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Join Sourwood Ridge for a one-show-only performance highlighting the tunes and musical traditions for the mountains that we call home here in Western North Carolina, not to mention some bluegrass and gospel classics. You won’t want to miss this!
Three local string band veterans make up Sourwood Ridge:
Craig Bannerman (bass, dulcimer, vocals), Troy Harrison (banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals), Scott Owenby (guitar, mandolin, vocals). These men came together with a true love of performing traditional mountain music.
Scott Owenby was born and raised in Asheville, NC but currently resides in Marshall, NC with
his wife Wendy and their children Isaiah and Hannah Grace. He grew up in a musical family;
where singing and playing the guitar was a common thing at home. By the age of 7, he began
receiving his first guitar lesson, given by his Mammaw Blanks while sitting in her kitchen. From
that time, he went on to sing and play with several local gospel and bluegrass groups in and
around the Asheville area. He is also a member of the long-standing WNC band, the Stoney
Creek Boys.
Craig Bannerman started playing traditional Appalachian and bluegrass music in 1973. He has
played mandolin, guitar, dulcimers, and bass. He has played with many award-winning bands
over the past 40 years and is well known in the Western North Carolina music scene. He is
serving as a member of the Folk Heritage Committee in Asheville. He also currently plays bass
and sings with Crooked Pine. He has a family history of clogging and mountain dance and has
toured the US and internationally.
Troy Harrison has been playing music for over 30 years. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays
mainly banjo, mandolin, and guitar while carrying on the traditions of music and ballads of his
family and community from Madison County. The legendary banjo player and ballad singer,
Obray Ramsey was a major influence on Troy’s music. Troy teaches workshops on banjo and
traditional Appalachian music. He also plays with the band Crooked Pine.
