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Kripplekrunk In Concert
A public concert by the traditional instrumental phenomenon known as "Kripplekrunk" will take place on Sunday, May 4 at the King Central Park Amphitheatre, 302 Kirby Road in King, North Carolina. Gates open at 4pm with the two hour concert beginning at 5pm. Advance Tickets for Adults are $10 each, and Day of Event Adult Tickets are also $10 each. Children ages 12-18 Day of Event Tickets only $5 each, with Children Under 12 FREE Admission.
In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved to the King Elementary Gymnasium located adjacent to King Central Park at 152 E. School Street, King, NC.
KRIPPLEKRUNK
Rex McGee, John Garris, Danny Knicely, Nate Leath, Dennis Lee, Bobby Martin
Kripplekrunk started when multi-instrumentalist Rex McGee convinced friends from his annual trips to the Galax Old Fiddler's Convention to do a jam session styled studio recording featuring original instrumentals. Some of those tunes go back to the 1980's when mandolin player Danny Knicely and guitarist John Garris pitched camp near Rex and produced a magnetic draw for the more adventurous players visiting this festival. Galax had a tradition as a nuclear core of Appalachian string band music, but a dedicated group of fans sprung up who were always ready to see what holy cow would get tipped over next. Sometimes perfectly good old-time and bluegrass tunes were transformed, other times popular music of the day was given bluegrass styled treatments.
This went on for years and eventually got the attention of a young Nate Leath fiddling his way through middle and high school and finally Berklee School of Music. Dennis Lee had developed his chops for years and proved to be one of very few acoustic bass players capable of stepping outside easily labeled musical worlds. Bobby Martin sat down with the group in 2011 and brushed rhythm, ancient tone and sometimes pure energy from a cajón, a six sided, box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru. After the 2012 meeting at Galax the encouragement from fans spurred Rex to set up the recording session. The project would be a veritable sampler of stylistic sampler echoing bluegrass, old-time, new acoustic, celtic, cajon, R&B, southern rock, swing, jazz, and world music . . . sometimes all in one tune.
Though the CD could have been the end of the story, a growing chorus of fans wanted more. Though each of the individuals have other musical collaborations, they decided the possibility of a few shows on the road as Kripplekrunk each year might be fun and stood a chance of finding a larger audience than expected for their genre blending, spontaneous displays of individual and group virtuosity.
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LocationKing Central Park Amphitheatre (View)
302 Kirby Road
King, NC 27021
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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