Bobby Osborne

The Grand Ole Opry returns to it’s most celebrated and honored home, the historic Ryman Auditorium, for it’s annual winter season run in downtown Nashville, Tenn.

Friday November 9

Bobby Osborne and Rocky Top X-Press - 8:00-8:30

Rhonda Vincent - 8:30-9:00

Del McCoury Band - 9:30-10:00

Saturday November 10

Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys - 8:00-8:30 & 10:30-11:00

The Grand Ole Opry is broadcast live on WSM 650 AM radio, online at www.WSMonline.com and on XM Satellite Radio (XM 11). All listed times are central time.

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Clay Hess

Rising Sun, IN, Nov. 17 - Clay Hess and Rick Hayes have been asked to conduct a series of three workshops to discuss bluegrass guitar and mandolin and how they fit together within a band. The evening will conclude with a concert by the duo.The event is to be held at the Rising Sun Senior Center in Rising Sun, Indiana on Saturday, November 17. The three consecutive one-hour workshops run from 2 pm to 5 pm. They will cover:

1. bluegrass guitar
2. mandolin techniques
3. how mandolin and guitar fit within a band structure.

Time will be allowed for question and answers as well. Following a dinner break, the two will perform a concert (also at the Rising Sun Senior Center) starting at 7:30 pm.

Admission for the workshops is $85.00 and includes entrance to the concert. Admission for just the concert will be $10.00.

Clay Hess, who recently joined Mountain Heart, started his bluegrass career at Dollywood and moved on to play with Rickey Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and The Mark Newton Band. While performing with Skaggs, the band won both a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album of the Year and the IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year awards.

Rick Hayes

Rick Hayes is currently playing mandolin with The Gibson Brothers. While not on the road, he is recording and producing in his Cincinnati studio and making F-5 mandolins.

The event is being organized by Zeiler Music Center and the Rising Sun and Ohio County Indiana Tourism Bureau.

For additional information or to purchase tickets for the Clay Hess/Rick Hayes Bluegrass Guitar and Mandolin Workshops and Concert, contact Jamon Zeiler at Zeiler Music Center (812-438-3716, ukulelefun@earthlink.net) or visit www.EnjoyRisingSun.com or www.RickeyHayes.com.

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The International Bluegrass Music Museum in downtown Owensboro, Ky., has just opened four new exhibits featuring three members of the Bluegrass Hall of Honor and the Tennessee bluegrass band, The McCormick Brothers.

The exhibits are dedicated to bluegrass pioneers Pete Kuykendall, Lance Leroy and Bill Vernon. Another exhibit celebrates the career of Hickory recording artists, The McCormick Brothers.

The historic exhibits contain photos, record contracts, instruments, radio equipment and clothing that document these forerunner’s contributions to bluegrass music.

Here’s a glimpse of those being honored:

• Pete Kuykendall worked as a disc jockey, banjo player, and journalist, but is most recognized as the founder and publisher of Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine.

• Bill Vernon was a long-time Virginia radio DJ and journalist with a sincere love for bluegrass music. His collection of more than 7,000 bluegrass recordings now reside within the Bluegrass Museum and are soon to be digitally archived for future generations.

• Lance Leroy has been one of the most influential “behind the scenes” figures in bluegrass music. He began his career in 1969 as booking agent for singer Lester Flatt and went on to form the Lancer Agency which was one of the first booking agencies in the genre. In addition to Flatt, The Lancer Agency handled Jimmy Martin, Bluegrass Cardinals, Del McCoury and the Johnson Mountain Boys.

“We are extremely excited to open this new exhibit space in which to honor our bluegrass legends and hope to see lots of bluegrass fans for the opening!” said museum curator Liz Fuhrman Bragg.

The International Bluegrass Museum is open from 10 until 5 Monday-Saturday and 1 until 4 on Sundays. The museum is located at 117 Daviess St. in Owensboro.

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