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After a hiatus of several years, the Freighthoppers are once again touring and recording. Fiddler David Bass and banjo player Frank Lee, founding members, are joined by guitarist Thomas Bailey and bassist Isaac Deal in the new lineup. During the 1990s, the Freighthoppers recorded two albums that climbed into the Top 20 of Billboard’s Americana music charts: Where’d You Come From, Where’d You Go? (1996) and Waiting on the Gravy Train (1998). They toured throughout the US, Canada, and Europe, and appeared on A Prairie Home Companion. A new album on Rounder Records is in production.
The Old 78s—Carole Anne Rose, Curly Miller, and Clarke Buehling—have a busy schedule coming up. On April 11, they’ll play for the Berryville Contra Dance, Farmers Community Center, Berryville, AR. On April 19, they’ll provide music for the Fayetteville Contra Dance at Trinity Methodist Church, Fayetteville, AR. On July 8, they’ll play for the Ozark Folk Center String Band Week, Ozark Folk Center State Park, Mountain View, AR. Info: http://www. theold78s.com.
Michigan-based string band the Rhythm Billies (Bruce Bauman, Jon Cotton, John Hatton, and Bruce Gartner) released a new CD in late February on the Cleff’d Ear label. Info: www.myspace.com/therhythmbillies.
North Carolina’s WBT Briarhoppers, whose current lineup is Dwight Moody, Roy “Whitey” Grant, David Deese, and Tom Warlick, now have a website: www.wbtbriarhoppers.blogspot.com.
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