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History Talks and Book Signing with Penny Parsons
Sunday, September 11, 2016, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
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Music journalist and author Penny Parsons will discuss her newly released book: Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life and Music of Curly Seckler on Sunday September 11 at 2pm.   Also featured will be a music performance by Ivy Sheppard and the South Carolina Broadcasters.

"With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out a seventy-seven-year career in bluegrass and country music. His foundational work in Flatt and Scruggs's Foggy Mountain Boys secured him a place in bluegrass history, while his role in The Nashville Grass made him an essential part of the music's triumphant 1970s revival.  Written in close collaboration with Mr. Seckler and those who know him, Foggy Mountain Troubadour is the first full-length biography of an American original. Penny Parsons follows a journey from North Carolina schoolhouses to the Grand Ole Opry stage and the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, from boarding houses to radio studios and traveling five to a car on two-lane roads to make the next show. Throughout, she captures the warm humor, hard choices, and vivid details of a brilliant artist's life as he criss-crosses a nation and a century making music."

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History Talks are Free to the public and are held on the 3rd floor of the Museum.

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