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Urban Monroes Update
Well, I can’t believe it…spring has finally arrived. The sun even came out today to make a rare pre-July appearance in Oregon. Okay so maybe it’s not that rare, but sometimes it seems like it and the hint of blue sky is always nice to see after a surprisingly cold wet winter.
Winter was great though. Along with a record snowfall, were the sets we played at the star-studded RiverCity Bluegrass festival, the show at the Emerald Valley Opry (for one of the best audiences west of the Mississippi), and the weekend at Wintergrass. Wintergrass was a lot of fun not only because we got to play on the main stage, the ballroom stage, and at the church, and our bass got to play with Tony Trischka, but because we got to hang out with so many friends, old and new, while we were there. We also met and jammed with the bass player performing with Ronnie and Rob McCoury, Jason Carter, and Rob Ickes. They came off the stage, we went on right after, next thing ya know, that bass player was an UM and will be joining us... but more on that later.
So that was winter, but now it’s spring and with the new season, comes a new project. The Urban Monroes have a new CD in the works. We’re pretty excited about it. WWB (Worldwidebluegrass.com) has picked up a couple of cuts to drop into their stream so you can get a preview there as well as on our Myspace page. We’re hoping to have the new CD in time for the summer festival season!
Speaking of festival season, we are going to be at the original, oldest, and biggest of all Pacific Northwest summer bluegrass festivals: Darrington. This will be the 33rd year for the festival and the first year for the Urban Monroes to be there. This should be a lot of fun, and less than a week later, we’ll be playing the Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival. Those, along with places like Goldendale, Olalla, etc., should make for a summer of busy bluegrass bliss, so busy in fact that the 2009 season is spilling over into the 2010 festival season. I guess it’s never too early to start scheduling 2010, the official year of, “Where the heck are those flying cars anyway?”
Winter was great though. Along with a record snowfall, were the sets we played at the star-studded RiverCity Bluegrass festival, the show at the Emerald Valley Opry (for one of the best audiences west of the Mississippi), and the weekend at Wintergrass. Wintergrass was a lot of fun not only because we got to play on the main stage, the ballroom stage, and at the church, and our bass got to play with Tony Trischka, but because we got to hang out with so many friends, old and new, while we were there. We also met and jammed with the bass player performing with Ronnie and Rob McCoury, Jason Carter, and Rob Ickes. They came off the stage, we went on right after, next thing ya know, that bass player was an UM and will be joining us... but more on that later.
So that was winter, but now it’s spring and with the new season, comes a new project. The Urban Monroes have a new CD in the works. We’re pretty excited about it. WWB (Worldwidebluegrass.com) has picked up a couple of cuts to drop into their stream so you can get a preview there as well as on our Myspace page. We’re hoping to have the new CD in time for the summer festival season!
Speaking of festival season, we are going to be at the original, oldest, and biggest of all Pacific Northwest summer bluegrass festivals: Darrington. This will be the 33rd year for the festival and the first year for the Urban Monroes to be there. This should be a lot of fun, and less than a week later, we’ll be playing the Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival. Those, along with places like Goldendale, Olalla, etc., should make for a summer of busy bluegrass bliss, so busy in fact that the 2009 season is spilling over into the 2010 festival season. I guess it’s never too early to start scheduling 2010, the official year of, “Where the heck are those flying cars anyway?”
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