It's the 8th annual...
LAUREL HIGHLANDS BLUEGRASS MUSIC FESTIVAL!
June 18-19, 2010 - Route 271, Waterford, Just 5 Miles North of Ligonier, PA
This is the first of several posts for The 2110 Laurel Highlands Bluegrass Featival, check the web site for more details.
With Hard Ryde, this year our festival goes "international!" We were lucky enough to snag this award-winning, six-piece band from Canada. It would take several paragraphs to list all the individual and band awards this group has amassed, both in Canada and the States. They're that good. Of their latest CD, Bluegrass Unlimited says their "precise instrumental chops complement their fine harmonies" and calls them "first rate." We're eager to present them to you.
Doug DeBour (guitar and vocals) is at the helm of the band and has reached Hall-of-Fame status with the Central Canadian Bluegrass Association for his vocals and guitar playing. Will Meadows (mandolin and vocals) and Chris Ricker (fiddle) are both award winners and seasoned veterans of the bluegrass scene. Rich Koop (bass) was the Central Canadian "Bass Player of the Year" for 2007 and nominated again in 2008, while hard-driving banjoist D'Arcy Campbell took "Banjo Player of the Year" honors in 2008. Described as an "instrumental genius" and "acoustic enigma," guitarist Marc Roy is a regular face on the bluegrass scene in both the U.S. and Canada. He was named "Guitar Player of the Year" in 2007 and has recorded with several artists.
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