Nashville, Tenn. — The 2009 Springer Mountain Farms Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman series commenced with a pair of concerts from two of bluegrass music’s most lauded and loved artists, Doyle Lawson and Ricky Skaggs. A bluegrass-gospel superstar and well-recognized mandolin player of over 50 years, Lawson and his band Quicksilver took the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium to an overwhelmingly enthusiastic crowd on June 25. One week later, the legendary Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder played to a sold-out crowd just two days before Independence Day for the annual Red, White and Bluegrass Night of the series….

Darrell and Phyllis Adkins of Ohio-based Adkins Productions are now directing all proceeds from their mega-benefit, Musicians Against Childhood Cancer Music Festival, to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

“As you know, we have been promoting high-quality concerts and festivals for the past 25 years… These concerts formerly held at Frontier Ranch, and more recently Hoover Y-Park in Columbus, Ohio, have drawn thousands of fans from all over the world….”