Cary Fridley Traditional Appalachian Singer Cary Fridley plays rhythmic roots music inspired by southern country, blues, and early jazz. Her driving rhythm guitar playing and powerful expressive singing made old-time music history in her former band, the Freight Hoppers, a young group that inspired and entertained many across the nation the 1990s. A lover of old time music for many years, Cary released a solo CD, Neighbor Girl, in 2000, and is currently working on a new solo country project due out in 2007. Mostly, she plays regularly with the Asheville-based swing jazz band, One Leg Up, who recently released their new CD, Pere Lachaise. Cary performs as a solo singer of mountain ballads and with singer/fiddler, Steve Trismen singing country duets, or with The Cary Fridley Band (fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass). Cary also sings and plays the bass with the Asheville blues collective, The Lowdown Travelers. www.caryfridley.net