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Blue Moon Rising
2007 IBMA
SHOWCASE PERFORMER 2006
IBMA "Emerging Artist of the Year Nominee"
Official
Web Site MYSPACE On
the Rise Musicians
Keith Garrett - mandolin,
lead & baritone vocals
Chris West (guitar,
lead, tenor, & baritone vocals Tim
Tipton - acoustic bass
Justin Jenkins - banjo Justin
Moses - Dobro, fiddle, harmony vocals Randy
Massengill - Tenor Vocals
Ron Stewart -
Fiddle
Randy Kohrs - Dobro "
I first met Blue Moon Rising a few years ago and was immediately impressed with
their talent to play, sing, and write songs. I was also impressed with them as
good, down-to-earth guys. Their new album is a great collection of bluegrass that
I'm sure folks are going to enjoy. Good job, fellas -- keep it up!"...Ricky
Skaggs "This
one comes with an endorsement by Ricky Skaggs. Titled On the Rise , it showcases
this band as super slick pickers and really fine writers. The vocals are sturdy,
too, especially on a track like this one....."
Robert K. Oermann, Music Row-Nashville, TN "Blue
Moon Rising's new project 'On the Rise' is what I, as a promoter looks for.
Youthful exuberance, lightning pickin' and tight vocals. If this project
was on vinal, I'd wear it out."
Brad Klabunde Agent/Promoter
B.K.Production's Bluegrass Shows
"Blue Moon Rising is a rare and hot commodity
in the bluegrass world – fantastic young musicians who do justice to the roots
of the genre. They play with an energy and spirit that indicates their relative
youth, but their harmonies and songwriting belie their age.”
~Haymaker
Productions "This could well be an IBMA "Album
of the Year". It's a strong project all around; the songs are well written, the
vocals and instrumentals perfect! Blue Moon Rising? They're directly over
head, full and shining bright!
Joe Wills,Burlington
County Bluegrass, Z88-9 (WBZC) 88.9 & 95.1 FM,
www.Z889.com "Flanked
by exceptional songwriters in Chris and Keith, BMR brings new and very well crafted
songs delivered with arrangements that evoke a very lonesome, picturesque, and
passionately true sound to our music. Every song, either on stage or in studio,
is delivered with the same fervor and emotion in which one can easily feel they
were written - the very essence of Bluegrass Music. I've had
the pleasure of meeting them at our Winter Bluegrass Jubilee Show where BMR was
our headline act and they really nailed it. We had to have them back as
a headline act at our renouned PEI Bluegrass Festival the following summer, an
unprecedented feat. In both instances, BMR delivered a superb show with
fine style, professionalism and drive and all the while, picked up a whole bunch
of fans. They are great guys both on and off stage, a breath of fresh air
in our music, we're very proud of them and we'd love to have them back!...Serge
Bernard, Bluegrass Island, 630 CFCY Charlottetown, PEI, Canada." |
CHART SUCCESS & RECOGNITIONS FOR ON THE RISE |
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Blue
Moon Rising. Blue Moon
Rising is an East Tennessee based band with a unique and exciting sound, true
to traditional bluegrass, yet fresh with new, original material. Their name is
derived from the title of a newspaper article commemorating the life of the “Father
of Bluegrass Music,” Bill Monroe. The
band has a busy 2006 tour schedule performing at major events and festivals including
Bean Blossom's Uncle Pen Days, Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, Poppy Mountain,
Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass and many more. The band is also performing at numerous
other concerts, bluegrass in schools programs and TV including Fox 5 tv show,
"Good Day Atlanta. "On
the Rise" is the band's third album and the first on the Lonesome Day Records.
Steve Gulley of the band Mountain Heart says, “In my opinion, they're the
best kept secret in bluegrass music, but look out because that's about to change.
Simply put, this band has it all. They play well, sing well, and write well. Couple
that with the fact that they are all Tennessee natives (with one Kentuckian to
boot) and you not only have the complete package . . . you have the real thing
. With credentials like that in a little over three years, it's safe to say
this Blue Moon is definitely Rising.
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