BUTCH ROBINS & THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL BLUE GRASS BAND
Butch Robins and The World International Blue Grass Band will appear in the New River Valley at Rockwood-Manor Event Center, Dublin VA, on Wednesday, September 26th. A Mix & Mingle with International world-class musical artists will be hosted from 6:00 – 6:45 pm with their debut performance from 7:00-8:30 pm. Tickets are $15 Advance, $20 Door. Students $10 Advance $15 Door. The Rockwood venue will be hosted in Rockwood’s Historic Barn Loft. Concessions will be provided by Floyd’s Over the Moon Café. This entertainment is presented by B Natural Productions in conjunction with The Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley.
Legendary banjoist, Butch Robins is joined by a collective of stellar acoustic string band musicians from around the planet who will be brought together in performance of music in the style of Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys. Butch met these band members during his international travels as a solo artist. These multi-instrumentalists from around the world are brought together in performance of ‘folk music in overdrive’ that has become an art for the common man worldwide. Their…Blowing the Cobbwebbs Out of Blue Grass… mini-tour in Southwest VA is a prelude to their appearances at the World of Bluegrass 2007 Business Conference & FanFest.
The band members include…
- Kazuhiro Inaba Japan Guitar & Vocals
- Arnold Lasseur Holland Mandolin & Vocals (The Bluegrass Boogiemen)
- Sean McKerr Ireland Bass & Vocals (The Tennessee Hennessees)
- Hamish Davidson Australia Fiddle & Vocals (The Davidson Brothers Band)
- Jan Johansson Sweden Fiddle & Vocals (Johansson’s Acoustic Music School)
- Butch Robins USA Banjo & MC
Butch Robins, Southwest Virginia’s own, has solid Blue Grass credentials as an alumni Blue Grass Boy and as a member of The New Grass Revival. He has performed in varied venues such as The Grand Olde Opry, Austin City Limits, The Lincoln Center, The Frontier in Las Vegas, The Ford Theater and The White House accompanying such musical giants as Bill Monroe, Harry James and Leon Russell.
The World International Blue Grass Band will be featured at FanFest at the 2007 World of Bluegrass Conference and Tradeshow hosted by The International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville TN, October 1-5. As they make their way to Nashville, The World International Blue Grass Band will also be performing for The Richland’s Area Citizens for the Arts, Richland’s VA, on Sunday, September 30th. A PBS recording of the band will be made as part of The Song Of The Mountains at The Historic Lincoln Center in Marion VA on Saturday, October 6th.
Join Butch Robins & The World International Blue Grass Band for an evening of unique entertainment & musical history at Rockwood-Manor Event Center in Dublin VA on Wednesday, September 26th. Rockwood is located 5 minutes from I 81, exit 98 onto Route 100 N.
For Tickets, Contact: The Fine Arts Center for the NRV at 540-980-7363 or www.facnrv.org.
Tickets will be sold at the door. A Rain or Shine Event.
3 comments:
Did anybody go?
Yep - Chris and I went last night... saw Tim Mills and George there along with many others of the bluegrass social scene. It was quite packed --- I'd estimate 300-400 folks. Lots of traditional Bill Monroe and double fiddlin' going.
They even played Jerusalem Ridge and we tried to count the measures out to make sure we can play it going forward :)
Joe
It was fun. It was in the same barn where we played, and it had a good dusty, warm, bluegrassy feel.
They did a medley that suggested to me a fun game we could play at the jam. Call it "Perpetual Medley" and do it with all those Monroe/Stanley Bros/Flatt & Scruggs tunes that everybody knows. One time around and you know you have to morph right into another tune. Keep everybody on their toes!
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