Fountain AfterDark vol 4, no 26 June 26, 2008 published weekly by R.A. Fountain, General Store & Internet Cafe Honky Tonk Country Friday with Reno Station, Lawson Creek Bluegrass Band Saturday - Peanut Fest Lineup Revised - Craven County's Bluegrass Legend Gets Historic Marker this Saturday [Fountain, NC] Reno Station plays honky tonk country music at Fountain General Store on Friday night. The Lawson Creek Bluegrass Band plays original and classic bluegrass and bluegrass gospel on Saturday night. Reno Stationæhttp://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=289027025 is based out of Clayton and bills itself as "one of the last true honky tonk bands. Fronted by lead guitarist Kelly Allen, the Station covers songs by artists like Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings. Also in the band: Adam Barbour, rhythm guitar, keyboards, and vocals; Brian Allen, bass and vocals; and Greg Troehler, drums and vocals. Reno Station's June 27 concert begins at 8 p.m.; general admission is $5. Lawson Creek æis a quintet of fine pickers out of the New Bern area. Led by guitarist and lead singer James Walker, they play "stringed bluegrass and gospel music." Mac McRoy plays banjo and sings tenor; Phillip Legget plays fiddle and sings baritone; Mike Oliver plays and sings bass; and Ralph Lilley plays mandolin. The Lawson Creek Bluegrass Band's June 28 concert begins at 7:30; general admission is $5. This weekend is the last of regularly scheduled concerts at Fountain General until September. The next regularly scheduled show is with the Steve Creech Sextet on Friday, July 18. R..A. Fountain, General Store and Internet Cafe, is located in historic downtown Fountain, at the intersection of US 258 and NC 222. Its family atmosphere is smoke- and alcohol-free. For further information, visit www.rafountain.com or call 252-749-3228. -30- High rez publicity photo of Lawson Creek Bluegrass Band http://rafountain.com/pictures/lawsons%20creek%20b.g./lawsonCreekJPG.JPG - - - Free Ice Cream if You Showed up Last Saturday Night! RAF apologizes again to any patrons who traveled to Fountain last Saturday night for our Travers Chandler and Avery County Show. The late cancellation, which came after 3 p.m. on Friday, made it unlikely that any of our notices to our media contacts were effective. If you made the trip out here, please let us know next time you're back--this weekend, we hope--and we'll treat you to some Jones Fruit Farm homemade ice cream. - - - Historic Marker Unveiling Saturday at Buzzard's Corner for Ervin Rouse of Craven County A state historic marker commemorating Ervin Rouse will be dedicated at Buzzard's Corner on Saturday. Rouse's bluegrass standard "Orange Blossom Special" earned him so much money, one friend claimed, that he never cashed some of his large royalty checks. When he died in 1981, Rouse was an obscure and mostly forgotten musician whose primary claim to fame had been diluted by the persistent and erroneous notion that he had only co-written the tune. Born in Craven County, Rouse fiddled his way to Florida about 1957 and rarely returned to his home state. David Menconi reported in last Sunday's News & Observer (June 22, 2008: 14D) that he became a "renowned trick fiddler who traveled all over the Southeast, performing everywhere from theaters to street corners." He spent most of his career as a traveling musician, never fully settling down. Menconi's fine article is also a review of Randy Noles' "meticulously researched new book 'Fiddler's Curse,'" published by Centerstream Books. The marker to Rouse--at 7401 NC West, Cove City--joins the one erected to Charlie Poole of the North Carolina Ramblers, northwest of Eden, in 1990, as NC's bluegrass marker collection. More about the newest marker: http://www.ncmarkers.com/Results.aspx?k=Search&ct=btn Marker text: ERVIN T. ROUSE 1917-1981 Fiddler and songwriter. Penned widely-recorded "Orange Blossom Special," bluegrass standard (1938). He was born 1/4 mile S.E." - - - July, August, September Music Schedule Released [Fountain, NC] The Swedish jazz band Big Street, m.p., the New York-based Homegrown String Band, and Florida-based the Mayhaws headline a sparse music schedule at RAF for July and August. Shows in September get rolling during Fountain's first Peanut Festival, with a free bluegrass jam on Friday night, Sept. 12, and a great lineup of free shows all afternoon and evening on Saturday, September 13. July 2008 18 7:30 $8 Steve Creech Septet, featuring Jerry Jolley 19 8:00 $7.50 Homegrown String Band http://www.homegrownstringband.com/ Their third annual trip to Fountain! 24 7:30 $8 [Note: This is a Thursday night show] Big Street m.p. http://www.bigstreet.se/ This Swedish jazz band is touring the U.S., for most members, for the first time. Because several of them also perform in a traditional Swedish folk band, they've agreed to open their show with a set of classic Swedish folk music. August 2008 2 8:00 $8 The Mayhaws http://www.themayhaws.com/ 22 7:30 $8 Richard Hood and the Licking County Hot Lix On their last trip her, in May 08, they stopped by the Carter Family Fold, where they auditioned for a future date. They passed the audition with standiing ovations and as a result will be the featured act at the Fold on Saturday, August 23. We're grateful that Richard's extending their trip to include RAF again--an excellent band of young pickers who all study bluegrass at Dennison University in Ohio, where Richard's co-director of their Bluegrass Studies program.æ September 2008 6 8:00 $5 Jennifer Shelton Licko http://www.jenniferlicko.com/ 12 7:00 FREE Bluegrass jam Open to all levels of pickers and singers. 13 Noon - 9 FREE Scheduled acts include Flat Mountain Dulcimers, Linda & Shelby Stephenson, Wilberville, Plan B, Brian and Mary Lewis, and the Smith Brothers Bluegrass Band. The Jam Busters, a new regional bluegrass act, has had to cancel. 20 7:30 $7.50 Nu-Blu http://www.nu-blu.com/ 26 7:30 $8 Marshall Stephenson and the Bluegrass Train 27 8:00 $8 Russ Varnell & Too Country - - - What You're Reading Each week, RAF sends out a news release to 28 area newspapers and radio stations. The primary contents of each issue of Fountain AfterDark is that news release. The FAD distributed via e.mail never contains attachments. 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