Eddie Pennington

June 10 -- Superman festival, Metropolis, IL
June 12-18 -- Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp, Maryville, TN
More info at Kaufman's web site.
June 18 -- W.C. Henderson Music Festival, Grayson Highlands State Park, Rugby VA
July 4 -- July 4 Celebration, Cottage Grove, TN
July 13 -- Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention, Nashville, TN
July 18-22 -- Summer Acoustic Music Week, New Hampshire
More info ... click here!
July 30-31 -- Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, MS
Sept. 2-4 -- National Folk Festival, Nashville, TN
Sept. 23-25 -- Home of the Legends and National Thumbpickers Weekend,
                       Merle Travis Music Center, Muhlenberg Co., KY
Sept. 24 -- Squash and Gobble Festival, Greenville, KY
Oct. 1 -- Downtown Gallery Hop, Madisonville, KY 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 14-16 -- Celebration of Traditional Music, Berea, KY
Oct. 16 -- KY Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Renfro Valley, KY 2 pm.
Nov. 17 -- 2011 Master Musician Exhibit , KY History Center, Frankfort, KY
Nov. 20 -- Susquehanna Folk Music Society
                  Agricultural and Industrial Museum, 217 W. Princess Street, York PA
                  4 pm, also workshop from 12:30 - 2:30 pm (with Alonzo Pennington)

"(Eddie Pennington plays)… in the Travis style to the delight of everyone within earshot." --The Washington Post

"Eddie is one of America's finest thumbpicking country-ragtime guitarists." --Nick Spitzer, Folkmasters NPR radio series

"If you want thumbstyle guitar, Edward Pennington is the one to do it."--John Hartford (1937-2001), musician/singer/songwriter

"Merle Travis would be proud of Eddie, and happy his style is in such good hands."--Joe Wilson, National Council for the Traditional Arts

"Eddie is a great Merle Travis style player and entertainer. People love his music everywhere he goes."--Paul Yandell

"Thumbpicking is lucky to have someone like Eddie Pennington carrying on the tradition. When I listen to Eddie pick, I can hear how much he loves the music." --John Knowles

"Eddie's interpretation of Travis classics is impeccable in spirit and execution." --Kentucky Folklife

Eddie Pennington is a member of a committee recently formed by the Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Historical Society. These organizations have partnered to form a citizen-based Diversity Committee to ensure that programs, collections, staff, governing boards and audiences for both state agencies in the Commerce Cabinet reflect the diversity found within the commonwealth. (Photo provided by Kentucky Arts Council)

Partial funding has been provided by the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.