Looking Back at Some Fun Events of 2015

Last year was another busy year for the Annie Mae Rhodes Band as we had many fun performances around the local area. During the last summer we had the honor of playing for the regional VFW picnic in Lowell and the food was fantastic and the people were so amazing and friendly. They must have heard we were coming far in advance though and had to put up a special warning sign that the world famous Herb Hill would be loose at the picnic celebration. LOL

One of our other regular performance spots each year is the Shady Oaks Father's Day brunch. We always love having our youngest member of the the band Miss Clara Lynn join in for a couple of her favorite songs. She just gets better every year and always steals the show, and now she has learned how to play the Ukulele too!  

Be sure to check back to see more updates of our fun adventures and be sure to check out our next upcoming event performances listed on the right hand side of our blog ----------->>>>>

Bluegrass State of Mind

We have finished the recording of our new CD and now have copies available to purchase. Here is a video of the title song for everyone to watch from the new album "Bluegrass State of Mind". The trip Annie took back to North Carolina recently was a fantastic adventure and she visited with many friends and family and also made a stop at the radio station WKRK in Murphy that plays her music. Hope you enjoy this slideshow video we put together of some of our recent activities the last year. If you like our music and want to buy a CD you can visit CDBaby.com to to purchase this awesome album!

Looking Back

The past year has been very busy as usual for the annie mae Rhodes Band, and we have enjoyed many fun and exciting events around the area. One of the highlights was the Cottage Grove Bohemia Days Celebration where we were entertained by Chris Booher and his wife and kids. Chris has a very talented group of kids who play fiddle and sing and they put on a great show. Here below are a few pictures from some of the activities and events we performed at over the last year.

Chris Booher Family Band

Setting up at Bohemia Days

Father's Day at Shady Oaks

 Friday Night Indoors at Saginaw Vineyard

The Youngest Member of the Band

We have so much fun playing music and Annie's grand daughter Clara Lynn has got the bug too. She loves singing songs with the band and so from time to time she will get up on stage and perform one of her favorites. It is so much fun to listen and watch Clara Lynn and the crowd always cheers her on. She seems to steal the show every time she gets on stage with us and I am sure we will see her more often as she grows older and learns more songs.

Another Sell out Crowd at the Crab Feed

This last February was the 5th annual Habitat for Humanity Crab Feed and just as before, it was a sell out crowd. Everyone seems to love the event every year and  there are plenty of crab legs to go around so if you haven't been to one yet you should make plans to attend next year. Our band always has a great time playing for the crab feed, we enjoying seeing all the people having a good time and they really give us a great response to our music. 

It is so awesome to have a great activity for the whole family to enjoy and for a worthy cause too. Unfortunately the only the missing this year was our amazing fiddle player Linda Danielson could not be there since she had traveled to Thailand to visit her cousin. We are happy that she made it back safe & sound and she had a great trip report to tell when she got back. Be sure to come see us perform this year and you can visit and talk to Linda or anyone else in the band and learn more about us and our adventures.

   

   

Fund Raising Event at Saginaw Vineyard

This past year has been another fun filled list of activities for our band. We have many functions we play each year and some gigs that pop up from time to time that are new. We always enjoy our normal Saginaw Vineyard events, but this year we were involved with a fund raising event for a local celebrity favorite, Marty Martin. Saginaw Vineyard was the host of the fund raiser and with the help and planning from Larry Barkemeyer, we helped by performing during the 4 hour show. Along with our band was Larry's group The Huckleberrys, and also a Eugene favorite, Fiddling Sue. The event was a great success and over a thousand dollars was raised to lend Marty a hand in battling his cancer. We wish the best for Marty Martin and look forward to seeing him continue singing and spreading joy around the community.

Summer Events

This past summer we had our usual busy schedule of various functions around Cottage Grove. One of the big events that we performed for was the Covered Bridge Celebration at the new park on 10th street. The festival was a big success and many people came out to enjoy the activities and shows throughout the day. While we were there, we thought it would be fun to get some new pictures of the band in the new park and so we asked Kelly's niece Amy to come down and take some photos for us. Amy is a great photographer and we really appreciate all the pictures she took. Here are just a few of our favorites.

So now that the year is near an end, we look forward to the new year coming up and more great fun we will be having around the community. Be sure to check in from time to time to see what we will have on our "performance dates" schedule located on the right side of our blog. Hope to see ya soon!