Jim Hendricks, Brian Keith Wallen open Fling Barn concert season March 3
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The Highland County Press
Two popular singer-songwriters will kick off the 2012 concert season at the Fling Barn on Saturday evening, March 3.
Dr. Bill Fling welcomes Brian Keith Wallen and Jim Hendricks, who will bring a bit of blues and folk music to the popular venue located at 8205 West Berrysville Road, just south of Hillsboro off Route 247.
According to his website biography, Wallen has released 16 CDs and performed more than 400 shows. He has played at Dollywood, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the Cincinnati Blues Fest and many other venues across the Midwest.
Wallen was named the 2011 Blues Artist of the Year by the Starr-Gennett Foundation, and was the winner of the Cincy Blues Challenge. He was a finalist at the 2012 International Blues Challenge, and his 2011 release, "Every Mile," was named "Best Self-Produced CD" by the Cincy Blues Society.
• Hendricks plays guitar, mandolin, dobro and autoharp. His career has spanned over four decades of American folk music.
His online biography notes he was a pioneer on the 1960s folk circuit, performing with such artists as "Mama" Cass Elliot and John Sebastian. He wrote the number one hit "Summer Rain" for Johnny Rivers and the theme song "Long, Lonesome Highway" for the TV show "Then Came Bronson."
Now living in Nashville, Hendricks has recorded more than 50 albums of traditional American folk, mountain, gospel, and Western music.
His career began in Omaha, Neb. in the early 1960s. As the story goes, one evening while singing in a local folk music club Jim met and became friends with Cass Elliot. Cass wanted to form a folk music trio and had already enlisted the talents of Tim Rose. After hearing Jim sing and play the guitar, Cass knew that he would be the perfect third member. The group was formed and the called themselves The Big Three.
They soon hit the road for a tour with comedian Bill Cosby. From there, came performances on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson, "The Danny Kaye Show" and other television variety shows of the era.
In 1964, Jim and Cass decided to expand the group. They added Denny Doherty a successful Canadian singer, and guitarist Zol Yanovsky. They called themselves The Mugwumps. Although The Mugwumps, were short-lived, their place in rock 'n' roll history is firmly established. They were the forerunner to the legendary group, The Mamas and Papas.
More recently, Hendricks had renewed his friendship with Johnny Rivers and had a cut on Rivers' CD. The song, "Blue Suede Blues," was written as a tribute to the late, great Carl Perkins. Hendricks co-wrote the song with his wife, Vicki.[[In-content Ad]]
Two popular singer-songwriters will kick off the 2012 concert season at the Fling Barn on Saturday evening, March 3.
Dr. Bill Fling welcomes Brian Keith Wallen and Jim Hendricks, who will bring a bit of blues and folk music to the popular venue located at 8205 West Berrysville Road, just south of Hillsboro off Route 247.
According to his website biography, Wallen has released 16 CDs and performed more than 400 shows. He has played at Dollywood, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the Cincinnati Blues Fest and many other venues across the Midwest.
Wallen was named the 2011 Blues Artist of the Year by the Starr-Gennett Foundation, and was the winner of the Cincy Blues Challenge. He was a finalist at the 2012 International Blues Challenge, and his 2011 release, "Every Mile," was named "Best Self-Produced CD" by the Cincy Blues Society.
• Hendricks plays guitar, mandolin, dobro and autoharp. His career has spanned over four decades of American folk music.
His online biography notes he was a pioneer on the 1960s folk circuit, performing with such artists as "Mama" Cass Elliot and John Sebastian. He wrote the number one hit "Summer Rain" for Johnny Rivers and the theme song "Long, Lonesome Highway" for the TV show "Then Came Bronson."
Now living in Nashville, Hendricks has recorded more than 50 albums of traditional American folk, mountain, gospel, and Western music.
His career began in Omaha, Neb. in the early 1960s. As the story goes, one evening while singing in a local folk music club Jim met and became friends with Cass Elliot. Cass wanted to form a folk music trio and had already enlisted the talents of Tim Rose. After hearing Jim sing and play the guitar, Cass knew that he would be the perfect third member. The group was formed and the called themselves The Big Three.
They soon hit the road for a tour with comedian Bill Cosby. From there, came performances on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson, "The Danny Kaye Show" and other television variety shows of the era.
In 1964, Jim and Cass decided to expand the group. They added Denny Doherty a successful Canadian singer, and guitarist Zol Yanovsky. They called themselves The Mugwumps. Although The Mugwumps, were short-lived, their place in rock 'n' roll history is firmly established. They were the forerunner to the legendary group, The Mamas and Papas.
More recently, Hendricks had renewed his friendship with Johnny Rivers and had a cut on Rivers' CD. The song, "Blue Suede Blues," was written as a tribute to the late, great Carl Perkins. Hendricks co-wrote the song with his wife, Vicki.[[In-content Ad]]