24 Countryweekly.Com Countryweekly.Com 25

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

24 Countryweekly.Com Countryweekly.Com 25 fiery sound in the studio, working on its fifth studio album, the follow-up to last year’s Carry Me Back (which contains “Levi,” a poignant but no less rollicking tribute to a fan of Old Crow who was killed while deployed in Iraq). Critter says the group’s signature sound is as organic as its instruments. “We don’t even try to write in the old- time vein anymore. We just write and it “There has never been a better is an urgency to the sound that we’re Show. “I think more people know about tends to come out that way,” he says. time to be in a band with banjos and making, that says, ‘Hey, this is where that song than the band.” The secret, according to Ketch, lies in fiddles since 1927,” says Ketch Secor, fid- country music comes from. Respect The success of “Wagon Wheel,” and studying the legends. dle player and vocalist for modern-day your elders. This is the real deal.’” its ability to keep on rolling from its OCMs is formally inducted “You have to be a great songwriter into the Grand Ole Opry troubadours Old Crow Medicine Show. More than a few fans recognized that origins during a 1972 Dylan session to by Dierks bentley and listen to the great songwriters, and And he should know: The bluegrass about Old Crow Medicine Show—who today, isn’t lost on Ketch. “It’s a really (second from left) hope that your songs can match up,” string band he founded nearly 16 years won the Trailblazer Award at this year’s interesting phenomenon in country mu- and Marty stuart. he says, citing artists like Dylan, Kris ago is at the forefront of the organic Americana Music Honors & Awards sic that the song has been able to exist Kristofferson and, most importantly, instrument revival, along with such on- ceremony—when the now-seven-piece without any radio support,” he says. “I career come full circle this past August And they haven’t had much of a place Roy Acuff, OCMS’ muse. the-edge-of-country acts as Mumford & group released its first full-length really like this idea that it’s been propa- when they were invited by Marty Stuart on that stage in a long time. Things “It’s important that we remember that Sons and The Lumineers. studio album, O.C.M.S., in 2004. That gated one campfire at a time. This is a to become the newest members of the change and it’s important that they do, we’re here because of Roy,” Ketch states. “People want the real thing. There project included “Wagon Wheel,” song that has moved across the country Nashville institution. and the Opry has grown, but for the “When I walk into that Opry house, I see is a need for honesty in music and the ubiquitous singalong originally by young pickers and bluegrassers.” “It’s pretty wild that it happened,” Opry to recognize its roots by bring- Roy Acuff’s picture with his fiddle and there is nothing more honest than sketched out by Bob Dylan, finished by Naturally, the song has become a says Critter, still clearly awed by the ing a string band back, I just think it’s his smile, and I always say, ‘Hello, Roy, old-time music. This is the founda- Ketch and later taken to No. 1 on the staple of Old Crow Medicine Show’s induction. “It was surreal.” wonderful. When Roy Acuff came in thanks for letting us walk through these tion on which all of country is built,” country charts by Darius Rucker. sets, especially when the band— “For someone who plays full-time 1937 he brought his fiddle with him gates, play the fiddle and the banjo, and says Ketch. “In an era where country “That song has been great for us. rounded out by Kevin Hayes, Cory string band music like me and Old and a ragtag bunch of boys from East raise a ruckus on the Grand Ole Opry.” might sound like pop, in an era where Ketch and I have been playing it since Younts, Chance McCoy, Gill Landry and Crow Medicine Show does, there is Tennessee. Just like we did. We came We’d bet ol’ Roy is offering a hearty it’s hard to pick the country from the we were like 17,” says banjo player and Morgan Jahnig—performs at its new no higher level of recognition,” says down that same mountain that Roy “You’re welcome.” CW rock ’n’ roll, there just happens to vocalist Critter Fuqua, who, with Ketch, home, the Grand Ole Opry. After years Ketch. “It’s all about the fiddle. It’s all Acuff came down, with banjos a-blazin’ be a number of bands that . put in would busk on street corners in an of entertaining tourists outside on the about that banjo. These are the instru- and fiddles full of fire.” early formation of Old Crow Medicine Opry House plaza, the guys saw their ments that made Americans listen. Currently, the band is harnessing its check where country music is. There CRACKERFARMCHRISOCMSHOLLO/HOLLOBY BY OPRYEYESLOWE/ALL MEDIA;PHOTOGRAPHICS/GRAND OCMSAT OPRYOLE (From left) Kevin hayes, Chance McCoy, Morgan Jahnig, Ketch secor, Critter Fuqua, Cory Younts and Gill Landry 24 COUNTRYWEEKLY.COM COUNTRYWEEKLY.COM 25.
