It took a little research, but I found out through several professional agency representatives information concerning some of the talented performers coming to the Hope Watermelon Festival this weekend:
Jim Barentine & Friends played for Omar Talmuds Bar mitzvah last year in Dry Prong, Louisiana. They specialize in deep cut polka favorites.
The Cameron Stovall Show featuring Rudy Preston have been together for almost 8 years performing cover tunes for such greats as The Chuck Wagon Gang, The Florida Boys, Jimmy Swaggert and many others. Rudy Preston, by the way, sung the National Anthem at the opening ceremony of the World Tiller Races in 1999.
Hillbilly Horseshoes is a talented group of dancers from Red Pimple, Missouri. They are one of the few troupes in the South still dressing as mules doing the square dance while wearing real horseshoes. They were featured on the Gong Show in 1989 and were awarded Idiots of the Year by the Emmet, Arkansas cattleman's association.
The Jordans are sure to be a treat this year with their collection of antique do brows. This is no ordinary performance, no sir. The Jordans play exclusively with their teeth and toes. They will be playing their hit single "Sick, Sober, and Sorry, Broke, Disgusted, and Sad". Bring your friends to hear this one !!
JPrince Band. I'm not completely sure but this is either the musician-that-was-once-known-as-Prince-and-then-known-as-a-Klingon-symbol-and-known-as-Prince again...or its JPrince Band the ham bone experts from Bald Knob, Tennessee.
Then there is Ace Cannon...never heard of him !
So, as usual, we will be both graced and stoked by some really great concerts this year. Best of all it will be basically here in our own back yard". See 'ya there, friend !!
Oh, make sure you spray yourself all over with CO2 before leaving the house; it promises to be around 137 degrees this weekend; but hey.....it's "a slice of the GOOD life" !!!
Phynerk
