The Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition, one of the most popular acts in the region, returns to the Music in the Park stage Saturday. Using the traditional combination of banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar and bass, the group mixes soulful four-part vocal harmony and hard-driving solo work.
The group’s members are Roger Green on guitar, lead and harmony vocals; Dan Kimball on mandolin, lead and tenor vocals; Sue Tice on fiddle, and harmony vocals; Bob Tice on banjo, and harmony vocals and Jim Duvall on the acoustic bass fiddle. Fans of the group are especially fond of Sue Tice’s fiddle work, which draws on deep bluegrass roots as well as classical violin technique The band’s repertoire includes originals – many by Green – and old-time classics like “Salty Dog Blues” and “Fire on the Mountain.” Tice’s fiddle feature, “Orange Blosssom Special” is always a crowd pleaser. The band also adapts tunes from more recent composers such as Richard Thompson’s “Vincent Black Lightning 1952,” and the evocative fiddle instrumental, “Ashoken Farewell.”
Annapolis Bluegrass has recorded two CDs, one of which documents a live performance at the Prince Theatre. Both feature traditional numbers as well as the band’s foot-tapping originals, written primarily by Green. Sue Tice has also released several CDs under her own name. CDs will be available for purchase at the concert.
For more information and other concert dates, visit their web site at www.annapolisbluegrass.com
Excerpted with permission from the Kent County News
Bring something to sit on. Only limited seating is available. Free Admission.
Rain location: Emmanuel Episcopal Church – 101 N. Cross St. across from the park.
These free programs are sponsored by the Town of Chestertown with support from The Kent County Arts Council & Community Contributors. To help make these programs possible, please send donations payable to the Town of Chestertown and designated for “Music in the Park,” to 118 N. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD 21620
Here is a video sampling of their music.
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