The Grascals Perform for Charlie Daniels

Leadership Music Awards Honor Daniels, Vince Gill and Randy Owen

The Grascals were among the impressive lineup of stars on hand for a special tribute to three living legends. Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill and Randy Owen were honored at the 9^th Annual Leadership Music Dale Franklin Awards at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium. The venue, in fact, was the site of the very first Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam.

The Grascals performed a rollicking version of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” as part of the star-studded program. The hit song was released on the Charlie Daniels Band’s 1979 album Million Mile Reflections. Jamie Johnson told Daniels, “You are a great entertainer.”

Asheville Forest Music Signs Jamie Johnson and Susanne Mumpower-Johnson

Crossroads Entertainment Establishes New Publishing Entity

Nashville, TN --- Asheville Forest Music, a division of Crossroads Entertainment & Marketing, has announced the signing of songwriters, Jamie Johnson andSusanne Mumpower-Johnson (aka: Iodine).

Spouses Jamie and Susanne are each accomplished writers and entertainers. Jamie is a member of the multi-award-winning bluegrass band, The Grascals(which earlier this year released the album LIFE FINDS A WAY on Mountain Home Records, a division of Crossroads Entertainment).

The Grascals Announce Sponsorship From Vietti Foods

NASHVILLE, TN --- Two-time IBMA Entertainer of the Year winners, The Grascals, are pleased to announce a promotional agreement with Vietti Foods.

The band unveiled a brightly wrapped tour bus touting The Grascals and images of the sponsor’s products.

“The Grascals are thrilled and grateful to be a part of the Vietti Foods Company,” says Jamie Johnson of The Grascals. “We will work hard to represent both Vietti and bluegrass music across the country. We consider the good folks at Vietti our family.”

Prescription Bluegrass Reviews The Grascals

Dan King chose the Grascals “Life Finds A Way” CD this month for his review.

. . . .The music is so pleasing you can’t wait to hear it again, yet so smartly presented that you’re not aurally worn out after a run-through or two. Or five. Or ten.

Grascal’s Johnson Among Celebs Stepping Up For Children

Bluegrass and Country Stars, and Athletes Support “Waiting For Wishes”

Celebrity waiters, including Jamie Johnson of The Grascals, donned waiters jackets to serve diners, sign autographs and accept donations at the 11th annual Waiting for Wishes celebrity waiters dinner at The Palm Restaurant in Nashville.

Former Tennessee Titan Kevin Carter, along with Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts, hosted the event.

Jamie Johnson took the stage with young cancer patient, Ansley McLaurin, to share a song with the crowd.

Three … No, Six Cheers to the Grand Ole Opry

The Grascals Celebrate 115 Opry Appearances … and a new CD

Nashville, TN ---Two-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Entertainer of the Year award winners, THE GRASCALS, delighted fans with an appearance at The Opry Shop.

Band members signed copies of their new CD, Life Finds a Way, just before making their 115^th appearance on The Grand Ole Opry March 24 … and took a moment to toast the Opry and their fans!

Life Finds a Way (Mountain Home Records) is available now.

Grascals Latest CD Available Now!

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Life Finds a Way implies a journey. From multiple IBMA Entertainer of the Year awards to multiple Grammy® nominations, the Grascals have had an epic one.

Now they are back with the highly anticipated signature release that will remind fans why they love this group. From the classic “Sweet Baby James,” to the instrumental “Eleven Eleven,” and the inspirational “The Road to Surrender,” Life Finds a Way is a selection of familiar and new songs with significantly deeper themes.

Grascals join in Veteran’s Free Tuition Program Benefit

The Grascals will join Gary Sinise, Charlie Daniels, Chris Young and Darryl Worley among others in a special free event March 6 in Nashville to support Lipscomb University’s Yellow Ribbon Enhancement Program as part of the launch of Daniels’ Scholarships for Heroes Tour 2012.

Daniels’ program offers eligible Post 9/11 GI Bill veterans and their family members an undergraduate degree tuition-free or a graduate degree with free or at a greatly reduced tuition rate.

"We have so many heroes whose needs fly below our radar. This shouldn’t be happening and this event is helping to make sure it doesn't,” said Daniels.

Grascals Sign Contract with Mountain Home

Mickey Gamble with Mountain Home Music Company has announced contract signing with the Grascals to our team! He also says, “Be watching for a brand-new album coming out this spring.”

 

The Grascals Featured In GACTV.com's 12 Days of Country Cookies (& Treats)

Group Grabs Holiday Spirit & Gifts "Secret" Upside Down Apple Pie Recipe To Fans

The Grascals head in to the holiday season full of good cheer and, well, pie. "We're just full of it," laughs the group co-founder Jamie Johnson. "El's wife, Catherine Lundy-Eldredge, makes a mean Upside Down Apple Pie, and we've been doing some serious taste-testing!"

