Che Apalache & Cabin Creek Boys
Saturday, August 4th @ 7 PM
$20.00
Western Swing & Tin Pan Alley Traditions /
Focus on the Fiddle
Presented by
Che Apalache
Che Apalache is an International bluegrass and old-time mountain music quartet based in Buenos Aires, Argentinia. The group is led by North Carolina native, frequent Galax Fiddle Convention attendee, and mountain fiddler Joe Troop. In Argentina, the word “che” is a term of endearment used to replace someone’s name in casual conversation. In American English there are similar words like “man,” “brother,” “sis,” or “homey.” If I wanted to ask you for a favor, I might say “Jon, man, could I ask you for something?” In Argentina that “Jon, man” would be “Che Jon.” Down here, “che” is used constantly, and is therefore iconically Argentine. “Apalache” means Appalachian, and thus our band name could be translated something like “my Appalachian homeboy.”
Che Apalache is:
Joe Troop (fiddle & lead vocals), Andrés Barjau Mateu (banjo and vocals), Franco Martino (guitar and vocals), Martin Bobrik (mandolin and vocals)
Cabin Creek Boys
The Cabin Creek Boys play old-time hillbilly music from the mountains of southwest Virginia and northwest North Carolina, performing at area fiddlers’ conventions, festivals, square dances, and other community events. The Cabin Creek Boys have fun entertaining audiences with their style of traditional music that includes old-time hoedown instrumentals, bluegrass songs, two-step numbers and waltzes, and love to make people happy with their music.
The Cabin Creek Boys are:
Led by multi-instrumentalist husband and wife duo Chris and Erika Testerman, the band also includes Jackson Cunningham (guitar), Trish Kilby Fore (banjo), and Jerry Steinberg (bass).