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Friday, July 11, 2008
DejaBlue Grass Band - From The Road
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wow - this might be turning into a weekly happening: Today’s Dispatch From the Road comes from Rut Walker of The DejaBlue Grass Band (above).
They’re performing tomorrow at Red Top Mountain State Park, on Lake Allatoona. Planning to be there? Been to the Red Top Mountain Music Series before? And/or are you a longtime DejaBlue fan?
Well here’s Rut’s message to you:
Hi Atlanta Music Scene!
I’m Rut Walker with The DejaBlue Grass Band. After playing together for a few years as a passionate hobby and gigging around Atlanta, we got together and entered the band competition at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in late June. It’s one of the biggest bluegrass festivals in the country, and low and behold we finished first runner-up, beating several full-time bands from all over the country!
For a band full of guys with full-time jobs and small children at home, it was quite a thrill! As a finalist, we played the mainstage in front of thousands of people at a place where so many of our heroes have jammed for years and years. Got to meet a few of them backstage, too! A “pinch me” moment for bluegrass heads like us!
We have a running dialogue with our fans on the website through our blog, which made it fun to share the up-to-the-moment experience through posted pics for people to follow along in our moment.
We’re coming home to celebrate with our local fans and friends this Saturday at the Red Top Mountain Music Series at Red Top Mountain State Park on Lake Allatoona. The show is 8pm - 9pm. It’s a great family venue and it’s free to the public. We’ll be selling copies of our debut CD “Bucket Full of Rain” (also available on iTunes, and CD Baby) T-shirts etc. Just bring your lawn chairs and come on!
Thanks for your time and thanks for helping the DejaBlue Grass Band!
