Name: LAURIE LEWIS AND KATHY KALLICK WITH OTTER OPRY AT MONTEREY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Start: 2025-02-15T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-15T22:00:00-08:00
Location: 1 Soledad Drive, Monterey, CA, United States, California 93940

LAURIE LEWIS AND KATHY KALLICK WITH OTTER OPRY AT MONTEREY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

There's just **NO** bluegrass sound like Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick putting out their classic and totally incredible harmony. In his review of their 1991 album, David Kidman said it just right: “Kathy and Laurie invoke with uncanny intensity the spirit and essence of those raw, pioneering recordings in the tremendous sense of togetherness they display here. They were born to sing together; the way they share and swap lead and harmony vocal parts is miraculous, and they both have voices to die for.”
Some things never change, and Otter Opry is beyond thrilled to bring these two bluegrass icons back to Monterey on Saturday, February 15th as the aptly-named Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick (celebrating 50 years together) band. And that’s not all. The duo will be backed by three of the most outstanding musicians in the genre: Chad Manning on fiddle, Tom Bekeny on mandolin, and Christine Wilhoyt on banjo.
Both Laurie and Kathy have won a Grammy and two International Bluegrass Music Association awards for their contributions to “True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe,” both have released some two dozen albums with bands and/or under their own names, and both have received Lifetime Member Awards from the California Bluegrass Association. Laurie has twice won the IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year award, and all the Kathy Kallick Band albums have charted in the Top 10 of both the National Bluegrass Survey and Folk Alliance International charts.
So let’s cut to the chase: This is a rare opportunity to see two true bluegrass pioneers who remain at the top of their game, and you really don’t want to miss it. The event includes a delicious dinner at 5:30pm ($12.50 before February 8th, $17.50 at the door). Online sales will end at noon the day of the performance.
7pm. Monterey United Methodist Church, 1 Soledad Drive, Monterey. $35/show (CBA members $30; 15 and under free); $12.50-17.50/pre-show dinner. www.otteropry.org.