Andrew Wooten
It’s now, in summer, when anywhere can be a stage and music makes its way out of the concert halls and into the outdoors, that the joy of music is most profoundly experienced.
In Highlands, it’s officially the season for the Orchard Sessions at The Farm at Old Edwards.
It’s a time when music lovers wind their way to the bucolic grounds of the orchard and settle under the boughs of trees, to gather and listen to the music.
On Thursday, June 20, as dusk descends, singer/songwriter and South Carolina native Andrew Wooten will take the stage.
A Marine veteran, Wooten grew up in Joanna, South Carolina, where he developed a love for music singing in the church choir and listening to his grandparents’ recordings on vinyl. As a teen, he honed a style of what has been termed “country with a Southern rock and a hint of Appalachia” by listening to the tunes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tyler Childers, Metallica, and Benjamin Tod.
It wasn’t long before he realized he could write his own music. He has since released several EP’s, including his most recent, a full-length album, entitled Bury Them All. He told fans on social media that his songs and performances and recordings are “about the contemplation of life and death, happiness and sadness,” explaining that “these songs are my way of coping and dealing with things internally.”
Wooten’s been playing the guitar and singing for the better part of 14 years now, traveling with a gritty and soulful tone, playing venues across America, electrifying audiences, and building a fan following. He’s been praised for a sound that’s often described as “the vocal representation of a moonshine still covered by pines on a foggy mountainside somewhere in the Carolinas.” And it is the sincerity and vulnerability of his lyrics that forge a deep connection with his listeners, inviting them to join him on a shared journey through his music.
Shows begin each evening at 6:00 PM and finish at 8:00 PM – perhaps just in time for a showing of nature’s own Klieg light, the rising of the moon. Admission is $25 for Old Edwards Inn and Half-Mile Farm Hotel Guests and Members, and general admission is $40 and includes light bites and a cash bar.
The session will move indoors to the new Orchard House in the event of rain.
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