Dom Flemons Opens for Old Crow Medicine Show at Orpheum Theatre Tonight

Tonight, November 15 at 7:00 PM Dom Flemons, founding member of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, will open for Old Crow Medicine Show at The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN.

Tickets are on sale now and available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, www.orpheum-memphis.com, The Orpheum Box Office (901.525.3000), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, and all Ticketmaster centers (901.743.ARTS).

Dom Flemons is the "American Songster," pulling from traditions of old-time folk music to create new sounds. Having performed music professionally since 2005, he has played live for over one million people as part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an African-American string band.

In July 2014, Dom released his third solo record with Music Maker Relief Foundation, and his first since leaving the group. Prospect Hill finds Flemons digging deeply into ragtime, Piedmont blues, spirituals, southern folk music, string band music, jug band music, fife and drum music, and ballads idioms with showmanship and humor, reinterpreting the music to suit 21st century audiences. He was featured on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross and his new album has received praise from The Boston Globe, USAToday, Paste Magazine, Living Blues Magazine, and more.

"Everything Flemons does as an entertainer is informed by his deep listening and study. But 'study' sounds like something academic, and Flemons trades on something more fun than academia. He internalizes his learning, then externalizes it, and then we hear it and tap our feet and smile" - Peter Cooper (The Tennessean).

Dom Flemons will be opening for Old Crow Medicine Show, which got its start busking on street corners in New York state and up through Canada, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. It's been nearly fifteen years since these humble beginnings, and the band has gone on to tour the world, sell over 800,000 albums, become frequent guests on "A Prairie Home Companion," and play renowned festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella, and the Newport Folk Festival.

For more information visit www.domflemons.com.

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