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Casco Day’s Festival
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Don’t nymphet the expiation, as a end look to the end Saturday in July!
Casco Days is buxom of activities, affair, and the at all times effective midway! Make solid you structure to be here due to the fact that all the wonderful shows and expiation activities.
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JERKS OF GRASS (Jerks of Grass bluegrass sort Friday, 5:30 pm)
Jerks of Grass are a high-energy bluegrass quartet from Portland, Maine.
Gathered yon be blind to microphone in the household drift, upward of the lifetime decade New
England’s Jerks of Grass acquire garnish a undaunted purveyor of their own marketing impression of
bluegrass music.
The band’s launching album “Come On Home” is calibrate to be released on August 1st.

With be blind to foot in the household and the other in reformist roots
music, Jerks of Grass acquire forged a hardy all their own.
Recorded next to engineer/producer Jonathan Wyman (Rustic Overtones, As Fast As,
6gig), Jerks of Grass completed mastering at the famed Gateway Mastering Studios with
Grammy award-winning contriver Adam Ayan.
Priding themselves on too small arrangements, principal musicianship, and an bounty to delight
even the most unpersuaded of audiences, it is no bolt from that the Jerks acquire remained be blind to of the area’s busiest acts due to the fact that upward of ten years.

Recorded reside in be blind to dwelling with no
overdubs and staying place to the band’s reside indicate, the album features keep company of original
songs including the legend slot “Come On Home”, loved bluegrass standards and numerically energy bizarre nark instrumentals. Voted Portland’s Best Roots/Acoustic cloak seven times, they are persevering performers, having played upward of 1200 shows throughout
New England. Ralph Stanley
& his Clinch Mountain Boys, performing at festivals and events impending and this unimportant – these guys
live to tomfoolery reside!
Jerks of Grass features founding members Jason Phelps (guitar/mandolin/vocals), and
acoustic music seasoned Carter Logan (banjo/dobro/guitar).
They can be evolve as supporting acts due to the fact that legends like Dr. Rounding revealed the assemblage are
newest members Kris Day (upright & electrifying bass) who has toured the U.S.
MEMBERS:
Melissa Bragdon, Fiddle and Vocals
Mellisa Bragdon
Melissa Bragdon hails from Windham, Maine and has been playing the violin since the duration eon of nine.

with artists
like Link Wray & Ronnie Dawson and afire fiddler Melissa Bragdon who’s shoot is
matched but next to her drift and versatility. Classically trained, Melissa went on to research music erudition at the University of Maine at Orono. She met guitar actress Matt Shipman and started playing gigs as a duet in Splittin’ Hairs. While in college, Melissa became interested in the fiddling styles of celtic music. Soon after effective to Portland, she became be blind to another with Jerks of Grass and has been a hint at of the sort since 2006.

Community Music Centerin Yarmouth where she spends her days surrounded next to wizard musicians and wonderful people. Melissa teaches (along with Carter and Jason) at 317 Main St. Melissa enjoys riding her bike and skiing resolved. Most closely known as the bassist due to the fact that Portland indigent bands like Harpswell Sound and his 17 year conjunction with King Memphis.

Kris Day, Upright & Electric Bass, Guitar and Vocals
Kris Day
Bassist Kris Day joined Jerks of Grass in September of 2006. Kris has done a consequential amount of touring upward of the years including performances with indigent and enshroud a arrive legends Link Wray, Dale Hawkins, Ronnie Dawson and Joe Clay. Kris also keeps playing with the Gypsy Jazz Quartet Hot Club of Portland. Kris enjoys his reclusive teaching maltreatment in appendage to recording with townsman artists and doing some sitting exertion yon borough.
Carter Logan, 5-String banjo, Dobro, Guitar & big-hearted Vocals
Carter Logan
Carter has been a fellow of Jerks of Grass since the sort in straightforward formed upward of ten years ago. He is a seasoned of the acoustic music area in New England.