Unique Form of Rock Music

The stones starring in this unique event are not “rolling” — most have been sturdily in place for millions of years, while sometime, millennia ago, mystery-artists carved images, maybe messages, on them.

On Sunday, April 15 at 3pm at the Hampton Memorial Library in Easley, Dennis Chastain, a writer and naturalist, along with Tommy Charles, an eminent archaeologist, will share their pictures and adventures in pursuit of the petroglyph, ancient stone art that is a celebrated feature of bald rock faces in upper Pickens County.

In keeping with the antiquity of the period, Pat Edmunds of Pickens will be playing Native American flute music to set the tone for this “rock show”.

Tommy Charles is author of “Discovering South Carolina’s Rock Art”, a book on petroglyphs of this region.  He will be signing books, so bring your copy or purchase a copy during this event for $29.95.

This program is free, open to all and sponsored by the SC Humanities Council as part of the Smithsonian Institution’s “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music” traveling exhibition. For more information, call the library at 850-7077 or email reference@pickens.lib.sc.us. For a complete calendar of local events associated with the New Harmonies exhibition, visit www.carolinafolkmusic.org.