Apr 17
Monroe Crossing earns award, has live CD
Monroe Crossing (L-R) Mark Anderson, Benji Flaming, Matt Thompson, Lisa Fuglie, Art Blackburn. Photo by Katryn ConlinThings are on the move for Monroe Crossing, which bills itself as “Minnesota’s Bluegrass Ambassadors.”
The band has been inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame and is promoting its latest CD, “Live From Silver Dollar City.”
The group was inducted into the Minnesota Hall in November, along with four other musical acts representing genres from polka to pop.
“Live from Silver Dollar City” was recorded in May and June 2007 during performances by the band at the Riverfront Playhouse in Silver Dollar City, a popular tourist attraction just outside Branson, Mo. All the tracks were songs the audience requested during four days of performances at the theater.
Monroe Crossing onstage performing “Mason Harris” written by Kevin Barnes.
The track list includes:
- Fox On the Run
- Oh Lonesome Me
- Just Wondering Why
- The Children are Cryin’
- Crazy
- Dueling Banjos
- I Love to Tell the Story -
- Jolene
- Wayfaring Stranger
- 20/20 Vision
- Scotland
- Rocky Road Blues
- The Rain
- The Atlanta Church
- At Last
- Nail That Catfish to a Tree
- Sally Gooden/That’s What I Like About the South
The CD and several other Monroe Crossing recordings can be purchased at http://www.monroecrossing.com
Members of the band are Lisa Fuglie on fiddle and vocals; Art Blackburn on guitar and vocals; Matt Thompson on mandolin, vocals and second fiddle; banjo picker Benji Flaming: and bass player Mark Anderson.
The group is compiling a hefty touring schedule, which includes a June 18 stop at the Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, Ind., and the band’s third time aboard the annual Bell Buckle Music Cruise hosted by Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike. The cruise is slated for January 2009 with Mexico as its main destination.
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