The entertainment line-up for the 2010 Rocky Ripple Festival in the Park on Saturday, Sept. 25th IS SET!
Contact music coordinator Steve Hurt for more information.
We have music from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this year!
6 bands total - 4 of them have Rocky Ripple connections:
Mary Mitchell is in Homesick Angels
Her son is in Parental Advisory
Cathy Hurt is in UpSpin
Charlie Morgan is in HyRyder
The 2010 line up is as follows:
11:00 - 11:30 am
Parental Advisory
11:45 am -12:40 pm
Homesick Angels
Carol Williams – dulcimer, guitar and vocals
Mary Mitchell – vocals, harmonica and rhythm
Ben Sturges – guitar
Bill Miller – percussion
Chris Williams – upright bass, banjo, and vocals
The Homesick Angels play and sing old-time back porch music, with soul and style. There’s some gospel, some soul, some folk, some bluegrass, some pop, some kids’ songs, and some rock’n’roll – just everything we like.
Sing along or just stomp your feet - and you don’t even have to bring a nickel!
1:00 - 2:00 pm
UpSpin
www.UpSpinband.com
Gabriel Harley - Vocals, Bass guitar
Betty Klein ~ Vocals, percussion
Cathy Hurt - Saxophones
David Alexander - Guitars
Richard Schiller ~ Drums
Rock, jazz, blues, funk--whatever your taste, UpSpin can oblige. With a set list ranging from Miles Davis to Sting to Jimi Hendrix, this five-piece fighting unit has dedicated itself to bringing back-straining grooves and razor-sharp licks to audiences everywhere. Fronted by gravel-voiced singer/songwriter/bassist Gabriel Harley and heart-stealing diva Betty Klein, UpSpin also features the talents of Rocky Ripple's own sax and flute celeb Cathy Hurt, guitar wizard Dave Alexander, and the always-tasteful Richard Schiller on drums. UpSpin is currently at work recording their debut album, which will be released worldwide in the fall of 2010.
2:20 to 3:20 pm
Whoa!Tiger
www.myspace.com/whoatigerband
Jack Barkley - Vocals & Guitar
Jon Knight - Guitar & Vocals
Eric Tullis - Bass & Vocals
Erik Nelson - Drums
Whoa!Tige plays an eclectic set of original rock music, with tastes of funk, blues, pop-rock, reggae and alt-country tossed around for good measure. Something for everybody!
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/whoatigerband#ixzz0vNRPlplF
youtube video of Whoa!Tiger here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0U52KUVvGY&feature=related
3:40 to 4:40 pm
HyRyder
www.HyRyder.com
Charlie Morgan - Lead Guitar and Vocals
Chad Gavigan - Bass and Vocals
Nick Neureiter - Drums and Vocals
Eric Thompson - Rhythm Guitar and Vocal
Hyrder and their style of jam rock is turning heads everywhere they go, from their unique acoustic/electric sounds, to the high intensity spaced out jam's that ensue. Their influences are deeply rooted in the Grateful Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Allman Brothers, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, as well as more progressive bands, old and new. With the "Neil Peart" like rhythms driving the sound you won't be able to sit for long. Don't miss Indianapolis' premiere up and coming jam band!
Lots of youtube clips of HyRyder here:
http://www.hyryder.com/live-video-archive.html
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Red Light Driver
www.redlightdriver.com
Derek Osgood - Vocals/Guitar
Drew Reed - Drums
Jonathan Harmon - Guitar
Mike Contreras - Vocals/Bass
You can describe Midwest band Red Light Driver as atmospheric with a British Rock & Roll swagger. RLD's list of musical influences would take days to complete, but failing to mention bands like Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths, Love and Rockets, The Clash, and The Stone Roses would do the reader a disservice. The gentlemen of RLD grew up on these bands, and their sound is informed by their influences, not copied from them.
See a youtube vide of Red Light Driver here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRZI4J-ZLEY
