Lee Knight Performance

Description

Lee Knight will be coming to MadStone Café and Catching Light Books to perform. The program is free and an open jam follows the hour-long concert. The jam sessions are open to pickers and singers of all ages and experience levels, but also to those who just want to watch and listen. Lee’s performance is part of the ongoing “The Way We Worked” exhibit on display at WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center.
 Over the years, Lee has learned music about work from traditional sources--people from across the country who had used songs about work or songs that helped them work.
 
Lee is a folklorist, musician, story teller and outdoor leader. He plays various instruments, including the five-string banjo, guitar, and the Appalachian lap dulcimer. He also collected songs and stories from Southern Appalachia as well as England, Scotland, Central Asia, Columbia and the Amazon region of Peru. He is about to publish a book of Adirondack ballads and folk songs as recorded by Marjorie Lansing Porter in the 1940's and 1950's.
The First Thursday series will continue in December 2018.  Please bring your instruments if you would like to participate in the open jam.