Michael Cleveland, Flamekeeper hot on Music City trail
Category: Bluegrass News
By Dan Tackett
June 3, 2009
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper (L-R) Marshall Wilburn, Darrell Webb, Michael Cleveland, Jesse Brock and Jessie Baker.
WSM 650 AM will host a special interview with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper at the Country Music Hall of Fame on Friday (June 5).
The interview ,with WSM’s Bill Cody in the Ford Theater, is free to the public.
To include a short performance, the interview will begin at approximately 9 a.m.
The interview will also be broadcast live on www.wsmonline.com.
Cleveland and his band will perform later that night beginning at 9 o’clock, at the Station Inn, and will travel to McMinnville, Tenn., on Saturday to perform along with Cherryholmes at Bluegrass Underground starting at 2 p.m.
All that is a Music City prelude to Flamekeeper’s appearance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. June 25 for the series kickoff of “Bluegrass Nights At The Ryman.” Cleveland and Flamekeeper will share the stage that night with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Tickets can can be purchased online or by calling the Ryman Box Office at (615) 889-3060.
And, a final tidbit about the group: Its debut Rounder release, Leavin’ Town, is No. 5 on the National Bluegrass Survey’s Top 15 Bluegrass Albums chart and the title cut from the CD is No. 6 on the survey’s Top 30 Bluegrass Singles chart.
• Bill Cody • Bluegrass Underground • Cherryholmes • Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver • Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper • Station Inn • WSM 650 AM