A band I want to see at the Emerald Lounge: Junior League

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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The band Junior League is opening up for Blueground Undergrass Friday at 8 p.m. at the Emerald Lounge. I wanna go.

Here’s the press release:

The band continues to tour Nationally, performing at FloydFest (Virginia) and Summerfest (Milwaukee) this past July, sharing festival mainstages with David Grisman, Lucinda Williams, the Drive By Truckers, Gnarls Barkley, Railroad Earth, Golem, the Avett Brothers and more. Our music will be featured in Adult Swim editor/producer’s(And Atlanta Film Festival Winner) short film “Gypsy Crepes” (Gnome Production) that hits the festival this coming Winter (inclusing SXSW, Sundance and more).

We recorded our first record “Oh Dear at NPR’s Studio in Washington DC in March 2007 followed by a June release and have garnered National press from Los Angeles, Seattle, Milwaukee, New York City, DC, Atlanta and more. We will release our Second LP in Bethesda at Avalon Studios entitled “Mitchell Williams Fo Govena” named after my bus driver, an elderly white man, in the Atlanta Public School Systems who ran for Governor of Georgia in the late 80’s and spent his bus routes flyering the town with his campaign posters.

Our new record features baritone sax player (of the Levon Helm Band who we have been invited to open for at his Midnight Ramble) Erik Lawrence as well as Telluride Bluegrass festival fiddler, Kailin Yong- of the Boulder Acoustic Society.

Photo credit: Russ Helgren, FloydFest 2008, Junior League Band