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Mills River, NC
100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 287321 (828) 681-5300
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1075 East 20th Street, Chico, CA 959281 (530) 893-3520
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100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 287321 (828) 681-5300
Chico, CA
1075 East 20th Street, Chico, CA 959281 (530) 893-3520

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When one finds themselves standing at the crossroads of their long-held dreams, you’re left with two choices — either turn in one direction of complacency or go the other way and plunge headfirst into the endless possibilities of your aspirations.

For Western North Carolina singer-songwriter/guitarist Barrett Davis, he chose the life of a ragged troubadour. It’s a whirlwind existence of stages and microphones, of anonymous faces in the crowd eager to see what you have to offer, an arduous trek along that lost highway — constantly in search of your inner truths and honest self.

“I just came to this serious point in my life where I realized that if I want to make music and perform, then it’s now or never — I’ve got to make something of it,” the 29-year-old Davis says.

That something is Davis’ latest album, “The Ballad of Aesop Finn,” a vibrant tapestry, meandering from modern Americana to classic country, indie-folk to the “high, lonesome sound” of bluegrass.

The record itself is a kitchen sink of tones — as heard on “Quiver,” “Lazarus” and “Carolina Still” — one which ideally showcases the wide-range and unknown depths of Davis, his musical pursuits and exploits.

“Aesop Finn is a mythical character, raised in the woods. His dad is a moonshine runner, his mother nowhere to be found,” Davis says. “Aesop finds a lover and ends up getting killed in a gambling incident, then she ends up tumbling into a waterfall — it’s symbolic of the vicious cycle of tragedies in these mountains of Appalachia.”

Growing up in Lake Toxaway, a rural outpost community in the mountainous ridges of Transylvania County, Davis was surrounded by music from an early age — exposed to the blues licks of his guitar-playing father, the swirling classical sounds of his mother’s piano playing or the inner echoes of his sister, now a professional opera singer.

“But, for me, I stuck with bluegrass and carpentry,” Davis chuckles. “There was just something about bluegrass, folk and mountain music that has always called to me, conjuring something from real deep inside me that I haven’t been able to shake since I first heard it.”

EVENT LOCATION

100 Sierra Nevada Way Mills River, 28732

EVENT TIME

Sunday, September 22
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Events

  • Moonshine State

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 29
  • Lyric

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 05
  • The Mojo Brothers

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 06
  • Lettuce

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 10
  • Swamp Zen & The Funnels

    Big Room | Chico
    Jul 11
  • The Little Things Beer Dinner

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Jul 11
  • Fireside Collective

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 11
  • Jesse Velvet

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 12
  • CarolinAloha

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 13
  • Lazrluvr

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 18
  • Andrew Scotchie

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 19
  • Boogitherapi

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 20
  • Ozomatli w/ Debajito (SOLD OUT)

    Big Room | Chico
    Jul 25
  • Peggy Ratusz and the Daddy Long Legs

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 26
  • The Outriders

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 27
  • Amplify Appalachia

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Jul 31
  • Dangermuffin

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 01
  • Watkins

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 02
  • Roots and Dore

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 03
  • STRFKR w/ Mamalarky

    Big Room | Chico
    Aug 08
  • Ska City

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 09
  • Purple

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 10
  • Femi Kuti & The Positive Force

    Big Room | Chico
    Aug 14
  • Ben Bjorlie Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 16
  • TrancEnd Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 17
  • Fitz and The Tantrums

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 22
  • Julianna Jade and the Wild

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 24
  • Jesse Daniel w/ Jake Kohn

    Big Room | Chico
    Aug 27
  • Underhill Rose

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 30
  • The Record Company

    Big Room | Chico
    Sep 05
  • Andrew Wakefield & Friends

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 06
  • Sugar Bomb

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 07
  • DISPLACE

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 13
  • Tasty Vibrations

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 14
  • Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 21
  • Mana Meter

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 28
  • The Late Shifters

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 04
  • Billingsly

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 05
  • Tanasi

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 11
  • The California Honeydrops: Redwood Highway Tour

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 16
  • Fresh Buzz

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 18
  • Saddletramp

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 19
  • The Mother Hips (Night #1)

    Big Room | Chico
    Oct 23
  • The Mother Hips (Night #2)

    Big Room | Chico
    Oct 24
  • Nikki and the Barn Boys

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 25
  • The Big Hungry

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 26
  • Here Come the Mummies

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 29
  • High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Nov 01
  • The Patrick Lopez Experience

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Nov 09
  • Dustin Furlow

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Nov 16
All Events
Barrett Davis

September 22

Barrett Davis

Amphitheater | Mills River

When one finds themselves standing at the crossroads of their long-held dreams, you’re left with two choices — either turn in one direction of complacency or go the other way ...

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