Sunday, March 23, 2014

THE GREAT TONY RICE COULD USE YOUR HELP

A Night for Tony Rice
Featuring Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder & Friends, Ry Cooder,
Tim O'Brien, Bryan Sutton, Stuart Duncan, and many more

Nashville, TN (March 17, 2014) --  Mark Newton & Steve Thomas are proud to announce they will perform at A NIGHT FOR TONY RICE to be held at 3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill, 818 3rd Ave. S. in Nashville on Tuesday, March 25. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the concert will begin at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance or at the door.  This can’t miss event will feature Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder & Friends, Newton & Thomas, Rambling Rooks, Dailey & Vincent, Ry & Joachim Cooder, Tim O’Brien, Bryan Sutton, Stuart Duncan, Luke Bulla Trio, Forest O’Conner.
Richard King, Sr. and his son Richard, Jr. are promoting the concert and all of the artists are donating their talent to their longtime hero.  The owner of 3rd & Lindsley is donating the space and all proceeds will go to Tony Rice.
Jeff and Terry Pinkham, who started the Tony Rice Foundation, are raising money to help with Tony’s living expenses. He has been trying to recover his voice and is also receiving treatment for arthritis. Anyone wishing to donate pay via PayPal or send a check or money order made out to directly to “Tony Rice”, P. O. Box 914, Odessa, FL 33556.  Additional information can be found at the Tony Rice Foundation’s facebook page.

ROGER'S NOTE: Tony Rice's voice and excellent guitar picking have influenced an entire generation of pickers to become bluegrassers.  I am sure any amount of help would be greatly appreciated.  BTW, Luke Bulla is a very good fiddler. About 20 years ago he toured our area with his parents and sister (Jenny?) as part of the Bulla Family Band. Luke was only about ten years old then.   I saw them at the local summer fair at Metra Park in Billings. Luke is now a fixture in the Nashville scene and like older fiddler Stuart Duncan is often a side man on recordings produced there.

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