Three-time IBMA award winner and Grammy nominee Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike will bring their crowd pleasing brand of high energy, highly entertaining original Americana, Bluegrass, Bluegrass Gospel and Swing to Barking Legs Theatre.

Valerie Smith and band mate Becky Buller were among the nominees for the 2011 SPBGMA awards, Valerie in the Female Vocalist of the Year (Traditional) category and Becky amongst the Fiddle Performers of the Year.

“I highly recommend Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike to anyone who is looking for a show-stopping performance they will never forget. This band is HOT!!” said Kitsy Kuykendall with the River of Music Party (ROMP) Festival in Owensboro, Ky.

"Valerie Smith has a storyteller's sensibility and timing and a singer's soulful vocals that leave her audience waiting to hear the next song."California Bluegrass Association

Based in Bell Buckle, TN, this national and international touring SEBA member band is sponsored by the world-famous Bell Buckle Café, GHS Strings, BlueChip Picks, Sabine Tuners, LouZee Lyre Banjos, DP Hopkins Banjos and Gresham Guitars and Mandolins. For more information about Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, including videos, sound samples and a complete schedule of shows, visit them online at: www.valeriesmithonline.com

North Georgian David Lewis Crawford will open for Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike. David is a singer-songwriter treasure whose humorous songs are a mellow blend of down-home folk, whimsey and romance, with touches of blues, classical and country. His witty and endearing lyrics are matched only by melodies that lodge in your brain like cotton candy that sticks to the roof of your mouth. http://www.davidlewiscrawford.com