BELGRADE LAKES — On Sunday, June 30, two accomplished acoustic duo acts will grace the stage of the Center For All Seasons. The Sky Blue Boys from Montpelier, Vermont, and the local duo Stan & Dan, are both duos that derive much of their inspiration from the “brother duets,” the dominant format in country music of the 1930s and 1940s.

The Sky Blue Boys include Dan and Willy Linder. Last summer as members of Banjo Dan and the Mid-Nite Plowboys they had a successful bluegrass concert at the Center for All Seasons. The other band at that concert was the Sandy River Ramblers, a bluegrass band that featured Stan Keach and Dan Simons, who comprise Stan & Dan.

This summer the four will be back in the brother duet format.

Like the Monroe Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys, and the Louvin Brothers, the Linders perform traditional British Isle ballads, Appalachian blues, heart songs, and gospel songs, but they also perform originals and songs from modern sources.

Stan & Dan likewise perform songs from the repertoire of the Monroe Brothers, the Delmore Brothers, and the Everly Brothers, who were perhaps the last of the brother duets, and who had a profound influence on the development of rock and roll.

Both the Sky Blue Boys and Stan & Dan feature instrumental virtuosity, well-crafted harmony singing, and comedy numbers that will have the audience laughing.

Admission is $8 for adults; $5 for 12 and under. The show starts at 1:30 p.m.

The concert will benefit the Maine Lakes Resource Center. Refreshments will be sold at intermission. For more information, call 207-397-2241; or email stanleykeach@hotmail.com.

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