Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac

IBMA’s 2009 Broadcaster of the Year, Katy Daley, will have two special guests on her Thursday (Oct. 22) show from the studios of WAMU, the FM and on-line public radio station affiliated with American University.

Darren Beachley and Mark Delaney of the band, Darren Beachley and Legends of the Potomac, will co-host The Katy Daley show from 8 to 10 a.m. as a part of Bluegrass Country.Org’s Fall Membership campaign. Bluegrass Country.Org is the supporting entity behind WAMU’s famous bluegrass radio shows.

“Mark and I are really excitied about the opportuinty to sit down with Katy and help do the work that needs to be done to keep bluegrass alive and kickin’,” Beachley said.

Both Beachley and Delaney grew up with WAMU’s Bluegrass Country and spent many hours listening to the likes of Daley, Gary Henderson, Lee Micheal Demsey and Ray Davis.

“For us to be able to be in the studio, of a place that’s meant so much to us and bluegrass music over the years is a real treat,” said Beachley. “I remember as a kid they would be doing the membership drives and would do what they called a winter bluegrass festival and it was great stuff, from, all gospel to live shows, It was a great time and Mark and I are very honored”.

The band mates will also be talking about Legends of the Potomac’s new CD that is near completion, and they will play tracks from “Sidecar,” Delaney’s latest solo release on Patuxent Music.