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Kathy Kallick Band & Jeannie & Chuck's Country Roundup

Hot Bluegrass & Cool Originals The Kathy Kallick Band's Between the Hollow and the High-Rise, released last year, spent more time in the national bluegrass charts than any other 2010-11 CD and also was among the highest-ranked on the folk-dj chart. The release of Kathy's latest Count Your Blessings will be celebrated at this show. Since co-founding the Good Ol' Persons, Kathy Kallick continues to evolve as one of the music's extraordinary composers and vocalists, having released 16 albums with over 100 of her original songs. She's won a Grammy and two IBMA Awards, received a Lifetime Membership from the California Bluegrass Association, and collaborates with the country's top acoustic musicians including her mighty current intergenerational band, whose members also have played with David Grisman, Laurie Lewis, Darol Anger, High Country, Spring Creek, Town Mountain, and Bearfoot. They are: Tom Bekeny (mandolin), Dan Booth (acoustic bass), Greg Booth (dobro & banjo), and Annie Staninec (fiddle). Everybody sings!

"Kathy Kallick is one of the best songwriters in bluegrass and acoustic music" - Chris Stuart, Sing Out!

Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup
Jeanie and Chuck Poling play bluegrass, honky-tonk, and more. Featuring Jeanie's beautiful and powerful vocals and Chuck's inexhaustible supply of stage patter, this duo's mission is first and foremost to give the folks a show. They've been entertaining Bay Area audiences for over a decade as a duo and with their band which now includes Pat Campbell and Ray Bierl. Pat has played bass with every kind of Bay Area band, and is best known to bluegrass audiences for playing on the legendary "Pistol Packin' Mama" album with Frank Wakefield, Jerry Garcia, Don Reno, and Chubby Wise. Ray is not only a talented and versatile fiddler, but a great entertainer and songster in his own right; check him out to see what one guy and a guitar can do.