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Elkville String Band
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Herb Key - Guitar & Lead Vocals
Drake Walsh - Fiddle, Mandolin & Vocals
Jeff Michael - Banjo
Bill Williams - Acoustic Bass & Backup Vocals
The Elkville String Band,
from Wilkes County, performs Old-Time mountain music, Traditional, Bluegrass
& Gospel, playing mostly older music, but also some newer compositions from
band members Drake Walsh and Jeff Michael. The band consists of Drake
Walsh (fiddle and mandolin), Herb Key (guitar and lead singing), Bill Williams
(harmony singing and bass), and Jeff Michael (banjo, fiddle, guitar, and
singing). Band members are very interested in local and regional music.
The band served for three years as house band for the Wilkes Playmaker's annual
production of "Tom Dooley, a Wilkes County Legend". The Elkville
String Band has also won two Paul Green Multimedia Awards presented by The North
Carolina Society of Historians, Inc. for the CD's released of the music from the
play. In 2006, they recorded a version of the ballad “Otto Wood” on
the 75th anniversary of the year Otto Wood was shot. The song was released as a
single and was included on the album, “Carolina Scrap Book - Volume Two,”
which was produced by the Kruger Brothers and features Wilkes County and
regional musicians.
Send email to elkvillestringband@embarqmail.com
Or give us a call at 336-838-4526 or 336-973-3965
