Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians 'Dueling Banjos'

Richard Collins, Simon Mayor & Hilary James are Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians playing everything from Bluegrass to Irving Berlin on mandolins, fiddles, guitars and double bass. Good-time music firmly rooted in 1930's, 40's and 50's America with wonderful vocal harmonies and instrumental virtuosity. RICHARD COLLINS Three time UK banjo champion and flat-pick guitar wiz, Richard Collins also tours with American artists and has even been dragged back across the Atlantic for session work in Nashville. Apart from his consummate skill as a musician, Richard has reputedly the largest repertoire of self-deprecating banjo jokes in the world. He appeared as both actor and musician in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of 'A Winter's Tale' SIMON MAYOR As well as a fine fiddler, guitarist, composer, producer and wit, Simon Mayor is one of the world's leading mandolin players. His live performances are a riot of humorous anecdotes and off-the-cuff wit alongside dazzling musicianship. Simon Mayor has an unequalled reputation in folk, bluegrass and classical circles alike. His recordings have been heralded across the media from magazines such as as Q, Vox, fRoots, Rock 'n' Reel, The Living Tradition (Scotland), Sing Out (USA), Trad Mag (France) and Cosmopolitan, to BBC World Service' BBC World Service, Radio 2 , Radio 3's In Tune and the Classic FM Artist Chart top ten. HILARY JAMES Hilary James may be best known for her exquisite singing, but she's also plays the double bass, mighty mandobass and is a mean guitar picker. Her superb voice defies categorisation and has featured everywhere from the BBC's Folk on 2 to Radio 1 and Classic FM! Covering everything from folk music to blues and swing, her four solo CDs have been played on radio stations from Los Angeles to Latvia and brought an invitation to make a video with MTV award winning editor/producer Dan Lebenthal in Hollywood. Her latest CD, English Sketches, was in the Sunday Times Best Ten World Music Albums of 2011. website: Slim Panatella http://www.slimpanatella.com/ website: Simon Mayor http://www.mandolin.co.uk/ website: Hilary James http://www.folksong.co.uk/index.html website: The Mandolinquents http://www.mandolinquents.com/ website: The Two Sisters http://www.twosisters.eu/ Simon Mayor & Hilary James Tour Dates November 2019 Simon Mayor Mandolin Retreat (Fri 1st - Sun 3rd Nov) Fri 1st to Sun 3rd Kenwood Hall Hotel Kenwood Road, Sheffield, Yorks S7 1NQ Tel: 0118 9268615 More details coming soon Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sat 2. Kenwood Hall Hotel Kenwood Road, Sheffield, Yorks S7 1NQ Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £12.00 -- 8:00 p.m Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sun 10. Oxenhall Village Hall, Kempley Rd, Oxenhall, Newent, Gloucestershire GL18 1RH Tel: 01531 821354 Tickets £10.00 -- 7:30pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Fri 15. Owen Street Community Arts Centre Owen St, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 1DG Tel: 01827 713 634 Tickets £10.00 -- Doors 7:30pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sat 16. Millenium Hall, Marsh Farm, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 5BE Tel: 01332 824 007 Tickets £12.00 -- Doors 7:30pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sun 17. East Lincolnshire Arts, Richmond School, Richmond Drive, Skegness, Lincolnshire PE25 3SH Tel: 01754 881 176 Tickets £11.00 -- Doors 7:30pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sat 23, Lewes Folk Club/Mandolin Workshop See website for full workshop details 10:00am-5:00pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sat 23, Lewes Folk Club Elephant and Castle White Hill, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2DJ Tel: 01273 476757 Tickets: £12.00 -- 8:00pm Evening performance. Simon Mayor Sun 24. Lewes Folk Club/Fiddle Workshop. See website for full workshop details 10:45am-4:55pm Simon Mayor & Hilary James - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL with Richard Collins and Phil Fentimen Fri 29, Pearson Hall, Pearson Road, Sonning-on-Thames, Reading RG4 6UL Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £15.00 -- 8:00pm Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians Christmas Special Simon Mayor, Hilary James and Richard Collins are joined by Phil Fentimen plus Andy Baum, and Andy Taylor Sat 30. The Morrell Room, Church Lane, Streatley, RG8 9HT Tel: 0118 9268615 Tickets £15.00 -- 8:00pm