PineCone presents a variety of free concerts each summer in partnership with Wake County towns. Currently, we have partnerships with the Town of Cary and with the Town of Wake Forest. Find out more about other upcoming free performances.

PineCone and the Town of Cary present
Chatham County Line
Saturday, May 16, 3-5 p.m.
Sertoma Amphitheater, Bond Park
Rain Site: Kiwanis Shelter
Cary, N.C.

Free and open to the public

Formed in Raleigh 10 years ago, home-grown band Chatham County Line has traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe, winning awards in the bluegrass world and the singer-songwriter world. Dave Wilson, the band's lead singer and guitarist, does most of the group's songwriting. John Teer (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, back-up vocals), Chandler Holt (banjo, dobro, guitar), and Greg Readling (bass, pedal steel guitar, back-up vocals) provide the foundation for Wilson's creations while adding harmony and texture that make the music shine.

Wilson met high-school friends Holt and Teer at Raleigh's Blue House, which used to be on the corner of Hillsborough and Boylan. A long-standing crash pad for Raleigh bands like Corrosion of Conformity, the house had been the scene of sunrise jam sessions for years. Touring bands from Athens to D.C. knew about the house and its open door policy, exercising the standing invitation when the previous night's draw wasn't quite up to snuff down the street at The Brewery, or over in Chapel Hill at The Local 506. The ancient wooden floors showed the scuffs and scars of a decade of house parties and loose jam sessions.

Four albums later, IV marks a watermark in Chatham County Line's creative arc. "On this album I wrote a lot of the songs in a very different way from how I have written on other records," said Wilson in reference to a loose jam session-style process. Wilson's basement served as a rehearsal space for him and Tift Merritt band members Zeke Hutchins and Jay Brown to experiment between Chatham County Line (CCL) tours. "They're not in CCL but they're good friends and helped me develop some of my ideas for this album. I would play something and Zeke and Jay would give it a groove." A unique approach when writing songs for a band with no drummer like CCL.

"On many of the tunes the mandolin does the work of the drummer. And I like the idea of the listener being the drummer, whether it be stomping your foot or tapping on the steering wheel." It's clear that morphing rhythm-based songs for the instruments in CCL is responsible for much of the album's unique mood.

Read more about PineCone's new partnership with the Town of Cary

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