Thursday, September 1, 2011

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass!

We are so excited to be traveling to California at the end of this month to perform at the 11th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival on Sunday, October 2nd! The three-day star-studded event takes over San Francisco's Golden Gate Park with multiple stages and over 80 bands performing such as Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Earl Scruggs, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Robert Plant, Bela Fleck, and many, many more!
The Swanson Family Band from Florida, who released their widely successful second album Two in the Morning in 2010, are recognized as one of Florida's newest emerging bluegrass bands. The band features brothers Travis Swanson (16) on fiddle/vocals, Tyler Swanson (18) on banjo, and Eric Swanson (22) on mandolin/vocals, along with Megan Bradley (21) on guitar/vocals, Lynn Swanson on guitar and Richard Swanson on bass.  For more information on the Swanson Family Band visit http://www.swansonfamilyband.com/ and for more information on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass visit http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/