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December
12-21-2007 Additional information on the Habitat for Humanity Benefit at Sweet Briar College is available on the "Upcoming Events" page.
12-19-2007 Posted Photos from Carol Gillispies CD Photo Shoot for "The Last Train Ride" CD to the "Photo Gallery".
12-18-2007 Updated and added a few photos to the November 17th, 2007 "Hearts of Hope" photo gallery.
12-18-2007 Posted Photos from the 12/14/2007 performance at Baines Book Store in Appomattox VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
12-18-2007 Posted Photos from the 12/15/2007 performance at the Piney River Moose Lodge in Lowesville VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
12-18-2007 Front Page Story from the Sunday, December 16th, 2007 Lynchburg News Advance titled "Old Music - New Pickers" is posted to the "Awards and Reviews" page.
12-18-2007 Selected audio clips from the latest CD, "The Last Train Ride", are now available on the "Listen to our Music" page.
12-17-2007 The second and latest CD from Hard Drivin' Grass, The Last Train Ride, is scheduled for release and will be available at the Habitat for Humanity Benefit performance at Sweet Briar College Saturday January 5th, 2008. Scroll down the "Home Page" for a picture of the cover and song details.
12-02-2007 Starting Saturday, December 8th, 2007, Lynchburg area residents will have a 24/7 Bluegrass Radio Station available to listen to. "Bluegrass FM" WWEM 91.7, www.BluegrassFm.org, has been playing selected Hard Drivin' Grass songs on their Fredericksburg, VA station WWED 89.5 and you will soon be able to listen to Bluegrass 24/7 on WWEM 91.7. Hard Drivin' Grass will be doing a radio spot/interview soon and the schedule will be posted here.
12-02-2007 The New CD, "The Last Train Ride", has now been approved for press and will be available in January. This latest CD has (3) three new original songs by Hard Drivin' Grass. The complete song list from the new CD can be viewed using the link on the "Home Page".
November
11-18-2007 Posted Photos from the 11/17/2007 performance at the "Hearts of Hope" Benefit at Amelon Methodist Church to the "Photo Gallery".
11-18-2007 Updated the "Calendar of Events" to include the Saturday March 29th, 2007 performance for the Relay For Life Benefit at Amherst county High School.
11-18-2007 Added a few additional photos to the November 10th, 2007 Photo Gallery from the performance at Lovingston Opry's first Anniversary show in Lovingston, VA.
11-11-2007 Updated the "Upcoming Events" Calendar with many new scheduled performances through July 2008.
11-11-2007 Posted Photos from the 11/10/2007 performance at the Lovingston Opry's First Anniversary Show in Lovingston Virginia to the "Photo Gallery".
October
10-29-2007 Updated the "Upcoming Events" Calendar to include a performance at the Piney River Moose Lodge for their Christmas Party on Saturday, December 15th, 2007. Members of any Moose Lodge and their qualified guests are invited to attend.
10-24-2007 Posted Photos from the 10/21/2007 performance at the Grave Mountain Lodge Apple Harvest Festival in Syria Virginia to the "Photo Gallery".
10-15-2007 Updated the "Upcoming Events" Calendar to include a performance at Baines Book Store in Appomattox on Friday December 14th and a Benefit performance for Habitat for Humanity at Sweet Briar College in Amherst on Saturday January 5th, 2008.
10-14-2007 Posted Photos from the 10/13/2007 Benefit Performance for the Nelson County High School FFA to the "Photo Gallery".
10-08-2007 Posted Photos from the 10/06/2007 performance at the Lady of Peace Senior Center Benefit October 6th, 2007 to the "Photo Gallery".
10-01-2007 Updated the Photos and Bio information for each band member on the "Meet the Band" page.
10-01-2007 Posted Photos from the recording sessions of the 2nd CD, "The Last Train Ride", and other photos from the weekend to the "Photo Gallery".
September
09-25-2007 Posted Photos from the 9/21/2007 performance at the Queen City Brewery in Staunton, VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
09-21-2007 Posted Photos from the 9/16/2007 State Bluegrass Competition in Chesterfield to the "Photo Gallery".
09-17-2007 Hard Drivin' Grass competed and Won 1st Place in the State Bluegrass Championships in Chesterfield Virginia on Sunday, September 16th. More information including individual award information is posted to the "Awards and Reviews" page.
09-09-2007 Updated the "Upcoming Events" calendar to include a Benefit performance for the "Hearts of Hope" at the Amelon Methodist Church in Madison Heights, VA. on Saturday, November 17th at 7:00 pm.
09-08-2007 Posted Additional Photos from the performance at National Night Out in Amherst, VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
09-08-2007 Posted Photos from the performance for the Dixie League Baseball World Series Opening Ceremonies, August 5th, at Lynchburg City Stadium to the "Photo Gallery".
