NASHVILLE — It’s been an amazing year so far for Nashville recording artist and multi instrumentalist Ernie Evans. His life long dream has now grown legs and is running full speed ahead. With over 100 dates booked in his freshman year as the band leader for his own group, Evans has no time for rest. “This is a scary time to start any kind of business but it just felt right” says Evans. As a recent band member of Grammy Nominee Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike and 5 time Grammy Nominee Vassar Clements, Evans has toured internationally sharing his talent all over the world.

On Monday, August 15th, 2011 he returns to his home town Toledo, Ohio for a performance as an independent bluegrass artist, reuniting with with family, friends and fans at the well known “Glass City Opry”. Evans quotes this venue as being the perfect setting for his debut performance to his home town. The Glass City Opry and it’s management have done a great job cultivating bluegrass in that area, bringing it front and center, exposing America’s own muisc to many new faces. Touring with Evans will be Isaac Taylor on banjo, Lamont Goff on and cohost of 3 radio shows, business partner, spouse Debi Evans on bass.

Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to return to the Glass City Opry for great bluegrass entertainment on a traditional Monday Night Bluegrass show!!!

August 15th, 2011… Monday Evening! Tickets are only $10.00 at the door and online, and the doors open at 6:00 and the show starts at 7:00 PM.

Opening the night’s entertainment will be our own Brad Long and friends, with Gil Evans, Ernie’s brother, on the bass!

Oh my gosh! IIIrd Tyme Out was fantastic! What an amazing show! We are so honored to have Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out back at the Glass City Opry again! How exciting…. We hope they can come back year after year, the Toledo area LOVES it’s national bluegrass music!

Coming soon….

A great line-up of some awesome bluegrass music…. musical tributes to the greats of the music! Don’t miss this one folks…

The Buckeye Bluegrass Festival in Greenwich, Ohio…

August 12th, 13th and 14th!

More information can be found at their website… www.BluegrassMountaineers.net

This exciting event welcomes 5-6 local/regional competitive teams to prepare Baby-back Ribs & Beef Brisket in their own styles. While they vie for a trophy & prize money, you benefit. Each team will be preparing enough meat that everyone should have a chance to partake in their culinary creations. Don’t worry, Dan & I will also be providing many delicious sides to complement the meats.

The teams will begin cooking as early as 7am and will finish at 5:30 when they will be required to submit their samples for judging. Please feel free to come meet the chefs, watch them prepare their entries or be judged by a three member panel. This year’s judges will be Patti Ceresa, Steve Hadaway & Tom Mawhinney. After the judging and award ceremony, dinner will be served at 6:30pm.

A new band will also be making their SJRYC debut at the event as we will be treated to the music of The Corn Fed Girls. This Blue Grass/Country band should complement that cook-out atmosphere perfectly!

“Life Goes On” First Single From Next MACC Festival CD

Nashville, TN – For the past ten years, the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival, commonly referred to as the MACC, has taken place just outside of Columbus, OH, and from year one, has attracted some of the biggest names in bluegrass and acoustic music. Festival promoter Darrel Adkins established the event, which draws more and more fans each year, as a charity benefiting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, and has raised over $500,000.00 since its inception. While the MACC started out as strictly a bluegrass festival, it has since grown to include Americana and country music, and feature some of Nashville’s most renowned hit songwriters. To further promote the festival, the second MACC CD, entitled Life Goes On, containing mostly live performances from the festival from 2006 through 2009, will be released this year. The first single is the title track, as well as the only studio production, and is currently being offered as a free download through the MACC website, www.bluegrassclassic.com.

The first MACC project, Celebration of Life, was released in 2006 on Skaggs Family Records and subsequently won the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Album of the Year award. Life Goes On will bring back many of the artists heard on its predecessor, many of whom participate on the single, including Carl Jackson, Ronnie Bowman, Jerry Salley, Larry Cordle, and Ricky Wasson, who all sing a verse in the song. A nostalgic tribute to loved ones passed on, “Life Goes On,” written by Steve Thomas and Dale Pyatt, was recorded and mixed by Randy Kohrs at his Slack Key Studio in Nashville, TN, where Kohrs also shared in production duties and leant his instrumental and vocal talents. A full listing of artists and musicians heard on the single can also be found on the website.

An interview conducted by Kyle Cantrell is scheduled to air on Sirius/XM’s Bluegrass Junction station, where he chats with several of those involved, spins “Life Goes On”, and plays a few tracks from Celebration of Life, as well. While the interview aired initially on June 14th, 2010, it will be replayed on July 2nd, 2010 at 7:00am and Saturday, July 17th, 2010.

You can click here to learn more and download your free song!