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Saturday, May 31, 2008 - Concert Goers: bring your own folding chair
Roots Music Festival Schedule
Cecil Bricker Park (downtown)
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: FlatRidge Band, country/rock/blues
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: New Old Timers, bluegrass
Dream Theater (downtown historic theatre)
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11:00 AM - 11:45 PM: Patty Davidson, Branson Ventriloquist, Russell native
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Mark Selby, Nashville, Russell native, blues
- 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM: Dwight Kilian Quartet, Arizona, Russell native with Scott Strecker, Wichita, Russell native
Deines Cultural Center
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10:00 AM -5:00 PM: Smithsonian "New Harmonies" exhibition
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11:00 AM– 1:00 PM: Western Kansas String Academy for Kids
Russell County Festival Grounds Main Stage
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3:00 PM - 4:15 PM: Blaine Younger Band,country blues
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Mark Selby, acoustic blues
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5:45 PM - 7:00 PM: Homemade Jamz, as seen on CBS Morning Show - blues
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7:15 PM - 8:15 PM: Doug MacLeod,blues
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8:35 PM - 9:55 PM: Kelley Hunt, Western Kansas New CD Release, blues
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10:15 PM - 11:30 PM: Steam Powered Airplane, edgy bluegrass
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Kelly Hunt performs at the Russell American Roots Music Festival.
Photo by Don Shorock
Russell Kansas American Roots Music Festival
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Beginning in 2004, the Deines Cultural Center co-hosted the Flatland Blues Festival in Russell, Kansas. This popular music festival became a biennial event in 2006, with this year's American Roots Festival scheduled for May 31, 2008 at four different venues in Downtown Russell. From 11 A.M. to 11:30 P.M. listen, dance and celebrate the music of Kansas, including bluegrass, country, rock, blues and more.
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Experience more than twelve hours of entertainment and live music, including performances by:
Learn more and purchase tickets at russellfestivals.com>
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| Online: russellfestivals.com
Russell:
- USA Express Convenience Store
- Klema’s Hometown Market
- Woelks House of Diamonds
- Deines Cultural Center
Hays:
- Doerflers Harley Davidson
- Dillon’s (Vine St.)
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Great Bend: Dillon’s (10th St.)
Hutchinson: Dillon’s (30th Ave.)
McPherson: Dillon’s (Main St.)
Wichita: Dillon’s (E. Central St.)
Salina:
- House of Sight and Sound
- Dillon’s (Planet Ave.)
- Lawrence: Dillon’s (23rd St.)
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Cecil Bricker Park (downtown)
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: FlatRidge Band, country/rock/blues
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: New Old Timers, bluegrass
RUSSELL AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL - MUSIC IN THE PARK - MAY 31, 2008
The New Old-Timers are a group of friends
from Hill City playing and singing traditional-style American music. They will be performing as part of the Russell American Roots Music Festival at 12:30 pm in Cecil Bricker Park on May 31st.
Leader of the New Old Timers, JFStover learned guitar as a student at KU, sang his way through the folk music revival of the 1960s, and found himself also drawn to bluegrass and old-time music during a decade in Germany. Stover, along with Ronn Raymer and Nancy Selbe, founded the “Pickin’ at the Deines” program in Russell.
Joe Vincent taught himself to play guitar and then banjo, fascinated by the bluegrass style of Earl Scruggs, and later on, the earlier frailing or clawhammer forms that grew out of the mountain music of the eastern United States. Kenna Vincent learned the love of traditional American music first by attending the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, then branching out into the revival of old-time music currently growing throughout the country, finally finding her place as bassist and singer with The New Old-Timers. Jordan Vincent heard banjo and fiddle music close up from his earliest age--as the family played, visited festivals, and hosted music gatherings at the family farmstead. He pulls out those sounds, reshuffles them, collects the old and new fiddle tunes and songs from the old masters and the eager new generation of bluegrass players, and adds strong lead and harmony vocals.
