June 14, 2025
Wentworth, NC
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Time: 7:30PM
Venue: Charlie Poole Festival w/ John McEuen
Address: Rockingham Community College- 484 County Home Road
State: NC

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Charlie Poole’s first recording! Our performers for the Charlie Poole Festival feature iconic figures in American music alongside bright new stars – all in honor of the original – Charlie Poole.

John McEuen and The Circle Band

John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, has won numerous awards throughout his career, both with the band and as a solo artist, including the 2013 Charlie Poole Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. John initiated the 1971 landmark “Will the Circle be Unbroken” album, hooking the NGDB up with pioneering artists such as Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Mother Maybelle Carter, Jimmy Martin, Roy Acuff, Vassar Clements, and others, for what has been deemed one of the most important records to come out of Nashville. His autobiography “The Life I’ve Picked” relates many of the fascinating stories of his life – his storytelling is almost as legendary as his music making.

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