The St. Johns Cultural Council and Gamble Rogers Folk Festival present Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley with special guest Larry Mangum, Live from The Waterworks in St. Augustine, Florida.

The Gamble Rogers Concert Series celebrates the legendary recording artist Gamble Rogers, whose balladry and storytelling shaped American folk music, on the third Saturday of each month.

Doors at 6:30, show starts at 7 PM.

Tickets are $20 and are available on Eventbrite.
Purchase a premium ticket package for $100, which includes tickets to all three of our winter concerts featuring Richard Smith on January 20th and Jontavious Willis on February 17th. Premium ticket holders are seated in the first three rows of the venue, and receive sponsor recognition for the concert series and a voucher for a complimentary beverage at each of the three shows.

ABOUT ROB ICKES AND TREY HENSLEY

Take a 15-time IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Dobro Player of the Year and a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy who made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11, and you have Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, a powerhouse acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene.

Known for their white-hot picking, stone country vocals with soul and world-class live musicianship, Ickes and Hensley meld together blues, bluegrass, country, rock, and other string band music of all kinds to form a signature blend of music that defies restrictions of genre. They are equally at home on stages of prestigious performing arts centers, theatres, and the Grand Ole Opry as they are on Americana, jamgrass, bluegrass, and jam band festivals.

Ickes co-founded the highly influential bluegrass group Blue Highway and has been a sought-after Nashville session player and live performing musician for decades, with credits to his name such as Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire and Alison Krauss. Hensley has been called “Nashville’s hottest young player” by Acoustic Guitar magazine and his soulful baritone vocals have received acclaim as well. Influenced by repertoires as diverse as The Allman Brothers Band, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hensley has shared stages with artists such as Johnny Cash, Steve Wariner, and Peter Frampton. As a duo, Ickes and Hensley have shared the stage and collaborated with Tommy Emmanuel, Taj Mahal, David Grisman, and Jorma Kaukonen & Hot Tuna — all enthusiastic admirers of the duo — as well as Luther Dickinson of North Mississippi All Stars, Molly Tuttle, and many more. The duo were key players on “Original,” the recent highly-lauded Compass album by bluegrass giant Bobby Osborne; their participation garnered a Recorded Event Of The Year Award for Bobby’s version of “Got To Get A Message To You” on that album at this year’s IBMA Awards; they also were on the 2016 Recorded Event winner, ”Fireball,” featuring Special Consensus, in 2016.

ABOUT LARRY MANGUM

Singer-songwriter Larry Mangum has nearly 3000 performances over 4 decades as a folk, rock, country, and Americana artist. An award-winning songwriter, Larry writes from a keen sense of observation and experience capturing the moments that reveal the human truths that bind us all together. An evening of Larry’s songs is an emotional roller coaster touching the heart, the mind, and the soul that stays with the listener long after the performance.

Don't miss this very special opportunity in America's oldest city, St. Augustine.

The Waterworks is an intimate, historic venue (built in 1898 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places) and only 120 tickets are available.