Bluegrass Band Perform Tonight
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Bluegrass band Flintlock will perform a variety of music for all ages at its concert tonight.
The five-member band will perform from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Central Park as part of the Warsaw Park Department's summer concert series.
The concert is free and open to the public.
"Our band is not the harddriving in-your-face bluegrass music, it's more laid back," said bass player Jeff Bailey of North Judson.
Bailey said those who attend can expect to hear blues as well as slow and fast bluegrass music with high harmony singing.
The band was formed in 1997 by bandmembers Rick Carter, of Merrillville, on vocals and guitar and James Patton of Highland on mandolin, guitar and vocals.
Carter said his father and grandfather influenced him to play the guitar.
"I grew up listening to my relatives' records and Bill Monroe," Carter said.
Other band members include John Baker, North Webster, on banjo and Dane Schuyler, of Lowell, on fiddle and vocals.
Baker, who has played the banjo for 30 years, joined the band a year ago and said the group enjoys entertaining the crowd.
"It's a toe-tapping good time for audiences that range from little babies to those who are 90-years-old," Baker said.
He said the music the band performs is similar to that found in the movie, "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?"
"I'm looking forward to playing in Warsaw because it will be like coming back home," Baker said.
Baker said the band plays in Tinley Park, Chicago and Crete, Ill.
The band will perform 25 songs during the performance and will sell three of their CDs at the concert for $15 each. [[In-content Ad]]
Bluegrass band Flintlock will perform a variety of music for all ages at its concert tonight.
The five-member band will perform from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Central Park as part of the Warsaw Park Department's summer concert series.
The concert is free and open to the public.
"Our band is not the harddriving in-your-face bluegrass music, it's more laid back," said bass player Jeff Bailey of North Judson.
Bailey said those who attend can expect to hear blues as well as slow and fast bluegrass music with high harmony singing.
The band was formed in 1997 by bandmembers Rick Carter, of Merrillville, on vocals and guitar and James Patton of Highland on mandolin, guitar and vocals.
Carter said his father and grandfather influenced him to play the guitar.
"I grew up listening to my relatives' records and Bill Monroe," Carter said.
Other band members include John Baker, North Webster, on banjo and Dane Schuyler, of Lowell, on fiddle and vocals.
Baker, who has played the banjo for 30 years, joined the band a year ago and said the group enjoys entertaining the crowd.
"It's a toe-tapping good time for audiences that range from little babies to those who are 90-years-old," Baker said.
He said the music the band performs is similar to that found in the movie, "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?"
"I'm looking forward to playing in Warsaw because it will be like coming back home," Baker said.
Baker said the band plays in Tinley Park, Chicago and Crete, Ill.
The band will perform 25 songs during the performance and will sell three of their CDs at the concert for $15 each. [[In-content Ad]]