CLAIRE LYNCH, WE WERE LUCKY SHE TOURED MT-WY . . .

. . .  WHEN SHE DID BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER SEE HER TOURING BAND AGAIN!

It has just been announced that she was married last July to a Canadian who lives in Ontario and will finish out her current touring schedule and then settle in to a new life in Canada.  She will continue to be involved in various musical activities, but touring will not be included.  She was three time bluegrass female artist of the year and was one of the most acclaimed women in bluegrass music.   For more information try clairlynch.com.

NBC TO START MOVIE SERIES ON DOLLY PARTON

NBC Sets 'Coat of Many Colors' Movie From Dolly Parton

NEW YORK, NY (May 11, 2015) – It's official!! During the NBC Upfronts in New York City this morning, where Dolly Parton made a surprise appearance, word came that NBC has greenlit the first original movie under its development deal with the music Icon, actress and songwriter. Coat of Many Colors, named after Parton’s song, will be based on Parton’s upbringing, with the Parton serving as executive producer. Parton had called the 1971 track her favorite song she has written. It tells the story of how her mother stitched together a coat for her daughter out of rags given to the family, telling her the biblical story of Joseph and his Coat of Many Colors. But when the girl, all excited, debuts the new coat at school, she is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing rags (watch the video above). The original coat is now on display in Parton’s Chasing Rainbows Museum at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. NBC’s deal with Parton, announced in January, includes a series of standalone TV movies based on Parton’s songs, stories and life. They will contain music but won’t be musicals, with Parton possibly appearing in some. Parton is developing the projects with production partner Sam Haskell of Magnolia Hill Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. Coat of Many Colors is part of NBC’s slate of event programming for next season, which also includes previously announced The Reaper, a miniseries based on the best-selling memoir by Sgt. Nicholas Irving, a decorated African-American sniper who was deployed in Afghanistan for 100 days, and holiday musical The Wiz Live!. # # #   For more information on Dolly Parton please visit: www.dollypartonentertainment.com Facebook: Facebook.com/DollyParton Twitter: Twitter.com/DollyParton Tumblr: OfficialDollyParton.tumblr.com Google+: Plus.Google.com/+DollyParton    Suggested Tweet: .@NBC Sets #CoatOfManyColors Movie From @DollyParton - LINK

Download artwork Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment, Dolly Parton, Sam Haskell, President, Magnolia Hill Entertainment through Warner Brothers Television, Danny Nozell, CTK Management / 5.7MB Dolly Parton / 2.1MB

 

MORE GOOD BLUEGRASS COMING TO BILLINGS AND THE REST OF MONTANA

Thanks to Phyllis Erck, Greg Cahill and Special Consensus are scheduled to perform in Billings during the Ruby Jewell Jamboree series. They will be at the Billings Hampton Inn on Saturday, June 13, 2015. Missoula and Great Falls are also part of Special Consensus “Montana Skies Tour.”  Other Jamboree bands include Hot Rize with Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers on July 14th, Jeff Scroggins and Colorado, plus Dale Ann Bradley on September 13th all in Missoula. Scroggins will also play in Billings on August 13th and Gold Heart featuring the three Gold sisters and their father will be Billings on September 18th.  Added to already announced performances 2015 is shaping up to be a good year for bluegrass in Montana.

Hot Rize with such stalwarts as Tim O'Brien and Pete Wernick were one of my favorite bluegrass bands 20 years ago. Then they began adding a second feature to the performances as "Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers." They would put down their acoustic instruments and come out electrified doing country stuff. They have now put the old band together and are performing together again.  It should be an especially good show with lots of nostalgia in Missoula on July 14th.