Recommended publications
  • Songs by Artist
    Songs by Artist Title Title Title Title - Be 02 Johnny Cash 03-Martina McBride 05 LeAnn Rimes - Butto Folsom Prison Blues Anyway How Do I Live - Promiscuo 02 Josh Turner 04 Ariana Grande Ft Iggy Azalea 05 Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - TWIST & SHO Why Don't We Just Dance Problem Endless Love (Without Vocals) (Christmas) 02 Lorde 04 Brian McKnight 05 Night Ranger Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Royals Back At One Sister Christian Karaoke Mix (Kissed You) Good Night 02 Madonna 04 Charlie Rich 05 Odyssey Gloriana Material Girl Behind Closed Doors Native New Yorker (Karaoke) (Kissed You) Good Night Wvocal 02 Mark Ronson Feat.. Bruno Mars 04 Dan Hartman 05 Reba McIntire Gloriana Uptown Funk Relight My Fire (Karaoke) Consider Me Gone 01 98 Degress 02 Ricky Martin 04 Goo Goo Dolls 05 Taylor Swift Becouse Of You Livin' La Vida Loca (Dance Mix) Slide (Dance Mix) Blank Space 01 Bob Seger 02 Robin Thicke 04 Heart 05 The B-52's Hollywood Nights Blurred Lines Never Love Shack 01 Bob Wills And His Texas 02 Sam Smith 04 Imagine Dragons 05-Martina McBride Playboys Stay With Me Radioactive Happy Girl Faded Love 02 Taylor Swift 04 Jason Aldean 06 Alanis Morissette 01 Celine Dion You Belong With Me Big Green Tractor Uninvited (Dance Mix) My Heart Will Go On 02 The Police 04 Kellie Pickler 06 Avicci 01 Christina Aguilera Every Breath You Take Best Days Of Your Life Wake Me Up Genie In A Bottle (Dance Mix) 02 Village People, The 04 Kenny Rogers & First Edition 06 Bette Midler 01 Corey Hart YMCA (Karaoke) Lucille The Rose Karaoke Mix Sunglasses At Night Karaoke Mix 02 Whitney Houston 04 Kim Carnes 06 Black Sabbath 01 Deborah Cox How Will I Know Karaoke Mix Bette Davis Eyes Karaoke Mix Paranoid Nobody's Supposed To Be Here 02-Martina McBride 04 Mariah Carey 06 Chic 01 Gloria Gaynor A Broken Wing I Still Believe Dance Dance Dance (Karaoke) I Will Survive (Karaoke) 03 Billy Currington 04 Maroon 5 06 Conway Twitty 01 Hank Williams Jr People Are Crazy Animals I`d Love To Lay You Down Family Tradition 03 Britney Spears 04 No Doubt 06 Fall Out Boy 01 Iggy Azalea Feat.
