About the event
We love it when Melissa comes to town and we are honored to host this show at George’s Majestic Lounge!
We also love an early show! Door open at 4p, music from 5-7pm
The Camptown Ladies will open up a short set.
Tkts $20 Adv $25 at door
Melissa Carper ” Hillbillie Holiday”
Celebrated for her profoundly observational lyrics, her “homespun sensibility,” and a voice that curls like a croon from a gramophone, Melissa Carper plays old school country music that resonates across time and place. Carper’s repertoire weaves together the threads of old-time,
bluegrass, western swing, jazz, and blues that all intertwined to form American country music, back in the days before the recording industry drew artificial lines and slapped on race-based
genre labels. Veteran Nashville musician Chris Scruggs highlighted Carper’s versatile traditionalism when he dubbed her “HillBillie Holiday,” declaring, “She’s as good as it gets. She has a quality that really transcends time and fashion.”
