Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe

Appendix A: A Record of Personal Appearances

Appendix฀A A Record of Personal Appearances The following is the most complete list I’ve been able to compile of the shows Bill Monroe played while I was a member of the Blue Grass Boys (September 20, 1974–September 19, 1976). 1974 September 20: Asheville, North Carolina (Black Mountain). Bluegrass Festival, Monte Vista Park September 21: Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Concert at Middle Tennessee State University September 21: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry September 22: Parker’s Lake, Kentucky. Tombstone Junction western-style theme park September 28: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry September 29: Bean Blossom, Indiana. The Brown County Jamboree. Hall of Fame Show (third) with Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb October 4–5: Middleburg, Florida. Third Annual Florida State Bluegrass Music Convention, Country Music Park October 12: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry October 16: Nashville, Tennessee. Early Bird Bluegrass Show, Grand Ole Opry House October 16: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry (the Opry’s forty-ninth birthday) October 19: Steele, Alabama. Horse Pens Fourth Bluegrass Festival, Horse Pens Forty October 25–27: Norco, California. Bill Monroe’s Second Annual Golden West Bluegrass Festival, Silver Lakes Park November 2–3: Fort Pierce, Florida. Bluegrass Festival at the Fairgrounds November 7: Lake Charles, Louisiana November 9–10: Folsom, Louisiana. Bill Monroe’s South Louisiana Bluegrass Festival, Bluegrass Park November 11: Bean Blossom, Indiana. Brown County Jamboree November 15–17: Waycross, Georgia. Bill Monroe’s South Georgia Bluegrass Festival, Speedway Fairgrounds 162฀ | appendix฀a November 21: Portland, Oregon. Pacific International Exposition Center, Jantzen Beach (on a program with the Sawtooth Mountain Boys) November 23: Austin, Texas. Armadillo Club (Armadillo World Headquarters) November 24: Bean Blossom, Indiana. Brown County Jamboree November 28–30: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 5th Annual South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival, Convention Center November 29: Salem, Virginia November 30: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry December 10: Tokyo, Japan. Kyouritsu Hall, Kanda (a section of Tokyo) December 11: Osaka, Japan. Mainichi Hall, Umeda (a section of Osaka) December 12: Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto Kaikan Hall December 13: Osaka, Japan. Mainichi Hall, Umeda December 14: Tokyo, Japan. Sugino Hall, Meguro (a section of Tokyo) December 21: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry December 28: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry 1975 January 4: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry January 10: Los Angeles, California. UCLA Campus January 11: North Hollywood, California. The Palomino Club January 18: New York City. Madison Square Garden (on program with Tanya Tucker and Joe Stampley) January 25: Alabama February 1: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry February 8: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry February 13: Tallahassee, Florida February 14: Kissimee, Florida February 15–16: Walker, Louisiana. Bluegrass Festival February 21: Moultrie, Georgia February 22: Apopka, Florida February 23: Tampa, Florida March 1: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry March 4: Jackson, Kentucky (benefit for the local police force) March 5: Williamson, West Virginia March 6: Wilmington, Delaware. Grand Opera House March 7: Centreville, Virginia. Partners II Restaurant March 8: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry March 13: Goldsboro, North Carolina March 14: Raleigh, North Carolina March 15: New Bern, North Carolina March 22: Lafayette, Indiana (on a program with the Bluegrass Alliance) March 29: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry March 30: Bean Blossom, Indiana. Brown County Jamboree (season opening—performance and Easter egg hunt) April 5: Minneapolis, Minnesota April 9: Sparta, Georgia appendix฀a฀ |฀ 163 April 12: Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry April 19: Statesville, North Carolina April 25: Uddingston, Scotland. Greyfriars Monastery, near Glasgow April 26: Redcar, England April 27: Newmarket, England. The British Grand Ole Opry April 28: Liverpool, England. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall April 30: Birmingham, England. Birmingham Digbeth Hall May 1: Eastbourne, England May 2: London, England. BBC Studios May 3: London, England May 8: Utrecht, Holland May 14: Tübingen, Germany May 15: Hamburg, Germany May 16: West Berlin, Germany May 17: Neusüdende, Germany (near Oldenburg). Neusüdende Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival May 23–25: McClure, Virginia. Ralph Stanley’s Fifth Annual Memorial Bluegrass Festival, the old Stanley home place, between McClure and Coeburn, Virginia May 30: Louisville, Kentucky. Bluegrass Festival of the United States, Riverfront May 31–June 1: Indian Springs/Hagerstown, Maryland. The Fourth Annual Indian Springs Bluegrass Festival June 5: Somerset, New Jersey. The Spare Room June 7–8: Carlisle, Ontario. Bluegrass Canada ’75, Courtcliffe Park June 11: Nashville, Tennessee. Grand Ole Opry House. Bluegrass Concert...