Yep! You read that right. The Quebe Sisters are coming back to the Kenbridge Community Center on May 30th at 7:00PM. Honestly, I must tell you that I missed their first performance and, sadly, I will miss this one, too. Why? I attend the "Graves Mountain Festival of Music" each year and it's always this same weekend. Fortunately, The Quebe Sisters will also make an appearance at the "Graves Mountain Festival of Music" that same weekend, so I will get to see them. Luckily, you won't have to travel 100 plus miles and camp out to see them. All you have to do is purchase a ticket for $12 in advance or $15 at the door and simply show up in Kenbridge and enjoy the show! Below is the majority of the official press release from Penny Parsons, the media contact for the VMRE.
"On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 7:00 PM the Virginia Museum of Radio Entertainment is pleased to present THE QUEBE SISTERS BAND at the Kenbridge Community Center, 511 West 5th Avenue in Kenbridge, VA.
Virginia's own Appalachian Express will open the show. Kenbridge is about 15 miles north of South Hill, just minutes off of I-85. Tickets are $12.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door, and are available through
www.ticketstobuy.com, at select Benchmark Community Bank Locations, and
at WSVS radio in Crewe, VA.
When Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe (pronounced Kway-bee) raise their
fiddles and play, audiences marvel. When the girls sing their vintage style three-part harmony, audiences are blown away. Add the extraordinary rhythm guitar of Joey McKenzie and the swinging upright bass of Drew Phelps, and The Quebe Sisters Band becomes a force of nature. The QSB's unique brand of music has taken the Americana music scene by storm. They perform a refreshing blend of western swing, vintage country, bluegrass, jazz & swing standards, and Texas style fiddling. Though still in their twenties, after more than ten years of performing together, the sisters sing and play like seasoned veterans.
Awarded the Crescendo Award by the Western Music Association and winner
of the Western Swing Album of the Year from the Academy of Western Artists, The Quebe Sisters Band is touring behind their latest album, "Timeless." Performance highlights include appearances at the Grand
Ole Opry, the Kennedy Center, NYC's Lincoln Center, the Ryman Auditorium, the Marty Stuart Show, the Eddie Stubbs' Show on WSM, The Birchmere, the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree, the Smithsonian Folklife
Festival, and the National Folk Festival.
Anyone who saw the Quebe Sisters Band at their 2011 performance in Kenbridge knows what an exciting, dynamic, and fun show it was. Don't miss this special return engagement!"
A note from Gary: As with many of the live music performances sponsored by the VMRE, The Quebe Sisters do not perform Bluegrass music. They play and sing authentic Cowboy Western and Western Swing music as you have never heard it before. Trust me on this. I also know that my blog is called "Bluegrass Virginia" and that I created it to promote Bluegrass music in Virginia. In a round about way, by promoting these shows presented by the VMRE and WSVS radio I am supporting one of the last bastions of daily Bluegrass music programming in Virginia and, the USA, for that matter. Not only does WSVS AM800 radio present three hours of recorded Bluegrass music daily Monday through Friday (3 to 6PM), but they also present live Bluegrass, Old Time and Acoustic Country music at 12 PM each Saturday as part of the "High Noon Hoe-Down." As I have stated before, As long as WSVS supports my Bluegrass addiction I will support the live music shows they present, whether they be Bluegrass or not.
"NUFF SAID!"