09-06-2007 Posted Photos from the Labor Day performance at the Piedmont Bluegrass Association in Charlottesville, VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
09-04-2007 Posted Photos from the September 2nd, Labor Day Weekend performance at Wildwood Campground in Monroe VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
August
08-28-2007 Time Change for the September 8th performance at Eagle Rock. HDG will be performing at 7:00pm rather than the previously posted 8:00pm. See the "Upcoming Events" page for a complete listing of future and past events.
08-27-2007 Updated the "Upcoming Events" calendar to include a Benefit performance for the FFA at Nelson County High School on Saturday, October 13th at 4:30pm. HDG is scheduled to perform at 8:00pm when they play at Eagle Rock with The Little Mountain Boys on Saturday, September 8th.
08-27-2007 Posted Photos from the August 24th performance at "National Night Out" in Amherst, VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
08-23-2007 Posted Photos from the August 21st performance at The Gravity Lounge in Charlottesville, VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
08-20-1007 Posted Photos from the August 18th performance at Wintergreen's Mountain Music Festival to the "Photo Gallery".
08-20-2007 Posted Photos from the August 17th performance at the Central Virginia Family Bluegrass Festival at Amelia Family Campground to the "Photo Gallery".
08-19-2007 Posted Photos from the August 18th performance at Wildwood Campground's Tex- Mex Weekend to the "Photo Gallery".
08-14-2007 Posted Photos from the August 11th performance at a private party in Bedford, VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
08-14-2007 Posted Photos from the August 4th performance at a private party in South Hill, VA. to the "Photo Gallery".
08-09-2007 Updated Performance schedule to include the performance on Saturday, October 27th, at the Piney River Moose Lodge in Lowesville / Piney River VA. with "In The Tradition". See the "Upcoming Events" page for a complete schedule of events.
08-09-2007 Updated Performance schedule to include the performance on Tuesday August 21st, at the Gravity-Lounge in Charlottesville VA. See the "Upcoming Events" page for a complete schedule of events. Visit the Gravity-Lounge on the Web at www.gravity-lounge.com and take a Video Tour of the venue.
08-09-2007 Check out the new videos recorded, edited, and posted to YouTube by Steve from the May 18th performance at Queen City Brewery and the July 25th, 2007 performance at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton. VA. The Videos are available on the "Video Gallery" page.
08-05-2007 Posted Photos from the July 27th & 28th performance at the Bluegrass Festival at the Sedalia Center sponsored by the Bedford County's Sheriffs Office to the "Photo Gallery".
08-03-2007 Posted Photos from the July 25th performance at the Gypsy Hill Festival in the Park event to the "Photo Gallery".
08-03-2007 Updated Performance schedule to include the performance on Saturday November 10th, at the Lovingston Opry to celebrate their First Anniversary. Performance times are now updated for the 8/24 performance for National Night Out in Amherst and the 10/27 Performance in Big Island. See the "Upcoming Events" page for a complete schedule of events.
08-03-2007 Hard Drivin' Grass will be in the recording studio on Saturday & Sunday, September 22nd &23rd and again on Saturday & Sunday, September 29th & 30th workin' on their 2nd CD. Stay tuned to harddrivingrass.com for a release date and how you can get your copy of the CD.
08-03-2007 Updated Performance schedule ..... The performance on Saturday August 18th at Wintergreen now has 12 Noon and 3:00 pm performance times. Saturday, October 6th, HDG has a benefit performance at Lady Of Peace Senior Center. Sunday, October 14th, HDG peforms at the Mays - Cash Family Reunion. Saturday, October 27th, a Brunswick Stew Benefit. See the "Upcoming Events" page for a complete schedule of events.
08-03-2007 Hard Drivin' Grass Bumper Stickers are available and can be picked up at any performance along with CD's, T-Shirts, Hats, and Autographed Photos. The "Home Page" has an image of the new bumper sticker at the bottom of the page.
July
07-15-2007 Posted Photos from the July 7th performance at James River State Park to the "Photo Gallery".
07-15-2007 Added to the "Upcoming Events" schedule, the Labor Day, (Monday, September 3rd), performance at the Piedmont Bluegrass Association, Charlottesville, VA., and the September 22nd, Piedmont Bluegrass Gospel Festival.
07-15-2007 Posted an additional Photo Gallery of pictures from the June 22-23 Sedalia Center Bluegrass Festival to the "Photo Gallery".
07-15-2007 Posted Photos from the July 13th performance at Stoney Creek Golf Bar & Grill to the "Photo Gallery".
07-04-2007 Posted an additional Photo Gallery of pictures from the June 9th, 2007 Pig Pickin' weekend at Wildwood Campground to the "Photo Gallery".
