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The Kollard Kings Stringband: Celebrating Music, Food & Charlotte Recording History
Saturday, August 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Free with Exhibit Admission & Free to Members!The Kollard Kings Stringband plays songs from Charlotte’s surprising heyday as a country music recording center, 1927-1945.
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Back in the 1930s, RCA Victor and Decca “field recording teams” visited Charlotte frequently, cutting important records with Bill Monroe, the legendary Carter Family, Grand Ol’ Opry banjo star Uncle Dave Macon and many more. The Kollard Kings dip into that songbag to make history come alive.
In honor of the exhibition “Feast Here Tonight,” they’ll feature a plateful of food songs. And tell the story of how Bill Monroe came to record “Feast Here Tonight” in 1936 in Charlotte.
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Meet the band!
Tom Estes on banjo is past presient of the Charlotte Folk Society. Guitarist Donny Murray is known for his comic songs on the John Boy & Billy national radio show. West Virginia-born Michael Plumley thumps the doghouse bass. Dr. Tom Hanchett of Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte plays fiddle and shares the history.