Since 2017, Apple Country String Band (ACSB) has been playing Americana music around Hendersonville, NC. Mixing folk, blues, country, rock and bluegrass the group of veteran musicians play music people like to hear on acoustic stringed instruments.
“We don’t get together every week to learn hard songs,” says founding band member Steve Pettis. “We like to identify songs that we really enjoy, can learn really quickly and that we think people will know. Our repertoire consists of over 200 songs. Like Tom Petty once said, ‘Don’t bore us, get to the chorus!’ ”
Steve Pettis moved to the area from Athens, GA where he formed and played with the Red Oak Southern String Band for 10 years. One day after moving to Hendersonville, Steve ran into fellow musician and friend Chris Price. The two played together previously in Athens back in 2003 with a local cowboy group. After reuniting, the two immediately started jamming and it was not long before they were appearing as ACSB. Now the band consists of up to 7 members including Bruce ‘Boomer’ Stowe on bass, Joe Alexander on banjo, Charlotte Dillard on fiddle, Jim ‘The Bee Man’ Poe on guitar and Bryan ‘B2’ Byrd on percussion and vocals. The group recorded tracks for the recent documentary ‘Moonshine in the Mountains’ produced by the Center of Cultural Preservation. ACSB performs regularly at local farmers markets and other venues.
This free series of concerts takes place on the east side of the lake, behind the Technology, Education and Development Center.