The Taubman Museum of Art turns one year old this month and they’re celebratin’ big with one heckova birthday party tonight featuring local/international faves, Southern Culture on the Skids! SCOTS embodies “countrypolitan,” blending honky-tonk and rockabilly music and high and low culture for decades, endlessly touring, serving up moonshine martinis and poultry picking for fans everywhere. With their local ties (bassist/singer Mary Huff, alum of Patrick Henry High and drummer Dave Hartman, alum of VT), they’re sure to throw down with an action-packed homecoming!

“Countrypolitan transcends music. It’s a lifestyle, not a category of music,” says Southern Culture on the Skids front man, Rick Miller. “It’s where rural and urban sensibilities meet. I mean, it’s when you see trucker hats being sold in Beverly Hills boutiques or notice folks eating pork in Mebane, where I live, drinking a glass of merlot. Or best yet, when you see a motor sport invented by backwoods moonshine runners and bootleggers broadcast on Sunday afternoon into potentially every living room in America, there ain’t no doubt it’s a countrypolitan world and SCOTS’ new album, Countrypolitan Favorites, is the soundtrack for it.”

It’s time to hoot and hollar and wish the Taubman a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

What: Taubman Birthday Par-tay! with Southern Culture on the Skids
When: Friday, November 20 @ 7pm
Where: Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Cost: $35 general, $25 for museum members
Tickets: STILL AVAILABLE! Online at taubmanmuseum.org or by calling 540.204.4122