Big Hillbilly Bluegrass will tour Africa
Category: Bluegrass News
By Travis Tackett
November 23, 2009
Bob Perilla’s Big Hillbilly Bluegrass, a musical ensemble based in Washington, DC, has been chosen by the U.S. State Department for a month-long tour to five African countries as musical and cultural ambassadors. The band will visit Mauritania, Togo, Benin, the Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic from December 2009 through January 2010.
All the members of the group, which has played weekly at Madam’s Organ in Washington, DC, since 1994…
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Big Hillbilly Bluegrass, Bob Perilla, Elizabeth Day, Mike Munford, Tad Marks
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