MUSICIANS Click on the thumbnail at right for the schedule of performances! |
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| The Mad Tea Party Uke-abilly. Retro-Pop. Rock 'n' Roll. Mad Tea Party brews up rock 'n' roll, retro-pop and honky tonk to create a fresh and intoxicating sound. "It's B-52s meets Buddy Holly with a lot more thump." Musical conspirators Ami Worthen and Jason Krekel serve up an exciting live show to music lovers thirsty for upbeat, original refreshment. Delicious harmonies glide over electrified ukulele, juke-joint guitar, scratchy fiddle and pulsing foot percussion. Catchy songs about love, life, sex and dancing are steeped in raw rockabilly with shreds of doo wop and devilish blues. Drink deep - Mad Tea Party concocts a musical recipe that will make you boogie. |
| Photo: Steve Mann |
| Kent Knorr Instructor/Founder, North Carolina Ukulele Academy It's ironic that the "K" in the name "Knorr" is silent, because Kent Knorr, founder and instructor of the North Carolina Ukulele Academy has been filling the world with music for more than 20 years. Originally a guitar player, he later began dabbling with his grandfather's ukulele and 5-string banjo. Over the next decades, he learned to play the 4-string and 5-string banjo, bluegrass, classical and rock guitar, the mandolin, the resonator guitar and, of course, the ukulele. He's an instrument collector and builder and has been a founder and or member of 7 different bands, played in studio on several albums and has been all over the east coast playing his music. |
| The Casserole Just like your momma used to make... The Casserole was formed in late 2006 in downtown Wilmington, drawing talent from some of the best bands the lower Cape Fear has to offer.... and it was magic from the very first note. Bassist Andy Dortch (Rogersville Road) and drummer TJ Prystal (RootSoul Project) provide a solid backbone for Randy McQuaid's (Rootsoul Project) rhythm guitar, soulful vocals, and occasional harmonica. Adding a harmonious upper octave twang with a mandolin and scratchy country-boy vocals is the amazing Steve Todd (L Shape Lot). The soaring lead/slide guitar of Justin Johnson (Rogersville Road and RootSoul Project) rounds out their jam band sound. |
| Port City Sound Company Rock/Blues Port City Sound Company was formed in Wilmington in 2008 by drummer, J.B. Piner. Members include Sam Carteret on bass, Mike Hall and Garry Lane on guitar, with lead vocalist Sam Massey on keyboard. Port City Sound Company plays a variety of original ballads and instrumentals, plus they cover many classic rock songs from the 1970's and 80's. |
| Snake Oil Medicine Show Psychobilly / Bluegrass / Reggae What do you get when....? The art and music created by Snake Oil Medicine Show are vivid expressions of love. The positive vibrations the band members share with their audiences communicate a sincere belief that through unity, awareness, and spirituality, the world can change for the better. Cultivating a dynamic Art Party wherever they go, the variously textured music of Snake Oil Medicine Show finds Appalachian bluegrass and old-time coexisting in delicious harmony with early jazz styles, reggae, post-newgrass instrumental expression, and warped psychedelia. Snake Oil Medicine Show presents colorful, uplifting music that is humorous, yet serious. Bright paint colors on the canvas swirl together with fantastic costumes, positive energy, and a sense of loving family as the band members strive for new levels of artistic expression while consistently letting their roots show. Though the original purveyors of snake oil medicine may have been hucksters, the fine people of Snake Oil Medicine Show convey a heart-felt message of Peace Through Music that is absolutely genuine. So come on, y?all, follow your dancing feet and see what everyone is smiling about! - Patty O'Furniture Atlanta, GA 2004 |
| Photo: Nicole Potter & Jake Wolfe |
| Jeff Brinson Krueck |
