A Festival of Bluegrass & Old-Time Music & Dance
This event took place from February 29-March 2, 2008

SATURDAY NIGHT HEADLINE CONCERT
Featuring Rustler's Moon with Kathy Kallick and Bill Evans
Saturday March 1, 7:00 PM with guest The Platte Valley Boys
Saturday March 1, 9:30 PM with guest The Becky Schlegel Band

Kathy Kallick and Bill Evans have played together many times in recent years, and both have been making important contributions to bluegrass since the 1970s. They have toured the country and the world with their music, collaborated with some of the top contemporary acoustic musicians, and have an obvious reverence for traditional bluegrass. But they have also recorded a number of their own compositions, and have never forgotten to have fun playing this music. Their current music with Tom Bekeny and Cindy Browne is a combination of that played with their previous bands plus new pieces that are shaped by Rustler's Moon -- based in traditional bluegrass, of course, but with some exciting new wrinkles.

Kathy Kallick (guitar, vocals) has been among the elite of contemporary songwriters and singers since she and Laurie Lewis co-founded the internationally -acclaimed band, Good Ol' Persons, in 1975. She's also a rock-solid guitarist and an in-demand teacher. In 2001, she received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the California Bluegrass Association for all her contributions. Kathy has released fourteen albums, which include more than one hundred of her original compositions and arrangements, and been on countless compilations. Both of her releases with The Kathy Kallick Band -- "Walkin' In My Shoes" and "Warmer Kind Of Blue" -- enjoyed substantial success on the bluegrass charts.

San Francisco Bay Area musician and Virginia native, Bill Evans has been involved with bluegrass music and the banjo for over twenty-five years as a player, teacher, writer, and historian. He occupies a unique niche in the banjo world: celebrated worldwide for his traditional and progressive bluegrass banjo styles as well as his innovative original compositions, he also enjoys a reputation as an outstanding instructor as well as being an expert player of nineteenth century minstrel and classic/parlor banjo styles. His latest accomplishment is authoring Banjo for Dummies for Wiley Publications. In addition Bill is also the co-author of Mel Bay's Parking Lot Pickers Songbook: Banjo Edition, a collection of two hundred and fifty jam session favorites with an accompanying two CD set.

Rustler's Moon has a great time playing this music -- as well as selections from their collective previous albums, Kathy's many wonderful "solo" releases, favorites from the Good Ol' Persons repertoire, and bluegrass/country classics. So come out and visit with them on Saturday evening at the Winter Bluegrass Weekend, February 29-March 2, 2008.

Tickets for the Headline Concert are separate from general admission Winter Bluegrass Weekend tickets. Prices are $20 day of show, $18 in advance, $16 MBOTMA members in advance, and $10 for teens and kids age 12 and under. These concerts usually sell out in advance, so we recommend you order them in advance. To order call 800-635-3037 or see our WBW ticket page.

This event took place from February 29-March 2, 2008