The dish is so delightful that GACTV.com is including the recipe in their 12 Days of Country Cookies (& Treats) feature, and fans can grab the recipe for this down-home dessert RIGHT HERE ON THE  PRESCRIPTION  BLUEGRASS BLOG.

Grascals Want Your Pictures

Bluegrass supergroup, The Grascals are really counting on fans to help them out. 

Currently in the process of a web-site makeover, the group put a call out to all fans for pictures of the group on stage or in settings with the fans themselves.  Don’t Forget!  Please include the names of everyone in the picture when you send them.  

Here’s the address to email photos:    pam@grascals.com

Grascals Ham It Up With Suzanne Alexander

Three Wise GRASCALS Share A Smile With GAC-TV Show Host Suzanne Alexander

Fun-filled On The Streets Segment Premieres Tuesday, August 2

The images of the "three wise monkeys" are known the world over - just like the super-hot pickin', six-member Bluegrass band, The Grascals.  On a rare break in touring, The Grascals made a quick trip home to Tennessee, and three of the group's members stopped by the GAC-TV studios to visit with On The Streets host, Suzanne Alexander.

 
"It was a blast," says The Grascals' Jamie Johnson.  "She's good people," adds Terry Smith.  Terry Eldredge ... well, he didn't have much to say. 

Grascals' Jamie Johnson, Terry Eldredge and Terry Smith join GAC's Suzanne Alexander.   (Photo Credit: Martha Moore)

NEW Monroe All-Star Compilation Disc Coming Next Month!

ROUNDER RECORDS TO RELEASE  BILL MONROE 

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION A CLASSIC BLUEGRASS TRIBUTE ON AUGUST 23

Bill Monroe was both the father of bluegrass music and one of the genre’s most prolific writers, with a legacy that remains a benchmark for instrumentalists and vocalists alike.

Monroe created a distinctive music, a genre of its own that proved itself compelling and enduring.

Over 60 years after its birth, bluegrass is as healthy as it’s ever been, with 500 festivals each year around the United States, and bands in more than two dozen other countries.

To celebrate the 100^th anniversary of Monroe’s birth, on August 23 Rounder will release a 2-disc 28-track set, with performances by an all-star roster of Rounder’s top bluegrass artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Dailey and Vincent, and The Bluegrass Album Band.

New Bankester Family Single Features Grascals' Jamie Johnson

We heard from Phil Bankester, who says:

"Our third CD simply titled 'The Bankesters' is finally done. The song "My Love Will Follow You", written by Dennis Duff, features Jamie Johnson of The Grascals singing with Emily and Melissa. The entire CD which also features 'Blow Out the Candle, Laura' by Tom T. and Dixie Hall, will be available soon.

www.bankesters.com/

The Grascals' Terry Eldredge Talks About Andy Griffith and the Group's New CD - "Dance Til Your Stockin's Are Hot and Ravelin'

In a special tribute to the 50th Anniversary of "The Andy Griffith Show", The Grascals have released a 7-song mini-CD featuring music performed on the show plus a bonus track never heard before.

 "I firmly believe that each of the episodes (the Andy Griffith Show) offers up a real moral code that we should all aspire to live by. Smitty and I watch the show every night." - Terry Eldredge

Terry Eldredge, guitarist and one of the founding members of the extremely talented group The Grascals talked with us on the phone recently. 

Edredge is a longtime fan of the show and confesses to have seen each episode numerous times.  "The Andy Griffith Show had a moral lesson that every human being should live by," Eldredge comments. "It's an honor and privilege to be associated with the best TV show ever made. It was - and still is - awesome family entertainment."

Grascals Salute Andy Griffith on His 85th Birthday Today!

Thanks to the Grascals for remembering Andy today and asking us to publish this video. Another FANTASTIC effort from the hardest working group in bluegrass today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDY!

Grascals' Hot 'n Ravelin' is a Radio Favorite!

The Grascals' newest CD, DANCE TIL YOUR STOCKINGS ARE HOT AND RAVELIN' (A Tribute To The Music Of The Andy Griffith Show) has disc jockeys and radio programmers around the world clamoring for the music.

 

Steve Martin - Ambassador for Bluegrass!

What do: Frank Solivan, Mike Munford, the Seldom Scene, Lonesome Highway, Blue Moon Rising, Del McCoury, the Grascals and Hot Rize all have in common besides bluegrass?

Answer: They're all listed as some of comedian Steve Martin's all-time favorites.

