This album is also on Facebook.Do also check out the beautiful photos by Bob Sims, who came to Pine Mountain for the first time for this Jamboree.
My thanks to Julie Moon, Mickey Dooley, and Ken Bearden for assistance and background information on many of the musicians, as noted below.
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Headliners Clear Blue Sky featured Tina Ray Miller on fiddle, Collins Miller on banjo, and Ray Benson on guitar.Thirteen-year-old Albie Gornik performed at Pine Mountain Bluegrass Jamboree on September 24, 2022. Albie and his brother Joseph study music with Allen Tolbert. Clear Blue Sky’s Julie Ray on bass and vocals.The first two hours of each Bluegrass Jamboree are set aside for jamming with fellow musicians who travel from near and far. Here, Ken Bearden on guitar.Attendees enjoyed a potluck lunch with fried chicken, beans, greens, and desserts.Pine Mountain Bluegrass Band’s Mickey Dooley and Allen Tolbert.Fiddler and vocalist Tina Ray Miller of Clear Blue Sky.
The Bluegrass Connection’s Robert Hicks on mandolin and Julie Moon on guitar performed with Robert’s son Seth Hicks on bass. Freddy Clowdus on banjo with Pine Mountain Bluegrass Band.Pine Mountain Bluegrass Band’s Ken Bearden on bass. Tim E. Burns performed “Out of the Darkness” from his most recent album of original songs, Old Dad Wash.During Trade Day, Charlsie Crowder and daughter Leigh Crowder McBryde selected Sand Mountain tomatoes, offered by Jessica Graves with proceeds benefiting events and education on Pine Mountain.Mickey Dooley slipped backstage to jog his memory of the hilarious “I Had But Fifty Cents,” a special request by a fan. Moments later, Mickey performed the song with Pine Mountain Bluegrass Band, to the crowd’s delight.
Sound engineer Abe Williams adjusted the microphone for 11-year-old Joseph Gornik.Rhonda Kelley strummed and sang with other musicians during the jam session.Clear Blue Sky’s Julie Ray shared her powerful voice.Cynthia Hamilton and Valerie Worthy of Birmingham came to Bluegrass Jamboree for the first time. Just out of frame, artist Sarah Inman sketched the stage on her tablet.Coone Gilliland took in the show under the shade of the oak tree.Pine Mountain Bluegrass Band’s Ken Bearden, Mickey Dooley, and Allen Tolbert. Allen Tolbert enjoyed the performance of his students Albie and Joseph Gornik.Julie Moon strummed from the picnic tables before taking the stage with the Bluegrass Connection.Chattanooga’s Seth Hicks and Jessica Whaley make up the Shade Trees, who opened the show. Seth is the son of Bluegrass Connection mandolin player Robert Hicks. (Thank you, Julie Moon, for this information!)Breanna Tolbert invited everyone to the 2nd Annual Bluegrass Christmas on Friday, December 2 to benefit Toys for Tots! See the details on the Calendar.Tina Clowdus of Oneonta and Bill White of Huntsville recorded from the front row.Clear Blue Sky’s Ray Benson on guitar.Valerie Worthy and Bill Riddle shared the dance floor.“Ricky Kilgore, fiddle player extraordinaire, burning up the mandolin.” — Mickey Dooley Pine Mountain Bluegrass Band’s fiddler and vocalist Kerry Franklin.Pam Kilgore of Walker County on bass.Austin Smith felt the music at his first Jamboree jam sessions. We hope he returns!Larry Layton, from the Friendship community in St. Clair County.“My great friend and exceptional picking buddy, Clay Wisner.” – Brandon Balenger“David McNair, a great banjo and guitar player and really good singer.” — Ken BeardenThe Bluegrass Connection’s Jeb Fannin on banjo. Mike Broadway’s 5-string.Steve Helton and Ray Benson of Clear Blue Sky.Clear Blue Sky closed another fabulous Bluegrass Jamboree.
