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The Allen Boys

Mixing the sounds of gospel with rock and roll and country, The Allen Boys are North Carolina’s only Sacred Steel band. They are pedal steel guitarist Dashawn Hickman, bassist Mitchell Fonville, keyboardist Cameron Moore, and drummer Ranzey Moore. Hailing from a small church in Mt. Airy, they play in a little-known, yet long-standing style of religious music found only in select African American Pentecostal-Holiness churches. This driving, dynamic style—recently popularized by Robert Randolph and The Campbell Brothers—showcases the steel guitar. The steel guitarist plays throughout a church service, helping to move congregants to spiritual rapture. Rarely performing outside of church, The Allen Boys are not to be missed.

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