Sacred Steel at UNC with Allen Boys from MT. Airy

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Tue Oct 24 17:22:26 EDT 2006


The Allen Boys at UNC
THURSDAY 12 noon on terrace at Graham Memorial (next to Moorehead
Planetarium)
part of the excellent Thursday's on the Terrace series
October 26  	The Allen Boys


Mixing the sounds of gospel with rock and roll and country, The Allen
Boys are North Carolina's only Sacred Steel band.  They are pedal
steel guitarist DaShawn Hickman, bassist Mitchell Fonville, keyboardist
Cameron Moore, and drummer Ranzey Moore.  Hailing from a small church
in Mt. Airy, they play in a little-known, yet long-standing style of
religious music found only in select African American
Pentecostal-Holiness churches.  This driving, dynamic style-recently
popularized by Robert Randolph and The Campbell Brothers-showcases
the steel guitar.  The steel guitarist plays throughout a church
service, helping to move congregants to spiritual rapture.  Rarely
performing outside of church, The Allen Boys are not to be missed.

more info below

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: "mknoll at email.unc.edu" <mknoll at email.unc.edu>
To: The folkgrad mailing list <folkgrad at listserv.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:57:18 PM
Subject: [folkgrad] The Allen Boys, Thursday at noon

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that The Allen Boys, a Sacred Steel group
from Mt. Airy, will be performing at noon this Thursday, October 26th,
on the terrace at the UNC's Graham Memorial building.

Some info on the group can be found on the web at:
http://www.johnstoncenter.unc.edu/events/tot.html

I hope to see you on Thursday.  And please, please, please spread the
word.

Best,
Mike




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