    [Show full text]
  • UNIVERSAL MUSIC • Imagine Dragons – Smoke + Mirrors (Fan Pack) • Emile Haynie – We Fall • Misterwives – Our Own Ho
    • Imagine Dragons – Smoke + Mirrors (Fan Pack) • Emile Haynie – We Fall • MisterWives – Our Own House New Releases From Classics And Jazz Inside!!! And more… UNI15-07 UNIVERSAL MUSIC 2450 Victoria Park Ave., Suite 1, Willowdale, Ontario M2J 5H3 Phone: (416) 718.4000 *Artwork shown may not be final UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA NEW RELEASE Artist/Title: SHANIA TWAIN // STILL THE ONE: Live From Vegas (BLU-RAY) Cat. #: EVB335029 Price Code: BC Order Due: February 5, 2015 Release Date: March 3, 2015 File: Pop Genre Code: 33 Box Lot: 25 8 01213 35029 2 Artist/Title: SHANIA TWAIN // STILL THE ONE: Live From Vegas (DVD) Cat. #: EV307009 Price Code: KK 8 01213 07009 1 Synopsis The original queen of crossover country-pop and the world’s best-selling female country artist of all time, Shania Twain, stars in her spectacular show “Shania: Still The One”. This ground-breaking residency show was filmed live at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas where it began its run on December 1st, 2012. “Shania: Still The One” was created by Shania Twain and directed by Raj Kapoor. It takes the audience on a powerful journey through Shania’s biggest hits, country favourites and beloved crossover songs. Glamorous costumes, a 13-piece live band, backing singers and dancers are combined with stunning visuals and live horses to create the ultimate Las Vegas entertainment and to prove that Shania Twain is undoubtedly Still The One! Bonus Features Backstage Pass – an hour long documentary telling the story of the creation and staging of this amazing live show. Key Selling Points • Filmed in high definition and simultaneously released on Blu-ray.
    [Show full text]
  • May 22-28 2014
    MAY 22-28 2014 BROADWAY AT THE EMBASSY October 20, 2014 October 20, 2014 RETURNING BY POPULAR DEMAND 13 & 14, November, January 25, 2015 January 25, Photos by Jeremy Daniel February 25, 2015 25, February FORT WAYNE PREMIERE April 14 - 19, 2015 Subscribe To The 2014 - 15 Season Today 260.424.5665 | FWEmbassyTheatre.org 2015 March 25, 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com -----------------------------------------------------------------May 22, 2014 whatzup Proudly presents in Fort Wayne, Indiana Volume 18, Number 41 ON SALE THIS f you’re looking for something to do in the Fort Wayne area this week or MAYFRIDAY! 23 ! next, you’ve come to the right place. We’re in our 18th year of telling Fort Wayne area residents where to go – or whatzup, to put it more mildly. RegularI readers already know that this is where to go if you want to find every- thing there is to do – music, theatre, art, what have you – all in one place. If you’re new to whatzup, we invite you to spend some time reading this publica- tion’s features, calendars, columns and ads. We’re pretty sure you’re going to find something you don’t want to miss. A print product such as this has one serious limitation: space. So if you’re looking for something to do in, say, a month or two from now, check out our website at www.whatzup.com. If we have it in our system (and we work hard at making sure we do), you’re going to find it there. And whether at your Thursday August 21, 2014 • 7:30 pm computer or on your smartphone, you’re going to find our website more com- The FoellingerFree Movies Theatre • Fort Wayne, Indiana Tickets The Nut Job Wed June 15 9:00 pm prehensive and easily navigated than any other art and entertainment or news On-line By Phone Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his www.foellingertheatre.org (260) 427-6000 park andOn forced to survive Sale in the city.
