We received word today that our good friend, Freddie Harris,
passed away last night (August 29th) at 11:57 pm.
Freddie suffered a brain aneurysm on July 15, 2008, and never recovered.
He was allowed to go home for hospice care, and to be with his family in his last days.
Freddie was a great friend to many bluegrass fans and musicians throughout Michigan
and the United States. He had the opportunity to play mandolin for the great Jimmy Martin,
and also Harley Allen and Mike Lilly. He will be greatly missed, and we want to extend
our thoughts and prayers to his family at this time.
The arrangements for the funeral services are as follows at David C. Brown funeral home,
located on Huron River Drive in Belleville, MI (see website below):
Monday, September 1st 5 - 8 pm
Tuesday, September 2nd 12 - 8 pm
Wednesday, September 3rd at 11 am - FUNERAL service
If you would like to view the information online and sign his guest book at www.davidcbrownfh.com
Just IN.... 1st Annual Fiddle Contest to be held in Rockford, MI
The Rockford Fiddle Fest will be held
October 4, 2008
garden Park Stage by Rouge River
Competition begins at 10:00 a.m.
For more information about Fiddle Fest, contest rules and registration form:
We have started a NING Network to allow folks to
add events, music and other information about their bands
to this social site. It's a great place to find something to
do on a Saturday night! We encourage you to sign up,
and to also add your own events, band gigs and any festivals or
concerts you know about.
We will be maintaining the site as well, and
will do our best to edit and validate all information present!
Drop in and take a look!
We have started up
a blog to help keep our region updated instantly! And provide
an arena for feedback, comments and commentary on the state
of our music. Go take a look!
Each
month, we will bring you an audio file where you can listen
to 6 great cuts from local bluegrass bands! It's a flash file
and can be listened to through your computer online even with
a dialup modem. You will also find links on the show page to
the bands showcased on each show.
Be
sure to take a look and a listen! We hope you'll enjoy it!
We had the
privledge of being the guest of Jim Mills, the banjo player
for Ricky Skaggs at the Macomb Performing Arts concert in November!
What a great experience... wait till you see all the pictures!
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