlie, Will-de-Weaver
See
Clarke Daily News Article |
Playing
period reproduction instruments, the Travelers introduce each song with its
musical history and mix in jokes from the era, poetry orations, mini-skits,
and sing-alongs. Featuring the music of:
Stephen Foster
Henry Washburn & George F. Root
Daniel Decatur Emmett
And others
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Dr. Banjo and the Tuckahoe Travelers bring to life for
modern audiences the vibrant music of mid-nineteenth century America. This
is when American popular music was born, and we raised our voices together
in new songs with uniquely American themes. Today, many of these songs by
songwriters such as Stephen Foster and Dan Emmett are still being sung and
enjoyed around the world.
The Tuckahoe Travelers (Dean Havron, five-string
banjo, guitar, and vocals, from Winchester, VA; Robert Schuweiler, guitar,
mandolin, jawbone, and vocals, from Bunker Hill, WV; and Charlie Casabona,
fiddle, triangle and vocals, of Round Hill, Va.) recreate the spirit in
which these songs were played and sung in the 1850s to 1860s. Playing period
reproduction instruments, the Travelers introduce each song with its musical
history, making it more accessible for the modern audience. But it’s not
all academic—the Travelers mix in jokes from the era, poetry orations,
mini-skits, and sing-alongs. Dr. Banjo also takes the audience on a musical
history tour of America’s instrument, the five-string banjo, playing gourd
and minstrel era reproduction banjos.
The Tuckahoe Travelers repertoire draws largely on the
classic songs of the era such as Lucy Long, Old Dan Tucker, Old Folks at
Home, Dixie, Goin’ to Run All Night (Camptown Races). Many other songs taken
from period song collections may be new to modern ears but are no less
enjoyable.
The trio draws from a decade’s worth of performances by
Dr. Banjo at various living history gatherings in the northern Virginia
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