Feb Red Barn - Red Barn Radio

Lexington’ s Arts Place 161 North Mill Admission $5.00 Children Under 12 Free
Performance Schedule February 2008
February 6
Downtown County Band
The Downtown County Band is Wes Petzinger, on acoustic
guitar and vocals, Keith Clifton on open back banjo and vocals, Dan Atkins on mandolin and vocals, and Sam
McWilliams on fiddle. Wes and Keith originate from Owen
County, Kentucky. Dan and Sam come from neighboring
Franklin County. The DCB play music from the turn of the
20th century, as well as some contemporary original songs. They celebrate the old Jug Band music born out
of the Ohio and Mississippi River ways of life, as well as blues with origins spanning from the Mississippi
Delta to the Carolina Piedmont.
February 13
Adam Hager
Adam Hager is a talented traditional guitarist located in West Virginia. He began
his interest in the guitar in his preschool years strumming on a toy guitar and
singing hymns. Adam started studying under Robin Kessinger who introduced him
to many fiddle tunes and techniques that helped him develop his own style. His
first contest was the 2003 Vandalia Gathering Flatpick Guitar Contest in Charleston, West Virginia. Since then he has competed in many more contests in West
Virginia and surrounding states, played on the radio and on stage, appeared on TV,
and played gospel music in church. Currently, he is in the process of recording a CD, which he hopes to release soon.
February 20
BillyBlues
Billyblues began on a back porch in backwater Kentucky. Mark and Colin were
thumb-picking Mississippi John Hurt songs when Mike came by with a bottle of Jim
Beam and a suitcase full of harmonicas--and the band was born. The band is comprised of Colin Raitiere, bass, mandolin and vocals; Mark Lucas, resonator guitar,
bass and vocals; Mike Norris, harmonica, guitar and vocals; and David White,
drums. The sound they developed over the next six years and two albums took inspiration from all styles of blues--Delta to Chicago--but especially from mountainSouth traditional music, which is bluesier than the people who make categories
usually notice. Songs by the likes of Blind Blake, Muddy Waters, and Jimmy Reed are an important part of
what they do, but they have become known for the dark wit and weathered three-part harmonies of their
originals. In the words of one reviewer, "Tom Waits Meets the Soggy Bottom Boys."
February 27
Dozens of Dollars Bluegrass Band
Dozens of Dollars String Band members include Philip Wakeman singing lead vocals and playing mando, fiddle & guitar; Mark Rosenthal singing lead vocals and playing guitar; John Bajandas singing backing vocals and playing the Doghouse bass; Phil Wakeman singing backing
vocals and playing banjo, mando, fiddle and guitar. Their music is high energy, danceable,
traditional and nontraditional at the same time. They mix it up with bluegrass, old time Appalachian, rock, jazz, pop and Irish....definitely based in roots music. The band’s home base is
the Westport General Store, a great little restaurant/bar in the hill country. along the Ohio
River.