The New Old-Timers play and sing traditional-style tunes and songs: specifically bluegrass, old-time folk, and gospel music of the kind that flourished in rural throughout the 1800s and up to about 1950, plus newer forms of traditional and country music that draw on the old styles.
The New Old-Timers have played for re-enactment dances concerts and festivals throughout Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. They’ve been part of the Kansas Arts Commission's touring program; and now, on the Vincent farm south of Hill City, have their very own barn, where they invite the neighbors in, gather musicians, assemble potluck suppers, and then fiddle, dance, and sing the Kansas night away.
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FlatRidge Band play country/rock/blues in Cecil Bricker Park.
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Formed especially for the Russell American Roots Festival, the FlatRidge Band is a combination of two family bands from the area- the Flatland Band and the SlyRidge Band.
The Flatland Band has been together for over thirty years, and grew out of the Albert Heroneme Band which started in the 1950s playing barn dances and square dances in and around Ellis County. Albert’s band included his son Alan and daughters Lyndell and Bonnie and became the Flatland Band in 1971 when they added Kurt Downing as their drummer. Today, Alan, Lyndell Heroneme Rorabaugh, and Downing are still part of the band along with members who met each other in Russell at “Pickin’ at the Deines.”
Members of The SlyRidge band, Skip and Nancy Wooldridge Schlyer, Hays, will be singing and playing at the festival with current members of the Flatland Band, Lyndell Heroneme Rorabaugh, Ellis, on guitar and vocals; Keith Burditt, Ness City, on harmonica;, Larry Nelson, Sylvan Grove, on saxophone, and Kurt Downing, Ellis, on drums. The band will be performing country, rock, and blues at 11:00 am downtown at Cecil Bricker Park. Admission is free.
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Dream Theater
- 11:00 AM - 11:45 PM: Patty Davidson, Branson Ventriloquist, Russell native
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Mark Selby, Nashville, Russell native, blues
- 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM: Dwight Kilian Quartet, Arizona, Russell native with Scott Strecker, Wichita, Russell native Volga Germa
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Deines Cultural Center
- 10:00 AM -5:00 PM: Smithsonian "New Harmonies" exhibition
- 11:00 AM– 1:00 PM: Western Kansas String Academy for Kids
WESTERN KANSAS STRING ACADEMY TO HAVE “INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO” AT RUSSELL AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL ON MAY 31ST
Children will have an opportunity to try their hand (and bow) on stringed instruments at an “Instrument Petting Zoo” in the lower level of the Deines Cultural Center on Saturday, May 31st from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm as part of the Russell American Roots Music Festival. Retired Russell music teacher Peggy Anschutz has been working with the Western Kansas String Academy students on traditional fiddle tunes and will be on hand as the students demonstrate their skills and encourage others to join.
Western Kansas String Academy is sponsored by the Fort Hays State University's Department of Music. It is a collaborative education and community outreach project in which FHSU faculty and undergraduate music students, talented community musicians, public school
string teachers, cultural arts advocates, and parents work together to support the development of individual skills of young string players and to train future string teachers by providing hands-on teaching experience. Cathy Drabkin, Hays, is the director of the Western Kansas String Academy. Drabkin invites parents and children and others who would like to listen to stop by the “petting zoo” during the festival. The Russell American Roots Music Festival is part of the Smithsonian’s New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music programming hosted by the Friends of the Deines Cultural Center, Russell Arts Council and Russell Main Street, and Kansas Humanities Council.
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Expresso, Etc. Coffee Shop
Doug MacLeod
Doug MacLeod is headed to Russell as part of the Russell American Roots Music Festival this Saturday, hosted by Russell Arts Council, Friends of the Deines Cultural Center and Russell Main Street.
Doug MacLeod, a master of acoustic blues, is one of the last remaining Bluesmen who carries his roots from the old masters, his own life and survival and now continues that valuable legacy. Within the Blues world, MacLeod is known for his quality recordings, brilliant songwriting, incredible acoustic and bottleneck guitar and expressive vocals and for his humor and unforgettable live performances.
