Buzzard Mountain Boys
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Joe Bob Matteson and Jim Bob White are the Bob Brothers and they are The Buzzard Mountain Boys. These two guys play an amusing selection of Brother Duet, Bluegrass and Old-Time music, interspersed with enough corny humor to warm your heart and take you back to the days of the traveling minstrels! Both musicians are residents of Lumpkin County and are fixtures in the North Georgia traditional music community and heavily involved in the promotion of Appalachian Music.
They recently performed at the Murphy, NC, Heritage Festival, the John C. Campbell Folk School Festival, the Blairsville SEBA Showcase, and the Emory Fall Festival in Atlanta. The Bob Brothers appear regularly on the Mountain Music and Medicine Show at the historic Holly Theater in Dahlonega, GA. Upcoming events include the Hemlock Festival and the 14th Annual Bear on the Square Festival. Check their MySpace page for other future performances.
Joe is an accomplished mandolin, guitar, and tenor-banjo player. His Monroe style mandolin breaks and fiery banjo strumming will set your toes to tapping. He has played in several bluegrass, old-time and gospel ensembles through the years. Jim plays a lively fiddle, old-time tenor guitar, and sets the rhythm with his solid six-string guitar work. Brother duet harmony is the Buzzard Mountain Boys’ forte and takes you back to the roots of bluegrass and rockabilly. A sprinkling of good-natured humor peppers their performances.
Jim is the chairman of the Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, a charter board member of Georgia Pick and Bow Traditional Music School Program, an advisory board member of the Appalachian Studies Center of NGCSU, the on-site administrator of the weekly Dahlonega Appalachian Jam, and a Vice President of the Southeastern Bluegrass Association. Joe has served many years as the VP of the Bear on the Square Mountain Festival and is the co-producer of Dahlonega's own Mountain Music and Medicine Show, which enjoys regular monthly airing on Georgia Public Radio.
Buzzard Mountain Boys My Space Page
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