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Deadman Flats and Tallgrass Express String Band Performing Saturday |
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By Patsy Terrell
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
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“Bluegrass in the Park” a celebration of music and community will take place Saturday, July 12th, starting around 12:30pm at Avenue A. Park in the beautiful historic Downtown Hutchinson. Seating will be arranged on the plaza, adjacent to Main Street East of the gazebo. Opening Saturday’s program will be the “Tallgrass Express String Band” featuring American roots music from the Tallgrass Prairie. Formed through meetings at the renowned Friday night jam sessions at the Emma Chase Café in Cottonwood Falls the group’s repertoire is as broad as the cultural roots of Kansas. Genres include fast driving Old Time and Bluegrass favorites, beautiful ancient Celtic tunes, early American Gospel hymns, beloved Cowboy and Western standards, and early vintage Country Classics. Following the Express will be Deadman Flats a Lawrence based band with strong local connections, musicians Alex Law, Hank Osterhout, and Matt Stambaugh are all from Hutchinson. Influenced by artists as diverse as the Greatful Dead, Split Lip Rayfield, Earl Scruggs, Johnny Cash and the Fast Food Junkies the band works in a hard driving alternative bluegrass vein interlaced with humor. This Free program is sponsored by the Hutchinson/Reno Arts and Humanities Council in conjunction with the Downtown Hutchinson Revitalization Partnership. For additional information contact HRAH at 620/662-1280 or e-mail
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