    [Show full text]
  • Page 1 February 2016 Edition by Song Title #Icanteven (I Can't Even)
    PAGE 1 FEBRUARY 2016 EDITION BY SONG TITLE #ICANTEVEN (I 31837 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 187 VS FELIX (V) 30961 BOOTLEG CAN'T EVEN) (V) FT FRENCH MONTANA 19 YOU + ME (V) 27215 DAN & SHAY #SELFIE (V) 27946 THE CHAINSMOKERS 1901 (V) 23066 BIRDY $100 BILL (EXPLICIT) (V) 26811 JAY-Z 19-2000 (V) 24095 GORILLAZ (DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER BLUE OYSTER CULT (7 INCH EDIT) (V) 30394 1959 (V) 16532 LEE KERNAGHAN 1973 12579 JAMES BLUNT (I'D BE) A LEGEND RONNIE MILSAP IN MY TIME (V) 31396 1979 (V) 19860 SMASHING PUMPKINS (IF PARADISE IS) AMEN CORNER 1982 (V) 28398 RANDY TRAVIS HALF AS NICE (V) 32025 1983 (NINETEEN 21305 NEON TREES (WIN, PLACE OR SHOW) INTRUDERS EIGHTY THREE) (V) SHE'S A WINNER (V) 32232 1984 (V) 29718 DAVID BOWIE (YOU DRIVE ME) CRAZY BRITNEY SPEARS (ALBUM VERSION) (V) 31784 1985 (V) 2222 BOWLING FOR SOUP 1994 (V) 25845 JASON ALDEAN (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) 31218 ARETHA FRANKLIN A NATURAL WOMAN (V) 1999 8496 PRINCE MARTIN SOLVEIG 1999 (EXTENDED VERSION) PRINCE +1 (V) 32224 FT SAM WHITE 4347 19TH NERVOUS 0 TO 100 - THE CATCH DRAKE 9087 THE ROLLING STONES UP (EXPLICIT) (V) 30044 BREAKDOWN DESMOND DEKKER 1-LUV 6733 E-40 007 12105 & THE ACES 1ST MAN IN SPACE 23233 ALL SEEING I 1 - 2 - 3 (V) 20677 LEN BARRY (FIRST) (V) BONE THUGS N 1 2 3 O'LEARY (V) 17028 DES O'CONNOR 1ST OF THA MONTH 6874 HARMONY 1 TRAIN (V) 30741 A$AP ROCKY 2 BAD 6696 MICHAEL JACKSON 1, 2 STEP (V) 2181 CIARA FT MISSY ELLIOTT 2 BECOME 1 7451 SPICE GIRLS 1, 2, 3, 4 (SUMPIN' NEW) 7051 COOLIO 2 DOORS DOWN 13629 MYSTERY JETS 1, 2, 3, 4 (V) 3778 PLAIN WHITE T'S 2 HEARTS 12951 KYLIE MINOGUE
    [Show full text]
  • 440-413-0247
    Open Noon to past sunset OPEN Sunday-ThursdaySun-Thurs 12-6 ALL and Midnight on Fridays YEAR! & Saturdays Visit us for your next Vacation or Get-Away! Four Rooms Complete with Private Hot Tubs 4573 Rt. 307 East, Harpersfi eld, Ohio Three Rooms at $80 & Outdoor Patios 440.415.0661 One Suite at $120 www.bucciavineyard.com JOIN US FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ALL Live Entertainment Fridays & Saturdays! WEEKEND! Appetizers & Full Entree www.debonne.com Menu See Back Cover See Back Cover For Full Info For Full Info www.grandrivercellars.com 2 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 June 24 - July 15, 2015 Debonne Vineyards to host the First Annual Seafood & Wine Festival Debonne Vineyards, Ohio’s largest estate winery, is planning their fi rst annual Seafood & Wine Festival set for Friday, July 17th from 5-11 p.m. The festival will feature their award winning estate wines paired with delicious small plates from area restaurants including Rennick’s Meat Market, Grand River Cellars Winery & Connect 534 was designed around creating and marketing new events Restaurant, and Scales & Tails Food Truck, just along State Route 534; The City of to name a few. Each will feature a couple of Geneva, Geneva Township, Geneva- different dishes to offer to the public for a small on-the-Lake, and Harpersfield fee. If you are not a seafood fan, not to worry, Township. Connect 534 is working the Grill at Debonne will also be featuring their hard to promote local businesses and regular menu as well. The festival itself is free involve the community in new and but their will be a small parking donation to the revitalized events and programs.
