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==History==
==History==
'''Abby the Spoon Lady''' first started street performing and [[busking]] as a means to make money traveling across the [[United States]], primarily hopping freight trains. She taught herself to play the spoons and traveled all over the [[United States]] by hitchhiking and railroad. She states that landing in [[Asheville, NC]] was completely an accident and that she took the wrong train. <ref>{{cite book | author =Marla Hardee Milling| title = [[Only in Asheville: An Eclectic History]]| location = Charleston, SC| publisher = [[The History Press]]| pages = 108–110| date = 2015}}</ref> Today she hosts storytelling events where she discusses the lifestyle of the American hobo.<ref>https://mountainx.com/blogwire/abby-the-spoon-lady-shares-stories-and-music-at-trade-and-lore-coffee-house-july-14/</ref>
'''Abby the Spoon Lady''' first started street performing and [[busking]] as a means to make money traveling across the [[United States]], primarily hopping freight trains. She taught herself to play the spoons and traveled all over the [[United States]] by hitchhiking and railroad. She states that landing in [[Asheville, NC]] was completely an accident and that she took the wrong train. <ref>{{cite book | author =Marla Hardee Milling| title = [[Only in Asheville: An Eclectic History]]| location = Charleston, SC| publisher = [[The History Press]]| pages = 108–110| date = 2015}}</ref> Today she hosts storytelling events where she discusses the lifestyle of the American hobo.<ref>https://mountainx.com/blogwire/abby-the-spoon-lady-shares-stories-and-music-at-trade-and-lore-coffee-house-july-14/</ref> She spent a good amount of her time traveling recording the stories, interviews and songs of other American travelers. <ref>http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/q/segment/11385452</ref>


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'''Abby the Spoon Lady''' is an advocate for [[street performance]] and [[free speech]]. In 2014 she was instrumental in developing a group called the [[Asheville Buskers Collective]] which advocates for street performance within the city of [[Asheville, NC]].<ref>https://mountainx.com/news/buskers-to-city-dont-put-art-in-a-box/</ref><ref>http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/04/28/buskers-jostle-new-laws/26532669/</ref><ref>https://mountainx.com/arts/asheville-buskers-collective-meets-to-discuss-downtown-busking-issues/</ref><ref>http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/08/25/buskers-halt-city-pilot-program/32292971/</ref> Today she records buskers through a project called Busker Broadcast, and records interviews and songs of travelers passing through [Asheville, NC].<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/q/segment/11385452</ref>
===Career===
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'''Abby the Spoon Lady''' is an advocate for [[street performance]] and [[free speech]]. In 2014 she was instrumental in developing a group called the [[Asheville Buskers Collective]] which advocates for street performance within the city of [[Asheville, NC]].<ref>https://mountainx.com/news/buskers-to-city-dont-put-art-in-a-box/</ref><ref>http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/04/28/buskers-jostle-new-laws/26532669/</ref><ref>https://mountainx.com/arts/asheville-buskers-collective-meets-to-discuss-downtown-busking-issues/</ref> <ref>http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/08/25/buskers-halt-city-pilot-program/32292971/</ref>


In 2012 she was filmed in the [[horror]] film [[Jug Face]] playing spoons.
In 2012 she was filmed in the [[horror]] film [[Jug Face]] playing spoons, and in 2015 she was filmed for Buskin' Blues, a documentary about the street performance scene in [Asheville, NC].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4066878/</ref>


===Genre===
===Genre===
Her repertoire consists of a mix of [[Americana (music)|Americana]], early [[jazz]], [[ragtime]] for string instruments, [[country blues]], [[Western swing]], [[Vaudeville]], and [[Appalachian music|Appalachian folk]].
Her repertoire consists of a mix of [[Americana (music)|Americana]], early [[jazz]], [[ragtime]] for string instruments, [[country blues]], [[jug band]], [[Western swing]], [[Vaudeville]], and [[Appalachian music|Appalachian folk]].


===Influences===
===Influences===
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Abby the Spoon Lady
Background information
Birth nameAbby Roach
Born (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 (age 42)
Wichita, Kansas, United States
OriginWichita, Kansas, United States
GenresAmerican folk, American roots
Occupation(s)Musician, free speech activist, percussionist, storyteller
Instrument(s)spoons
Years active2002 (2002)–present
Websitewww.spoonladymusic.com

Abby the Spoon Lady (born October 29, 1981 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American musician and free speech activist. Her music focuses on the American roots genre. As of 2016, she tours with a 3-piece band called the Fly By Night Rounders consisting of Chris Rodrigues (guitar) and Vaden Landers (banjo). [1] [2]

History

Abby the Spoon Lady first started street performing and busking as a means to make money traveling across the United States, primarily hopping freight trains. She taught herself to play the spoons and traveled all over the United States by hitchhiking and railroad. She states that landing in Asheville, NC was completely an accident and that she took the wrong train. [3] Today she hosts storytelling events where she discusses the lifestyle of the American hobo.[4] She spent a good amount of her time traveling recording the stories, interviews and songs of other American travelers. [5]

Abby the Spoon Lady is an advocate for street performance and free speech. In 2014 she was instrumental in developing a group called the Asheville Buskers Collective which advocates for street performance within the city of Asheville, NC.[6][7][8][9] Today she records buskers through a project called Busker Broadcast, and records interviews and songs of travelers passing through [Asheville, NC].[10]

In 2012 she was filmed in the horror film Jug Face playing spoons, and in 2015 she was filmed for Buskin' Blues, a documentary about the street performance scene in [Asheville, NC].[11]

Genre

Her repertoire consists of a mix of Americana, early jazz, ragtime for string instruments, country blues, jug band, Western swing, Vaudeville, and Appalachian folk.

Influences

Musicians that have influenced her include Artis the Spoonman, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Milton Brown and the Musical Brownies, Sleepy John Estes, Fats Waller, and Emmett Miller

References

  1. ^ http://mountainx.com/blogwire/abby-the-spoon-lady-performs-at-the-mothlight-on-sunday-feb-12th/
  2. ^ http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2017/01/09/asheville-buskers-left-cold/95996398/
  3. ^ Marla Hardee Milling (2015). Only in Asheville: An Eclectic History. Charleston, SC: The History Press. pp. 108–110.
  4. ^ https://mountainx.com/blogwire/abby-the-spoon-lady-shares-stories-and-music-at-trade-and-lore-coffee-house-july-14/
  5. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/q/segment/11385452
  6. ^ https://mountainx.com/news/buskers-to-city-dont-put-art-in-a-box/
  7. ^ http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/04/28/buskers-jostle-new-laws/26532669/
  8. ^ https://mountainx.com/arts/asheville-buskers-collective-meets-to-discuss-downtown-busking-issues/
  9. ^ http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/08/25/buskers-halt-city-pilot-program/32292971/
  10. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/q/segment/11385452
  11. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4066878/
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