The grandson of a southern Baptist preacher, Anderson East learned to sing and play guitar at 11 years old while his mother played piano in the church.

“I came up in the church, singing in choirs and stuff like that. I always enjoyed being around music, but music wasn’t very prevalent when I was growing up,” East told the Quad-City Times ahead of headlining Daytrotter’s EastFest (no relation).

The limited exposure to music he had growing up was due in part to his rearing in Athens, Ala., a dry town until 2004 that didn’t attract much in the way of live shows or support much of a local music scene.

But his parents encouraged his interest, giving him a four-track recorder in his early teens. His early experiments led to a love of engineering records, which he studied at school in Tennessee. And from there, it just made sense to move to Nashville.

“It was where music was being

made,” he told Paste. At first, he spent his time as a sound engineer and guitar sideman, sometimes playing his own songs at the Bluebird Café. That’s where Dave Cobb, Grammy-winning producer of well-loved records by Shooter Jennings, Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton (with whom East is touring this summer) found him.

The pair hit it off and recorded East’s major label debut, Delilah, at the legendary Muscle Shoals studio, less than an hour from East’s childhood home.

The album was hailed by National Public Radio and Rolling Stone.

“It’s one of those 10-song records that’s damned near perfect,” raved Daytrotter, “traveling through the old, smoky bars of older days and down the twisted back roads of love.”

Since its release, East has toured nationally with Brandi Carlile and The Lone Bellow, appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and CBS This Morning Saturday. So while he’s moved away from the music from

church that he was reared on in his a small Southern town with no music scene, he hasn’t moved on.

“You can’t take a kid from north Alabama and growing up in church– some of that is just gonna seep out,” East said. “I think all that music stems from the same well.”

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9 am ................................................ TURKEY TROTThe North Liberty Community Pantry’s annual run, in conjunction with the countywide Thanksgiving in July food drive, benefits the pantry and helps local families. The run offers 10K, 5K and 1-mile options. Sign up in advance at getmeregistered.com/NorthLibertyTurkeyTrot or the day of.

10 am – 4 pm ................. EVERYDAY ARTS PAVILIONA shaded oasis filled with free, hands-on crafts from a variety of local organizations.

10 am – 4 pm ............FRONT PORCH PLAYGROUNDPresented by AW Welt Ambrisco Insurance, the Front Porch Playground features inflatable rides, a petting zoo and other free kids fun.

11 am – 10 pm ........................... IOWA CRAFT BEERSummer-friendly selections from Iowa’s best craft breweries, with options for all tastes, including ciders, IPAs, shandies and more, as well as draft craft root beer, served in the all-ages Junge Ford North Liberty beverage garden.

11 am ................................ BARBECUE AND MOREMore than 15 vendors offering classic barbecue, new twists and other delicious tastes on Adam Schechinger State Farm food vendor alley. We’ll crown a barbecue champion early, and you can confirm our choice all day. This year’s lineup: Amos Dean, Cynful Smokers, Fat Pat’s Gumbo by Caribbean Kitchen, Flip N’ Chop, Hamburg Inn No. 2, Honeybadger BBQ, Kona Ice, Mosley’s, Optimist Club, Rodney’s Jamaican Jerk, Smoke N Grill on Wheels, SugaPeach Chicken & Fish Fry, TC Bone’z, The Wedge Pizza, Wildwood and Yolandas.

1pm – 10:30 pm ....................................LIVE MUSICA full lineup of live blues and blues-inspired music on the University of Iowa Community Credit Union main stage. Our concert grounds are open to all ages.

9 pm .......................................... ANDERSON EASTThe grandson of a southern Baptist preacher, East learned to sing and play guitar at 11. NPR called his album Delilah an “eclectic, fully formed debut album.”

7 pm ...............AARON KAMM and the ONE DROPSA St. Louis scene staple, Kamm and the band bring an intoxicating mix of roots reggae and Mississippi River blues.

5 pm ..................... BERNEMANN BROTHERS BANDBlues, rock and country driven by the passion for the live experience. The band’s chemistry is palpable and contagious with an easygoing sense of fun and rock solid musicianship.

3 pm .................................................. THE JANEYSThe Iowa Blues Hall of Famers hail from Marion and have shared the stage with Blues Traveler, Buddy Guy and more.

1 pm ............................... THE ZACH HARRIS BANDThe Quad Cities band composed of members of Iowa Blues Challenge winners performs blues rock standards.

Where do you find...ATMs: Inside the beverage tent and on food vendor alley.

COMPOST: Throughout the grounds we have receptacles for compost, recycling and the landfill. Please compost cups, flatware, plates, napkins and food scraps, including bones.

FIRST AID & MEDICAL: At public safety command center in the center of the festival. In an emergency, dial 9-1-1.

INFORMATION: Stop by the information tent.

SHADE: Every tent on the grounds is open to all ages, and we have one for folks who just want to eat, too.

SHUTTLE STOPS: Both Blue and Yellow routes have stops near St. Andrews Drive, marked by flags. Yellow Route serves UICCU; Blue Route serves North Bend Elementary.

SUNSCREEN: At the information tent and in the beverage garden, thanks to the Iowa Cancer Consortium.

WATER: Refill any container at the water stations around the festival grounds.

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Getting thereWALK & BIKEGetting to Centennial Park by trails and sidewalk is easy. St. Andrews Drive will be closed to cars from North Bend Elementary to Prairie Street during the festival to make it easy to walk or bike there. We’ll have plenty of bike parking by the pond in the park, too.

NEW! SHUTTLEShuttle buses to and from the festival will run from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., leaving approximately every 10 minutes. Catch the Yellow Route from the University of Iowa Community Credit Union (2355 Landon Road) or the Blue Route from North Bend Elementary (2230 St. Andrews Drive). Flags mark shuttle stops at both ends.

PARKINGWe’ll have parking available at Mar Lee Park (595 Kansas Avenue) and North Bend Elementary near the corner of Kansas Avenue and St. Andrews Drive, and the University of Iowa Community Credit Union (2355 Landon Road). In addition to accessible hard-surface parking for people with handicaps, Centennial Park will have weather-dependent parking accessible from Jones Boulevard on the east.

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