FLEMINGSBURG – Years of Farming is excited to welcome Don Rigsby & Fly By Knights to Years of Farming on Sunday, March 8, at 2 pm at Double S Entertainment, 150 Foster Street, Flemingsburg. The Mountain Music Ambassadors will open. This will be our 118th show! Tickets are $20, available in advance or at the door. Children 12 and under accompanied by an adult are admitted free. Attendees will have the chance to win door-prizes provided by our sponsors including two tickets to the March 29 show featuring Danny Paisley and Southern Grass.
Don Rigsby has been involved in bluegrass most of his life, learning to sing Ralph Stanley songs at the age of five. The very epitome of a bluegrass sideman, he has been a member of the Bluegrass Cardinals, Lonesome River Band, Longview, J.D. Crowe & The New South and is currently a member of Balsam Range and Southern Legacy besides his own band the Fly By Knights. As a solo artist and bandleader, he has seven albums to his credit and has appeared on countless projects as a session player and singer. Rigsby was director at Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at MSU for several years. He has lived a musical life most only dream about with too many accolades to share so be sure to check out his bio online. Rigsby still lives in Isonville and more important to him than his career are his children Sarah and Andrew. The Fly By Knights also includes Caleb Daugherty on guitar and vocals, Caleb Smith on banjo and vocals and Tim Corbett on upright bass.
The Mountain Music Ambassadors is the flagship touring ensemble for the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University, featuring students majoring in traditional music. The ensemble has entertained audiences across the United States and internationally, as far away as the People’s Republic of China and Ireland. Other notable performances include the historic Carter Family Fold, Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival, IBMA’s Wide Open Bluegrass Festival, the internationally syndicated Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour and Song of the Mountains on PBS. Daxson Lewis and Ruth McLain Smith direct the group.
We hope you will join us at Years of Farming for an afternoon of awesome bluegrass music. It is a terrific opportunity to see this caliber of artists in our area. If you are not familiar with any of our bands, whether a feature band or an opening band, check their websites and/or YouTube for some of their music and history and you will want to attend! Keep checking our website www.yearsoffarming.com for updates on our schedule. Tickets are available on our website or at the door. For more information contact Paula Hinton at (606) 748-0798 or paulahinton2000@yahoo.com.
