SHAWSVILLE – Muddy River, a gospel bluegrass group that got together at Sowders Chapel, will be the featured band at the March edition of Beans and Banjos.
Muddy River is Marvin Graham on mandolin and guitar, Jared Belcher on lead guitar, Ben Hall on bass and Jerry Surface playing guitar and doing the lead singing. George Smith joins in on banjo.
Fort Vause will open the evening with bluegrass and bluegrass flavored blues, ballads, gospel songs, novelty tunes and show tunes. Fort Vause features George Smith, who played banjo in the Appalachian Music Masters concert series and on recordings with Jack Hinshelwood and Buddy Pendleton and Jeff Wilcke, a doctor of veterinary medicine and rhythm guitar who also plays mandolin. This edition of Fort Vause features guest fiddler, Ralph Berrier.
In addition to all that music, the evening will feature beans and cornbread and dessert. Supper and music start at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 at Shawsville’s Meadowbrook Community Center. That’s at 267 Alleghany Spring Road in Shawsville.
This Evening of Beans and Banjos raises money for the LINC Letter and its webpage, lincletter.org.
We hope each person who comes will donate $5 or more. We’ll also have copies of the CD The Best of Beans and Banjos Vol. 1 for sale.
As always, Beans and Banjos operates on granny rules: no drinking; no smoking; no cussing; no spitting on the floor. Y’all come on out for supper. Stay to dance or sing along – or just sit there and pat your foot.