10/1/22 Wild Ponies Perform At Green Lake’s Thrasher Opera House
1 October 2022 News
Green Lake, Wis. – Nashville roots musicians Wild Ponies will perform on Friday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Wild Ponies have always looked to Southwest Virginia —where bandmates Doug and Telisha Williams were both born and raised — for inspiration. In mountain towns like Galax, old-time American music continues to thrive, supported by a community of fiddlers, flat-pickers, and fans.
Wild Ponies pay tribute to that powerful music and rugged landscape with their most recent release, Galax, a stripped-back album that nods to the band’s history while still pushing forward. Doug and Telisha took some of their favorite musicians from Nashville (Fats Kaplin, Will Kimbrough, Neilson Hubbard, and Audrey Spillman) and met up with revered Old-Time players from Galax, Virginia (Snake Smith, Kyle Dean Smith, and Kilby Spencer). Recorded in the shed behind Doug’s old family farm in the Appalachians (steps away from the site where Doug and Telisha were married), it returns Wild Ponies to their musical and geographic roots. An album about a town, a country, and a world that’s forever spinning toward something new. An album that redefines Wild Ponies’ sound, while highlighting influences that have always rested just beneath the surface.
Tickets for Wild Ponies performance on Friday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. are $22 and are available at www.thrasheroperahouse.com or by calling 920.294.4279
The 2022 Fall Season at Thrasher Opera House is sponsored by Better Homes and Garden Real Estate Special Properties. The Wild Ponies show is sponsored by Aither Insurance and Financial Services. This event is supported in part by a grant from the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Thrasher Opera House’s mission is to promote the arts and the power of live performance, provide a community gathering place, and preserve the historic Thrasher Opera House. A charming, intimate, friendly venue with excellent acoustics. Built-in 1910, restored in 1997, and on the National Register of Historic Places. Seats 200. For more information, please visit www.thrasheroperahouse.com
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