JEANETTE WILLIAMS / GEORGE JONES Duet
NASHVILLE, TN (10.5.06) Blue Circle Records released
the single Thank You For Caring featuring the
award-winning bluegrass artist, Jeanette Williams and
the legendary George Jones on September 26th during
the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA)
World of Bluegrass in Nashville.
The upcoming album is a solo project by Williams titled
Thank You For Caring. She has recorded 11 projects,
including the critically acclaimed chart album, Cherry
Blossoms In The Springtime. She is also included on
this year’s IBMA Recorded Event of the Year album,
Back to the Well by the Daughters of Bluegrass
(Blue Circle Records). The album includes some of
the top female talent in bluegrass music. Winners
were announced at the Grand Ole Opry House last week.
Williams is donating portions of the album sales to the Red Cross for isaster relief. The song was inspired by a young girl whom songwriter Dixie Hall met during a mission to gather relief items for victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The child had unselfishly donated her personal hope chest with words of appreciation “Thank you for caring” which then was captured in song by Tom T. and Dixie Hall. Ben Isaacs produced the single and also provided harmony vocals. Other musicians include Jeanette Williams (bass); Johnny Williams (guitar); Tony Mabe (banjo), and guest, Aubrey Haynie (mandolin and fiddle).
Jeanette Williams currently tours with The Jeanette Williams Band. More information can be found at www.JeanetteWilliams.com
including her full tour schedule.
CONTACT:
Jeanette Williams
www.JeanetteWilliams.com
jwband@mindspring.com
Record Label:
BLUE CIRCLE RECORDS
info@bluecirclerecords.com
Media Contact:
HOPE RIVER ENTERTAINMENT
NASHVILLE 615.250.2455 / ATLANTA 678.377.3298
NASHVILLE, TN (10.5.06) Blue Circle Records released
the single Thank You For Caring featuring the
award-winning bluegrass artist, Jeanette Williams and
the legendary George Jones on September 26th during
the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA)
World of Bluegrass in Nashville.
The upcoming album is a solo project by Williams titled
Thank You For Caring. She has recorded 11 projects,
including the critically acclaimed chart album, Cherry
Blossoms In The Springtime. She is also included on
this year’s IBMA Recorded Event of the Year album,
Back to the Well by the Daughters of Bluegrass
(Blue Circle Records). The album includes some of
the top female talent in bluegrass music. Winners
were announced at the Grand Ole Opry House last week.
Williams is donating portions of the album sales to the Red Cross for isaster relief. The song was inspired by a young girl whom songwriter Dixie Hall met during a mission to gather relief items for victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The child had unselfishly donated her personal hope chest with words of appreciation “Thank you for caring” which then was captured in song by Tom T. and Dixie Hall. Ben Isaacs produced the single and also provided harmony vocals. Other musicians include Jeanette Williams (bass); Johnny Williams (guitar); Tony Mabe (banjo), and guest, Aubrey Haynie (mandolin and fiddle).
Jeanette Williams currently tours with The Jeanette Williams Band. More information can be found at www.JeanetteWilliams.com
including her full tour schedule.
CONTACT:
Jeanette Williams
www.JeanetteWilliams.com
jwband@mindspring.com
Record Label:
BLUE CIRCLE RECORDS
info@bluecirclerecords.com
Media Contact:
HOPE RIVER ENTERTAINMENT
NASHVILLE 615.250.2455 / ATLANTA 678.377.3298
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Ducktown Station's new CD "Tennessee Twister" has just wrapped up production. It is produced by Harry Stinson and Phil Dillon at Nickel City in Nashville. Stinson guests on the album adding vocals and percussion. Fans of the Boynton children's books will get a kick out of knowing that one of Sandra Boynton's songs, "Dog Train," is on the album. To listen to sample tracks or order CD click here
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JERRY BUTLER JOINS LORRAINE JORDAN & CAROLINA ROAD BAND
RALEIGH, NC (11/1/06) Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road announced today that Jerry Butler has joined Carolina Road as lead singer and guitar player. All current band members remain the same including, Lorraine Jordan (mandolin and lead/tenor vocals); David Guthrie (guitar and tenor vocals); Ben Greene (banjo and baritone vocals); Josh Goforth (fiddle); and Todd Meade (bass and bass vocals). Jordan said, ?We are very proud to have Jerry join us and we?ll always stay true to the traditional sound our fans have become accustomed to.
Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road are currently enjoying the success of their new album, A Stop in South Port Towne on Blue Circle Records. The current single from that album, Tupelo County Jail is #28 on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey Top 30 Singles for November 2006.
Jerry Butler began playing music in the Knoxville, Tennessee area when he was 12 years old in a band called the Knoxville Newgrass Boys that also included classmate Phil Leadbetter. He has also performed with Lynwood Lunsford and the Misty Valley Boys, The Joe Isaacs Band and the Blue Valley Boys. Most recently he performed lead vocals and guitar with Pine Mountain Railroad. Butler is currently featured on lead vocals
on their single Beyond the Rain, currently #9 on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey. Butler is proud to
endorse GHS Strings, Mike Long Guitars, Custom Inlay and Paige Capos. He currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee with his wife and three daughters.
To learn more about Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road, please visit:
www.CarolinaRoadBand.com
www.BlueCircleRecords.com
RALEIGH, NC (11/1/06) Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road announced today that Jerry Butler has joined Carolina Road as lead singer and guitar player. All current band members remain the same including, Lorraine Jordan (mandolin and lead/tenor vocals); David Guthrie (guitar and tenor vocals); Ben Greene (banjo and baritone vocals); Josh Goforth (fiddle); and Todd Meade (bass and bass vocals). Jordan said, ?We are very proud to have Jerry join us and we?ll always stay true to the traditional sound our fans have become accustomed to.
Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road are currently enjoying the success of their new album, A Stop in South Port Towne on Blue Circle Records. The current single from that album, Tupelo County Jail is #28 on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey Top 30 Singles for November 2006.
Jerry Butler began playing music in the Knoxville, Tennessee area when he was 12 years old in a band called the Knoxville Newgrass Boys that also included classmate Phil Leadbetter. He has also performed with Lynwood Lunsford and the Misty Valley Boys, The Joe Isaacs Band and the Blue Valley Boys. Most recently he performed lead vocals and guitar with Pine Mountain Railroad. Butler is currently featured on lead vocals
on their single Beyond the Rain, currently #9 on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey. Butler is proud to
endorse GHS Strings, Mike Long Guitars, Custom Inlay and Paige Capos. He currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee with his wife and three daughters.
To learn more about Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road, please visit:
www.CarolinaRoadBand.com
www.BlueCircleRecords.com
Bluegrass music has gone through a rebirth in recent years, thanks to actor George Clooney and his off-kilter lip syncing in the movie “O’ Brother Where Art Thou” and now more recently in the stellar music CD compilation of Americana tunes by Bruce Springsteen.
Riding that downriver swell, the talented east Tennessee Bluegrass band, Ducktown Station will perform its music at the Red Light Café in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, December 14th starting at 9:00 p.m.
The Red Light Café is an neighborhood music-“inpost” tucked within the trendy Morningside district. It sports an urbane demeanor most of the week, but each and every Thursday it goes Bluegrass to Newgrass with national and regional acts.
Ducktown Station will play songs from its debut album, Tennessee Twister (2006) which is laden with three-part soulful harmonies and dynamic musicianship. The original title track laments the life of a whiskey hauler dodging ever so diligent revenuer agents.
Ducktown Station maintains a traditional one-microphone performance style and appeals to all ages with it standard Bluegrass music fare of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs and Dr. Ralph Stanley that easily glides back and forth into more avant-garde flavors mixed original music that has a touch of Beethoven, Metallica, Carter Family and the Dillards.
