Amanda Anderson started singing before she was two years old, and now her crystalline voice is often compared to that of Alison Krauss. She made her recorded debut singing and playing fiddle on her critically-acclaimed debut project with her dad Scott, “Another Day”, in 2009. Her vocals were also featured very prominently on Scott’s “Tales from the Swamp,” where she shined in the studio among bluegrass legends such as Sam Bush, Jim Hurst, Stuart Duncan, and Barry Bales. She has performed with The Amanda and Scott Anderson band and duo as well as with The Bluegrass Parlor Band since 2008. She did all of this before graduating high school, where she also excelled as a National Merit Scholar. She is currently a pre-dental student at the Univeristy of Florida.
Jim Hurst in concert
A concert of red-hot acoustic music featuring guitar master and two-time
International Bluegrass Music Association Guitar Player of the Year Jim Hurst
Jim is known throughout the Nashville TN area as one of the best in the business. His talents of singing, multi-intrumentalist abilities and well-rounded stylings have garnered him support positions and recording sessions with some of the best artists in Country and Bluegrass music. Trisha Yearwood, Sara Evans, Holly Dunn, Claire Lynch, Travis Tritt, John Cowan, Mark Schatz, Tim O'Brien and more.
Jim is more and more becoming known as an artist in his own right, recording and releasing his first CD "Open Window in 1998. Then teaming up with duet partner, award winning bassist Missy Raines, recorded and released two CDs. 2002 saw the release of Jim's second solo CD, "Second Son" to rave reviews and Bluegrass chart action.
Jim's most recent recording "A Box of Chocolates" - 2007 is the newest CD from the musical mind of Jim Hurst. Always looking for the new inspiration, Jim is currently working of his next recording. Jim has a multi-faceted approach to music and performance. His singing, guitar work, songwriting and live performances can entertain with calm sincerity as well as high-energy and magician-like accomplishment.
What others are saying about Jim Hurst:
"Jim is one of the most under-rated musicians on today's acoustic scene. He always mines a deep grove and heats things up to a rolling boil. Combining strong country and bluegrass roots, subtle invention, and a big beautiful sound. Jim's music is consistently fresh and friendly."
- Tim O'Brien
"Jim uses his family background, along with his exceptional talent, to build upon a foundation of his own memories and inspiration to create a contemporary sound that is still able to reflect strong traditional values... Jim Hurst is a very hard-working musician with clear goals for himself."
- Country Review
"There's not a more inventive, talented guitar player in the bluegrass business than Jim Hurst. He brings a world of experience in so many different kinds of music and formats to everything he does."
- Tim Stafford
"In a field known for great instrumental work, Hurst is as good as they come...His guitar playing is marked by pure abandon."
- Country Standard Time
"Jim Hurst is one of the most versatile and tasteful guitar players I know. Whether he's flailing the rhythm for an old time fiddle tune, laying down a funky groove, or finger picking a beautiful ballad, his playing is both impeccable and creative. Accompanying this instrumental virtuosity is a rich and expressive voice with a surprising range."
- Mark Schatz
"Jim Hurst has an attractive vocal delivery with his songs...but it has to take a back seat to his incredible flat-picking guitar work."
- Country Music News
Jim proudly endorses the following products:
Rockbridge Guitars
D'Addario Strings
Fishman Transducers
First Quality Musical Supplies
Gibson USA
Jim also proudly plays Gallagher Guitars - Look for the "Jim Hurst" model Gallagher guitar!
Bluegrass festivals on the weekend of the last Saturday in March and the weekend of the first Saturday in November each year on the banks of the beautiful Withlacoochee River, 6 miles west of Dunnellon, Florida, on Highway 40.Click here for directions.
Large covered pavillion - show goes on, rain or shine.
Restrooms and showers, boat ramp and fishing dock, ATA trap and NSSA skeet fields on site.
Plenty of RV hookups (many right on the riverbank) - the river never floods onsite (water level controlled by locks.)