Born in New York and raised in North Carolina, New York and St. Louis, MacLeod overcame abuse and a crippling stutter to become one of the most highly respected Bluesmen on the scene today, expressing life and times on an very personal level. Blues Revue magazine says “MacLeod is not a mere imitator of a style, but one of the vibrant voices that will keep this sound alive into the next century.”
MacLeod acquired his unique, unorthodox, and powerfully rhythmic style of acoustic guitar playing in the pines of Virginia. That style was later tempered by his early years as a Blues bass player, and honed by his subsequent journeys into jazz and electric blues.
Besides being a heart-wrenchingly powerful live performer, Doug is also an extremely gifted storyteller and songwriter. His songs are born from experience. During his performance, he’ll draw the audience close and entertain by telling the stories that inspired the songs.
“Doug’s Back Porch”, a regular feature in Blues Revue Magazine, gives MacLeod the opportunity to share his humorous and insightful stories with thousands of Blues fans. Doug was the host of the show, “Nothin’ But The Blues” on KKJZ Radio Los Angeles, one of the most popular Blues radio shows across the country. MacLeod is a six-time W.C. Handy nominee and was nominated for two 2006 Blues Music Awards as well as being the songwriter for two Grammy nominated albums.
During Saturday’s all-day festival, MacLeod will perform at Expresso, Etc. at 11:30 am in downtown Russell where admission is free, and will follow with another set on the festival stage in Memorial Park at 7:15 pm. Tickets for Mainstage performances and the Dream Theatre are available for $15.00 for adults and $5.00 for children six to fourteen at Dillon’s locations throughout Kansas and at Klema’s, Deines Cultural Center, USA Express, Chamber of Commerce and Woelk’s House of Diamonds in Russell and at House of Sight and Sound in Salina and Doefler’s Harley Davidson in Hays.
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Russell County Festival Grounds Main Stage
- 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM: Blaine Younger Band,country blues
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Mark Selby, acoustic blues
- 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM: Homemade Jamz, as seen on CBS Morning Show - blues
- 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM: Doug MacLeod,blues
- 8:35 PM - 9:55 PM: Kelley Hunt, Western Kansas New CD Release, blues
- 10:15 PM - 11:30 PM: Steam Powered Airplane, edgy bluegrass
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Blaine Younger and his band perform at the Russell American Roots Music Festival in Memorial Park.
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STEAM POWERED AIRPLANE AND BLAINE YOUNGER START AND FINISH RUSSELL AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL IN MEMORIAL PARK
Victoria native Blaine Younger and his band start off the Festival Park segment of the Russell American Roots Music Festival the afternoon of May 31st. Younger’s performance starts at 3:00 in Memorial Park.
Blaine Younger started playing piano at the age of five. In high school, he picked up the acoustic guitar and began learning tunes from several of his favorite artists and influences. Blaine dove into songwriting, writing his first song at the age of 18, moved to Kansas State University, where he got a chance to showcase his music publicly at open mics and the local bar scene. He continued writing and began to gain regional recognition with his acoustic act and a startup band.
Before graduating, Blaine released his first CD, then went to Nashville and polished his songwriting skills. When he came back to Kansas City, he picked up where he left off, playing acoustic in the city and throughout Kansas.
A move home to Victoria started a new band. After a year of polishing and rotating musicians, The Blaine Younger Band was born. The “BYB” released a single to radio in 2005. A chance to play on the main stage in 2006 at Country Stampede, Kansas’ largest music festival, exposed the band to a larger audience and helped the band to expand their touring area to new parts of Kansas and beyond. Younger has released his second album called “Chasin’ A Tornado”.
