Tribute to Grandpa Jones
Marty Stuart ** SOLD OUT ** -
Sam Bush ** Tickets are going fast **
September 3 - 4, 2010
The Tribute to Grandpa Jones is a favorite annual event at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Grandpa Jones and his family had a residence in Mountain View for many years and the popular country entertainer was an important member of the thriving musical community in scenic Stone County. Known for his frailing banjo style and gentle folk humor, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978. Jones died in 1998, at the age of 84, after complications from a stroke.
The weekend will also feature a Saturday afternoon seminar/workshop "Remembering Grandpa", with entertainers, friends and family members sharing their fond memories of the music legend. A special guest Saturday afternoon, will be Kyle Cantrell Announcer for the Grand Ole Opry.
Kyle Cantrell was born just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, where he grew up listening to the sounds of Noontime Neighbors and the Grand Ole Opry on his grandmother's tube-filled radio.After studying broadcasting and the recording industry at the University of Tennessee and Middle Tennessee State, Cantrell landed his first radio job in the summer of 1980 at Murfreesboro's WMTS.
By 1982, he had joined the staff of WSM, and in 1985 he took his place on stage as an announcer of the Grand Ole Opry.Cantrell's other broadcasting credentials are equally impressive. As a part of WSM's management team, he helped rebuild the station's historic stature, pioneering its first classic country format; and, since 2003 he has hosted, produced, and syndicated Classic Country Gold, which by the fall of 2005 was heard on more than 160 stations nationwide. While his 2003 Golden Voice Award as Outstanding Radio Personality honors his achievements in the industry thus far, Cantrell continues to live his dream and bring country and bluegrass music's heritage to listeners.
The workshop will be held at 2:00. Visitors must have tickets to the Ozark Folk Centers Craft Grounds in order to attend.
Ramona Jones and the Jones Family Band will be performing on Friday and Saturday, September 3 & 4 at 7 p.m. Also performing on Friday will be Sam Bush.
Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush doesn't seem old enough to be a musical legend. And he's not. But he is. Alternately known as the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass, Bush has been honored by the Americana Music Association and the International Bluegrass Music Association.
"It's overwhelming and humbling," Bush says of his lifetime achievement award from the AMA. "It goes along with the title cut of my new album, Circles Around Me, which basically says, how in the hell did we get this far? In my brain I'm still 17, but I look in the mirror and I'm 57."
Tickets for Friday are $15 and can be purchased by calling 870-269-3851.
** Tickets are going fast for Sam Bush **
As a stunning part of the Tribute to Grandpa Jones weekend, Marty Stuart will be headlining the evening performance.
From an early age, he was obsessed with Country Music. He was so obsessed, in fact, that he taught himself how to play the guitar and mandolin. At the age of 12, Stuart started performing with the Bluegrass group The Sullivans. He later met Lester Flatt and band member Roland White.. White invited Stuart to play with him and the Nashville Grass at the Labor Day gig in Delaware in 1972. After this, White asked him to join the band permanently and Stuart accepted. This made White responsible for the rest of Stuart's education. Marty stayed with Lester Flatt until Flatt broke up the band in 1978 due to his failing health.
* Marty Stuart Show is SOLD OUT *
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