The Winston-Salem Fairgrounds presents The Family Stone with Envision INDOORS at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex Theatre! The intimate setting of the Fairgrounds will make you feel right at home and up close, no matter where you sit!
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 31 at 10:00 a.m. https://www.ticketmaster.com/winstonsalem-fairgrounds-tickets-winstonsalem/venue/368662
Who: The Family Stone w/ Envsion
When: Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 7:00 p.m, doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex (414 Deacon BLVD, Winston-Salem, NC 27105)
Parking: $10 at the Coliseum Lot off Deacon Blvd.
Biography:
Original Founding members, Rock & Roll Hall of fame inductees, and R&B Pioneer Award Winners Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, and Greg Errico; The First inter-racial / inter-gender band in Rock & Roll history bring you the hits of Sly & The Family Stone. Featuring the Powerful Voices of Swang Stewart and Phunne Stone on vocals bringing you the message of peace, love, and social consciousness through musical harmony with some of the funkiest players of all time. Players like Nate Wingfield on the Guitar and Musical Director Blaise Sison on bass add the pocket to the raw Family Stone sound. The Family Stone continues giving you the musical experience that has brought them in front of millions of people through Europe, Australia and North America; spreading the roots of funk!
The Winston-Salem Fairgrounds presents an acoustic performance by John Anderson with the Kentucky Headhunters as a part of the Classic Country Series in partnership with 98.1 WBRF.
Tickets: go on sale Friday, March 31 at 10:00 a.m. https://www.ticketmaster.com/winstonsalem-fairgrounds-tickets-winstonsalem/venue/368662
Who: John Anderson (acoustic performance) with the Kentucky Headhunters
When: Friday, July 21 2023 at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex (414 Deacon BLVD, Winston-Salem, NC 27105)
Show time leading with an acoustic performance by John Anderson 7:30 pm, followed by Kentucky Headhunters
2 full performances, 2 Headline Acts, 3 hours of music!
John Anderson: To put it simply, John Anderson is one of the greatest country music singers to ever step up to the microphone, possessing one of the most instantly recognizable vocal instruments in the history of the genre. He scored hits in the early 1980s with songs such as “Swingin’,” “Your Lyin’ Blue Eyes,” “Black Sheep” and the Billy Joe Shaver-composed “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal.” His career hit a dry spell for several years until 1991, when his single “Straight Tequila Night” came out. Subsequent hits included “Money In The Bank” and “Seminole Wind.” The latter would become Florida’s unofficial state anthem.
Kentucky Headhunters: The Kentucky Headhunters come, naturally enough, from Kentucky. Ricky Lee Phelps (8 October 1953, Edmonton, Kentucky, USA; lead vocal) and his brother, Doug (b. 15 December 1960, Edmonton, Kentucky, USA), played in various groups around Kentucky before meeting Greg Martin (b. 31 March 1954, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; lead guitar) in 1984. He introduced them to his cousins, the brothers Richard Young (b. 27 January 1955, Glasgow, Kentucky, USA; rhythm guitar) and Fred Young (b. 8 July 1958, Glasgow, Kentucky, USA; bass). Previously, the Young brothers and Martin had been in a group together, Itchy Brother, which was almost signed to Led Zeppelin’s own label Swan Song. Since then, Fred Young had played Patsy Cline’s drummer in the 1985 biopic, Sweet Dreams. This time, taking their name from Muddy Waters’ band, the Headchoppers, the five musicians financed their own album, Pink, in 1988, and the tracks were subsequently released by Mercury Records, with additional material, on Pickin’ On Nashville. Their first US country hit was with a revival of Bill Monroe’s ‘Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine’. This was followed by their anthemic tribute to a 74-year-old marbles champion, Dumas Walker, and then by a revival of Don Gibson’s ‘Oh Lonesome Me’.
The Winston-Salem Fairgrounds presents Diamond Rio as a part of the Classic Country Series in partnership with 98.1 WBRF.
Tickets: go on sale Friday, March 31 at 10:00 a.m.
Who: Diamond Rio
When: Friday, August 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex (414 Deacon BLVD, Winston-Salem, NC 27105)
BIOGRAPHY
Diamond Rio signed to Arista Records and in 1991 with the release of “Meet InThe Middle” became the first country music group in history to reach No. 1 with a debut single. The band is also known for their hits “How Your Love Makes MeFeel,” “One More Day,” “Beautiful Mess,” “Unbelievable,” “In A Week or Two,” and more. They released their first-ever autobiography, Beautiful Mess: TheStory of Diamond Rio on Thomas Nelson in 2009.
