Frisco Response

Here is a reponse from someone associated with the Frisco Bluegrass Festival (a couple of posts back). I appreciate his feedback.

"Hey Banj – thanks for your blog comments about the Frisco Bluegrass Festival. This is a brand new event, and we really wanted to do something this year, so we had to pull it together very quickly (like in the last couple of months). You mentioned that you don’t know how much of a “festival” atmosphere we will have – well, that depends on how many people show up to jam! We are dedicating the huge Verizon Wireless Club (the air-conditioned stadium club) to jammers for the entire day, so hopefully there will be a lot of fun jamming going on in there all afternoon. Also, we have added local band Cadillac Sky to the lineup. Hopefully that will get us closer to the “festival” atmosphere you desire.

If we have a good turnout, we will be able to make this an annual event. If it succeeds and grows, we would love to have it turn into a two-day format with more local bands, etc. I hope you will plan to come out and jam!"

Support this effort. It's time someone put forth the resources to bring in such great talent to a place as large as the Dallas Metro. They've put their faith out there that people will come. Make your plans now and thanks in advance for supporting bluegrass music!

Andy Owens

Does anyone remember the Andy Owens Project? I recently found both cd's on ebay, new in the the wrapper. I had forgotten how good the second cd was. We used to go to the Ozona Bar and Grill on Greenville Ave. and watch the band as they usually opened for someone else. Andy actually was doing the promoting. His band at the time, which was around 1991 or so was awesome. The track "Blue Letter" with violinist and singer Reggie Ruefer is spectacular. From what I have read, Reggie still lives in Arlington and works off and on in Nashville, sometimes as sideman for Charlie Pride. Andy on the other hand I believe has a family and bought a place somewhere in the mountains of Colorado. The cd is called "Real Music." It's Real good stuff.