    [Show full text]
  • Mountain Stage Guest Artist List
    MOUNTAIN STAGE GUEST ARTIST LIST 1981 March Bob Thompson Jazz Trio, Putnam County Pickers 1983 December Larry Parson’s Chorale, Bob Thompson Jazz Trio, John Pierson 1984 January Currence Brothers, Ethel Caffie-Austin Singers, Terry Wimmer February Rhino Moon, Moloney, O’Connell & Keane, Alan Klein, Robert Shafer March Trapezoid, Charleston String Quartet, Bonnie Collins, April Stark Raven, Joe Dobbs/Friends, Alan Freeman, Joe McHugh May Hot Rize, Red Knuckles & Trailblazers, Karen McKay, Alan/Jeremy Klein June Norman Blake/Rising Fawn Ensemble, Appalachian String Quartet, Elmer Bird, Jeff and Angela Scott July Still Portrait, Everett Lilly/Appalachian Mountain, Sweet Adelines August Bill Danoff, Ann Baker/Bob Thompson Trio, Bob Shank, Alice Rice September Clan Erdverkle, Ron Sowell, Tracy Markusic, Shirley Fisher October Critton Hollow String Band, Tom Church, Marc & Cheryl Harshman November Turley Richards, Night Sky, Mountain Stage Regulars December (1 hr. Christmas special) West Virginia Brass, Bob Thompson, Devon McNamara 1985 January Turley Richards, West Virginia Brass, Bonnie Collins February Whetstone Run, Lucky Jazz Band, Alice Rice March Alex de Grassi, Nat Reese, Maggie Anderson April Guy Clark, Trapezoid, Marc Harshman May Bob Thompson, Ann Baker, Paul Skyland, Devon McNamara June 1 (Spoleto-Chas, SC) Hot Rize, Red Knuckles, John Roberts/Tony Barrand, Moving Star Singers June John McEuen, Mountain Thyme, John Rosenbohm, Bonnie Collins July Bill Danoff, Steadfast, Faith Holsaert August Buster Coles, Bing Brothers, Bob Baber
    [Show full text]
  • Digital Bozone 10-1-18
    Ellen keynote precedes annual Raptor showcase at Bridger t’s back! The annual Bridger Tropical regions are famous for being Unfortunately, traditional shade manage- people of all ages. A highlight every year, Raptor Festival returns for its biodiversity hotspots, but they also face ment has given way to intensive “sun Saturday will feature an Oktober Fest event annual event, Friday through widespread deforestation, land degradation, coffee” monocultures. In her talk, Dr. from 3–6pm with live music, food, and beer Sunday, October 5th–7th. Events are and poverty. As such, there is urgent need Rodewald will discuss how shade-coffee and in the Jim Bridger Lodge. Get the full FREE and open to the public. to identify creative ways to sustain biodiver- other agroforestry practices can support schedule of weekend events at Raptor Fest centers on the largest sity, protect ecosystem services, and support bird conservation, healthy ecosystems, and www.bridgerraptorfest.org. Skiers and known Golden Eagle migration in human health and well-being. Shade-grown human communities in Latin America. snowboarders, please note: Bridger Bowl’s the United States. A raptor migra- coffee farms are well-suited to simultane- Rodewald is the Garvin Professor and Season Pass Sale will unfold on Saturday and tion count takes place every fall at the top ously meet economic, social, and ecological Senior Director of Conservation Science at Sunday from 10am–3pm each day in of the Ridge. needs. When coffee is grown under trees, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Saddle Peak Lodge during the festival. The weekend festival will be preceded farms can supply a variety of products (e.g., Department of Natural Resources at Lesson program sign-ups and rental fittings Iby a kick-off keynote presentation by coffee, fruits, firewood, lumber, and Cornell University.
