The Music of MerleFest is “traditional-plus” and Doc Watson himself describes it best: “When Merle and I started out we called our music ‘traditional-plus,’ meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play. Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is ‘traditional-plus’.” The Moments of MerleFest are those unique experiences that only happen here. It may be two musicians you never expected to see collaborating, a shooting star over The Watson Stage during an evening’s closing set, or that one set that seems to have touched everyone in the audience.
2011 LINEUP
DOC WATSON
RICHARD WATSON
SUSANA AND TIMMY ABELL
ALBERTI FLEA CIRCUS
BALSAM RANGE
THE BANKNOTES
RORY BLOCK
ROY BOOK BINDER
ALISON BROWN QUARTET
BUFFALO BARFIELD
SAM BUSH BAND
CADILLAC SKY
MICHAEL CLEVELAND AND FLAMEKEEPER
T. MICHAEL COLEMAN
CROOKED STILL
KEN CROUSE
DONNA THE BUFFALO
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (WITH NEWEST MEMBER JOHN COWAN)
WHERE: Wilkesboro, NC