Steam Powered Airplane closes the Russell American Roots Music Festival, scheduled to begin their show at 10:15 pm. Steam Powered Airplane is a five-piece bluegrass band based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The band plays the traditional acoustic instruments: banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, upright bass as well as occasional dobro and telecaster. Three of the players trade off on lead vocals and sing in three-part harmony. Steam Powered Airplane has opened for such notable musical acts as Bruce Hornsby & The Range and the Del McCoury band. The band was recently awarded third place at the internationally renowned Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
Band founder Tucker Smith began a career as a financial analyst and realtor. After playing and performing at the famous Jackson Hole Hootenanny over 100 times, he finally decided to play music full-time for a living. Since then, he has been a Jackson Holel favorite as a solo act and the leader of Steam Powered Airplane, Tucker is a former Wyoming State Champion of Banjo, Guitar, and Mandolin. In the band, he is joined by Uriah Price on mandolin, Cody Walters, upright bass, Jon DeGroot on guitar and fiddle player, Isaac Callendar.
Cody Walters picked up the upright in 1999 and started playing bluegrass with his friends, eventually expanding to Latin, jazz, and some alternative country. He currently lives and plays music in Bozeman, MT having moved from Lawrence, KS in the last few years. Steam Powered Airplane’s fiddle player Isaac Callendar has placed second at the Weiser, ID World Fiddling Championships.
Other artists performing at the Festival Grounds include Mark Selby, Homemade Jamz, Doug MacLeod and Kelley Hunt. FlatRidge Band and New Old Timers appear in Cecil Bricker Park, Doug MacLeod will also be at Expresso, Etc. Patty Davidson, Mark Selby and the Dwight Kilian Quartet with Scott Strecker all appear at the Dream Theatre.
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HOMEMADE JAMZ
This year’s West Coast Blues "Blues New Artist of the Year Award Winners", Homemade Jamz from Tupelo, Mississippi will perform at the Russell American Roots Music Festival in Memorial Park on Saturday, May 31st. Their performance is scheduled for 5:45 pm.
Homemade Jamz’ consists of three young siblings, Ryan Perry, lead guitar and vocals is sixteen years old. Kyle Perry, thirteen, plays bass and nine-year-old Taya Perry is the drummer. Homemade Jamz is the youngest blues band to sign with a major record label. They were the second-place winners in the band category of the 23rd International Blues Challenge competing against ninety-three adult bands from all over the world.
The young band started when Ryan was seven and found his father’s electric guitar. Within a week, he made up a short instrumental tune and was playing along with television commercials at home. Ryan took two years of guitar lessons and performed solo with a drum machine. Brother Kyle started on the piano, tried guitar, and eventually was given a bass guitar for his ninth birthday. By the end of the first week, he managed to learn almost all the bass tunes to the songs his older brother was performing. He has been a bass player since, mostly self taught with very little help from his brother or father. Kyle and Ryan performed as a dual with a drum machine.
Their little sister Taya started playing the tambourine at age six. She started taking drum lessons in October of 2005, and by December of that year, she stepped in and became the drummer for her brothers’ dual. Taya only had drum lessons for two months and the rest came naturally. The three young siblings joined forces and Homemade Jamz was born, performing at the WC Handy Blues Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, and others, at charity and community events across the country, at restaurants and clubs, and on The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise last fall.
Susan Spencer from CBS Sunday Morning accompanied the band to the WC Handy Festival and aired a story on them nationwide on December 2, 2007. Homemade Jamz’ Blues Band was also the Third Annual Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola Blues Challenge Winner in 2006,.
Homemade Jamz’ will be keeping the blues alive at the Russell American Roots Music Festival hosted by Russell Arts Council, Friends of the Deines Cultural Center and Russell Main Street. Many local businesses help to sponsor the event and local vendors will be serving food and drink at the festival grounds in Memorial Park.
Tickets for the all-day festival which includes events downtown are available in Russell at USA Express, Klema’s Hometwon Market, Woelk’s House of Diamonds and at the Deines Cultural Center. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $5.00 for children six – fourteen. Tickets are also available in Salina and House of Sight and Sound, in Hays at Doerfler’s Harley Davidson, and at Dillon’s in Hays, Great Bend, Hutchinson, McPherson, Wichita, Lawrence and Salina. Ticket holders may attend all events, but need to make a reservation for a seat at any of the performances at the Dream Theatre.
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New Harmonies has been made possible in Russell, Kansas by the Kansas Humanities Council.
New Harmonies is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress. |
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