Several Christmas classics received a folksy overhaul at the Grange’s Christmas concert.

Charlie Cover, Joanne Doherty and Thatcher Harrison performed in front of a packed house on the evening of Dec. 12. Locals were treated to leisurely bluegrass covers of popular Christmas songs. From song to song, the three adjusted their arrangement, ranging from solos to sing-alongs with the crowd.

Cover and Doherty played several duets, including “Baby, It's Cold Outside” and an original Christmas song of Doherty's making.

Fourteen-year-old Harrison captivated the crowd with his original instrumental song, “Dublin Rain,” humorously renamed “Dublin Christmas Rain” to make it a holiday-appropriate song.

The crowd was reinvigorated by a lively rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” which compelled everyone to join in. The show finished up with “Silent Night” and a “cool jazz” version of “Jingle Bells.”

This was the trio’s first performance together, though Cover and Doherty have been friends for several years. At one point, they were in a band together called the Mighty Choice Tomatoes.

After seeing Harrison, then 9, perform, Cover invited him to perform with him because he was “phenomenal,” said Cover. It was a no-brainer to include him at the Grange performance.

Doherty has been making music for 15 or 20 years, and Cover has been playing music since he got his first guitar at age 19. Harrison has been dubbed a “guitar prodigy.”

Though Doherty prefers to do covers of other songs, Cover primarily makes his own original music.

He’s inspired by performers like Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and legendary french songstress Edith Piaf, as well as performers he’d seen while living in Quebec.

The support of such a tight-knit community was wonderful, said Cover. Music has truly brought them closer together in ways he wouldn't have imagined. He and Doherty performed at the wedding of some friends, one of whom had remembered hearing them perform together many years ago.

“I recommend everyone play music because you meet a lot of people,” Cover said. “I have met so many, many good friends and a whole wide variety of people to. Rich, poor, old, young.”