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An Afternoon With Tater Tate |
The
Appalachian Cultural Music Association (ACMA) in partnership
with the East Tennessee State University Bluegrass, Old Time, and
Country Music program presents a Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys
Reunion on April 15 at 3:00 pm. The reunion, entitled “An Afternoon with Tater Tate,” will
honor one of the living legends of bluegrass music.
 An accomplished musician from a southwest Virginia family of
musicians (six of his eight siblings played instruments) young
Clarence “Tater” Tate showed an interest in the guitar by age four.
By age five he had made his radio debut. He is quoted as saying that
when he heard Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs cut loose with "Train
45" on WCYB out of Bristol, "that sound just sent cold chills up my
spine," and prompted the mandolin/guitar player to pick up a fiddle
and bow.
Tater went on to work with many of the greats of Bluegrass including
his numerous years with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, and with
Lester Flatt as his last fiddle player. Tater has performed on over
60 albums with various artists. He has also “given back” to the
music he loves by providing individual instruction on bluegrass
fiddle to students of the ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country
Music program.
The Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys Reunion: "An Afternoon with Tater
Tate" will be held at the ACMA Pickin’ Porch in the Bristol Mall on
Sunday April 15th at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $10.00 and can be
purchased at the ACMA Museum in the Bristol Mall. Special guests
include Bobby Hicks, Butch Robins, Robert Bowlin, Tom Ewing, and
many others. All proceeds go to Tater Tate.
Contact information:
- ACMA-Mountain Music Museum: 276-645-0035
- Tim White: 423-323-7829
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