Bob and Sheila Everhart will preforming in the Kupka Cultural Center at the Traer Public Library on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00 PM. Admission is by free will donation.

The Everharts have been performing old-time and traditional acoustic music in the “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” style for all 20 years of their married life. Bob is proficient on his Martin 12-string guitar, French-harp, and lead vocals as well as country style humor and is a storytelling raconteur. Sheila plays the upright acoustic doghouse bass, fiddle, and clog dances in the style of her Ozark Mountain ancestors. They have devoted their lives to the preservation and performance of America’s rural country music.

They record for the prestigious Smithsonian Institution, located in Washington DC, with six successful projects released on the Smithsonian-Folkways label. One of those releases “Time After Time” was a Grammy nomination.

The Everharts have performed their one-of-a-kind show around the world, from China to the North Pole (Bob was on an Arctic-Dewline Replenishment Expedition). From behind the Iron Curtain to performing with the Symphony in New Zealand. From “Hamburger in Paradise” in the Caribbean, to Australia in the Pacific. And of course across the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico.

Bob has been on hundreds of television shows, including the Today Show; PM Magazine; Good Morning America. Bob produced, performed on, and hosted the most successful public television show in Iowa, dedicated to America’s rural music. “Old Time Country Music” aired in 22 states, with seven successful years of incredibly well-produced shows, still in re-runs.

You can read their complete biography at www.ntcma.net.