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The Infamous Stringdusters

Friday, November 23

The Infamous Stringdusters - 8:30-9:00
Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys - 9:00-9:30
Ricky Skaggs - 9:30-10:00
The Whites - 9:30-10:00

Saturday, November 24

Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys - 6:30-7:00
Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press - 7:00-7:30
Bar D Wranglers - 7:00-7:30 & 10:00-10:30
Ricky Skaggs - 8:30-9:00 & 11:00-11:30
The Whites - 8:30-9:00 & 11:00-11:30

Tuesday, November 27

Cherryholmes -7:00-7:30
Rhonda Vincent - 7:30-8:00

The Grand Ole Opry is broadcast live on WSM 650 AM radio, online at www.WSMonline.com and on XM Satellite Radio (XM 11). All listed times are central time.

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The Charlotte (NC) Music Awards will host a Country Showcase at Puckett’s Farm Equipment at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29.

Performers will include David Cody, Greg Griffin, David Lambert and the Smokey Joe Show.

The Charlotte Music Awards showcases all aspects of music in Charlotte and the Carolinas. The initiative supports local music and local artists. Showcases are hosted at different venues across a variety of genres, leading up to an annual Awards Ceremony, the first of which was held in September.

Here’s a glimpse of the Nov. 29 performers.

David Cody of Swannanoa, N.C., recently released “The Dale Earnhardt Tribute Album.”

Although numerous songs have honored Earnhardt, Cody says there are “none with more thought and love than these 12 songs.”

A Cow Skeleton Records recording artist, Cody’s previous CDs include “Pieces of My Heart, Livin’ Low” and, as Cody & Webb, “Until My Train Rolls In.”

Greg Griffin ,who hails from Huntersville, is a contender in Country Music Television’s current Music City Madness.

Griffin says that music is inside him and it’s got to come out. “Melodies and lyrics pop in my head and I need to write them down and sing them out loud so they won’t stay stuck there,” Griffin says. “Most of my songs are about people finding a place in this world.”

Spartanburg-based David Lambert is not your typical musician. A retired Army colonel, his musical commitment shifted into high gear after seeing singer-songwriter Chris Knight perform in Charlotte.

The devotion paid off when Lambert was named the best Male Horizon Country/Pop Vocalist 2007 at the Entertainment Indie-Association (EIA) Awards Ceremony. His debut CD is titled “By the Carolina Moon.”

The Smokey Joe Show offers homegrown original music. The band consists of “Smokey Joe” Peoples (songwriter, rhythm guitar and vocals), Chelsea Goodman (vocals and egg shaker), Tom Rogers (harmonicas), Darryl Goodman (electric bass), Lonny Finley (lead guitars, mandolin and vocals) and George Brasington (drums).

The band has just released a new CD, “Little Buildings.”

Puckett’s Farm Equipment is located at 2740 W. Sugar Creek Road in the heart of historic Derita, N.C. The venue has long been home to the finest roots music, bluegrass (every Wednesday), country, alt-country and Americana acts on the regional scene.

Supporters of the Charlotte Music Awards include Amps 11, Carolina Promoter, the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, Consolidated Press, /Creative Loafing, Digital Bliss, Extra Medium, Extravaganza Events, Flavor Fruit Entertainment, 4WARD Promotions, High Timberline Media, John St. Graphics, Leigh Rose Marketing, Media Evolved, Pyramid Printing, Shoeshine Boy Design, Starbucks Coffee, Succession Records, The Wadsworth House, WGWG and WSGE.

More information can be obtained via e-mail info@charlottemusicawards.org.

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