Bring your own lawn chairs for comfort - all seating space under pavillion reserved at $5 per space on a first come basis - check chairs in with seating person before placing them under the pavilion (no rockers, recliners, or quad chairs with arms. Sunday morning worship service on stage.
Please:
Talk and visit outside the pavilion - your neighbors would like to hear the music!
Remove large hats in concert area - your neighbors would like to see the show!
NO SMOKING UNDER THE PAVILION in support of Florida's Clean Air Act.
No alcoholic beverages, bottles, cans, coolers, or pets in concert area - STRICTLY ENFORCED.
Pets must be leashed and must remain in camping areas (don't forget to pick up after your pet.)
Anyone appearing to be intoxicated, acting abusive, immodestly dressed, or otherwise conducting themselves improperly will be removed from premises and no refund will be given.
Tickets must be kept with you at all times - all weekend. If you lose your ticket, you must purchase another.
No video cameras allowed under the pavilion.
No bicycles, skateboards, or roller blades allowed in the concert area.
RV generators: please be considerate of your neighbors and run generators only when and as long as necessary.
Sound by Gene Daniell
Terms of admission: You enter campground and festival area on your own responsibility and assume all risks. Owners not responsible for loss or damage.
Just print and complete this form, and mail with your check payable to Withlacoochee Bluegrass.
Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope for ticket return and camping confirmation to:
Clay Hess is a Grammy award winner who first burst upon the national bluegrass music scene as the red-hot flat-picking guitarist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, with whom he toured for three years. With his awesome speed and tasty sense of syncopation, Hess has established himself as one of the top flat-pickers in the business.
Clay began playing guitar at age nine after hearing Tony Rice's landmark recording, "Manzanita." From there, Clay's life was changed because all he did was play his "old cheap guitar." Before too long, Clay got his first "real" guitar when his dad bought him a new Martin D18 for his birthday. Clay continued to hone his skills and develop his own style, winning guitar contests along the way, including the Ohio State Guitar Championship in 1995. When he was 19, a friend told him about an open audition at Dollywood. Clay landed the gig, playing guitar with the band, True Blue. Fellow musicians were noticing Clay's talents. One of them was multi-Grammy Award winning country and bluegrass artist Ricky Skaggs.
Eventually Clay left Dollywood to return home to Ohio. He was working in construction and had nearly quit playing altogether when Ricky Skaggs called in 1999 and asked him to fill the guitar slot for Kentucky Thunder. Clay thought the call was a joke and hung up the phone. Ricky called a second time and convinced Clay that the offer was real. Clay then spent the next three years performing with Kentucky Thunder. While Clay was a part of the band, the International Bluegrass Music Association awarded Kentucky Thunder their Instrumental Band of the Year Award for both 1999 and 2000. Clay recorded on three projects with Skaggs, and was awarded a Grammy for his participation on the project "Soldier of the Cross."
After leaving Skaggs' band, Clay toured with The Mark Newton Band playing mandolin and then guitar before joining Mountain Heart. Eventually, he left to join another one of the hottest young bands around, Sierra Hull and Highway 111, with whom he still tours today.
Though Clay largely considers himself a bluegrass player, his influences range outside of bluegrass and include players such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Charlie Parker and Leon Rhodes. The CF Martin guitar company has also recently began production of the Clay Hess D-18 signature model guitar in recognition of Clay's talent and influence.
Jim Hurst in concert
A concert of red-hot acoustic music featuring guitar master and two-time
International Bluegrass Music Association Guitar Player of the Year Jim Hurst
Jim is known throughout the Nashville TN area as one of the best in the business. His talents of singing, multi-intrumentalist abilities and well-rounded stylings have garnered him support positions and recording sessions with some of the best artists in Country and Bluegrass music. Trisha Yearwood, Sara Evans, Holly Dunn, Claire Lynch, Travis Tritt, John Cowan, Mark Schatz, Tim O'Brien and more.
