Flagler Museum

Saturday April 14, 2007, 4:00pm

The annual bluegrass concert will be held in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion on Saturday April 14th at 4 p.m. The Kr?ºger Brothers make their second appearance at the Pavilion stage playing great Americana music at one of America’s National Historic Landmarks. The renowned Larry Stephenson Band joins this years event with his renditions of great American classics, and new favorites. Tickets are $30 and all proceeds benefit the Southern Arts Federation’s relief fun Gulf Coast cultural intuitions damaged by hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

Stephenson has many honors include induction into the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame. Winning “Contemporary Male Vocalist Award” at the prestigious SPBGMA (Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America) Convention in  2001, 2004, 2005 & 2006. Also in 2004 the band clinched the "Song of the Year Award" at the same prestigious convention for the song & title track, Clinch Mountain Mystery.

Making a return visit to Palm Beach, the Kr?ºger Brothers are sure to bring another exciting and spontaneously entertaining show to the Pavilion stage. They preformed in 2005 with the Mark Newton Band and are regulars at music festivals around the world. The trio has preformed at such prestigious events as, Merlefest, Doc Watson Music Fest, Wayne Henderson Festival, Walnut Valley Festival, Greyfox, Festival of the Bluegrass, Wings and Strings, IBMA, Oklahoma Int’l Bluegrass Festival, WEFest, as well as numerous other venues.

The Kr?ºger Brothers have been have been performing since 1973 and appearing regularly in the U.S. since 1997. Uwe Kr?ºger on guitar, Jens Kr?ºger on banjo, and bassist Joel Landsberg have appeared at hundreds of Arts Council and Theater concerts, plus appearances on national and international radio and television. Their love and skill at traditional American Folk and Bluegrass have earned the Brothers the love of audiences and the respect of the music industry worldwide.

William Doelle
publicaffairsdirector@flaglermuseum.us
The Flagler Museum
One Whitehall Way
Palm Beach, Florida 33480

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