Western Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


Performer Information
Stage name:	Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
Performer name:	Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
Phone:	865-977-1994
Mailing address:	P.O. Box 5443 Maryville, TN 37802
E-mail address:	ruckweb@aol.com
Website:	http://www.sparkyandrhonda.com
Previous appearances at:	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY, Cornell Folk Song Society; Ithaca, NY, Heartland Concerts; Rochester, NY, Kirkland Art Center Coffeehouse; Clinton, NY, Hamilton College; Clinton, NY Contact information for New York State Public Libraries
Information last updated:	06/11/2012

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Program
Category
Description
Fee

Heroes & Hard Times History,
Multicultural- Other,
Music

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker take the audience on a journey spanning over three centuries of American and African-American history, including slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, the westward migration, the birth of blues music, and the Civil Rights Movement. Each era is interspersed with stories and popular songs from the period. They accompany themselves with fingerpicking and bottleneck blues guitar, blues harmonica, old-time banjo, spoons, and bones. Their music includes old-time blues, Appalachian music, Civil War music, spirituals, and slave songs as well as originals. Sparky and Rhonda also tell traditional tales, for example Brer Rabbit, High John the Conqueror, or Appalachian tales,and they have been featured at the International Storytelling Center and festival.
$351- $500

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Program	Category	Description	Fee
Heroes & Hard Times	History, Multicultural- Other, Music	Sparky and Rhonda Rucker take the audience on a journey spanning over three centuries of American and African-American history, including slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, the westward migration, the birth of blues music, and the Civil Rights Movement. Each era is interspersed with stories and popular songs from the period. They accompany themselves with fingerpicking and bottleneck blues guitar, blues harmonica, old-time banjo, spoons, and bones. Their music includes old-time blues, Appalachian music, Civil War music, spirituals, and slave songs as well as originals. Sparky and Rhonda also tell traditional tales, for example Brer Rabbit, High John the Conqueror, or Appalachian tales,and they have been featured at the International Storytelling Center and festival.	$351- $500