Jesse McReynolds

Bluegrass legend and mandolin wizard Jesse McReynolds will host the Ernest Tubb Record shop’s Midnight Jamboree tonight (Sat Aug 4th) starting at midnight CST, in Nashville, TN.

Saturday nights Show will be the Jamboree’s 3156^th broadcast which is aired live every Saturday night on WSM radio, 650 am on the dial.

If your in or around the Nashville area, head on out to the Ernest Tubb Record shop near Opryland and catch the show in person and for those out of reach of WSM’s radio signal, you can log on at Ernest Tubb Records Web site and catch streaming audio and video feeds of the broadcast.

Earlier in the evening Jesse McReynolds and The Virginia Boys will play on Both of the Grand Ole Opry’s Saturday night Shows. They’re scheduled to be on the 8:30-9:00 pm set of the first show and again during the 10:00-10:30 portion on the second show according to www.opry.com.

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The Good folks from the Ola Belle Reed Festival, Coming up August 17-19, Have informed us that the Banjo and Fiddle Contests have been cancelled due to lack of interest.

For more information on the festival you can check our archives or head over to the Ola Belle Reed Festival web site. The latest Schedule for the Festival is included below.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Ola Belle’s Birthday Bash and Festival Kick-Off

6pm Ola Belle Reed Family and Friends - 24 Hour Old Time Pickin’ Session Begins
7pm Elkville String Band
8pm Grayson Highlands Band
9pm Fireworks Display

24 Hour Pickin’ Session continues in Old Lansing School

Saturday, August 18th 10am-10pm $15.00

Music, food and crafts all day at the American Legion Ball Field.
24 hour pickin’ ends at 6pm in the Old Lansing School

10am Mark Brine
11am Rock Bottom Bluegrass
12am Wolfe Brothers
1pm Pole Cat Creek
2pm Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
3pm Demolition String Band
4pm Blue Ridge Rounders
5pm Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass
6pm White Top Mountain Band
7pm Tim O’Brien
8pm Old Time Jam Session

Workshops Schedule for Saturday August 18

Held at Old Lansing School, a Historic WPA Building.

11:30am Banjo-David Reed and Boo Reiners
12:30pm Guitar-Mark Brine
1:30pm Fiddle-Tim O’Brien
2:30pm Mandolin-Victor Evdokimoff
3:30pm Songwriting-Laurelyn Dossett and Kari Sickenberger

Sunday, August 19, 2007 $5.00

11am Non-Denominational Worship Service, Ola Belle Reed Family and Friends
12pm Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
1pm DJ and Randy Sheets
2pm Blue Ridge Rounders
3pm Chris Testerman and Friends
4pm Randy Paisley, Steve Lewis, Scott Freeman, Josh Scott
5pm Jeff Little and Steve Lewis
6pm Tim O’Brien
7pm Bluegrass Jam Session and Ola Belle Reed Family Farewell

Schedule subject to change

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Connecting traditional songs of yesterday with their own original and inventive sounds of today, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge create astonishingly powerful acoustic music rich in heritage, heart and hot licks! With a style that evokes both atomic rock energy and dynamic tonal purity, Keel and his ensemble are intent upon taking their instruments and their voices to their fullest potential for emotion and amazement. While paying respect to the legacy left by the forefathers of bluegrass, Keel bridges the gap between traditional and contemporary American Mountain Music. Larry Keel & Natural Bridge includes flatpicking guitar master Larry Keel (guitar, vocals), Jenny Keel (bass fiddle, vocals), Mark Schimick (mandolin, vocals), and, Jason Flournoy (banjo, vocals).Born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Larry Keel is a young veteran musician who has always been immersed in the traditional ways and etiquette of playing mountain music. Both Larry’s father and brother (themselves skilled and versatile acoustic musicians) influenced the younger Keel to thoroughly master the foundations of acoustic guitar (tune, timing, tone) before venturing into his own original territory. From a very young age, Larry made it his goal to honor and preserve the discipline of the Traditional Bluegrass music he knows and loves, while expressing his own ideas through acoustic music.

Larry Keel & Natural Bridge

Over the years Larry Keel has become a world-class flatpicking guitarist, and that talent has earned him legendary status with fans and the highest respect amongst his musical peers. In recent performances Larry has led bands involving such industry icons as Tony Rice, Jack Lawrence, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger, Curtis Burch (New Grass Revival), Vassar Clements, Joe Craven, Jim Lauderdale, Eddie Adcock; in addition he has played specialty sets with Darrell Scott and Sam Bush and guitar workshops along side David Grier and Norman Blake. Keel’s distinct style of flatpicking the guitar is the tool with which he creates his original brand of songwriting and his peers have taken notice. Both Del McCoury and Acoustic Syndicate have recorded Larry’s material. The Del McCoury Band recorded Larry’s ‘Mountain Song’ on their 2005 Grammy award winning release, The Company We Keep. Acoustic Syndicate recorded ‘Long Way Round’ as their title track for their 2004 release.Jenny Keel met her soon-to-be-husband, Larry, while attending a Bluegrass show in Lexington, Virginia where she has lived since 1985. For years a devoted volunteer and staff worker at various music festivals and venues in the Shenandoah Valley, Jenny has always been active in supporting the Bluegrass and Old Time music scene. Meeting Larry and his talented group of musician-friends sparked the latent ability in Jenny to play upright bass. Now she has been playing bass with her husband and virtually all of his specialty projects for over 10 years, has advanced into a player known for impeccable timing and solid, yet imaginative bass lines. She also adds much of the tenor harmonies to the band’s vocal pieces. Read more

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The Biscuit Burners

The Biscuit Burners bring a fresh approach to acoustic music with roots that date as far back as mountain music can reach. The Biscuit Burners will offer their fiery brand of mountain music along, with innovative instrumentation and captivating harmonies and original material to a variety of venues and bluegrass festivals over the next three months.

August

08.07.07 Tue Mountain Music Shoppe in Shawnee, KS
08.10.07 Fri Boulevard Music in Culver City, CA
08.11.07 Sat Westside Theatre in Newman, CA
08.12.07 Sun Cotati CoHousing in Cotati, CA
08.16.07 Thu Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA
08.17.07 Fri Cayuga Vault in Santa Cruz, CA
08.18.07 Sat Mountain Sage Concert Series in Groveland, CA
08.19.07 Sun INYO Council for he Arts in Bishop,CA
08.23.07 Thu Tractor Tavern in Seattle, WA w/ Uncle Earl
08.25.07 Sat Sorrento Bluegrass Festival in Sorrento, BC
08.31.07 Fri Chilliwack Bluegrass Festival in Chilliwack, BC

September

09.01.07 Sat Chilliwack Bluegrass Festival in Chilliwack, BC
09.02.07 Sun Chilliwack Bluegrass Festival in Chilliwack, BC
09.08.07 Sat Sisters Folk Festival in Sisters, OR
09.09.07 Sun Sisters Folk Festival in Sisters, OR
9.14.07 Fri Bristol Rhythm & Roots Fest in Bristol, TN

October

10.17.07 thru 10.21.07 Wed-Sun Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO

Always check with the venue(s) and festivals to confirm dates listed above.

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