"To promote the enjoyment, preservation and continuation of the living art of folk music."
First Friday for Folk Music
"First Friday for Folk Music" is a production of the Savannah Folk Music Society and is held the first Friday of each month at First Presbyterian Church at 520 Washington Avenue, Savannah, Georgia. It is smoke-free, alcohol-free and family-friendly. There is a recommended donation of $2 per person. Beverages and homemade fresh baked goods are available for purchase. Festivities start at 7:30PM and run until about 10:30PM.
For further information, call Hank Weisman at 912-786-6953
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August 6 FIRST FRIDAY FOR
FOLK MUSIC”
7:30PM
First Presbyterian Church 520 E Washington Avenue
The 170th “First Friday for Folk Music,” Savannah’s monthly showcase of local and touring folk musicians. Dell Hoyt and South Carolina Broadcasters will be the evenings entertainers. The show begins at 7:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church at 520 Washington Avenue. It's smoke-free, alcohol-free and family-friendly. There is a recommended donation of $2 per person. Beverages and fresh baked goods are available for purchase at nominal prices.
In the summer of 2007, Ivy S.
Lindley and David Sheppard joined together to form The South Carolina
Broadcasters, an old-time duo featuring fiddle, banjo, guitar, and close
harmony singing. They specialize in the songs of the Carter Family and
traditional Appalachian mountain music. They present professional,
lively and entertaining performances that showcase their musical
ability. From raucous clawhammer numbers, to traditional Cajun two-steps
(sung in French) The Broadcasters never disappoint. Something familiar,
something new. Audiences always clamor for more. The South Carolina
Broadcasters have performed at numerous notable places including Spoleto
USA, the legendary Bill Well's Music Shop and Pickin' Parlor in W.
Columbia, S.C. and Brooklyn's Jalopy Theatre.
Since the Summer of 2007 The South Carolina Broadcasters have been
thrilling audiences with their exceptional musicianship and brilliant
close harmony singing.* They've toured extensively up and down the East
Coast playing everywhere from bar rooms to concert halls. Drawing their
inspiration from the Carter Family and early country duos, The
Broadcasters aim to keep alive the roots of American traditional music.
The timeless themes of their songs and tunes speak to the universal
human condition and transcend the whims and fads of popular culture. The
Broadcasters put on a great show. From fiddle tunes, to duet singing, to
clawhammer and two-finger banjo The Broadcasters always leave audiences
clamoring for more.
*The South Carolina Broadcasters were named “Traditional Duo of the
Year” by the S.C. Old-Time Music Association for 2009.
David Sheppard began playing guitar at the age of 12. An initial
obsession with Bob Dylan quickly led to hours in the library and music
shops hunting for obscure recordings of country blues and early folk
musicians. By 15 he was performing several nights a week around North
Carolina singing and playing country blues tunes and ragtime guitar. A
seminal moment in his early music career was a trip to the Union Grove
Fiddler's Convention in 1969. It was there that he experienced first
hand the sound and feel of bluegrass and old-time music, a sound that
would figure prominently in his musical career. That same summer he went
to the Galax Fiddlers Convention where he met the likes of George Pegram,
Wade Ward, Kyle Creed and a host of other legendary players. It was then
that he began to take a serious interest in old-time fiddle.
From 1975-2001 David Sheppard and Scott Manring played across the
southeast and at festivals such as MerleFest as the BR Boys. Their sound
was heavily influenced by the Delmore Brothers and the Blue Sky Boys. In
addition to playing old-time music, David is a world-renowned luthier
and bowmaker.
Ivy S. Sheppard grew up on a farm in central North Carolina in a log
house where her great-grandmother had played fiddle. She began playing
banjo at age 17. By 19 she was playing professionally with The Roan
Mountain Hilltoppers. As a student at Guilford College, Ivy left town
nearly every weekend to play music. Before her 21st birthday she'd
played at the 75th Anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music
Hall of Fame, MerleFest, the Carter Family Fold, and won blue ribbons on
clawhammer banjo at various fiddlers conventions around the South. She
had no clue what a great opportunity was being afforded to her by Janice
and Bill Birchfield. Ivy learned countless songs from Janice on long
road trips to jobs, and in the morning before shows, Bill and Ivy would
sit and play banjo and guitar for hours. It was in these hours that she
learned the distinctive east Tennessee style of two-finger banjo. Ivy
was so enamored with the Hilltopper sound that she never turned her
attention to any of the more modern stringbands. Consequently, she has a
true unadulterated east Tennessee old-time style of playing.
In 2005 Ivy left America to see the world. She landed in Brno, Czech
Republic where she taught English at university for a year. During that
time she concentrated all her efforts on learning to play fiddle. The
tunes of the Hilltoppers were forever etched in her mind. She played
music throughout eastern Europe. In 2006 she was accepted to Law School
in Charleston, SC. She decided that it was time to grow up , do as her
parents said, and put that “foolish music” aside. We all know how that
turned out. Ivy is now an adjunct professor of music at the College of
Charleston teaching old-time fiddle, banjo, and guitar.
This traditional folk singer/songwriter with smooth vocal styling and warm fingerstyle guitar or driving banjo is a singer/ songwriter with a love of American and Irish music that is evident in his performances from the traditional “Bonnie Lass of Fenario” to the more contemporary “Who Will Watch The Home Place.”
His rich blend of folk, blues, country and comedy bring back the old ways while his contemporary styles remind of the 1960s and today.
With a musical back- ground in folk,blues, gospel, jazz, rock and country, this versatile entertainer has a talent that ranges from his original “Cries” about Florida’s endangered species to the ‘Rousing’ “Somebody Touched Me”
$2 recommended donation
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Future First Friday Performances
Sept 3
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(The Shivers and
520 E Washington Avenue
Mark Elliott)
Oct 2
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Cynergy and
520 E Washington Avenue
Dana Cooper)
Nov 2
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Deidra
McCalla and
520 E Washington Avenue
Buddy Mondlock)
Dec 3
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Michael
Maddox and
520 E Washington Avenue
Donna Creighton)
Jan 7
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Grant
Peeples and
520 E Washington Avenue
Jacob Johnson)
Feb 4
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Savannah
Ceili Band and
520 E Washington Avenue
Friction Farm)
March 4
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Valorie
Miller and
520 E Washington Avenue
Danielle Miraglia)
April 1
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Lauren
LaPointe and
520 E Washington Avenue
Joe Iadanza)
May 6
First Friday for F.M.
First Presbyterian Church
7:30PM
(Jamison
Murphy and
520 E Washington Avenue
Larry Mangum)
$2 recommended donation
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 912-786-6953