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Big Medicine making PineCone appearance in Raleigh …

Raleigh, N.C. — From the stage of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor said of Big Medicine, “That’s how string band music is supposed to sound… absolutely effortless. … Bobb Head lays down the bass line and shares vocal harmony duties with Big Medicine, and every now and then he is induced to produce some fine banjo or guitar picking. When he’s not playing with Big Medicine, you can see him with the Stillhouse Bottom Band; Dueling Shoes, a percussive dance …

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Merlefest 2005 Announces Stellar Partial Line-Up « World Music …

The Local Boys; Bill Mathis; Andy May; John Mooney; Nashville Bluegrass Band; NC Thumb & Finger Style Guitar Players; Mollie O’Brien; Old School Freight Train; Josh Pinkham & The Pinkham Family Band; Shana Banana; Joe Smothers; Stillhouse …. World Music Central is a music portal dedicated to World Music . We feature the latest news, CD and concert reviews, articles, an events calendar, and a world music wiki with artist biographies and discographies, glossaries and other …

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