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A Bluegrass Concert performances – typically the second
Sunday of each month but always at
with Bluestone at the American Legion Post, 9238 Legion

American Legion Road in Denton. Food and beverages for

sale benefit the Legion Auxiliary.
on March 10 Janet Dove,
Mark your calendars for the upcoming
One of the most vital aspects of Blue- concert dates: Blue Daze on April 14 stylist
grass music is feeling, sometimes and Across the Tracks on May 19 (3rd
referred to as soul. This month’s fine Sunday so you can spend the 2nd with CUTS • COLOR • PERMS
band, Bluestone, captures this elusive Mom).
HIGHLIGHTS
and all too rare quality. Based in York, For more information on ESBA go to
Pennsylvania, Bluestone brings together https://www.facebook.com/Eastern- 920 Gay St., Denton
a group of veteran musicians from a part ShoreBluegrassAssociation/ or esblue- 410-310-4586
of the country rich in Bluegrass music grass.carrd.com on the web.
heritage. Appointments ONLY!
Please call to schedule
The doors for the Sunday March 10
concert open at 12:30 at the American
Legion Hall in Denton. Music begins
at 1:00 p.m. with the house band – the
“Kitchen Pickers”. The Bluestone set
starts at 2:00 p.m. Admission is $15 and
is open to the public.

Bluestone members continue to fi nd the
strength of their music rooted in tradi-
tional Bluegrass while incorporating the

influences of gospel, blues, and country/
swing music. Carol Swamm is on vocals
with Ben Sapp on banjo, Russ Hooper
on dobro and Tom Cook on mandolin.
In the finest Bluegrass father/ son tradi-

tion, bass player Heath Laird honors the
memory of father and founding member
and mandolin player in Bluestone as the
band manager. For more information,
check out bluestonebluegrass.com.
Baltimore banjo master Mike Mumford
said in the liner notes on the bands 2014
CD release: “A major part of any group’s
sound is their choice of material. In
addition to some original compositions,
Bluestone makes bluegrass from a wide
range of writers including Red Allen,
Gordon Lightfoot, and John Lennon. It
is a kind of ‘Bluegrass soul’ accurately
captured and ably delivered. Bluestone’s
music plays well on the ears and lands

firmly in the heart.”
The concert is produced by the Eastern

Shore Bluegrass Association (ESBA), a
not-for-profit association of volunteers

committed to promoting and support-
ing this American music. ESBA is more
than 50 years old and the Sunday, March
10th concert is one of nine monthly
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