Thursday, September 16, 2004
Toe-tappin' good time created in Paris
From Country World (East Texas)
There were plenty of tapping toes and patting hands within the audience facing the Red River Valley Fair's outdoor stage on Sept. 3. Although each night, during the fair, entertainment enthralled the crowds, the Friday night show offered popular, local talent.
As the sun set and the temperature dropped, The Hard to Git bluegrass band, and The Paris Cloggers, heated things up with their performances.
The six-member Hard to Git band united for some of the familiar bluegrass tunes, including "Gospel Plow," "Can't You Hear Me Calling?" and "Train Carrying Jimmy Rogers Home." Between songs, band members James Martin and Sam Bolton shared stories about band members, jokes, and some tales. The rapport between the band members drew the crowd into their fun.
Martin and Bolton have a following of bluegrass listeners that remember them from their radio show. "Sam and I did skits and stories during our early Sunday morning radio show on KPLT (Paris). ... Many of those people where there at the (Sept. 3) show."
Show officials said the crowd gathered for the bluegrass, and cloggers, was the second largest during the Red River Valley Fair; just behind the numbers gathered for Paris native, country music legend Gene Watson concert.
Read the article
Country World
There were plenty of tapping toes and patting hands within the audience facing the Red River Valley Fair's outdoor stage on Sept. 3. Although each night, during the fair, entertainment enthralled the crowds, the Friday night show offered popular, local talent.
As the sun set and the temperature dropped, The Hard to Git bluegrass band, and The Paris Cloggers, heated things up with their performances.
The six-member Hard to Git band united for some of the familiar bluegrass tunes, including "Gospel Plow," "Can't You Hear Me Calling?" and "Train Carrying Jimmy Rogers Home." Between songs, band members James Martin and Sam Bolton shared stories about band members, jokes, and some tales. The rapport between the band members drew the crowd into their fun.
Martin and Bolton have a following of bluegrass listeners that remember them from their radio show. "Sam and I did skits and stories during our early Sunday morning radio show on KPLT (Paris). ... Many of those people where there at the (Sept. 3) show."
Show officials said the crowd gathered for the bluegrass, and cloggers, was the second largest during the Red River Valley Fair; just behind the numbers gathered for Paris native, country music legend Gene Watson concert.
Read the article
Country World
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