Malpass Brothers
The Uncle Dave Macon Days festival will again spotlight authentic roots music at its 42nd annual event, “A Roots Rendevous,” scheduled for July 12 and 13 at Cannonsburgh Village in Murfreesboro. The celebration of string bands and Southern culture features two stages as well as a few impromptu shade-tree jam sessions by attendees and competitors who bring along their instruments.
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Malpass Brothers, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Jake Leg Stompers, The Two Tracks, The Pilots, Mickey Harris Family, Dave Adkins and Zac Top will perform on Friday, July 12. Saturday, July 13, will feature The Isaacs, Balsam Range with The Tennessee Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, David Adkins, Uncle Shuffelo and His Haint Hollow Hootenanny, Grasstime, Glade City Rounders and The Cleverlys.
The Malpass Brothers are the 2019 Trailblazer Award recipients, and Balsam Range will be honored with the Heritage Award.
As young boys, Christopher and Taylor Malpass soaked up the music of their granddad’s phonograph records. Today, they promote the work and music of classic country artists they treasure while creating new music and making their own mark in the lineage of a rich American cultural heritage. The Malpass Brothers toured with the late Don Helms, former steel guitarist for Hank Williams, have opened for music legend Merle Haggard on multiple tours and appeared on stages from the Shetland Islands to Ryman Auditorium to Merlefest.
A five-piece sting band keeping the sounds of mountain music alive, Balsam Range adopted the name of a majestic range of mountains that surround part of their home, Haywood County, North Carolina, where the Great Smoky Mountains meet the Blue Ridge, the Great Balsam Range.
Balsam Range
Throughout the Uncle Dave Macon Days festival’s National Old-Time Music Competition, guests can enjoy the best in authentic roots music performed by participants from the local/regional community and from across the world.
The tradition of the “Motorless Parade,” complete with buggies and wagons, will make its way down historic Main Street to Cannonsburgh at 10 a.m., on Saturday, July 13.
Other family-friendly events taking place throughout the festival village includes heritage activities for children, mouth-watering local concessions, a juried arts and crafts show in Matilda Macon’s Artisan Village, Dave Macon’s Marketplace and a historic photo exhibit.
With nearly 20,000 in attendance, roots music enthusiasts looking for an authentic old-time experience will be strolling through a reconstructed pioneer village with an ice-cold lemonade in hand while listening to the warm harmonies on the porches and pickin’ under the trees near the banks of Town Creek in Cannonsburgh.
Adult tickets are $10 each day, and kids 12 or under are free.
Cannonsburgh Village, located at 312 S. Front St. in Murfreesboro, is home to more than 20 restored log structures and will feature living history demonstrations during the weekend.
For more information on Uncle Dave Macon Days, visit uncledavemacondays.com or call 833-615-ROOT.
Rhonda Vincent
2019 Uncle Dave Macon Days schedule
Friday, July 12
Macon Manor Stage
3:30 p.m. – Jake Leg Stompers
4:30 p.m. – Zac Top
5:30 p.m. – Dave Adkins Band
7 p.m. – Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
8:30 p.m. – Rhonda Vincent
10 p.m. – Malpass Brothers
Dixie Dewdrop Stage
2 p.m. – Harmonica competition
2:30 p.m. – Old-time singing competition
3:30 p.m. – Blues singing competition
4:30 p.m. – Uncle Dave Macon freewheeling competition
6 p.m. – Mickey Harris Family
6:45 p.m. – The Two Tracks
7:45 p.m. – Zac Top
8:45 p.m. – Jake Leg Stompers
10 p.m. – The Pilots
Glade City Rounders
Saturday, July 13
Macon Manor Stage
10 a.m. – Mandolin competition
10:30 a.m. – Guitar competition
11:30 a.m. – Fiddle competition
12:30 p.m. – Bluegrass banjo preliminary competition
1:30 p.m. – Bluegrass band preliminary competition
2:30 p.m. – Bluegrass banjo final competition
3 p.m. – Bluegrass band final competition
3:45 p.m. – Glade City Rounders
4:45 p.m. – Grasstime
5:45 p.m. – Uncle Shuffelo
6:45 p.m. – The Isaacs
8:15 p.m. – Balsam Range
10 p.m. – The Cleverlys
Dixie Dewdrop Stage
10 a.m. – Old-time fiddle competition
11 a.m. – Old-time banjo preliminary competition
12 p.m. – Old-time band competition
1 p.m. – Jug band competition
2 p.m. – Old-time banjo final competition
2:30 p.m. – Old-time band final competition
6 p.m. – Grassfire
7 p.m. – Uncle Shuffelo
8 p.m. – Glade City Rounders
