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Show Cross Currents Page 12 jwy Meltdown From Page April 3, 1998 ffiltEim 11 Larry Boyce, president of the festival board. Theyre great pickers whove been playing together for a long time, and theyve got great harmony as well. Though Chris Jones and the Night Drivers may not be as familiar to fans, their show should change that. Jones cut his teeth with the Weary Hearts, Special Consensus, and the Lynn Morris Band. He has worked and toured with the likes of Laurie Lewis, the Whitstein Brothers, and Vassar Clements. Chris Jones is one of the up- - v stars in bluegrass, said Hes a good songwriter, great Boyce. his own on flatpicking holds and singer, guitar. He has some good musicians playblue-gra- San Juan Room ss Dobra Guitar Frayed Knot Blue Moon Ramblers - Wild Banjo Sage - and-comi- Workshops Strater ? Local Legends Fiddling Foresters Blanco Basin ng ing with him. The Night Drivers feature Jones on guitar, Ron Stuart on mandolin, Doug Knecht on banjo, and Czech multiinstrumentalist Slavic Hanzlick on bass. The rest of the Meltdown bands are Sunday Patriots (gospel) 10:00 a.m. hardly slouches either. Other national NBB (gospel) ", Frog Mtn . 11:00 acts such as the Bluegrass Patriots and 12:00 noon Flying Dogs Tylers slide and banjo wizard Tony Furtado will Wild Sage Tradition Plains 1:00 H$i p.m. make return appearances this year. Frontier Bluegrss D Wranglers Bar 2:00 We always try to incorporate local ' Local w Off the Couch 3:00 Legends bands, said Boyce. This is a pickers fesNashville Bluegrass Band tival and a bluegrass festival, and we dont 4:00 want to change that. Top regional bands the Meltdown will Slavic Hanzlick, and Pat drawn with those of other strangers, feature include Wild Sage, the Blue Furtado, of Frog Mountain. thrown together, and given the chance to Moon Ramblers, the Bar D Wranglers, McLaughlin The Flying Dogs have played togeth- play on stage after a few hours of pracPagosa Hot Strings, Frog Mountain, and tice. The Band Showcase will feature Flying Dogs. The festival will showcase er for years, but have careers other than 1 9 bands in all. music, so they havent traveled much, local musicians from living room bands showing off the chops theyve been perThe Flying Dogs show on Saturday said Boyce. Not only does the Meltdown offer a fecting behind drawn curtains. There are night promises to be a great one. This band will be playing lot of name players, it is also a chance also numerous workshops planned, an longtime Aspen-are- a a show billed as Flying Dogs and Hot for others to participate. The Band instrument show and sale, and free music and shows all over downtown. Dogs, and will feature such guests as Scramble offers a chance to anyone who Stuart Duncan, Roland White, Tony wants to play to have his or her name Its terrific music, said Felt, who also Tylers Frontier Bluegrass Patriots 1 Furtado V . . . vv ' '' ' ' . g " v I'ndtolfiddle V ."'V. Bass Bong-Ail&i- : ! 4 - hosts a Thursday night bluegrass show on Great public radio station KSUT-FM. musicianship, wonderful singing. It draws upon numerous other American forms of music, so in a sense, its reflective of the American experience, both musically and historically. Its got won- derful drive and energy to it. Its just plain wonderful. freeBrian Taylor is a Durango-base- d lance music writer. Are your Jeans Too Tight? Lose 6-- 20 inches in 2 hours With a short series of wraps, sizes in weeks. you can be down Wren'S r ovml 970259-696- 1 Expires - for (4- lew during your first wrap (ws'll famous those Inches from your problem 1ST WRAP $75 - 2ND WRAP $40 Call Where Quality Us GUARANTEES: 1. HMrnmi man) Xh not 2. techee loot w ratum I you don't gain 43098 w v Nursery 5aldG5late 1- -2 1- -2 I vr Service Come First & Xeriscape (low water) Evergreen Native Chemicals Fertilizer Bedding Plants Roses Water Lillies & Landscaping Services Fountains Meeting jourmusicalneeds sincel979. Durango Mon - Fri 10-- 9 Sat Mall (970) 10-- 7 Sun 259-22111-- (505)325-660- 2 p A FUN PLACE TO SHOP Located South of Cinema 8 Theaters 1 6 Vs V J jpj ;J 0 1817 Schofield Ln. Farmington NMc |