Faded Love melody- ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, Bluegrass On Broad 8/29/14

The melody of Faded Love is said to have been derived from the 1856 ballad Darling Nellie Gray (of lost love and heartbreak). The instrumental Faded Love, aka Darling Nellie Gray, is the fourth selection of the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band at the final concert of the 2014 Bluegrass On Broad series in Kingsport, Tennessee on 29 August 2014. Aynsley Porchak, the 2014 Tennessee State Fiddle Champion, leads with the beautiful fiddle rendition..


This is the first public performance of the new 2014-2015 (academic year) ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band at the traditional opening venue for ETSU Pride Week- the Bluegrass On Broad free evening concert in Kingsport, Tennessee.

The 2014-2015 ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band:

Zach Pepper Carter, banjo, South Carolina,
Karl Smakula, mandolin, West Virginia,
Aynsley Porchak, fiddle, Ontario, Canada
Jaime Carter, upright bass, South Carolina,
Ben Watlington, guitar, North Carolina
Dan Boner, Director of Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies

Bluegrass On Broad is held every Thursday night at 7 PM from early May until late summer in downtown Kingsport, Tennessee (stage is on Broad Street between Market Street and Main Street.
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