The lineup includes the powerful driving bluegrass sounds of  Lou Reid and Carolina, the sweet harmonies of  Valerie Smith and Becky Buller with their band Liberty Pike, the down home comedy of Kentucky natives the Moron Brothers and the smooth bluegrass sounds of Special Consensus.  This Song of the Mountains live concert will be taped for the Song of the Mountains television series to be later broadcast on PBS affiliates throuhout the country!  Be part of the live studio audience!

Lou Reid and Carolina will also have an added treat with their show. The legendary Bobby Hicks will be handling the fiddle work for Lou and his tremendous bluegrass band. Bobby was born in Newton, North Carolina in 1933 and started playing fiddle when he was nine years old. He is self taught and was hired by Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe in 1954 to play bass, but switched to fiddle after fiddler Gordon Terry was drafted into the military. Bobby spent the 1960's through the middle 70's in Iowa, Montana, Oregon and Las Vegas. In 1975 he returned home to North Carolina, where he met Ricky Skaggs at Camp Springs, North Carolina. In 1981, Bobby joined the Ricky Skaggs Band, which was one of the hottest country bands of the 1980's and received many, many awards including three time winners of the CMA "Instrumental Group of the Year", three time winners of Music City News "Bluegrass Act of the Year", the five time winners of the Academy of Country Music 's "Touring Band of the Year".
In many ways, Bobby has come full circle - back to Bluegrass music where he started years ago. Bluegrass music is enjoying a resurgence in popularity not seen since the 1950's. Whether it's teaching young fiddlers or playing a hot fiddle break on stage, Bobby Hicks is a living legend and continues to contribute to the enjoyment of fans everywhere.

Besides the great lineup of bluegrass artists on the show there will be plenty of comedy for your “funny bone”! Lardo & Burley aka the Moron Brothers will have their special brand of comedy laced with music to provide the laughs for the evening.

The Moron Brothers

Valerie Smith

Special Consensu

Bobby Hicks

The concert begins at 7:00 pm. For information or tickets by phone call 276-783-6093.

If you would like to help support the concert seriesKeep the Music Alive Memberships and Song of the Mountains Merchandise are available here at SongoftheMountains.org. We thank you for your support!  Song of the Mountains/The Lincoln Theatre is a non-profit organization.

*Talent lineup for Song of the Mountains live concerts subject to change