Evento

Jeanette and Johnny Williams + Strictly Strings

The Blue Ridge Music Center presents the Danville, VA based award winning husband and wife duo Jeanette and Johnny Williams with their fine band. Plus, special guests from Northwestern NC, the youth string band, Strictly Strings.

Jeanette & Johnny Williams -
Johnny Williams is an award-winning singer, songwriter, and accomplished guitarist. He has been named Virginia State Champion Male Vocalist, and was the bluegrass division winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at Merlefest in 1998 and 1999. Since her debut solo release in 1994, Jeanette Williams has quietly become one of the most successful and celebrated women in bluegrass music. Jeanette burst onto the national scene in 1999 with her Doobie Shea Records release "Cherry Blossoms in the Springtime", which spent nine months on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Album Chart. She has received more than ten SPBGMA nominations, including three wins for Female Vocalist of the Year; two IBMA awards; and two songwriting awards.
http://mountainroadsrecordings.com/index.php/artists1/johnny-williams/
http://www.jeanettewilliams.com/

Strictly Strings -
Strictly Strings is an incredibly talented youth bluegrass band featuring Kathleen Burnett, Willow Dillon, Anissa Burnett, Caleb Coatney, Liam Purcell, and Watauga County JAM instructor Cecil Gurganus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-UDz7I5Nik