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  • Genre: Americana / Jam Band / Roots Music

    Location "HILLS AND HOLLERS!", Virginia, Un

    Profile Views: 34469

    Last Login: 11/25/2012

    Member Since 7/12/2009

    Website bigstonegapmusic.com

    Record Label www.lonesomerecords.org;www.coppercreekrecords.org

    Type of Label Unsigned

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.. RON SHORT AND THE POSSUM PLAYBOYS

For the past thirty years,I have been one of the creative forces behind the internationally known ROADSIDE THEATER (www.roadside.org) I have written a dozen plays and co-authored another half-dozen more in collaboration with groups as diverse as the Pueblo Zuni in New Mexico, jazz and hip-hop artists from New Orleans and Puerto Rican jazz musicians from the Bronx in New York City. My plays have been produced and performed throughout the world and I have performed at Lincoln Center,The Smithsonian Folk Festival, Floydfest, Rhythm and Roots and music festivals and venues too numerous to mention.

Though I have traveled all over the world, I have never strayed too far from the music of my home in the mountains of Appalachia. My work is steeped in the traditions of Old Regular Baptist singing, storytelling, family bands and joyous musical family gatherings.

I have performed on, produced or written the music for a dozen music albums, but it is live performance that I truly love… LIVE-- is where all the elements of culture, story, performance and music come together in an inimitable relationship with an audience!

As well as my solo singer/songwriter performances and work with Roadside Theater, for the past few years I has been the musical director for a concert of coalmining music. These songs, taken from an award winning 2CD collection called "MUSIC OF COAL" produced for Lonesome Records,(www.lonesomerecords.com) celebrate the lives of coal miners (like my Dad) and their families in Central Appalachia. More recently, I was the Producer for the IBMA, GRAMMY nominated CD, "APPALACHIA: MUSIC FROM HOME which was featured on the PBS film series "Appalachia: A History Of Mountains and People"

THE POSSUM PLAYBOYS celebrate all the vibrant American folk music forms that have created a landscape of AMERICAN CULTURE unlike any other place on the planet! THE PLAYBOYS are keeping alive and vibrant the tradition of bands that once traveled the roads of Appalachia and America, playing music that pleases and satisfies the eternal human longing for dance and fun.

Featuring fiddle and “Cajun” accordion, the Playboys play a lively mix of "Appalach' jun" jam band music from “swamp to swing” that sets feet tapping, hips swinging, and people singing! While the musical traditions may be familiar, the songs and interpretations are fresh and new!!

THE POSSUM PLAYBOYS are veteran singer/songwriter RON SHORT on vocals, accordion, slide guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle; AARON DAVIS on guitar and vocals; LISA DAVIS on rubboard, vocals and percussion; BEN MAYS on bass, and MOLLY DALE SLEMP, “Girl Vocalist Extraordinaire”!!

For an evening of “Possum Wisdom”, dancing, original music and just plain fun, you’re gonna love The Possum Playboys!

“Betcha won’t be able to stay off the table!”

PRESS:

"RON SHORT AND THE POSSUM PLAYBOYS brought something new to the festival---Cajun accordion and western swing---when they left the stage there was a smile on every face in the audience!!" The Post, Big Stone Gap Va.

"Ron Short’s songs in the production ranged from foot-stomping hoedowns to elegiac, heart rending ballads. His music alone is worth the price of admission.” San Francisco Chronicle"

"This is entirely fresh, contemporary work, but it captures the heart and soul of the Celtic roots and the foundation of traditional old time mountain music. . . Wings to Fly is completely unique, timeless work.” —John Wolfe, Colorado Bluegrass Music Association"

"Ron Short’s songs sound as though they were written by a rural Bruce Springsteen.” Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Neb. "

"His music is the real deal: the music that came from Britain and Ireland, augmented by those who toiled in the mines and on the farms, and evolved into American folk music.” —CMT (Country Music Today) Magazine "

“It’s the stuff of earthy life, and the skill of Short’s work in the tradition suggests that some of his songs may well become part of that tradition in another couple decades.” Dirty Linen Magazine

..Generate your own contact table!View Ron Short and The Possum Playboys's Sonicbids EPK
View Ron Short and The Possum Playboys's EPK..

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