 Advance
Ticket" $20.00 Door - $25.00
Doors open at 6 PM for jamming and show begins at
7:30 PM.
We have added Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters, featuring
Roger Williams as an opening act to this show. Following
their opening set we will have a short intermission
before the Scene take the stage.
Since its inception in 1971, the Seldom Scene has
thrived on playing bluegrass a little differently
than everyone else. If other bands used a fiddler,
the Seldom Scene used a Dobro; if others relied
on old standards, the Seldom Scene played rock classics
like J.J. Cale's "After Midnight." Through
skilled musicianship and an urban approach to bluegrass,
the Seldom Scene has become one of the most influential
– if not the most influential – bluegrass
band of the last 30 years.
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One of the founding members, banjo player
BEN ELDRIDGE, has been with The Seldom Scene
since its inception, and he still performs with
the same fire and enthusiasm that characterized
the band's early days as a progressive group
that took Bluegrass music to new heights. |
| DUDLEY CONNELL plays a masterful
guitar and provides powerful lead vocals for
The Scene, which has a reputation for challenging
the bounds of Bluegrass; and Connell's musical
virtuosity has pushed the group beyond these
bounds. Audiences delight in Connell's renditions
of traditional songs like "Old Train",
folk ballads such as "Blue Diamond Mine",
and blues songs like "Rollin' and Tumblin'".
Connell is a former member of The Johnson Mountain
Boys. |
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Playing Dobro for The Scene is one of the
most respected dobro players on the Bluegrass
scene today, FRED TRAVERS. He is also an accomplished
vocalist who brings solid lead and harmony to
The Scene. Travers is a former member of the
Gary Ferguson Band. |
| RONNIE SIMPKINS plays rock-steady bass for
the group and provides the bass vocals in The
Scene's quartets as well. Simpkins has been
performing Bluegrass music since childhood and
is a former member of The Tony Rice Unit. |
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The newest member of The Scene is also a former
member (back to the future!) - LOU REID. Reid,
who plays mandolin for The Scene and provides
the tenor vocals, is also a former member of
Ricky Scaggs band and, most recently, of the
group Carolina. On lead, or when providing harmony,
Reid's vocals are the epitome of the powerful,
"high, lonesome" tenor that is the
signature of Bluegrass music. |
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