Award-winning Blue Holler band to perform bluegrass in concert at TU
Post Published On:The award-winning bluegrass band Blue Holler will bring its music to the front lawn of Thomas University’s Forbes Campus at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. The performance is part of the Sundays at Four series presented by Arts for the Community at Thomas University (ACTU).
The members of Blue Holler began performing together in 2004 with their unique mixture of traditional, contemporary, jazz-influenced and gospel bluegrass music. Traditional bluegrass artists Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin and Tony Rice provide the foundation of Blue Holler’s sound. Other artists – including John Hartford, Kenny Smith, Etta James and Lonesome River Band – also influence their music. Blue Holler performs regularly throughout Georgia, Florida and Alabama with their instrumentals and family-style harmonies.
Band members include Brandon Gandy, a Georgia State Banjo Champion; Brandon Taylor on guitar and vocals; Marshall Roberts on mandolin and vocals; Skylar Gandy, a Georgia State Fiddle Champion; Seabie Ewer on bass and vocals. Ewer is also a member of Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2020 Blue Holler competed and placed 6th out of 20 bands in the SPBGMA International Band Contest in Nashville, Tennessee.
For more information about Blue Holler, visit www.bluehollerband.com.
This performance will be held on the lawn in front of Smith-Bonvillian Hall on TU’s Forbes Campus, which is at the intersection of Pinetree Boulevard and Millpond Road. Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the show.
ACTU is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information about this and other ACTU events, visit www.facebookcom/actu31792 or www.thomasu.edu/actu, call (229) 227-6964 or email actu@thomasu.edu.
