Cherryholmes bring family-style, down-home bluegrass to West Long Branch Friday night.
Theirs is one of the more remarkable stories of finding redemption and art through grief.
We’re talking about Cherryholmes, the eponym of a family of pickers and fiddlers from East L.A. via Nashville who came together as musicians only a decade ago, after the death of Jere and Sandra Cherryholmes’ eldest daughter, Shelley.
This Friday, the band’s road-tested bus pulls in at Monmouth University for what promises to be one of more compelling Shore shows of the year. For the full story, please tune into Red Bank oRBit, which today has an interview with the paterfamilias and bus driver, Jere, he of the ZZ Top-style beard.
Also in today’s edition: the scoop on the punky Vans Warped Tour, which this summer will set up its tent on the grounds of Monmouth Racetrack even as the ponies keep running. Tix for the July 19 event go on sale today, and we’ve got the up-to-the-minuted details, with particular emphasis on the activities of local favorites Bouncing Souls.
Only in oRBit, right?