    [Show full text]
  • 'Cause Momma Does It Best
    Only Slightly More Offensive Than Cable November 2009 FREE! Vol. 1 - Issue 8 In this month’s issue... Check out our interview with Old Crow Medicine Show! Before (On Left) After Shana McCoy’s Makeover see more pics on page 11 The Best of Paducah O Vote On Your O Favorite Spots Around Town Freezor Pop Fest Come The Show You Don’t Wanna Miss! Win A Date With Bella! Get You Some... See Page 7 For Details ‘Cause Momma Does It Best! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 2 2 - Editor’s Note Shana McCoy’s Makeover Pics 3 - Upcoming Events 12 - Momma Does It Best: Mother Duncan’s 4 - Rant ‘N Rave: I Heart Paducah 13 - Mother Duncan’s Cont’d Contents 5 - Movie Going For Morons 14 - Freezor Pop Fest Why Must the Holidays Be Hell-of-Days? 15 - The Season For Giving: Local Charities 6 - Sex In the Sticks and Where To Get Your X-Mas Gifts 7 - Win A Date With Bella 16 - Shana McCoy’s Makeover Check Out Bella Bazooka’s Face- 8 - Old Crow Medicine Show Interview 17 - The Best of Paducah book page, with pics of us being sa- 9 - Old Crow Cont’d 18 - The Best of Paducah Cont’d lacious hussies and everything. And 10 - Around Town Pics 19 - The First Ever Affordable Art Show we now have our very own web- site! www.bazookamagazine.com 11 - Around Town Cont’d 20 - Back Cover Editor’s Note Hey Guys! Welcome to the eighth issue of Bazooka Magazine. Man, this thing is just blowing up! In just the past month I have heard from so many new fans who tell me how stoked they are that there is finally an alternative newspaper in town.
    [Show full text]
  • Ctba Newsletter 1208
    1 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION IBMA Member Central Vol. 34 No. 8 Texas Bluegrass August 1, 2012 Copyright © 2012 by Central Texas Bluegrass Association THE AUSTIN STEAMERS 2 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION The Listening Post The Listening Post is a forum established to monitor bluegrass musical recordings, live performances, or events in Texas. Our mailbox sometimes contains CDs for us to review. Here is where you will find reviews of the CD’s Central Texas Bluegrass Association receives as well as reviews of live performances or workshops. CTBA has its Annual Band Scramble - Good fun!! Steep Canyon Rangers Nobody Knows You (2012), Rounder Records. Together for 12 years, the Steep Canyon Rangers are most noted in recent years for backing comedian Steve Martin. The Rangers stated goal for this CD was to “sep- arate themselves from the pack,” which they manage to do with their strong ar- rangements and top-notch production. Definitely con- temporary grass, nothing Rose in the Tall Grass: Elise Bright (fiddle), Russell Holley-Hart (mando), Tony Kamel (guitar), Lenny Nichols (bass), traditional here. Following Greg Lowery (dobro), Lyndal Cannon (banjo) in the Nickel Creek/Union Station vein, this collection of originals is full of rhyth- mic punches; time and me- ter shifts, which are com- monplace among today’s top groups. Their vocal har- monies are stellar. “Easy To Love” (Tr 3) has a nice Celtic 6/8 feel. Other songs have a swing feel (“Between Mid- night and the Dawn” Tr 4), a ballad (“Natural Disaster” Tr 6) and rocking acous- tic country groove (“Long Shot” Tr 12).
