Rob Angus and Andy Meginnis will join us t oday for a talk "All about Dulcimers." \;
\nRob will give a shor t talk with slides about the history of the instrument and then play some music - Rob on dulcimer\, Andy on guitar and vocals.
\nThis afternoo n's presentation will be a real treat\, don't miss it!
\nVeteran per
former Andy Meginniss has been a part of the Birmingham music scene since
1970.
He has played with a number of groups including The Front Porch
String Band and The Herb
Trotman Band\, and is currently a member of
Three on a String\, Rosewood\, and the ARK Trio.
He also directs the
music for the evening service at St. Stephen&rsquo\;s Episcopal Church. I
n 2011\, he
was elected to the Alabama Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.<
br />Rob Angus has been playing stringed instruments since the 1960&rsquo\
;s and dulcimers (both mountain
and hammered) since the 1980&rsquo\;s
. He has performed for concerts\, weddings\, receptions\, parties\,
r
etirement homes\, dulcimer festivals\, etc. both solo and with others. His
former trio\, After Class\,
produced six albums. He currently perfor
ms with ARK Trio\, Over the Hillbillies bluegrass band\,
and The Spar
klers old time dance band. Rob has taught workshops on both hammered andmountain dulcimer at numerous festivals and has given private lessons
for more than 20 years.