The Matthews, in partnership with Spread the Tunes, is excited to bring you Locals Only as part of our “JAM-uary” music series! Locals Only is a multi-musician event featuring local musicians Adda Boyd, Randy Hedge and The String Goats on Friday, January 6 at 7 pm. General admission tickets for this single event are $12 in advance or $15 day of show. The entire concert series can also be purchased for a discounted price of $40!

This concert benefits The Front Porch Coalition, a unified front for suicide prevention.

About the Bands

The String Goats

The String Goats are a Spearfish bluegrass supergroup of sorts, featuring members of Six Mile Road (Jake Jackson on fiddle & vocals, Trappor Masson on banjo, and Mike Brennan on bass), along with Humbletown’s Dylan Lewis on guitar & vocals.  They’ve been playing around the Spearfish area since early 2022.  “Pure, simple, South Dakota bluegrass.”

Adda Boyd

Spearfish up-and-comer Adda Boyd continues to make a name for herself as a confident new voice in neo-traditional country. Adda’s fresh off a solo performance at the world-famous Ruffed Up Duck Saloon in Laramie, part of the first-ever Western AF Music Showcase.

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Randy Hedge

Randy Hedge, known locally as “The Singin’ Pastor,” is a local singer/songwriter, and pastor for The United Church of Christ in Spearfish. After spending his career as a university counselor in Wisconsin and North Dakota, circumstances led him to our neck of the woods. This is his Matthews premier. He spent his growing-up years in the Black Hills and Wyoming.  Back then, he listened to everything from the Eagles to the Beatles and James Taylor. Randy learned to play guitar one summer at the family cabin in Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills and has been playing, writing, and performing regularly his whole life. His full-time work has been in education and in ministry, but music has always been part of who he is.  And, it’s no surprise he leans toward songs that are from the heart. Randy has played in clubs and restaurants and at church since high school.  These days?  You might see him in a wine bar, a microbrewery, or at events like weddings and festivals (although he’s not the dance guy). He plays mostly solo, and his song list is much longer and wider than it was back in the day.

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