Join guitarist/songwriter Boyd Bristow and Kaija and Brian Bonde, of “Always, Patsy Cline,” and Americana/bluegrass group East of Westreville.
The trio will perform with Johnny Cash’s 1971 “Bon Aqua” Martin D-28 guitar, which Cash used while writing songs during the last 30 years of his life at this farm near Bon Aqua, Tennessee, and with June Carter Cash’s 1967 Gibson “Hummingbird” guitar – one of Carter Cash’s favorite and names for the delicate hummingbird on the pickguard.
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7pm
SDPB Sioux Falls Studios, 601 N. Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls
Free and open to the public
In addition to the live performance, the evening includes a brief sneak-peek of Ken Burns' latest documentary Country Music as well as the fabled backstory of the historic Cash and Carter Cash instruments from Arian Sheets, Curator of Stringed Instruments at the National Music Museum-Vermillion.
In conjunction with the premiere of Ken Burns’ Country Music documentary, SDPB and the National Music Museum (NMM) are partnering to showcase South Dakota’s own rich heritage and connections to country music.
Fabled instruments once owned and played by Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Marty Stuart and Earl Scruggs emerge from the National Music Museum’s unrivaled collection to be played by some of South Dakota’s finest country music musicians.
Join SDPB and the NMM for three incredible events at three locations across South Dakota. Learn the backstories of these priceless instruments from Arian Sheets, NMM’s Curator of Stringed Instruments. See a sneak peek of Ken Burns’ Country Music. Then sit back and listen to local artists play a piece of country music history.