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For the week of April 25 through May 1, 2001

Rodney Crowell to headline Folk Festival


This year’s top act for the 24th Annual Northern Rockies Folk Festival will be country Western star and songwriter Rodney Crowell, festival director Kit Neraas announced Friday.

The two-day event is scheduled for Aug. 3 and 4 at Hop Porter Park in Hailey.

Crowell wrote such songs as Ain’t Living Long Like This, the country classic Ashes By Now, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.

His 1988 album Diamonds & Dirt, resulted in five consecutive No. 1 singles (all of them written by Crowell) and won a Grammy award.

Crowell and his band take the stage on the second and final night of the festival, Saturday, Aug. 4, at 8:30 p.m.

Friday night, Aug. 3, the featured band will be the world beat group Mumbo-Gumbo.

Other groups that will be performing at the festival will be the cajun group Etouffe, the blues group Too Slim and the Taildiggers and the folk group The Jaybirds.

Local talent will come from Doc Tater Trio and Chris McDonald and John Zarkos as the Dynamic Duo. Ken Worthington will produce a special show for seniors at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3

Event booster buttons go on sale May 15 for $13. Buttons at the gate will be $16. Seniors over 65 and children accompanied by an adult get in free.

Neraas, the director of the festival, invited valley residents to compete for this year’s poster and T-shirt design. "Rough" designs can be submitted to C-M Copy & Print in Hailey by May 10. The winning design will be announced on KECH radio on May 11.

Festival board member Gary Stivers said the design winner will get free family passes, recognition on stage, and "lots of fame and glory."

For more information call, Marilyn Simmons at 788-4200.

 

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