Jim is more and more becoming known as an artist in his own right, recording and releasing his first CD "Open Window in 1998. Then teaming up with duet partner, award winning bassist Missy Raines, recorded and released two CDs. 2002 saw the release of Jim's second solo CD, "Second Son" to rave reviews and Bluegrass chart action.
Jim's most recent recording "A Box of Chocolates" - 2007 is the newest CD from the musical mind of Jim Hurst. Always looking for the new inspiration, Jim is currently working of his next recording. Jim has a multi-faceted approach to music and performance. His singing, guitar work, songwriting and live performances can entertain with calm sincerity as well as high-energy and magician-like accomplishment.
What others are saying about Jim Hurst:
"Jim is one of the most under-rated musicians on today's acoustic scene. He always mines a deep grove and heats things up to a rolling boil. Combining strong country and bluegrass roots, subtle invention, and a big beautiful sound. Jim's music is consistently fresh and friendly."
- Tim O'Brien
"Jim uses his family background, along with his exceptional talent, to build upon a foundation of his own memories and inspiration to create a contemporary sound that is still able to reflect strong traditional values... Jim Hurst is a very hard-working musician with clear goals for himself."
- Country Review
"There's not a more inventive, talented guitar player in the bluegrass business than Jim Hurst. He brings a world of experience in so many different kinds of music and formats to everything he does."
- Tim Stafford
"In a field known for great instrumental work, Hurst is as good as they come...His guitar playing is marked by pure abandon."
- Country Standard Time
"Jim Hurst is one of the most versatile and tasteful guitar players I know. Whether he's flailing the rhythm for an old time fiddle tune, laying down a funky groove, or finger picking a beautiful ballad, his playing is both impeccable and creative. Accompanying this instrumental virtuosity is a rich and expressive voice with a surprising range."
- Mark Schatz
"Jim Hurst has an attractive vocal delivery with his songs...but it has to take a back seat to his incredible flat-picking guitar work."
- Country Music News
Jim proudly endorses the following products:
Rockbridge Guitars
D'Addario Strings
Fishman Transducers
First Quality Musical Supplies
Gibson USA
Jim also proudly plays Gallagher Guitars - Look for the new "Jim Hurst" model Gallagher guitar sometime in 2008!
Visit these links:
www.jimhurst.com
cdbaby.com/cd/hurstjim
cdbaby.com/cd/hurstjim2
www.myspace.com/jimhurst
www.digstation.com/jimhurst
Winter (Jan, Feb, and March)
$775 weekly ($968.30 with tax and cleaning fee)
$1675 monthly ($1949.30 with tax and cleaning fee)
Peak Season - April 1 - Mid August (excluding May)
$850 weekly ($1050.05 with tax and cleaning fee)
$3400 monthly ($3829.55 with tax and cleaning fee)
Off Season - Mid August -December 31 (including May)
3 night minimum on nightly rates
$750 weekly ($941.05 with tax and cleaning fee)
$1575 monthly ($1840.30 with tax and cleaning fee)
nightly $125 (+ tax and cleaning fee)
Order tickets for concert and workshop online here
http://scottandersonmusic.com/concerts.htm
or mail check payable to:
Scott Anderson
3609 NW 136th St., Gainesville, FL 32606
include $2 per total order for shipping - mail orders must be received by April 24
Scott Anderson has been a fixture on the Southeastern bluegrass and gospel circuit for almost two decades. He began with the contemporary and Southern gospel of First Light, then played the traditional bluegrass sound of the Bluegrass Parlor Band, followed by the driving grungegrass of Endless Highway , the sweet gospel of Gentle River, and the hot bluegrass of The Jim Hurst Band .
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Alesis Quadraverb, with power supply, in very good condition, with solid wooden rack mountable case.
The Alesis QuadraVerb is a 16Hz-20kHz bandwidth stereo programmable effects box with four digital effects (EQ, Pitch Change, Delay, Reverb). The effects can be used in parallel or in serial (or a combination). Specs say the dynamic range is 85dB, less than .1% distortion. Processor speed is 24 MIPS (no Z80 in this baby!). Conversion scheme is 16-bit linear PCM. It's fully MIDI-fied.
