Hank, Pattie & the Current

Location: R.A. Fountain

Bluegrass visionaries Hank Smith (banjo) and Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw’s (fiddle) innovative twist on traditional bluegrass music is a soulful brew flavored with classical, Motown, jazz, and pop influences. Hard-hitting bluegrass pickers who moonlight as symphonic classical musicians, Hank & Pattie have forged their unique sound by refreshingly embracing their myriad of musical influences to create a unique sound, true to themselves. Their overall musicianship, vocal harmonies, impassioned delivery and innovative arrangements captivate all generations of music lovers.

RAF was one of the first places where Pattie’s violin turned into a fiddle. Some of those early jams were incredible to witness, with Marshall Stephenson,  J.R. Stafford, even Keith Kinlaw on bass a few times, everybody glad to pick with Pattie. 

Pattie, an ECU grad from Williamston, has also played RAF a few times with more formal lineups, including a terrific show with Lynda Dawson. Help us welcome Hank–originally from Florence, South Carolina–and the Current to Fountain for the first time.

Advance purchase highly recommended; links to purchase are at bottom of this page.

 

 

 

Tags: acoustic Carolina, banjo, bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, Concert, eclectic, fiddle, new grass, tradtional bluegrass