07-04-2007 Posted an additional Photo Gallery of pictures from the May 26th, 2007 performance at Wildwood Campground to the "Photo Gallery".
07-04-2007 Added to the "Upcoming Events" schedule, the Farmville Bluegrass Association Cook-Out, scheduled for Saturday, July 21st and the performance at the Queen City Brewery in Staunton, VA. on Friday, September 21st.
June
06-24-2007 Posted Photos from the Sedalia Center Bluegrass Festival to the "Photo Gallery".
06-19-2007 Added to the "Upcoming Events" schedule, the 8th Annual Bluegrass Festival & State Championship Bluegrass Competition scheduled for Sunday September 16th at the County Fairgrounds in Chesterfield, VA.
06-19-2007 Posted Photos from the 14th Annual Maury River Fiddler's Convention to the "Photo Gallery".
06-19-2007 Posted Competition Results from the 14th Annual Maury River Fiddler's Convention to the "Awards & Reviews" page. Congratulations to Hard Drivin' Grass !!
06-12-2007 Posted a couple newspaper articles under the new menu item "Press Reviews" from the Lynchburg News Advance and the Amherst New Era Progress.
06-09-2007 Posted photos from the Pig Pickin Weekend at Wildwood Campground in Monroe, Virginia, to the Photo Gallery.
06-03-2007 Posted additional photos to the Photo Gallery from the performance at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Farmville, Virginia.
06-02-2007 Posted photos from the Performance at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Farmville, Virginia, to the Photo Gallery.
06-02-2007 Posted photos from Friday's Live Radio Performance on WFLO (870am) Radio in Farmville, Virginia, to the Photo Gallery.
06-01-2007 Posted photos from the Performance at Wildwood Campground the night of Saturday, May 26th, to the Photo Gallery.
06-01-2007 Posted photos from the Performance at the BarBQ Cook-off at the Sedalia Center on May 26th, to the Photo Gallery.
06-01-2007 Added to the "Upcoming Events" schedule, the performance on July 13th, at Stoney Creek Golf-Bar & Grill at Wintergreen, the performance on July 25th, at the Park Festival in Staunton, and the August 5th performance at Lynchburg City Stadium playing during opening ceremonies for the Dixie League Baseball World Series.
May
05-23-2007 Updated the "Upcoming Events schedule with performance times for this weekend at the Sedalia Center, Wildwood Campground June 9th, and at the Amelia Campground Festival August 17th.
05-23-2007 Posted Photos from the Benefit for Acteens of Central Virginia held in Rustburg Virginia to the Photo Gallery.
05-23-2007 Posted photos from the Performance at the Queen City Brewery in Staunton Virginia to the Photo Gallery.
05-14-2007 Posted photos from the Performance at The Lovingston Opry to the Photo Gallery.
05-14-2007 Posted additional Photos to the Photo Gallery from the Cattle Annies show where HDG opened for the Larkins.
05-10-2007 Posted Photos from several past performances on April 28th and April 29th. Check the Photo Gallery for pictures from the Piedmont Banjo & Fiddlers Convention, the Shriner's Catfish Festival, the Temperance Ruitan Benefit and the performance at Cattle Annies where HDG opened for the Larkin's. My appologies for the delay in getting these posted but the web guy was vacationing at the Beach! I'm sorry I missed a huge performance at Cattle Annies.
05-02-2007 Added to the Upcoming Events schedule the June 1st performance at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Farmville, VA.
April
04-22-2007 Posted additional Photos to the Photo Gallery from the Big Island Fire Dept. benefit that was held on Saturday, April 7th.
04-22-2007 Posted Photos to the Photo Gallery from the April 14th performance at Amherst County High School to benefit the School's Relay for Life Team.
04-22-2007 Wildwood Campground is now added to our list of corporate sponsors. You can visit Wildwood Campground on the Web at http://www.WildwoodCampground.com.
04-22-2007 Posted Photos from the April 21st performance at the 214 Community Arts Center to the Photo Gallery.
04-22-2007 Added to the performance schedule the May 18th date at Queen City Brewery in Staunton, VA., and HDG will be at a Private Graduation Party on Saturday June 2nd, 2007.
04-19-2007 Updated performance times for a couple scheduled events. The Red, White, Bluegrass event July 4th at Keswick Vineyards is from 11:00am to 4:00pm. HDG will play two sets during this time. HDG will be performing at 7:00pm both days for the Bedford Co. Sheriffs Festival on 7/27 and 7/28. See the Upcoming Events menu item for additional scheduled performances and times.
04-15-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include the July 3rd performance at the Church of the BlueRidge and the July 4th "Red, White and Bluegrass Day" at the Keswick Vineyards.
04-08-2007 Posted Photos from the April 7th Benefit for the Big Island Fire Department to the Photo Gallery.