Martin recently told The Boot 

"I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like '[the Late Show with David] Letterman' and 'The View,' and I've heard nice things about being able to do that. I really haven't felt any negativity toward me or my music."

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The CD and  song title "Rare Bird Alert" comes from Martin's new movie 'The Big Year,' which co-stars Jack Black and Owen Wilson, and will be released in the fall. Martin portrays an avid bird watcher who is in the midst of his big year of rare bird sightings. According to Martin it's about bonding and competition and humor, and describes it as "a very interesting off-beat movie."

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Grascals' Hot 'n Ravelin' coming soon!

DANCE TIL YOUR STOCKINGS ARE HOT AND RAVELIN'

Grascals Release Mini CD Tribute To Andy Griffith Show!

In a special tribute to the 50th Anniversary of "The Andy Griffith Show", The Grascals have released a 7-song mini-CD featuring music performed on the show plus a bonus track never heard before.

Available digitally via BluGrascal Records/Saguaro Road Records on March 29 and via CD on June 7, the seven-song EP features tunes that were an integral and humorous part of the show's eight-year run.  The disc's release coincides with The Andy Griffith Show's celebration of its 50^thanniversary.

THE GRASCALS' guitarist, Terry Eldredge, is a longtime fan of the show and confesses to have seen each episode numerous times.  "The Andy Griffith Show had a moral lesson that every human being should live by," Eldredge comments. "It's an honor and privilege to be associated with the best TV show ever made. It was - and still is - awesome family entertainment."

"The Andy Griffith show, The Grascals, and Bluegrass music is a quintessential American combination and The Grascals have given us another great listen," says Saguaro Road / Time Life Senior VP Retail Mike Jason.

Grascals on RFD-TV This Saturday!

"White Lightning" performance.

Jimmy Capps, Jamie Johnson, Terry Smith, 

Jeremy Abshire, Darryl Worley, Danny 

Roberts, Terry Eldredge and (hidden) 

Kristin Scott Benson. (Credit: Jeremy Westby)

The Grascals Kick It Up On RFD TV's Larry's Country Diner This Saturday, March 19

Special Guest Darryl Worley Joins Group For Fiery Rendition of "White Lightning"

The Grascals (www.grascals.com) kicked it up on RFD-TV's Larry's Country Diner and the episode airs Saturday, March 19 at 11 p.m. Eastern / 10 p.m. Central. The Grascals' rousing set included a fiery performance with special guest Darryl Worley on "White Lightning," his duet from the group's current number #1 Billboard Bluegrass Album, The Grascals & Friends - Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin (Cracker Barrel /BluGrascal Records). The sextet also performed theircurrent single, "I Am Strong," and "Louisiana Saturday Night," both from the disc. Rounding out their performance were the classics "Up This Hill and Down," "Red Apple Rag" and "Dooley." Check Larry's Country Diner and local listings for specific channel information.

"It's always great fun," says The Grascals' co-founder Terry Eldredge of taping the popular show. "You never know what's going to happen, and this time, Larry surprised us with classic TV footage of The Osborne Brothers' performance of 'Up This Hill' on the set's jukebox - and then we performed it ourselves ...Very cool."

About The Grascals

The multi-award winning and Grammy-nominated Bluegrass icons, The Grascals, recently marked their 101st performance on The Grand Ole Opry; made the rounds on Fox & Friends; Better TV; Access Hollywood; Daytime; The Daily Buzz and CMT's Southern Fried Flicks with Hazel Smith. Their music video, "I Am Strong" featuring Dolly Parton, rode GAC's Top 20 Countdown for multiple weeks. The group kicked off 2011 with threeSPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards, including: Instrumental Group of the Year, Danny Roberts, Mandolin Performer of the Year and Kristin Scott Benson, Banjo Performer of the Year. The Grascals & Friends - Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin is available exclusively at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® and online atcrackerbarrel.com. Cracker Barrel is donating a portion of the proceeds to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

About Darryl Worley

The platinum-selling country star has sold more than two million records worldwide and charted 19 singles, including three number one singles, "I Miss My Friend," "Awful Beautiful Life," and "Have You Forgotten." With seven studio album releases and numerous music industry awards, Worley is entering the second decade of his career as one of the industry's most compelling artists.

Larry's Country Diner Cast poses with The Grascals.
Renae Johnson, Jimmy Capps, Jamie Johnson, Terry Smith, Keith Bilbrey,
Kristin Scott Benson, Larry Black, Terry Eldredge, Danny Roberts,
Jeremy Abshire, Nadine and Dee Ann Grand.      (Credit: Jeremy Westby)