The Red Light Café offers delicious menu items and a wide selection of brews and beverages. It is found in a shot-gun style storefront in the redux manufacturing district one block off Monroe Drive at 553 Amsterdam Avenue (two blocks down from Piedmont Park). The drive into the complex has one of the most spectacular views of the nighttime Atlanta skyline and worth a pause.
Music jam sessions will take place from 7 p.m .prior to the show with Ducktown Station coming on stage at 9:00 p.m. Tickets at the door are $7 for the two hour show.
For more information call the Red Light Café at 404.874.7828 or visit
www.redlightcafe.com or www.DucktownStation.com
Riding that downriver swell, the talented east Tennessee Bluegrass band, Ducktown Station will perform its music at the Red Light Café in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, December 14th starting at 9:00 p.m.
The Red Light Café is an neighborhood music-“inpost” tucked within the trendy Morningside district. It sports an urbane demeanor most of the week, but each and every Thursday it goes Bluegrass to Newgrass with national and regional acts.
Ducktown Station will play songs from its debut album, Tennessee Twister (2006) which is laden with three-part soulful harmonies and dynamic musicianship. The original title track laments the life of a whiskey hauler dodging ever so diligent revenuer agents.
Ducktown Station maintains a traditional one-microphone performance style and appeals to all ages with it standard Bluegrass music fare of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs and Dr. Ralph Stanley that easily glides back and forth into more avant-garde flavors mixed original music that has a touch of Beethoven, Metallica, Carter Family and the Dillards.
The Red Light Café offers delicious menu items and a wide selection of brews and beverages. It is found in a shot-gun style storefront in the redux manufacturing district one block off Monroe Drive at 553 Amsterdam Avenue (two blocks down from Piedmont Park). The drive into the complex has one of the most spectacular views of the nighttime Atlanta skyline and worth a pause.
Music jam sessions will take place from 7 p.m .prior to the show with Ducktown Station coming on stage at 9:00 p.m. Tickets at the door are $7 for the two hour show.
For more information call the Red Light Café at 404.874.7828 or visit
www.redlightcafe.com or www.DucktownStation.com
East Tennessee Musicians Play Their Way into the Heart of Atlanta
Ducktown Station at the Red Light Café on Thursday night December 14.
Ducktown Station at the Red Light Café on Thursday night December 14.
Photo L-R:Jarrod Payne - banjo / Larry Guy - guitar / Pete Dasher - dobro
Denny Mixon - bass / Lisa Jacobi - fiddle
Denny Mixon - bass / Lisa Jacobi - fiddle
Nashville, TN (12.01.06) Bluegrass veterans Steve Gulley, Phil Leadbetter and Alan Bibey announce they have joined forces to form a new band. After being integral parts of their respective bands, Steve (Mountain Heart, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver), Phil (Wildfire, J. D. Crow & The New South), and Alan (Blue Ridge, IIIrd Tyme Out) all felt the need for a fresh start musically and believe this new collaboration will provide just the right creative outlet they all have wanted for a long time.
The band will bring years of experience to the stage and the studio, performing a traditional-based sound with original material. This will be a five-piece unit including resophonic guitar, guitar, mandolin, banjo and upright bass. The new band name and remaining member's names will be announced shortly.
They have already begun booking for 2007 and will be ready to hit the road immediately after the holidays.
Booking will be handled by Phil Leadbetter at Philibuster Entertainment (865) 607-6208
or e-mail philibuster1@yahoo.com.
The band will bring years of experience to the stage and the studio, performing a traditional-based sound with original material. This will be a five-piece unit including resophonic guitar, guitar, mandolin, banjo and upright bass. The new band name and remaining member's names will be announced shortly.
They have already begun booking for 2007 and will be ready to hit the road immediately after the holidays.
Booking will be handled by Phil Leadbetter at Philibuster Entertainment (865) 607-6208
or e-mail philibuster1@yahoo.com.