The Sons of the American Legion, Post 238 in Hughesville, Maryland and Jay Armsworthy present Kody Norris & the Watauga Mountain Boys along with Aspen Run on Sunday March 20, 2011. This will be the final American Legion Bluegrass show for the winter season. The shows will start back up in the fall of 2011.
Kody Norris & the Watauga Mountain Boys is a traditional bluegrass band from the mountains of East Tennessee. Traveling around the country in there stretch limousine, they’re often compared to the bluegrass bands of yesteryear. They’re always sharply dressed, playing the traditional “mountain sound” of Bluegrass music like it should be played. The Watauga Mountain Boys have made many appearances on RFD TV’s, “Cumberland Highlanders Show” as well as the tremendously popular PBS television program, “Song of the Mountains” that airs on over 190 stations nationwide and comes from the Lincoln Theater in Marion, Virginia. Kody Norris has played with Dr. Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Ralph Stanley II, and Doc Watson just to name a few. Not bad for a 22 year old!!
Aspen Run comes from Westminster Maryland and plays hard driving Bluegrass from the musical influences of Jimmy Martin, The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, and many others. The leaders of Aspen Run, the Martin brothers, started the band in April of 2005. Since they have only been playing a few short years, they have quite a list of accomplishments: The Wheeling Jamboree in Wheeling West Virginia, Delfest in Cumberland, Maryland, and they have been opened several shows with Kody Norris. But there most exciting time of all is to see the foot tapping and smiling faces of their many fans that come to see them.
The show will be held on Sunday March 20, 2011 at the American Legion Post 238 in Hughesville, Maryland on the corner of Rt. 381 & Rt. 231. It begins at 2:00 pm with the doors opening at Noon. Tickets will be “ONLY” $15.00 per person. Children under 12 free with a paid adult. Food will be available for sale by the Sons of the American Legion from noon until 2:00 pm. There will also be 50/50 raffles and door prizes. The American Legion is handicap accessible.
For more information and directions, go to www.americanlegionbluegrass.com or call 301-737-3004. To order tickets in advance, send check or money order to Jay Armsworthy, P.O. Box 741, California, MD 20619. Pre-purchased tickets will be held at the door for pick up on the day of the show. Also non-perishable food donations will be accepted for the Helping Hands Food Bank in Southern Maryland.
