Michael Paris is a singer/songwriter/musician from Durham, NC., and his musical style is Americana/folk along the lines of Don McLean, Gordon Lightfoot, and John Denver. Many of his songs use themes from his Appalachia roots during the first half of his life in West Virginia. Michael mostly performs his original songs using an acoustic guitar. He is also a multi-instrumentalist and occasionally performs with an Irish bouzouki and dobro. Michael has performed in the Triangle region for over a dozen years. He has performed at Sacred Grounds previously as a soloist and with the groups The Dogwood Blossom Band, Up Cane Creek, and Gnarly Blue. This will be Michael’s sixth Sacred Grounds performance as a singer/songwriter. John Gillespie is also a singer/songwriter/musician from Chapel Hill, NC. He has performed in this region for many years as a soloist and with numerous bands. He has released several CDs as a solo singer/songwriter and with his bands and is a very much in demand studio bass player. John is a very busy artist and performs often in the Triangle area. He has performed at Sacred Grounds with The Dogwood Blossom Band and The Marigold Collective. John performed as a duo with Michael at Sacred Grounds in January 2023. He is also a member of the following bands: Nikki Meets the Hibachi, The Drowning Lovers, Nantahala, and soon to be Pillowfoot.
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