PineCone's Down Home Concert Series

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Upcoming Concerts

Doc Watson - Hills of Home with David Holt & Richard Watson
Friday, November 12, 2010
Meymandi Concert Hall
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For more than half a century, Arthel “Doc” Watson has been a force in the creation, interpretation and preservation of American roots music. This year, he returns to the PineCone stage with his long-time friend and collaborator David Holt and his grandson Richard Watson to present Hills of Home, which combines hot flat-picking tunes, slow romantic ballads, gutsy blues numbers, delicately picked finger melodies and old-time gospel songs into an unforgettable evening of music. Join these two Grammy Award winning icons as they take you on a musical journey through North Carolina.

Photo Credit: Callie Lipkin

More about Doc Watson & David Holt collaborations

Doc Watson website

David Holt website

Tim O’Brien & Bryan Sutton
Friday, January 7, 2011
Fletcher Theater
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Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear Tim O’Brien and Bryan Sutton perform as a duo! O’Brien is one of the original members of Hot Rize, a bluegrass band that has made frequent appearances on A Prairie Home Companion - they’ve been in bluegrass for more than 30 years. O’Brien is also known to dig into his Irish roots for a traditional tune, cover Bob Dylan songs and perform his own finely-crafted compositions. Sutton recently joined Hot Rize as their guitarist. From his stellar work with Ricky Skaggs, Bela Fleck and Chris Thile, as well as his own recordings, Sutton is considered the day’s premiere bluegrass guitarist.

Tim O'Brien website

Bryan Sutton website

Hot Rize website

Dailey & Vincent
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Fletcher Theater
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Rising bluegrass stars Dailey & Vincent return to the PineCone stage with a broader repertoire and new accolades! The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has recognized Dailey & Vincent as Entertainers of the Year two years running. In 2008, they earned an unprecedented seven IBMA Awards, including Entertainer of the Year. Both Dailey and Vincent have been bluegrass musicians throughout their careers, and they never depart from that core sensibility in their music. But, like the earliest icons, they also push the envelope. From a tribute album to the Statler Brothers to their new a cappella gospel CD Singing from the Heart, Dailey & Vincent seamlessly blend traditional and contemporary bluegrass traditions in their toe-tapping, crowd pleasing performances.

Dailey & Vincent website

Jake Shimabukuro
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Fletcher Theater
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Back by overwhelming demand, Jake Shimabukuro returns to Raleigh! Shimabukuro is known for his exciting, innovative playing and composing with the ukulele. Renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, he views the ukulele as an “untapped source of music with unlimited potential.” His virtuosity defies label or category. Playing jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk, flamenco, and rock, he consistenly stretches the boundaries of what people expect from the ukulele.

Photo Credit: Ryota Mori

Jake Shimabukuro website

Sam Bush Band with special guests Bearfoot
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Meymandi Concert Hall
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Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush is alternately known as the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass. Bush has been honored by the Americana Music Association and the IBMA, and he has helped to expand the horizons of bluegrass music, fusing it with jazz, rock, blues, funk and other styles. He is the co-founder of the genre-bending New Grass Revival and an in-demand musician who has played with everyone from Emmylou Harris and Bela Fleck to Charlie Haden, Lyle Lovett and Garth Brooks, as well as Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, and Earl Scruggs. Though Bush is best known for jaw-dropping skills on the mandolin, he is also Grammy award winning vocalist. His new album, Circles Around Me, features some classic bluegrass numbers and several high-energy jams that Bush has made his trademark sound.

Sam Bush Photo Credit: David McLister

Sam Bush website

Bearfoot’s rise from incredibly talented music camp counselors in their home state of Alaska to an established national touring band has been meteoric. A crowd favorite, these Telluride Bluegrass Band Champions are often compared to artists like Nickel Creek. Switching easily between airy Northern ballads and back-alley Southern blues, their music is underscored with bluegrass passion. They bring a remarkable breadth of rich, original songs to the stage, and their arrangements are fiery and inventive, with inspiring harmonies tying them together. The group has been received enthusiastically at MerleFest and PineCone’s own 25th Anniversary concert in January, and PineCone is thrilled to have them grace our stage again this season.

Sam Bush Photo Credit: Mike Witcher

Bearfoot website

Paddy Moloney
The Chieftains
and special guests

Sunday, March 13, 2011, 7 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium
Presented in partnership with Broadway Series South
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The six-time Grammy winning group is recognized as Ireland’s Musical Ambassadors, bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention for more than 40 years.  The Chieftains have broken many musical boundaries by collaborating and performing with some of the biggest names in rock, pop and traditional music in Ireland and around the globe. The trappings of fame have not altered The Chieftains' love of, and loyalty to, their roots - they are as comfortable playing spontaneous Irish sessions as they are headlining a concert at Carnegie Hall. The Chieftains' music remains as fresh and relevant today as when they first began.

In their four decades together, The Chieftains have been involved in many historic events, including a tour of China (they were the first Western group to perform on the Great Wall). They also were the first group to give a concert in the Capitol Building of Washington DC, and more recently, band member Paddy Moloney performed a memorial service in October in New York for the victims of September 11, 2001.

The Chieftains website

Special thanks to all of our sponsors:

The Irregardless Café feeds all of the Down Home Series artists! Please patronize them and tell them "thank you" for supporting live music in the Triangle.

The award-winning Irregardless Café has been nourishing our community with delicious meals, attentive service and music from talented entertainers from around the Triangle since 1975. The Café also offers live entertainment nightly. Talented, local musicians perform the fiddle, ballads, folk, blues, jazz/swing and folk, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday nights are traditional music nights at the Café! www.irregardless.com

Collegiate Capital Management, Inc. Investment advisors dedicated to providing objective and personalized strategies for the management of retirement and nonretirement assets to North Carolina residents and others in the southeast. Learn more at www.collegiatecapital.com. Sponsoring Doc Watson and The Chieftains.

The Law Firm of McCullers & Whitaker is committed to representing our clients effectively and efficiently.  For more information about their attorneys and their offices in North Raleigh and Garner, visit them on the web at www.mandwlawyers.com.  The Law Firm of McCullers & Whitaker PLLC . . . get results, not the runaround. Sponsoring Doc Watson.

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