April 8, 209 - Holy Cross - Holly Week service - 7PM April 30, 2009 - Appalachian State University - 8:00 May 9, 2009 - Glendale Springs JAM Camp - all day May 22, 2009 - Valle Crucis Summer Music Series - Valle Crucis Park - Valle Crucis, NC - 7PM May 23, 2009 - Watauga County Farmers Market - Boone, NC - 9:30-12:00 noon May 30, 2009 - Gary Poe's Old-time and Bluegrass Show LIVE - WKSK- 11:00 June 12, 2009 - Gallery Crawl - West Jefferson, NC - 6PM June 13, 2009 - Clinch Mountain Musicfest - 3:55-4:40 July 4, 2009 - Ashe County Park - TBA July 10, 2009 - Sugar Grove Musicfest - TBA July 24, 2009 - Jones House - Boone, NC - TBA August 8, 2009 - Kennedy wedding - Bethel, NC August 9, 2009 - Virginia Highlands Festival - Abingdon, VA - TBA August 14-16, 2009 - Ola Belle Reed Festival - Lansing, NC - TBA - concerts and harmony workshop August 21, 2009 - Jones House Songwriter's Series - Boone, NC - 6PM September 5, 2009 - Daniel Boone Days - Main stage-3:00-4:15 September 11, 2009 - Valle Crucis Music Series - Valle Crucis Park - Valle Crucis, NC - 7PM September 19, 2009 - Bristol Rhythm and Roots - Bristol VA/TN - 11:30 @ Eat'z on Moore & 5:00 @C.J. and Company September 26, 2009 - Apple Day - Blue Ridge Nation Heritage Area - Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, Milepost 384 - Asheville, NC - 2PM October 3, 2009 - Mountain Home Music Series - Boone, NC October 4, 2009 - Wise Fall Fling - Wise, VA - TBA October 16, 2009 - Home Craft Days Concert - Mountain Empire Communicty College - Big Stone Gap, VA - 6PM October 17, 2009 - Home Craft Days - Big Stone Gap, VA - 2PM October 24, 2009 - Blue Ridge Folk Life Festival - Ferrum, VA - TBA
have been playing old time music for the past thirty years. They have participated in shows along the Crooked Road and are in the Blue Ridge National Heritage Directory.
They are available for concerts and workshops.
Deborah Jean is also a songwriter and has added several of her songs to their repertoire.
Kelly Sheets Snider,their daughter, joined them on their 2008 release. She plays the fiddle and provides a rich harmony to Deborah Jean's lead.
Their new CD, A Southern Girl's Reply, features Kelly. Whereas Kelly joined maw and paw on the 2008 CD, maw and paw are backing up Kelly on this latest CD. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed recording it and playing the tunes and songs on it.