Archive: Keel Family Function returns to LaFayette

Here’s a great writeup about the upcoming Keel Family Function in CatwalkChatt.com :

Keel Family Function returns to LaFayette

by Matt Ledger

Cherokee Farms will come out of winter hibernation, with a musical menagerie known as the second annual Keel Family Function on the weekend of April 2-4.

Early campers will be able to set up on April Fool’s Day, with Soul Grass Rebellion providing music at 9 p.m.

Friday’s acts will begin at 5 p.m. and serenade campers to sleep during the wee hours of Saturday morning.

The lineup of artists has increased from 17 acts last year to 22 this year.

Last year’s inaugural concert featured Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, the namesake of the event.

Jeff Mosier, Caroline Pond, Ralph Roddenberry, and Lefty Williams are just a few of the artists returning from last year — excited about the springtime return to LaFayette.

“We anticipate some great musical energy and fusion among the artists all weekend long,” Thomas Helland, the event’s coordinator, said.

The highlight of last year’s concert for Donna Hopkins was playing in the “Eye of the Dawg” showcase, which had nearly a dozen players jamming together in the round acoustically.

Digital Butter of Chattanooga will add an electorinca sound to the upcoming concert, during the late-night hours, along with Zoogma of Oxford, Miss.

The soulful funky sounds of 3rd Stone, from northern Florida, is a “blend of rock, afro-beat, reggae and funk rhythms into a highly addictive sonic stew that is sure to make your body move,” according to Helland.

Ashville, N.C., will be well represented with Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Virginia Dare Devils, Soulgrass Rebel-lion, and Caroline Pond making the trek over I-40.

The Ragbirds of Ann Arbor, Mich., will be traveling the furthest for this gig, bringing an international flavor that combines Celtic fiddling, African drum beats with Middle Eastern, Gypsy, and Americana stylings.

Future plans for the Keel Family Function are to develop into an annual spring pilgrimage for roots music lov-ers, and “maintain a similar explosive musical energy to Harvest Fest while creating a path all its own,” Helland said.

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PlayinDead Blog photo gallery from the Keel Family Function & update on the Keel Family Holiday!

PlayinDead Blog has posted some great pics from the Keel Family Function this past summer!

Click here to see the gallery.

This was a Eye-Dawg Production that was the first inaugural this past April on Cherokee Farms in Lafayette, GA.

Eye-Dawg Productions is also the producer of the Keel Family Holiday… so stay tuned for more info on that! Here’s a sneak peak:

ATTENTION: DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THE KEEL FAMILY HOLIDAY HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE. Stay  tunes for details….

The Keel Family Holiday features a slew of pickers and grinners from the world of bluegrass and Americana music. Larry Keel and Natural Bridge create acoustic music rich in heritage, heart and hot licks.

Here’s a video Snippet from last year’s cast @ Variety Playhouse Dec 19th 2008. Onstage is Larry Keel, Tony Rice, Rev. Jeff Mosier, David Blackmon, Mark Van Allen, Johnny Mosier, Caroline Pond, Grayson Capps and The Stumpknockers, Bobby Lee Rodgers, Ralph Roddenberry, and many more. Doing the tune Christmas Time Is A Comin and Jingle Bells:

ATTENTION: DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THE KEEL FAMILY HOLIDAY HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE. Stay  tunes for details….

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