Bluegrass Jamboree, October 2022
On Saturday, October 22, Pine Mountain Bluegrass Jamboree featured headliner Robbie & Blue Mourning with special guest Gary Waldrep, house band Pine Mountain Bluegrass, jamming, concessions, and Trade Day. See Bluegrass Jamboree for schedule details.
band members
- Phillip Mulkey from Snead, Alabama, on vocals & banjo
- Mark Willingham from Gallant on rhythm & lead guitar
- Adrian Willingham from Gallant on guitar & French harp
- Rick Norton from Douglas on bass
- Robbie Lawson from Guntersville on vocals & rhythm guitar
The band has played together for about ten years, performing at many festivals, churches, and private gatherings.
gary waldrep
At October’s Bluegrass Jamboree, the headlining band will be joined by Gary Waldrep, an accomplished musician, entertainer, and music instructor who has played professionally with the Gary Waldrep Band in nearly every state of the US and across Canada. Gary is a 2009 Alabama Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame Inductee and a 2018 inductee in the Boaz High School Hall of Fame. He teaches all stringed instruments to musicians young and old. The Alabama State Council on the Arts named Gary Alabama’s youngest master musician. His band the Sand Mountain Boys was the recipient of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music Award and the Fans’ Choice Award from the Bluegrass Music Association. Gary was named the Old Time Banjo Player of the Year, Clawhammer Style, in both 1993 and 1994. With his sister Susan, he has hosted the Festival on the Farm since 1994. He debuted at the Grand Old Opre house in 2017, in a highlight of his career.
