We had a great time in Gettysburg on Thursday. We enjoyed playing there and enjoyed listening to our roster mates at Roe Entertainment: Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper and The Lonesome River Band. My Bluegrass Junction show tomorrow (Saturday, noon to 6PM eastern) will be from backstage at the festival (note: there didn’t used to be a backstage at Gettysburg, one of the big changes I noticed since I was last there), and I’ll have interviews of Mike Hartgrove from the Lonesome River Band, Michael Cleveland, and Lorraine Jordan and Tommy Long from Carolina Road.
Speaking of Roe Entertainment roster mates, we’ll be performing tomorrow (Saturday the 20th) with Dale Ann Bradley at Bluegrass Underground, which takes place at the Cumberland Caverns near McMinnville, TN. We’ve never been there, but we’re told it’s a great place to play. Apparently bluegrass music sounds way better underground (all bluegrass events would be held underground if it were practical). This is a WSM radio internet and public TV taping, so if you don’t have a chance to be there in person, you may have a chance to catch it in one of those above ground forms. We’re very excited to be playing this series for the first time. http://bluegrassunderground.com
New CD update: our new “best of” collection on Rebel Records, which will feature some new tracks, is going to be released a little later than originally planned. We’re now looking at a possible November release date, but we’ll keep you posted. Meanwhile, one of the new tracks, “Final Farewell”, will be made available to radio as a single by mid-September, via the CD radio service “New Cuts of Bluegrass”. “Final Farewell” is a new song that Jon Weisberger and I co-wrote.
By the way, Jon and I will be playing this coming Tuesday night at the downtown Nashville music club The Rutledge. We’ll be there with other pickers and singers who participated in “The 1861 Project”. I’ll be singing the 2 songs that I recorded on the album, both of which were co-written by Jon Weisberger, Charlie Stefl and album producer Thomm Jutz. Our start time at The Rutledge is 7:00 PM.
Jon Weisberger and Mark Stoffel presenting breakfast
