By KAREN SHADE World Scene Writer Published: 3/21/2010 2:20 AM Last Modified: 3/21/2010 6:00 AM
Keep in mind, they range in age from 15 to 17 years.
But to the average listener, the members of the Rockin' Acoustic Circus could be bluegrass musicians in their prime.
The circus disagrees.
"They're still getting comfortable with their instruments," said Rick Morton, as the others agree.
He is the one member of the Tulsa-area band who can get away with such a statement.
As the lone adult member, Morton has been a musician for longer than the others have existed — the "others" being Sterling Abernathy, 16; Carson Clemishire, 16; Eric Dysart, 17; and Emma Hardin, 17; and Zac Hardin, 15.
When it gets down to it, what these teens lack in experience, they make up in a cool, fixed determination to make Rockin' Acoustic Circus a success.
On the edge of releasing a new album, "Lonestar Lullabye," the Circus comes closer to "main attraction" status with every live show and rehearsal. A "strong tune" by the late Ronnie Wiggins, "Lonestar Lullabye" catches this fairly new, very young musical group at an intriguing point in time.
What began about two years ago with Sterling and two other kids wanting to enter a band contest on a whim has grown into touring throughout the year to various folk and bluegrass festivals most weekends and much more heavily through the summer.
The CD release show is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at the Jazz Depot.
Last month, they were a showcase act at the International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, Tenn., and Wintergrass 2010 in Bellevue, Wash.
Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20100321_44_D6_TheRoc163012
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