Bluegrass Bands Helping Hands Concert

 An Evening w/John Cowan Band

Presented by

Downtown Dalton Development Authority

Massingill Clean Air

Pauline Melton & David Aft

Saturday June 9, 2012

John Cowan Band

7PM Dalton Freight Depot

The John Cowan Band Bluegrass, Newgrass, Rock n’ Rollgrass - true innovators like John Cowan break boundaries and personify innovation. John Cowan rose to fame when he became the lead singer for New Grass Revival and introduced a new generation of music fans to an explosive, experimental brand of Bluegrass - Newgrass!  However, after inspiring and entertaining fans for nearly two decades, New Grass Revival disbanded in 1990.

On his own, John was free to give his creative muse full rein. He recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums spanning the musical spectrum, often bending and blending genres. In early 2010 the Doobie Brothers came calling and John put his band on a smaller schedule and resumed permanent member status with the Doobies and since has toured the world, playing Japan, Australia, Europe and the US & Canada. As the 21st century began, John found himself coming full circle, returning to his roots in Newgrass and forming the John Cowan band.  John comments, “Our music has evolved organically, it’s rooted in my Newgrass days but I’m also exploring and breaking new ground as well.  These guys are very talented and I love playing with ‘em…of course the true measure is the fantastic response we’ve gotten from audiences on tour, we love performing, it’s food for the soul.” And, upon further reflection, John adds, “What we did back in the NGR days was unique…we weren’t really playing Bluegrass, we were playing contemporary music on traditional instruments. Our vision was to take acoustic music somewhere new. The John Cowan band is now recapturing the magic of that ground-breaking experimentation and taking it to the next level, come out and see what I mean, a JCB jam is something special and we’d love to share it with ya’all!”

Proceeds to benefit The Miracle League of Whitfield County

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The Friends of Bluegrass Bands Helping Hands simply put are individuals who care enough about the music that we are bringing to Dalton and our underlying mission to minister to the needy that they do more than purchase a ticket.  Our friends  help take tickets at the door, donate meals to feed the musicians, donate services to help market and promote our events, provide matching gifts and yes even write an extra check to help us underwrite our show expenses.  

If you would like to join The Friends of Bluegrass Bands Helping Hands you may make a direct financial contribution or contact Paul to discuss other opportunities at bluegrassbandshelpinghands@gmail.com

(Currently financial gifts are not tax deductible, but we hope to have this available soon)