Opry Time

Here's another plug for the Chrystal Opry house. Tonight is bluegrass night just as it is every first Saturday. I'll be sitting in with the odds and ends band. If you like bluegrass and old time country and live in or near the Dallas area, the folks at the Opry should could use patronage. It is a brand new building, very comfortable and air conditioned with a great sound system. Tickets are usually around $5 for a full evening of music. They are looking at expanding the facility there to open up a bluegrass festival grounds complete with rv hookups, pavilion and stage area. Check em out. Take 75 Hwy. to Howe, TX then Hwy 902 east towards Tom Bean, TX. When you get near Tom Bean look for the Chrystal Opry signs. It's just off the Hwy. on White Mound road.

Frisco Bluegrass Festival

Here's a pretty nice piece of news:

Pizza Hut Park in Frisco is hostng the first annual Frisco Bluegrass Festival on Sunday October 22nd. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Claire Lynch and Rhonda Vincent and Rage will be performing along with the Williams and Clark Expedition. Williams and Clark features Bob Clark who played with the click of OKC musicians that grew up with Vince Gill. I wished I could say that he was a member of Gills' Mountain Smoke, but I need to research that one. Tickets are $29.50 to $50.00 for the day. I really don't know how much of a festival type atmosphere they expect to have there as it sounds rather structured. Not the way bluegrass festivals normally operate. Talent seems good though and they've got some good sponsorships. Note to promoters: need more small time bands. Three pros and one semi up and coming is not what we call a "festival." That's what we call a "concert." Here's the site at www.friscobluegrass.com.