Band Bios
Molly & Tenbrooks
This year's headliner performance hearkens back to the traditions of the late 19th century in a band led by Dannie Lynn Plummer and Kelly Bogan from Spokane, Washington.
Dannie Lynn Plummer - From a singing family--momma sang bass, daddy sang tenor--and classically trained in voice, Dannie Lynn grew up singing in church and then became active in the folk music scene in the ’60’s. Her total immersion into bluegrass came as a result of having been invited to the local bluegrass association’s Christmas party. She soon began to exhibit acute jamaholic symptoms. After playing with various local bands on a casual basis, she now plays full-time with Molly & Tenbrooks.
Kelly Bogan - Classically trained in piano from age 8, Kelly became interested in folk music in high school after hearing Flatt & Scruggs. He picked up a banjo and hasn’t put it down since. Re-inspired in the 90’s by Alison Krauss, he has become a certified Bluegrass Nutt, playing dobro, guitar, bass and mandolin--instruments he teaches at his School of Music on Spokane's South Hill. Kelly loves to sing and finds ample opportunity to use his great bluegrass voice in Molly & Tenbrooks.
With a voice that can reach "clean across't" the San Poil Valley, Doug belts out the kinds of songs that prod at your heart and prick your conscience.
Sid Cowan
Honky tonk, country western, blugrass--you name it, Sid can play it and sing it. He is joined by friends from Ferry County and British Columbia.
Brenda Devine
Singing original tunes and old favorites, Brenda reminds us of everything that's good about folk music. She accompanies herself on guitar and has been singing and playing since she was a teen.
The Fletcher Girls
The daughters of Keith and Wanda Fletcher, these five sisters from now live in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. They pick and sing old standards and new originals with intense family harmony. [homepage]
Halfway There
Edison and Diane Shaw are joined by Blaine Lindren, and this trio puts out tunes that go straight from their heart to yours. Through Edison's guitar and harmonica, Blaine's fiddle, and vocals from all three, you get a smooth and soulful blend of folk and blues. [homepage]
Inspired by her childhood growing up in Ferry County, Brenda sings original songs that are "pure, clear, from-the-heart ... seasoned in bluegrass." (CDBaby) She is one of the five Fletcher Girls.
Nancy Morris & Wanda Fletcher
This accordion duet debunks the myth that dueling banjos are the only music to come out of the mountains. This is what you get when you cross the Red Hat Society with a Hillbilly Hoedown.
Kettle Creek (pending 7-29-07)
Kettle Creek is a five-piece bluegrass band that lends a tight delivery to bluegrass standards, originals, soulful ballads, gospel numbers and fiddle tunes. From the area around Kettle Falls and Colville, the band members are Ray Shewmate, Josh Robertson, Ed Mathews, Tony Pinkham, and Mark Harding.
Northern Underground
This five-piece bluegrass band brings together the young and not so young, blending high lonesome harmonies with the accompaniment of banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and upright bass. [homepage]
(Clockwise from front: Richard, Abby, Connie, Keith, and Alicia.)
Carl Sande
We couldn't afford Garth Brooks, so we booked the next best thing--Carl Sande who belts out cowboy ballads and country western tunes that remind us of Chris LeDoux.
(Left to right: Steve, Barry, Carol, Mark)
Mark Johnson and Carol Rose are the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans of Ferry County. Backed up Barry Alan on pedal steel and Steven Cole on bass, they sing cowboy swing songs from the era when the good guys wore white hats and the bad guys always died.
