Hey Everybody
Wanted to let you know we’re going to be featured on RFD-TV’s Cumberland Highlanders Show next week starting on Monday, March 8. The show will be aired several times through the week, ending on Saturday, March 13. Check for times in your area!!
The Warrior River Boys had a ton of fun this weekend hanging around the St. Louis area. We played at KDHX for an hour, thanks to their staff, they were great. Then it was over to the Focal Point to play a old theater to a full house. Best of all they bought us supper at the Maya Cafe, the best resturant ever, Aztec food, lots of new flavors, like coffee in their pork, raisins and cinnamon in their chicken. What at treat.
The next day David ran off to an Auction, Robert was with his girlfriend, Marty was with his family, so me and Owen packed the fishing poles, picked up the New Belgium St. Louis Beer Ranger Joel Winn and headed out to see our friend Chris Wiseman on the Mississippi River. Chris and his buddy live on the river on house boats, and they love to fish, and play bluegrass. Me and Owen hung into the early evening and headed back to the room. David loaded the van again with assorted stuff from the auction, never heard what Robert was up to.
Sunday was great, the Edgewood Opry, what a place, beutiful Opry house filled to the brim with friends and family, what great people!! The Warrior River Boys had these guests at the show that day- The Possom Trotters, Matthew Besher, Bill Anderson, Leroy VanDyke, Willie Nelson, Hank Snow, and Elvis !!! What a memorable show.
Monday was down to the sleepy town of Paragould, Arkansas. Big room, they had a bluegrass pick before the show and a fully catered meal for everyone. The show was officially free but they passed the hat for donations and really put out for the band, I love bluegrass fans. Thanks for all those there and we will see you next year.
Dont forget to post your comments here, just click on comment, right there on the top of the post. We would love to here from everyone. Thanks, and see you soon, DD@WRB
Hey David,
The Warrior River Boys all want to wish you a happy birthday!!! WE so appreciate everything you do for us and hope your birthday is the best. Dont spend the whole day out with those cows, make sure to let Cindy take you out for a birthday dinner or something. We will see you this weekend in St. Louis to really celebrate, lets rock it man!!
We’re looking forward to the big “Marty Hays Homecoming Show” Feb 21st in Edgewood, Illinois! It has been a fun time for the two previous years, hope to see some of you there. We are really looking forward to going south again GARSH it’s cold!! went to Florida last week and Texas & LA this week even if it’s cold there it will still be better than where we all live. later Marty
Hello everybody!
David here, and I want to give my personal welcome to you! If you’re visiting our website and seeing a bunch of changes and a new look, COME ON IN. We’re starting 2010 excited about a lot of things, a brand new website for one, a brand new band member for you to meet and enjoy, a fresh show with new songs, alot of new venues to play and alot of shows in familiar areas playing to old friends. I know Marty, Owen, Robert and Brad would want me to say hello to you about right now, so HELLO! They’ll be speaking for themselves when they have a chance, so look out!
We’re really looking forward to making the most of our new website, it’s a little different from the last one, it being a blog-based site. This will give the band the opportunity to be much more interactive with you, and give us the opportunity to be more personal with you. We’re handling the maintanance of the site ourselves, so bear with us as we’re getting familiar with all the nuts and bolts, and it’ll give us something to do on those overnight rides. I can already tell it’s gonna be fun for us (and hopefully for you). We want you to be a part of the site and visit as often as you can, honestly, the site is yours and for you as much as the bands. We’re just starting to get the site in working order, it’s really starting to take shape, our little viritual home. You’re always welcome!
As I mentioned earlier, we’ll be starting 2010 with a new band member. Really, Bradford Lee Folk is no stranger to Bluegrass audiences. You’ll remember Brad as the frontman for one of the freshest and best traditional acts to emerge in the genre in the last few years, Open Road. This great group hailed from Colorado and recorded three highly aclaimed projects for Rounder Records. They toured and kicked up ALOT of dust from 2000 until around 2006. We never worked any live shows with Open Road during that time, but we certainly appreciated Brad and all of Open Road’s recorded music and their commitment to furthuring real music to bluegrass audiences as well as tapping in to tons of younger folks outside the genre who were getting in to what they were serving.
I remember meeting Brad backstage at a show in Colorado a number of years ago. We caught up with him last year at a festival in Missouri, and got the chance to visit at length. Actually, Brad has been doing shows with the WRB since last October. A real natural fit, we all feel that way. When you think about all the people in this group, what they bring to the table individually and then as a unit, Brad’s addition fits like a glove. He brings a ton of talent and positive energy, on and off stage! A kindred spirit! It’s a real special unit, if I do say so myself. And we hope to prove that to you in 2010. We’ll keep our appearances updated on the site, alot of dates have been added recently and more will be added soon. Hope to see you when we’re in your area.
David
Welcome to David’s new website. We are all learning to work this site and in time you’ll be hearing from all the guys on our “news” page. Its a big step for us and we hope you’ll join us here to keep updated on all the music, news, and products we have to offer. You’ll be hearing about Owen’s wild outdoor trapping and fishing skills, David’s crazy auction items, Marty’s rock and roll impersonations and about all the fun the Warrior River boys having as they travel across the country entertaining audiences and playing their heart and soul style bluegrass music. Stay tuned as we are gearing up to hit the road in Feburary for what will be a wild 2010.