04-03-2007 Updated start times for the performance on April 7th and April 29th. HDG will start at 6:00pm, April 7th, for the Big Island Fire Dept. benefit. Numerous bands will play for the benefit and plenty of good food will be available. HDG is the lead band, April 29th at Cattle Annies, starting at 3:00pm and opening for the Larkins. See the Upcoming Events schedule for further details.
March
03-25-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include the April 29th performance at Cattle Annies when we will be opening for 'The Larkins". Other new performance dates include Saturday, May 12th, at The Lovingston Opry; Friday, August 24th, at National Night Out in Amherst, VA.; and Saturday, September 8th, at Eagle Rock with The Little Mountain Boys.
03-19-2007 Added photos from the Benefit Performance at Clifford Baptist Church in Amherst, Virginia. See Photo Gallery.
03-19-2007 Added additional photo gallery of pictures from the March 9th, performance at The Corner Grill in Appomattox, see Photo Gallery.
03-15-2007 Added the performance for Amherst County's High School's Relay for Life Team to the list of Upcoming Events. Hard Drivin' Grass will be performing Saturday, April 14th, in the High School Auditorium with the Little Mountain Boys and others.
03-14-2007 Posted Photos from the March 9th, performance at The Corner Grill in Appomattox, See Photo Gallery.
03-14-2007 Posted Photos from the March Cabin Fever to the Photo Gallery.
03-12-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include the July 7th performance with Donnie Mason & In The Tradition at James River State Park. Show starts at 7:00pm
03-06-2007 Posted Photos from the February 25th, Bluegrass Cabaret for the James River Bluegrass Association held at Cattle Annies in Lynchburg, Virginia to the Photo Gallery.
03-06-2007 Added numerous new performance dates to the "Upcoming Events" schedule including the Big Island Fire Dept. Benefit and the Prism Coffee House Performance in Charlottesville during the month of April. Added the performance at the BBQ Cook-off at Sedalia in May. Added the performance at the Central Virginia Family Bluegrass Festival at Amelia Family Campground in August. Added the performance at Piedmont Bluegrass Association in Charlottesville in September. Added the performance at the Graves Mountain Lodge Apple Harvest Festival in Syria.
February
02-27-2007 Posted additional Photos from the February 24th Friends and Family event to the Photo Gallery.
02-27-2007 The start time for the Temperance performance on April 28th, has been moved to a later time, 8:45 pm, to allow travel time from that days performance in Farmville.
02-25-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include performances at Wintergreen's Mountain Music Festival, Saturday August 18th.
02-24-2007 Posted Photos from the February 24th Friends and Family event to the Photo Gallery.
02-21-2007 Posted Photos from the February 21st performance at the Church of the Blueridge in Afton, See Photo Gallery.
02-17-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include performances on 3/23/2007, 4/20/2007, 5/19/2007, and 6/2/2007. See the Upcoming Events Page.
02-09-2007 Posted Photos from the January 9th, performance at The Corner Grill in Appomattox, See Photo Gallery.
02-05-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include the performance for the Shriner's Catfish Festival in Farmville, April28th at 5:00pm. See the Upcoming Events Page.
January
01-24-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include the Benefit at Clifford Baptist Church, 3/17/07, and Benefit for "Relay for Life", 5/11/2007. See the Upcoming Events Page.
01-21-2007 Posted Photos from the Jan. 19th, performance at Baines Books and Coffee in Appomattox, See Photo Gallery.
01-16-2007 Added another Fan Picture to the "New Hard Drivin' Grass Fans at Sweet Briar" Photo Gallery.
01-16-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include the performance at "Cattle Annies" as part of the Bluegrass Cabaret for the James River Bluegrass Association. See the Upcoming Events Page.
01-13-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Schedule to include the performance at The Corner Grill in Appomattox on Friday, February 9th at 7:00pm. See the Upcoming Events Page.
01-11-2007 Added a Video Gallery selection to the Main Menu. Videos from the recent Sweet Briar College event are now available. Note: (requires a high speed internet connection due to file size). See Video Gallery.
01-10-2007 Posted an additional Photo Collection from the Sweet Briar Event, see Photo Gallery.
01-09-2007 Updated Upcoming Events to include the Roseland Rescue Squad Benefit, Saturday, March 24th.
Also, the time for the Temperance Ruitan Benefit has changed from 4:00 to 8:00 pm, see the Upcoming Events Page.
01-07-2007 Posted Photos from the Habitat for Humanity Benefit held at Sweet Briar College, see Photo Gallery.
01-04-2007 Posted more photos from the Fan Appreciation Event held November 3rd, 2006, see Photo Gallery.
01-03-2007 Updated the Upcoming Events Calendar for February, April, and June. See the Upcoming Events Page.