Some features:
Touch sensitive (multi-speed!) programming buttons. If you press harder you move the parameter faster.
2x16 character LCD display.
Stores 100 programs. Comes with 90 (in ROM) that you can overlay into the RAM. At any time you can recall one or all the ROM programs into RAM.
Real-time control of 8 simultaneous parameters via MIDI (you pick the controller type and the parameter it controls).
All functions, parameters and volume levels are programmable per program.
Stereo In/Out (via four 1/4 inch jacks).
Effect bypass jack on the back (as well as a button on the front).
You can name your programs (up to 14 characters).
$145 + shipping
Quantaray 35 mm camera lens 28-80 mm Autofocus (I used it with my Pentax camera, but my wife bought me another lens and I didn't have the heart to tell her I already had one.)
This lens comes as a package deal with:
Promaster circular polarizer 55mm
Tiffen UV filter 55mm
The lens + polarizer and UV filter for $60.
Hutto mandolin #137 - a great instrument. Original varnish finish by Scott Jackson, slightly widened fingerboard and slightly deepened body (similar to Gilchrist.)
Dempsey Young (of Lost and Found) played it in 2004 and told me it sounds much better than his own Hutto. When I said I'd like to try his Hutto, he told me something like "Well since you're used to this one, you're gonna think mine is a dog." Adam Steffey played it and called it "a great axe" and "a monster."
This one is definitely a unique and fine instrument.
$18,500 firm. Will consider trades involving your old Martin guitar.
There's Dempsey saying this is a good one!
Alesis Quadraverb, with power supply, in very good condition, with solid wooden rack mountable case.
The Alesis QuadraVerb is a 16Hz-20kHz bandwidth stereo programmable effects box with four digital effects (EQ, Pitch Change, Delay, Reverb). The effects can be used in parallel or in serial (or a combination). Specs say the dynamic range is 85dB, less than .1% distortion. Processor speed is 24 MIPS (no Z80 in this baby!). Conversion scheme is 16-bit linear PCM. It's fully MIDI-fied.
Some features:
Touch sensitive (multi-speed!) programming buttons. If you press harder you move the parameter faster.
2x16 character LCD display.
Stores 100 programs. Comes with 90 (in ROM) that you can overlay into the RAM. At any time you can recall one or all the ROM programs into RAM.
Real-time control of 8 simultaneous parameters via MIDI (you pick the controller type and the parameter it controls).
All functions, parameters and volume levels are programmable per program.
Stereo In/Out (via four 1/4 inch jacks).
Effect bypass jack on the back (as well as a button on the front).
You can name your programs (up to 14 characters).
$145 + shipping
Quantaray 35 mm camera lens 28-80 mm Autofocus (I used it with my Pentax camera, but my wife bought me another lens and I didn't have the heart to tell her I already had one.)
This lens comes as a package deal with:
Promaster circular polarizer 55mm
Tiffen UV filter 55mm
The lens + polarizer and UV filter for $60.
or send check or money order payable to Scott Anderson:
1992 Gibson Granada - from Greg Rich's custom shop (excellent curly maple), gold plated, in very good condition, lightly used. Has "Scott Anderson" engraved at 12th fret block inlay. Used for recording Endless Highway CD. This is a great banjo. w/ HSC
$3500 + shipping and insurance.
Standard 5/8" Grover type 5 string banjo bridge $5 (unused)
Stockwell moon bridge for 5 string banjo $15 (briefly used)
Why compensated bridges? According to common sense, if a string is a set length and the string is fretted in the middle, it should be exactly half the number of vibrations. If all strings are the same length, then the middle should be half for all. Well, the math just doesn't add up here. The shorter the strings become, the worse the problem is. To help correct this problem, we offset the problem string, therefore making them longer.
Amanda Anderson
Touch sensitive (multi-speed!) programming buttons. If you press harder you move the parameter faster. 
