EVEN PAGE Page 4 – Colby Free Press – Bluegrass Festival – Monday, July 11, 2011

COURTESY PHOTO Darrin Vincent, Jamie Dailey and their band are the headline act at this year’s Pickin’ New act headlines on the Plains. at Pickin’ on the Plains Named by the New York Times as one of the They are joined by Christian Davis on bass best new acts in bluegrass, Dailey and Vin- vocals and guitar; Joe Dean Jr. on bass vocals, cent are the headline act at this year’s Pickin’ banjo and guitar; Jeff Parker on harmony vo- on the Plains. cals, mandolin and guitar; and Jesse Stock- They will play special 1 1/2 hour concerts man on fiddle. at 8:15 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Last year Cracker Barrel restaurants com-

Darrin Vincent, a mandolin, bass and guitar missioned the group to record an album of ! player and singer, began his musical career at the old Statler Brothers hits. Dailey and Vin- l age 6 with his family band, the Sally Moun- cent reworked the old pop country songs for tain Show. Before teaming up with Dailey, acoustic strings and their particular brand of a he played for 10 years with Ricky Skaggs harmonic vocals, resulting in an album that Welcome to the Festival! v and Kentucky Thunder. He has five Gram- debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass i my awards and eight Bluegrass Association charts and made it into the top 20 on the coun- awards. try charts. t

Jamie Dailey, who also sings and plays bass Committee member Jo Booth was in awe s and guitar, has been lead singer and guitar- after watching the band perform at the Walnut ist for Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, which Valley Festival at Winfield. e

won 13 association awards during his time. “I was just mesmerized through the whole F

He has also recorded with Dolly Parton and show.” she said. “I couldn’t believe the time

Rhonda Vincent, Darrin’s sister. went so fast. They were awesome.” e Dailey and Vincent met in 2001, but it Blake McLemore, of the Colby Bluegrass 1100 W. 4th • Colby, KS 1085 Taylor Ave • Colby, KS

wasn’t until 2008 that the pair released their band The McLemores, agreed. h

first, self-titled album, which won Album of “It was the best concert of any kind I’ve t

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