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At Tumbleweed: Musical entertainment

Published 8/15/2009 in Features

Tia McGraff

From Ontario, Canada, her albums include Small Town Life, Jewels Cafe, Outside Of The Circle, Day In My Shoes. She has had videos on CMT Canada, exposure on CBS Nightly News, and radio play on Americana, Triple A, and Country radio stations around the world. Tia relocated to Nashville, Tenn., to further her song writing craft in 1999 and it was there that she met her husband and fellow songwriter & touring partner, guitarist Tommy Parham. After honing their song writing skills, they have since moved back to Port Dover and after each tour, enjoy coming home to the waters of Lake Erie and working out of their studio. She has written with other such notable writers as Randy Bachman (BTO), Andrew Gold (Linda Ronstadt), Henry Priestman (The Christians), and Rick Giles (Reba) just to mention a few.

Tom May

His 36 years as a professional folksinger include writing and playing his own music, eloquently interpreting the songs of others, sharing through his music history, romance, and his travels with folks throughout the U.S., Canada and overseas in concert halls and clubs, and hosting and performing weekly on the national radio and TV program River City Folk. On 12 and six string guitars, he accompanies his baritone voice with intricate stylings not often heard in folk music. Stories, humor, and occasionally even the Irish pennywhistle introduce the songs featured in his concerts.

Sons and Brothers

A presentation of acoustic music that combines elements of Western, Gospel, Bluegrass, and Old Time fiddle music. The band has traveled to concerts and festivals in numerous states over the past eight years, as well as Scotland, England and Wales. The band consists of Frank Wolking, who plays guitar and signs, Fred Wolking, and Frank's sons Mike, who plays dobro, banjo, and guitar, Joe, who plays mandolin and fiddle, and Aaron, who plays bass guitar.

Fulton Street Band

Residents from Garden City, Tribune and Lakin make up the Fulton Street Band, a local favorite at the Tumbleweed Festival. Members consist of: Dave Olsen, band leader, drummer, and lead and background vocals; Dave Beckett, guitar and background vocals; Brad Elliott, bass; John Calbeck, harmonica, percussion, lead and background vocals; Jan Kennedy, keyboards; and Cindy Dial, female vocalist and background vocals. Matt Mathis and Warren Kuttler are the sound men for the group. Olson, Mathis and Kuttler are from Tribune and Elliott is from Lakin. The rest are from Garden City. Dial said each member of the band has been playing music for years.

Bow Dog and Jerry Hahn

The legendary jazz guitarist, Jerry Hahn will be joining Bob Bowman as well top call drummer, Tim Cambron. Hahn has long been recognized as one of jazz's most influential guitarists. He became a major name in the 1960s and 1970 for his de facto contribution to the emerging fusion movement, and has remained one of its ardent promoters throughout his career. Hahn established the degree program in jazz guitar at Wichita State University in 1972. The movie sound track for White Men Can't Jump features his guitar playing. In 1992 he moved to Denver, Colorado where he taught at the Colorado Institute of Art and performed, toured, and recorded with Ginger Baker (drummer with Cream). In 1995, Hahn joined the faculty of Portland State University and developed the curriculum for the Jazz Guitar program. In 2004, Jerry returned to hometown Wichita, Kansas, where he continues to perform, record, tour, and conduct clinics at Universities and schools.

Brennen Leigh

Sibling duo Brennen Leigh and Seth Hulbert bring their eclectic mix of americana roots music to enthusiastic audiences from Fargo to Florida. Armed with a mandolin and a voice as strong as railroad tracks and as smooth as a mint julep, Brennen Leigh breathes fresh life into bluegrass, country western, Texas swing, Irish folk and Mississippi Delta blues standards, as well as adding distinctively north woods images to her well-crafted original songs. She also got a brief glimpse of super stardom when she made the Top 20 on Nashville Star, the USA-network's countrified version of American Idol.

Del Castilllo

The group began as a CD project for family back in the winter of 2000 and has become a symbol of the cross-cultural power of music with their eclectic blend of Flamenco, Rock, Latin, Blues, and World music. Between the release of their first CD, Brothers of the Castle back in 2001, to their 2006 release, Brotherhood, Del Castillo has received an astonishing 18 awards including SXSW/Austin Music "Album of the Year" Awards for Vida (2002) and Brotherhood (2006), "Band of the Year (2003)", ASCAP'S "Best Independent Group of the Year (2005)", and Austin Music Pundits "Best Live Act (2004)". The group has contributed music to the soundtracks of his movies, such as "Spy Kids 3D", "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", "Sin City", "GRINDHOUSE," and "Kill Bill Vol. II." By 2004, Del Castillo was touring nationwide across the country playing with such diverse acts as Styx, Los Lonely Boys, Ozomatli, Don Henley, Los Lobos, and Willie Nelson and continued tour non-stop through 2006. They have performed at three of Willie Nelson's 4th Of July Picnics, and at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, and they have made numerous national and local TV appearances.

Source: Telegram archives and artist Web sites

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