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The award-winning Grascals’ Tribute to the Music of the Andy Griffith Show is a fitting way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the television show which ran from 1960-68. In the show, The Dillards (Rodney Dillard, Doug Dillard, Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb) played The Darlings, a backwoods clan of musicians in the mountains near Mayberry, [...]
Mountain Home Music Company has signed popular bluegrass band, The Grascals to their team and tell us that they have a new album arriving soon. Mountain Home, a division of Crossroads Entertainment and Marketing, Inc., is a premiere Bluegrass label with global distribution, representing such elite artists as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Boxcars, Balsam [...]
The Grascals’ head into the final voting for the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards ballot with a total of four nominations: Entertainer of the Year, Song of the Year, Recorded Event of the Year and band member Kristin Scott Benson, reigning three-time Instrumental Performer of the Year (Banjo), is in the running for that honor [...]
Following their 104th appearance at the legendary venue, Yallwire host Stephanie Langston got the chance to chat with The Grascals backstage at the Grand Ole Opry. The group meets with Stephanie Langston and they talk of their recently released CD, Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravelin’, a tribute to the 50th anniversary and [...]
7 Classic Songs from the Mayberry Era The Grascals latest album features a musical tribute to Andy Griffith featuring songs from the classic television series, The Andy Griffith Show. Check out the collection of Videos to Celebrate the new album called Dance ‘Til Your Stockings Are Hot and Ravelin’ the 7-Song EP Available Now on [...]
The Grascals Join Gene Simmons To Salute Troops Heres a quirky piece of news that doesn’t crop up often. The Grascals and Kiss’s blood-spitting bassist Gene Simmons have at least one thing in common — an interest in supporting the troops. The bluegrass group is coming together with the hard rocker for this week’s Aces [...]
Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine by Larry Nagar It was not so long ago that women weren’t that welcome in the bluegrass boys club. Recall the controversy over the forward written by Nat Winston in the Earl Scruggs book where he suggested that the banjo was the domain of the male and it was a rare woman [...]
After a six year relationship The Grascals, two-time IBMA Entertainers of the Year, have announced their parting with Rounder Records. Rounder has been instrumental in the group’s success since 2004. The parting is amicable, according to The Grascals’ manager Kirt Webster, who states that ‘it was simply time for a change, and both parties realised [...]
As usual, our mate Ted Lehmann was present at this years IBMA Awards night to capture the evening in splendid hi-rez digital. Ted presents an array of photos on his blog which puts faces to names, and provides us an opportunity, in a small way, to be a part of the evening, thanks Ted. Also [...]
News from Rounder Records The Grascals kept their cool as a 100-plus degree heat wave hovered over Tennessee during an all-day video shoot for their current country and bluegrass radio single, Last Train To Clarksville. Directed by Marcel Chagnon (Clay Walker’s She Won’t Be Lonely Long), the piece was filmed at several locations, including Cummins [...]
News from Rounder Records is that Two-time IBMA Entertainers of the Year, The Grascals (www.grascals.com), have invited country radio to jump on board their latest release, Last Train To Clarksville. The invitation was delivered to programmers via CDX Vol. 501. The single is a proven winner; the driving up-tempo song was a smash for The [...]
The bluegrass all-stars, The Grascals make their first appearance on Mountain Stage, playing songs from their latest record The Famous Lefty Flynn’s. The group also puts its stylistic imprint on standard bluegrass fare Sally Goodin’ and some surprising cover choices Last Train to Clarksville, Only Daddy. The award-winning group is made up of Jamie Johnson [...]
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