Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News: Mountain Heart + Tony Rice at Bristol's Paramount Center

BMNN wrote: on Apr. 03, 2008:

If you like your Bluegrass music with lots of hot licks and drive then you’ll want to be part of this exciting event. Coming to the Paramount Center for the Arts on April 12th will be an evening with Mountain Heart with their special guest, guitar legendTony Rice. The Paramount is located at 518 State Street, Bristol, TN-VA 37620.

Mountain Heart is the band that has been fearlessly revolutionizing the way acoustic music can be presented and played. Widely known throughout the music industry for constantly redefining the cutting edge, the band has gained legions of fans both as a result of their superlative musicianship, and more notably, their exciting live performances. Mountain Heart's name has been synonymous with cutting-edge excellence since their creation in 1998. As one of the most highly awarded ensembles ever assembled, Mountain Heart, and members of the band, have won numerous Grammys, ACM, CMA, and IBMA Awards. They have appeared on the revered stage of the Grand Ole Opry in excess of 100 times and have shared the stage with everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Montgomery Gentry, Merle Haggard and Brad Paisley, to Alison Krauss, Yonder Mountain Stringband, LeAnn Rimes and Patty Loveless.

With the introduction of their phenomenally talented young lead singer, Josh Shilling, the band is poised to take their success to even higher levels. Leading the charge in taking acoustic music to the masses, Mountain Heart deftly combines elements of rock, jam band, blues, jazz and bluegrass into a high- energy sound that is at once fresh, accessible and unmistakable.

Tony Rice is one of the premier exponents of flat-picked acoustic guitar. Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from straight-ahead bluegrass to jazz-influenced new acoustic music, to songwriter-oriented folk. He is perhaps the greatest innovator in acoustic flat picked guitar since Clarence White. His early stints with the Bluegrass Alliance and J.D. Crowe and the New South introduced a guitarist with a classic bluegrass sensibility matched with a thirst for experimentation. He was a member of David Grisman’s groundbreaking first quintet, and then set out with a series of solo albums that saw him integrating bluegrass music with elements of jazz, folk, country, and other contemporary forms.

Tickets for this music event are $20.00 and are on sale now. Charge by phone: 423-274-8920 or order online at www.etix.com. Contact the Paramount is at 423-274-8920

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