BACKSTREET Americana Band from Wilkesboro, NC

If you are looking to give your guests a great taste of North Carolina tradition, we're the band for you. Backstreet combines high energy, fine musicianship, and unsurpassed vocal harmonies to help make your event special. Based in the North Carolina Blue Ridge, Backstreet has been performing their eclectic mix of acoustic roots music since 1985. The band members are all seasoned veterans who have the experience, the repertoire and the chops to give you just the performance you're looking for. Backstreet has performed at countless weddings, private parties, festivals (including world-famous Merlefest), and music venues across North Carolina and the Southeast. The band completed a tour in England and Scotland in 2003. Backstreet has produced 2 CDs; "Another Look"(2002) and "Live at The Famous Bein Inn" (2004). The band's extensive, intelligent repertoire is influenced by bluegrass, old-time, folk, western swing, blues, and Celtic music to name just a few styles. Band members consider that they are a product of their environment. From their home in the N.C. Blue Ridge they have been exposed to the rich heritage of traditional music this region has fostered. Choosing songs both old and new, songs that everyone knows and gems recovered from the depths of obscurity, Backstreet lends to each song the band's own unique sound and energy. They also perform many original songs written by band members. Strong, tight vocal harmonies are an important element of Backstreet's music.

• Kinfolk in Carolina | Merle Travis
• Save the Last Dance for Me
• Tupelo Honey | Van Morrison
• Atlantic City | Bruce Springsteen/The Band
• Ghost Riders in the Sky | Riders In The Sky
• Battle of New Orleans | Johnny Horton
• Wagon Wheel | Old Crow Medicine Show
• Whiskey Before Breakfast | trad.
• Jambalaya | Hank Williams
• West Virginia, My Home | Hazel Dickens
• Brown-Eyed Girl | Van Morrison
• Blackberry Blossom | trad.
• Ginseng Sullivan | Norman Blake
• Wild Rose of the Mountain | trad./John McCutcheon
• Hesitation Blues | Rev. Gary Davis, et.al.
• Star of the County Down | trad. Irish
• Mama Tried | Merle Haggard
• The Way You Look Tonight | Fred Astaire
• Daddy Keeps on Plowing | Front Porch String Band
• Hava Nagila | trad. Jewish
• Rocky Top | Osborne Brothers
• Tumbling Tumbleweed | Sons of the Pioneers
• Rose of San Antone | Bob Wills
• Moonshiner | trad.
• Amy | Pure Prairie League
• Galway Girl | Steve Earle
• Ragtime Cowboy Joe | The Hillbillies
• Little Mountain Church House | Ricky Skaggs
• Into the Mystic | Van Morrison
• Copperhead Road | Steve Earle
• Walk in the Irish Rain | Steve Spurgin
• Night Rider's Lament | Nanci Griffith
• Evening In Caroline | Boswell Sisters
• Back in the Saddle Again | Gene Autry
• Fisher's Hornpipe | trad.
• Are You From Dixie | Norman Blake
• Will Ye Go Lassie, Go | The Clancy Brothers
• Wild Rover | trad. Irish
• ...and many, many more