Double Ticket! Liz Brown and Jimmy Galloway - June 19th
Or call the Lake Welcome Center at 706-453-1630.
Liz Brown
Liz Brown began her professional singing career at the age of 3, performing in a cowgirl costume at her grandparents’ gas station in the pine barrens of New Jersey. Liz got her first guitar when she was 14 and taught herself to play from a Joan Baez song book.
In the early 70’s she moved to San Francisco singing the blues with some of the great Bay Area musicians of the time like Paul Butterfield and Taj Mahal, as well as experimental world music people embracing the San Francisco music scene. Liz heard Betty Carter in a small alleyway club and soon incorporated scat and jazz into the Chicago style blues she was performing at honky tonks and roadhouses.
In 1983 Liz moved to the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina and discovered amazing, young musicians attending Appalachian State University and the traditional mountain musicians, like Doc Watson.
It was at this musical crossroads that Liz formed the experimental blues band “Liz and the Tomcats.” In 1994, she joined the area’s best blues/funk/jam band “Chicken Fat Music Company,” a high energy crowd favorite among the diverse counter culture thriving in the North Carolina mountains.
Liz has shared the stage with: Doc Watson; Paul Butterfield Blues Band; Taj Mahal; Kent Burnside; Joe McGuinness,and, Donna the Buffalo.
Website: www.LizBrownMusic.com
Jimmy Galloway
This is what CD Baby had to say about Jimmy Galloway: “It’s truly a rare talent that can combine virtuosity in musical chops with heartfelt singing and lyrics, yet Jimmy Galloway is just such a talent. With the gentleness of Mark Knopfler’s brand of Americana, the dexterous-yet-tasteful finger picking skill of Phil Keaggy, the melodic depth of Richard Thompson, and a touch of the warm melancholia of Nick Drake, he’s truly a remarkable talent.
–The Editorial staff at CD Baby
Website: www.JimmyGallowayMusic.com