    [Show full text]
  • Old Crow Medicine Show
    OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW Old Crow Medicine Show started busking on street corners in 1998 New York state and up through Canada, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. They eventually found themselves in Boone, North Carolina where they caught the attention of folk icon Doc Watson while playing in front of a pharmacy. He invited the band to play at his festival, MerleFest, helping to launch their career. Shortly thereafter the band was hired to entertain crowds between shows at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. It's been over nineteen years since these humble beginnings. The band has gone on to receive the honor of being inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry, and have won two Grammy Awards: "Best Folk Album" for Remedy (2014) and "Best Long Form Music Video" for Big Easy Express (2013). Additionally, their classic single, "Wagon Wheel", received the RIAA's Platinum certification in 2013 for selling over 1,000,000 copies. Old Crow Medicine Show has toured the world playing renowned festivals and venues such as: Bonnaroo, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Cambridge Folk Festival, Coachella, London's Roundhouse, The Ryman Auditorium, The Barclays Center, New Orleans Jazz Fest, The Fox Theater Atlanta, The Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Summerstage in Central Park NYC, Forecastle, the Newport Folk Festival, and several appearances on A Prairie Home Companion. They've toured with artists such as Willie Nelson & Family, Brandi Carlile, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, John Prine, The Avett Brothers and others. In 2011 Old Crow found themselves embarking on the historic Railroad Revival Tour with Mumford & Sons, and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros.
    [Show full text]
  • Old Crow Medicine Show
    OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW Old Crow Medicine Show started busking on street corners in 1998 New York state and up through Canada, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. They eventually found themselves in Boone, North Carolina where they caught the attention of folk icon Doc Watson while playing in front of a pharmacy. He invited the band to play at his festival, MerleFest, helping to launch their career. Shortly thereafter the band was hired to entertain crowds between shows at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. It's been over twenty years since these humble beginnings. The band has gone on to receive the honor of being inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry, and have won two Grammy Awards: "Best Folk Album" for Remedy (2014) and "Best Long Form Music Video" for Big Easy Express (2013). Additionally, their classic single, "Wagon Wheel", received the RIAA's Platinum certification in 2013 for selling over 1,000,000 copies. Old Crow Medicine Show has toured the world playing renowned festivals and venues such as: Bonnaroo, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Cambridge Folk Festival, Coachella, London's Roundhouse, The Ryman Auditorium, The Barclays Center, New Orleans Jazz Fest, The Fox Theater Atlanta, The Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Summerstage in Central Park NYC, Forecastle, the Newport Folk Festival, and several appearances on A Prairie Home Companion. They've toured with artists such as Willie Nelson & Family, Brandi Carlile, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, John Prine, The Avett Brothers and others. The band also took part in the historic Railroad Revival Tour, traveling from California to New Orleans on a vintage train, which was captured in the Emmet Malloy directed documentary, Big Easy Express.
    [Show full text]
  • December 2008 a Look They’Ve Got ISSUES
    Volume 69 Number 4 December 2008 A look They’ve Got ISSUES... inside Haleigh Fellows who also hold a much different outlook and opinion in life. As Ruth Photographer Wooten said, “I was able to meet people with very different opinions but still have a common goal, to learn how to make a difference.” The Twelve of our excellent peers recently traveled to the small, remote And making a difference is exactly what the conference is all about. town of Jabez, KY. Why would they travel six, long hours to the middle Programs such as Backpack for Kids were invented at this very event. of nowhere? So they could participate in none other than the 4-H Issues The humanitarian teens found at this conference are genuinely con- Oak“K” Conference, of course. 4-H Issues Conference is a three-day event that cerned about improving and aiding their communities and work as hard combines teens from all over the state that show significant leadership in as possible in there spare time to do so. their community. Derek Operle (12), Richard Scelzi (12), Andrew 4-H Issues Conference is jam-packed with outstanding people, won- Croft (11), Roberto Arreaza (11), Megan Sin (11), Katie Clayton derful opportunities, and one amazingly fun time. Our twelve fellow (11), Morgan Jenny (11), Mandy Jackson (11), Seth Helton (11), teens should be congratulated for their incredible accomplishments and Jordan Potter (10), and Ruth Wooten (10) teamed up with their fel- talent, and hope that you are one of the lucky chosen ones to attend this low leaders to tackle tough teen subjects such as drugs and alcohol, awesome conference in the future.
    [Show full text]