FRI. 5/23
9:00 PM
ADRENALINE HAYRIDE
Featuring Chris Leske, Craig Vance, Dave Bevins
& Arlin Greene
We are
excited to welcome back Adrenaline Hayride, a new group that
features some old friends of the Towne Crier. Their first appearance
here was a smashing success and we look forward to presenting
them once again.
Chris Leske (banjo, mandolin,
and vocals) won first place honors in New York and New England
banjo competitions as a young teen in the early 70's. In 1984,
Chris won First Place in the National Banjo Championship, at
the famous Walnut Valley Competition in Winfield, Kansas. Chris's
abilities on lead guitar were featured on two European tours
(1981 and 1982) with world-renowned banjoist Bill Keith and Nashville
producer Jim Rooney. He was accepted for a banjo seat at Opryland
USA the same year, but declined- favoring the opportunity to
tour France, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and Sicily with his
then favorite bluegrass duo. Chris appeared in NYC's Carnegie
Hall in 1995, and toured Ireland frequently with the McKrells.
Craig Vance (guitar, vocals)
began his career as a solo act playing warm-up sets for such
noteworthy performers as Doc and Merle Watson, the Country Gentleman,
and Berline, Crary, and Hickman. He has also performed on stage
with master guitarist Norman Blake. Additionally, he has toured
with Bill Keith and Frank Wakefield in the US and Canada and
plays on Bill Keith's recent Green Linnet release "Beating
Around the Bush". He can also be heard on the Second Fret
Records release "Synergy" by the Noble Jones Project.
Craig has taken first place honors in numerous guitar competitions,
including the contests annually held at the Sugar Grove Fiddler's
Convention and the Chilhowie Bluegrass Festival in Virginia Craig
also played Carnegie Hall and toured with the McKrells, and is
a contributing columnist for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.
Arlin Greene (base, vocals)
began his musical career in his early teens playing bass with
his father, the local bluegrass celebrity Smokey Greene. He was
part of Smokey's Greene and the Boys and played on many of Smokey's
recordings. He has toured the United States with a number of
folk, blue grass, and rock and roll bands, and played in bands
with such notables as banjo legend Bill Keith, and Dan Tykminski
of Alison Krauss's Union Station. Arlin has also recorded and
played with 1980s pop star, James "D Train" Williams.
He also played bass for two years in a blues band in East Africa.
Dobro wizard Dave Bevins
started at home with his family, The Chilson Hill Gang. He then
joined Dan Tyminski in Green Mountain Bluegrass. Later, Dave
appeared with the Lonesome River Band and The Country Gentlemen.
This US dobro champ, has appeared & recorded with John Cowan,
Pat Flynn, Scott Vestal, Victor Krauss, Andrea Zohn, & Andy
Leftwich. Dave has a new CD recorded in Nashville , produced
by Pat Flynn & engineered by Bert Battaglia, who also engineered
Belas Fleck's 'Perpetual Motion' CD. Dave also played on the
Grey Fox Masters stage with Cowan, Flynn and others in 2005
