Dec 20
Steve Gulley’s holiday adventure — on ice
Editor’s note: We’ve met and visited with a lot of wonderful people in the bluegrass world in the past few years, and especially in the last six months that we’ve been involved in our Web site. We asked a handful of some memorable people we’ve visited with over the past year and invited them to share a bluegrass Christmas memory. Today’s memory is from the one of the great voices of bluegrass music, Steve Gulley of Grasstowne.
My father, Don, and I were booked to play a Christmas party along with the rest of the Pinnacle Boys in Knoxville, Tenn., back in the ’80s.That sounds pretty harmless right? Wrong!
When we got there, we found out we would be performing on a hay wagon out in the middle of this guy’s farm in below-freezing weather. Yes - outside! It was freezing cold with a dusting of snow on the ground.
We were provided salamander-type shotgun heaters next to the stage and, after every set, we managed to scorch nearly all the hair off the back of our hands just trying to get some feeling in them again. It was a memorable event to say the least.
I guess the crowd must have liked what they heard pretty well, because after about three sets of music, the fellow who booked us came up to us and offered a big bonus if we’d play another set.
So, being the true professional bluegrassers that we were, we got up on the trailer and gave the people what they wanted. I’ve never been so cold in my life, but I had a wonderful time and it remains one of my best musical Christmas memories.
You just can’t stop a bunch of dedicated bluegrassers!
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