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The
Darlington Country Music Festival is an
all day event
of Car Shows, Crafts, Remote Control Cars and most of all MUSIC!!!!
Saturday
November 1st, 2008
at
Darlington
Raceway
Darlington,
South Carolina
Gates
Open at 9:00 until.
Event
Tickets - Special Price $25.00**
$30.00
at the gate.
Click
on the button below to purchase tickets online using your credit card
or PayPal account.
Or
send Certified Check or Money Order to:
New
South Entertainment
P.
O. Box 891
Rockingham,
N.C. 28380
**
A postage fee of 4.95 per order will be required.
If
you are interested in participating (vendor, craft or car show)
please email or
call (910) 895-8126 or (910) 582-0497 for entry
information.
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Drawing on
the strengths of his debut studio recording, Tennessee Jed
brings his show to the stage as a solo, duo, trio, or full band act,
featuring a rotating cast of players depending upon the setting. Jed’s
raw and emotional vocal delivery and guitar playing are backed by a
veritable who’s who list of established and up-and-coming stars in the
rock, Americana, country, and bluegrass world, including, but not
limited to: Andy Thorn (Big Fat Gap, Larry Keel’s Natural Bridge) on
banjo, Nicky Sanders (Steep Canyon Rangers) on fiddle, Robert Sledge
(Ben Folds Five) on bass and acoustic guitar, Walt Hensey (Barefoot
Manner) on bass, Nick Campbell (Jam Pain Society) on drums, and John T.
Boulding (The Shady Grove Band) on banjo and Dobro. The recording was
engineered and co-produced by former Doc Watson producer Jerry Brown at
the legendary Rubber Room in Chapel Hill, NC. It includes two songs
co-written with hot new Arista Nashville recording artist and former
bandmate Jason Michael Carroll of “Alyssa Lies” fame, whose
recent album debuted at #1 on the Billboard country charts.
Born in
Athens, TN, Jed spent most of his childhood moving throughout
the South, finally settling in the Raleigh area of North Carolina.
During this time he was exposed to many different styles of music,
picking up the guitar at age 10 and winning vocal competitions by age
14. Over the years he played with several well-known regional North
Carolina acts in drastically differing genres, including jamband One
Point Five, industrial metal funk act Jam Pain Society, and future
country sensation Jason Michael Carroll, during which time, he has
shared the stage with many national acts including Brad Paisley,
Darrell Worley, The Aquarium Rescue Unit, and Artimus Pyle of
Lynyrd
Skynyrd. Realizing that none of these genres or projects
satisfied his
passion for a completely integrated musical experience, he moved to
Nashville, TN to sharpen his songwriting skills and create a vision
that would embrace the many styles he had incorporated into his own.
Eventually he returned to NC to recruit the best players he had
encountered throughout his career for an all-inclusive, all-star
recording project focusing on his new original material.
Jed has
given his life to his music, and his songs reveal the passion
of his experience. In a world where popular music is often lacking in
musical depth, tone, and complexity, traditional folk music remains
largely overlooked due to its lack of emphasis on strong vocal hooks
and modern lyrics and arrangements. Tennessee Jed strives to build a
bridge between these extremes, exposing the public to the richness of
acoustic music, while also presenting a pop mentality that makes the
music more accessible to the mainstream public.
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