Apr16

DANNY WICKER - Exceptional Holy Blues

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Iron Heart Winery, 3742 Boone Furnace Road , Allisonia, VA

We aren't playing this date but I want you to know about Danny and come see this amazing musicians musician. I'm so excited he will be coming up from NC to play for Iron Heart people. You will not be disappointed.

Danny Wicker is a roots musician raised in Eastern North Carolina and now living in Western North Carolina. His passion is preserving and reinterpreting vintage Southern music. He grew up on Bluegrass, as singer and guitarist for his family band, "The Wickerpickers". Since the 70's, Danny has been like a music sponge, soaking up and mastering styles as diverse as Piedmont Blues, Carolina Old Time, Appalachian, Holy Blues, and vintage jazz, and Celtic music.

Danny performs solo, with Piedmont Blues duo "Wicker and Jones", and acoustic trio "American Holler". Danny is president of "Piedmont Folkways", a non profit promoting local and regional roots music. Danny sings and play fingerstyle 6 string, 12 string, and resonator guitars.