Randy Smith & His Band of Merry Men

Randy Smith may call North Carolina home, but the award-winning singer-songwriter has a soft spot for the Green Mountain State. In 1982, he founded 8084, Vermont’s answer to the big-hair, hard-hitting heavy-metal bands of the time. The group achieved critical acclaim, providing the springboard for Smith’s career and eventual departure as a solo artist. Long hair is now shorn, and hard rock quieted into acoustic stylings, but, backed by his Band of Merry Men, the seasoned performer returns to his former stomping grounds to take the stage for what he says will be the final tribute to his musical past.