The Edgar Loudermilk Band Takes the Stage at Bluegrass Monday on Nov. 24
JONESBORO – The Edgar Loudermilk Band will present a concert of bluegrass music at the KASU-FM Bluegrass Monday concert. The concert will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, at the Collins Theatre, 120 West Emerson St. in Paragould.
Edgar Loudermilk is a back-to-back winner of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America’s Bass Fiddle Performer of the Year. He also received the 2024 Josie Award for Bass Player of the Year. In addition, he has been nominated for over 25 other music industry awards for his songwriting, his recordings and his live performances.
Loudermilk has been a professional bluegrass musician for over two decades. Prior to forming the Edgar Loudermilk Band in 2015, he was a member of Rhonda Vincent’s band The Rage and a member of Marty Raybon’s backing band. He then spent seven years performing with Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out.
Loudermilk has had multiple #1 bluegrass music hits, both as a performer and as a songwriter for other artists who have recorded his compositions. The band records for the prestigious Pinecastle Records recording label.
The Edgar Loudermilk Band includes banjo player Eddie Hoyle. A banjo player from childhood, Hoyle was included in the 1971 documentary film Bluegrass Country Soul playing alongside bluegrass legends Earl Scruggs, Sonny Osborne, J.D. Crowe, Bill Emerson and others. After an over four-decade long career as a banker, Hoyle retired from that industry and joined the Edgar Loudermilk Band.
Zach Autry plays mandolin for the band. He’s a third-generation bluegrass musician who co-writes many of the band’s original songs with Loudermilk.
Nineteen-year-old Jake Goforth plays guitar in the group. He’s well known for a viral video from when he was 11-years-old in which he plays guitar alongside bluegrass superstar Dan Tyminski. He has also appeared on stage with Rhonda Vincent, the Gibson Brothers and Sideline among other noteworthy bluegrass acts.
More information about the band is at www.edgarloudermilk.com.
The admission fee to the Bluegrass Monday concert is $10 per person, payable by cash at the door the night of the concert. Everyone aged 18 and under will be admitted free. Advance tickets can be purchased online. All ticket proceeds go to the musicians, compensating them for their performance.
Groups of eight or more may request reserved seating by contacting KASU’s Marty Scarbrough. Otherwise, the theatre doors open at 6, and seating is first-come, first-served.
Acoustic musicians are invited to participate in a bluegrass music jam session to begin at 5 p.m. in the Joe Wessell Building, adjacent to the Collins Theatre. A section of seats in the theatre will be reserved for jammers and their guests so that they can play until the concert start time.
The Bluegrass Monday concert series is a non-profit presentation of KASU-FM, providing music fans with an affordable and outstanding evening of family-friendly entertainment. These concerts are held on the fourth Monday night of each month except July and December.
These concerts are presented with support from sponsors including the Paragould Advertising & Promotion Commission, Bibb Chiropractic Center, Gardner-Milner Law Firm, the Posey Peddler, Kiss The Cook, Holiday Inn Express and Suites of Paragould and KASU.
KASU is the public media service of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro broadcasting at 91.9 FM and streaming on a variety of online platforms. For more information, contact KASU Program Director Marty Scarbrough at mscarbro@AState.edu or 870-972-2367. Additional information is also available on the Bluegrass Monday Facebook page.
(L to R): Eddie Hoyle, Edgar Loudermilk, Zach Autry and Jake Goforth.
