[dcab-l] Bluegrass For Hospice Press Release (long version)

Press Release

IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Joe Mullins and Junior Sisk reunite for a Hall Of Fame Bluegrass Extravaganza, tickets now available

Rebel Recording Artists: Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice, Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers along with a special tribute to the legends of Bluegrass music by Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins will be performing Saturday October 24, 2015 at the Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills, MD for the Bluegrass for Hospice-2015

 

California, MD, August 24, 2015:  This year's Bluegrass for Hospice is well underway with only a few weeks away.  In its 7th year, Bluegrass for Hospice-2015 will feature a traditional Bluegrass performance by 2 of today's greatest traditional acts in Bluegrass music, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.  Also, Sisk and Mullins will team up for a rare performance featuring songs from there "Hall of Fame Bluegrass" CD on Rebel Records.  The event will be held on Saturday October 24, 2015 at the Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills, MD.  The event starts at Noon and all proceeds will go toward the Hospice of St. Mary's, Hospice House in Callaway, Maryland.

 

Also on hand will be some of St. Mary's County's finest local Bluegrass talent including: Charlie Thompson & Bottom County Bluegrass, Bluegrass Gospel Express, Bubby Abell & Spoon Creek, Recycled Bluegrass, David & Joe Norris, and "Cousin's In Harmony"-Jay Armsworthy and Woody Norris.  Troy Jones will provide sound for the day's event.  There'll be many door prizes, 50/50 raffles, silent auctions, and craft vendors set up inside.  There will be a food drive for the Helping Hands Food Pantry of Southern Maryland.  Everyone is encouraged, but not required, to bring a non-perishable food item.  This year's event is in memory of Billy Morgan, who was one the biggest sellers of raffle tickets for the money raffle each year.     

 

Headlining act, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, make a return appearance.  They were part of Bluegrass for Hospice-2013.  With two number one singles from there latest Rebel release, "Honky-Tonked To Death", spending nine months on the Bluegrass charts, Junior is living proof that hard core bluegrass can still be successful and relevant in the 21st century.  They perform hard-driving, lonesome, traditional bluegrass music.  Sisk's soulful, heartfelt vocals earned him the 2013 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year award. They have also helped him, along with his band, Ramblers Choice; earn a number of other awards over the past several years, including 2014 SPBGMA Bluegrass Band of the Year. Any fan of traditional Bluegrass will appreciate the quality of musicianship, songwriting, and singing that Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice deliver.

 

When speaking of Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, Pete Fisher, General Manager of the Grand Ole Opry quotes, "They are awesome!"  No matter the source, JMRR always put their distinctive stamp on a song, making it at once their own and a part of the chain of tradition that lies at the heart of bluegrass.  JMRR's professionalism and successful, heavily played recordings have kept them in demand with a national audience where they have been seen by thousands of fans across the continent at nearly every national bluegrass event.  In 2014, JMRR donated $3,000 to the Patriot Guard, which was 100% of proceeds from the digital download of their single, "The Last Parade".  They have been frequent guests at the Grand Ole Opry since their debut there in July 2013.  The Radio Ramblers have hit on just the right combination of bluegrass, traditional country, and gospel music to propel them into the top tier of today's touring bands.    

 

In October of 2013, Rebel Records released a duet project titled, "Hall of Fame Bluegrass" from a pair of the label's most ardent keepers of the flame, Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins.  It's an entire album recorded as a tribute to members of the International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) Bluegrass Hall of Fame.  Junior with his award-winning Rambler's Choice, and Joe first with The Traditional Grass, and now his current group, The Radio Ramblers, they are keeping Bluegrass music in the "old school way".

 

Tickets for Bluegrass for Hospice-2015 are currently on sale for $25.00 in advance and will be available at the door for $30.00.  Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult.  To purchase by mail, send a self-addressed stamped envelope along with a check made payable to "Hospice of St. Mary's" and mail to P.O. Box 741, California, MD, 20619.  To purchase with a credit card, go to www.bluegrassforhospice.com/4 and click on the Brown Paper Ticket tab.

 

Food will be provided for sale by the "3^rd District Optimist Kruzin' Kafe" and will feature some fine Southern Maryland style cooking at affordable prices.  Non-Perishable food items will be collected for the Helping Hands Food Bank.  Please bring your lawn chairs and BYOB.  The event will be held inside a handicap accessible barn with outdoor bathroom facilities.  The doors open at 11 am and the festivities begin at noon.

 

For more information, call 301-737-3004, email jaychelle1@verizon.net, and check the website at www.bluegrassforhospice.com.

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