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Marshall Ballew to perform in Waynesville

art ballewTennessee songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marshall Ballew will perform at 3 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Waynesville library auditorium on Haywood Street.

The free concert is sponsored by the Chef’s Table and is part of the Sunday Concert Series co-sponsored by the Arts Council and the Friends of the Haywood County Library.

Using a variety of stringed instruments including guitar, banjo, dobro, fiddle, bouzouki, and tiple, Ballew will take his audience on a journey through the 20th century’s traditional music. Touching on gospel, old-time, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, reggae, and original music, he’ll show how the roots and branches of musical expression produce new traditional forms.

He regularly plays with Radiation Blues Banned, a psychedelic rock band based in Tryon, as well as with The Timber Rattlers, an acoustic quintet in Waynesville.

828.508.2146 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or www.reverbnation.com/marshallballew.

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