Front Porch Concert

Last night's Front Porch Concert was absolutely a blast! Paducah, KY based Bawn in the Mash opened the night up for the Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Unit. I'll post more on the concert later but we learned quite a bit behind the scenes.

• Adam Steffey will be joining Dan Tyminski for Tyminski's solo act this summer and Barry Bales will be playing bass. With Alison Krauss spending more time at home with her son this free's up time for Tyminski and Bales to try something new.
• Mark Schatz will be touring with Claire Lynch this summer.
• Bawn in the Mash will be finishing up their new album soon... they hope. I also found out just how much Barry Manilow, Donna Fargo and Narvell Felts have influenced the "Mashers". Also, Alex Faught has left the band and has moved to Colorado. The band is currently playing banjo-free. The Simpsons theme-song on the Xylophone was off the hook!
  
• The news of the night was delivered by Josh Williams who joined us on stage. Josh will include two locals in his Josh Williams Band including Clayton Campbell on fiddle who is currently working with the Gibson Brothers and Jason McKendree on banjo. There is a fourth and of course I can't remember who it is but I will get that info passed along as well. The great thing about this lineup is the versatility of those already mentioned. All three can play multiple instruments which will make for some interesting arrangements on stage and in the studio.

My wife took over 500 photo's with her medium format camera and there are some great ones. We'll be sharing as soon as she gets them processed, edited and categorized.

Thanks to the 900+ folks who showed up and shared the night with us!