Mountain Blog

We hope you'll check out or new "Live on Stage Newsletter" for our upcoming show this Sunday. Tickets are on sale now online, by phone at 800.594.TIXX or locally at Taylor Books.

We’ve added our fifth guest to the line-up this Sunday. Pop-rock legend Dwight Twilley will make his debut on the show in support of his first new CD since 2005, “Green Blimp.” The Dwight Twilley Band burst on the scene in 1975 with a top 20 hit “I’m On Fire” from their debut “Sincerely.”  As a solo artist, he scored another hit in 1984 when the video for “Girls” found its way onto MTV.

Visit our Live Show Schedule for more info. Also on the bill are Jenny & Johnny, Jason D. Williams, The Alternate Routes and JJ Grey. Tickets are available ONLINE, at Taylor Books in Charleston and by phone at 800.594.TIXX. 

Nashville-based bluegrass band The SteelDrivers perform an exciting round of music on this week's premiere episode. The band released their second studio album called “Reckless” in September of this year. Their music earned them a Grammy nomination in 2009 for the song “Blue Side of the Mountain” which you'll hear performed on the show this week.

As a preview you can hear our Song of the Week featuring The SteelDrivers performing “If It Hadn’t Been For Love.”

Find a radio station in your area where you can tune in and tell some friends how they can hear the show.

 The show begins with banjo player and singer Abigail Washburn who brings us a set new material from her upcoming album, “City of Refuge,” which is available for preorder here. Here's our host Larry Groce's interview with Abigail from our YouTube Channel, "Backstage at Mountain Stage."

Also on the bill is alternative country singer/songwriter Scott Miller who comes to us from Knoxville, Tennessee. He opens his set with a humorous song titled, “Lo Siento, Spanishburg, West Virginia,” a sleepy little town in West Virginia. Check out his music, including his 2009 record, “For Crying Out Loud” here.

Bloodshot Records recording artists Whitey Morgan and the 78’s take the stage to perform their brand of Honky-Tonk Outlaw country. The band's self-titled album is out this month. 

Also on the bill is veteran country music singer Gene Watson who sings some of his classic hits including “Paper Rosie” and the #1 hit “Farewell Party,” plus the title track to his new CD "A Taste of the Truth."  Watson has several tour dates coming up soon which include shows with bluegrass great Rhonda Vincent in late October. 

Find a radio station in your area where you can tune in and tell some friends how they can hear the show.