Date/Time
Date(s) - Saturday 08/05/2023
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Hank Dietle's Tavern
Categories
5:00 – 7:30PM • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite https://BigHowdyAugust5.eventbrite.com
The first Saturday of each month, Big Howdy will perform along with special guests.
This month features: Wally and Lisa Kay Hughes of Level Best https://www.levelbestband.com/
Wally As a singer, Wally Hughes takes a bluegrass tune and makes it his own. But he’s also a formidable fiddle, dobro, and guitar player. So it’s no wonder he’s in high demand, performing with East of Monroe and Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike. Wally’s musical journey began when he was 11, playing dobro with the Hughes Family band. The decades following took him across the US and Europe, and saw him performing with such greats as Mike Auldridge, Bill Emerson, and Mike Munford. Wally lives in Northern Virginia.
Lisa Kay’s voice is a favorite of her fans — whether it’s singing a sweet bluegrass ballad or DJ’ing her own radio show. Lisa Kay started singing and playing mandolin in central Virginia in the late ’80s with her family band, Crooked Run. Later she founded the DC-based group Badly Bent, and in 2007, she began fronting The Lisa Kay Band. She has been a bluegrass disc jockey and show emcee since 1993. After nearly 20 years hosting her radio show on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country, she now hosts The Old Home Place on internet station Bell Buckle Radio. Lisa Kay also performs with East of Monroe and Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike.
Big Howdy
Dede Wyland – Vocals Guitar
Randy Barrett – Vocals, Banjo, Guitar
Ira Gitlin – Vocal, Bass
Tom McLaughlin – Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar
