FestivaLink.net presents Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike at Wintergrass, WA 2/24/07

Music has always been there for Valerie. It's the lifeblood that flows through her veins and is part of her earliest memories. No stranger to hard work, her family raised tobacco, potatoes and corn, while her father worked in an auto assembly plant. The child of musical parents, Valerie showed talent at an early age, and soon began singing rousing Baptist hymns in church, and later began to accompany her parents to play her fiddle and sing with local country and bluegrass musicians in her hometown of Holt and the surrounding area. Not only did Valerie learn to sing in front of an audience, but she learned to be an entertainer as well, a skill which has endeared her to thousands of fans across the world.

Players:
Valerie Smith (vocals, mandolin, fiddle)
Becky Buller (vocals, fiddle, clawhammer banjo, guitar)
Bobby Davis (bass)
Chad Graves (resophonic guitar, vocals)
Jonathan Maness (guitar, mandolin, vocals)

Related FestivaLink.net collections:
Wintergrass

For more info:
Valerie Smith

Photos by Maria Camillo (www.mariacamillo.com).