I had to knock out a quick post after enjoying a great evening of bluegrass, delicious food & drink and old friends at the 13th annual Hoedown in the Garden at St. Joseph's Villa. The venerable Lonesome River Band is definitely back in business with the return of lead vocalist/guitarist Brandon Rickman who's honed his interpretive skills to a high level in his time away with family. Along with Matt Ledbetter (Phil's son) on Dobro, Alan Ball on mandolin and Mike Anglin (formerly with Larry Cordle and 3 Fox Drive) on bass, LRB seems to have found its trademark groove again. Hats off to a patient and dedicated Sammy Shelor for delivering something worth waiting for...solid, hard-hitting bluegrass of the highest caliber. They played at this fundraiser for the Flagler Home at St. Joseph's Villa, and it's highly recommended that you make plans for next year. It's a pretty pricey ticket ($75) but when it includes four hours of open bar and a delicious buffet of barbecue chicken and pork along with delectible crabcake and oyster apppetizers catered by David Napier of the White House Restaurant and Old City Bar, not to mention two sets of LRB, it's a serious bargain. FYI, we were treated to an opening act I hadn't had the chance to hear before...longtime banjo great Clyde Bailey (with son Christopher playing a mean bass cello) and the Rock Solid Bluegrass Band (I'll confess I might have missed their exact name) opening the evening with an impressive set of tunes. We'll be hearing more from them I'm sure.
On to America's birthday party...night all...TT
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Tim,it was great seeing you Friday night. Thanks for the note on Christopher. It will be interesting to see the direction he goes with music.
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