Boone Service League's 1st Annual Holiday Market
4:00 - 9:00

Monday Night Football on the Big Screen!

6pm - 9pm $5
Jay Brown has been playing music around Boone for longer than he can remember. Founding member of the Highcountry's origininal party band for laid-back people, "Lazybirds," Jay has played his guitar and harmonica around the Carolina mountains in festivals, bars, resaurants, weddings, funerals, fundraisers, private parties, and jam sessions for so long that by now he calls it his job. He has been fortunate to share the stage with some great musicians, such as Doc Watson, Etta Baker, Andy Page, Old crow Medicine Show, and his Dad. In addition to the many CDs that he put out over the years with Lazybirds, he also put out two cds of original music - "Protest songs, folk songs and spirituals" and "In this life," both of which are available at the Boone Bagelry, which in addition to Jay Brown merchandise, also sells good Bagels.
Stuart McNair is a singer/songwriter based in Birmingham, AL. His new release, "Growing a Garden", showcases Stuart's rootsy and folksy side, and he will be presenting many of these tunes at the show. He has a history with Gulf Coast music, as well as Country and the music of the Appalachian mountains. He combines these styles to create songs with a uniquely positive and spiritual tone. And he plays multiple instruments, including guitars, harmonicas, accordion, and trumpet.
Liz Brown began her professional singing career at the age of 3, performing in a cowgirl costume at her grandparents' gas station in the pine barrens of New Jersey. Liz got her first guitar when she was 14 and taught herself to play from a Joan Baez song book.

In the early 70's she moved to San Francisco singing the blues with some of the great Bay Area musicians of the time like Paul Butterfield and Taj Mahal, as well as experimental world music people embracing the San Francisco music scene. Liz heard Betty Carter in a small alleyway club and soon incorporated scat and jazz into the Chicago style blues she was performing at honky tonks and roadhouses.

In 1983 Liz moved to the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina and discovered amazing, young musicians attending Appalachian State University and the traditional mountain musicians, like Doc Watson. It was at this musical crossroads that Liz formed the experimental blues band "Liz and the Tomcats." In 1994, she joined the area's best blues/funk/jam band "Chicken Fat Music Company," a high energy crowd favorite among the diverse counter culture thriving in the North Carolina mountains.

Mama's Blues was recorded in 1997 to critical acclaim. Liz's released "Borderline" in September, 2006 and just released a country blues/jazz tribute album "Liz Brown Blues." Liz lives in Atlanta and performs up and down the east coast. You can see Liz perform a dozen times, and you will never see the same show twice.

Mike Alvarado Band
$5, 18+