Swing/Jazz Standards, Vintage Country, plus Don Gibson selections

A group sure to please many folks during Art of Sound will be the duo of Roger Bellow and Vollie McKenzie, backed by Berita Martin on percussion and Robert Woodlowski on upright bass. Vollie and Roger both have some real good recorded music out and have been playing together over 20 years.

The heart and soul of this little ensemble is swing and jazz standards, classic vintage country, and originals with a bit of Don Gibson in the mix in honor of our home-town hero and legend. These are some fine musicians and one of their best assets is their choice of material and the sort of treatment they give it.

Vollie, Roger and the others are greatly respected among some mighty good performers around the country. Check out the CD sales area for Vollie’s “This Train” as well as two or three well done collaborations by Roger and some top-notch players. For a taste of Roger’s guitar work, check this out from his backing of Charleston singer Ann Caldwell at last year’s event.

Deeper Shade of Blue presents Art of Sound preview show

You can listen to the Art of Sound preview show on Steve Leatherwood's "Deeper Shade of Blue" program on WGWG radio. Tune in to 88.3 or WGWG.org on Tuesday October 6, and again on Tuesday October 20. Air time is 7-9:00 PM.

Steve welcomes Art of Sound committee member Tommy Forney to the DSB studio for a fast two-hour run-down of nearly all the 2009 Art of Sound performers. Thanks Steve, for the opportunity to play recordings of our artists. Hope this will give some idea of the variety and quality of the music in store for this year's festival on October 22-24. As always, go the the website for the details, schedules, performers, local links, venues and ticket information. http://www.artfosoundcc.org

Thanks to The Star for being a media sponsor for Art of Sound.