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Americana? Traditional? Rockin' Grass? Bluegrass? Old-Time? Newgrass? Stringband? Jamband? Hillbilly? ​Call it what you will, we call it TrueGrass, which must make us the TrueGrass Trio!

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The TrueGrass Trio with Molly O & Randy Sabien on 
The Tiny Tent Show from
The Big Top Chautauqua
Friday, Oct 23, 2020
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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The TrueGrass Trio is excited to be featured this week, along with their guests Molly O and Randy Sabien, on the Big Top Chautauqua’s Tiny Tent Show. Episode 30 of this virtual program from the Big Top will debut live on Facebook on Friday October 23, 2020, at 7:00 pm CDT. If you miss it "live," you can still tune in any time on Facebook or YouTube channels as all episodes of the Tiny Tent Show are still posted. You can find links to both at http://www.bigtop.org/tinytentshow.

The TrueGrass Trio features Tom Draughon from Ashland WI on guitar and vocals, Bruce Qualey from Cable WI on bass and vocals, and Jed Malischke from Spooner WI on banjo and vocals. Special guests for the Tiny Tent Show include Molly O on mandolin and vocals, and Randy Sabien on fiddle.

Check them out at www.TrueGrassBand.com or follow them at www.facebook.com/truegrassband.
 
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TrueGrass specializes in reviving music of the old-time masters, adapting modern material to the bluegrass idiom, and creating original songs and new tunes in the traditional stringband style.

​All veterans of the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua, with over 100 years of combined professional performing experience, they take a traditional music recipe, add a pinch of influence from rock, blues, jazz, and gospel, spice it with experienced showmanship, and cook up a steady diet of fun to engage their audience on and off stage. 
TrueGrass features Tom Draughon from Ashland WI on guitar, fiddle & vocals, Bruce Qualey from Cable WI on bass & vocals, and Jed Malischke from Spooner WI on banjo, resophonic guitar & vocals.

They perform together and with various guest musicians throughout NW Wisconsin and the surrounding four state areas.​ Whether you have a small venue or large concert hall, a one act show or a multi band festival, TrueGrass can also help you organize, promote, and stage manage your event. 
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The Players

TOM DRAUGHAN

​Tom Draughon originally formed TrueGrass as part of a multimedia theatre show he created about the rural roots and history of bluegrass music. Tom is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, primarily playing Doc Watson style guitar and fronting lead vocals. He also plays clayhammer banjo and old-time fiddle (and occasionally ukulele too). He is a music educator and teaches at Northland College and through the Northwoods Strings, as well as giving private lessons. And with his gift of perfect pitch he tunes pianos!

BRUCE QUALEY

​Bruce Qualey is a classically trained bass player who enjoys performing all kinds of music. In learning the instrument, he studied with the assistant principal bassist of the Minneapolis Symphony and attended the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan, for five summers. Over his decades of music making, he has performed in many types of ensemble groups and in many musical styles. He played in the Rochester (MN) Symphony Orchestra for twenty years while at the same time playing in a traditional bluegrass group. After moving to northern Wisconsin in 1995, he was the long-time bass player in three popular northland groups: Duck for the Oyster, an old-time dance band; the Namekagon String Band folk group and The Dean’s List big band. Bruce is excited to be contributing to the vocal and instrumental possibilities of TrueGrass.

JED MALISCHKE

Jed Malischke has been producing concerts, festivals, and fairs for fifty plus years, first as a kid in his hometown of Milwaukee, and then as a professional with his own production company CM Management. For the past thirty years with the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association he has created five annual music festivals and several concert series. His premier event, the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival has been nominated by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in Nashville as Event of the Year five times! And all this while performing and touring throughout the US and Europe with with groups like Java Jam, Radio Bluegrass, Dick Kimmel & Co, and the Mill City Ramblers. Jed plays a vintage 1927 Gibson arch-top banjo, Martin D-18 guitar, Dobro resophonic guitar, and stand-up bass fiddle. He has lectured and taught on the history as well as the performance of bluegrass music, served on the board of directors of the IBMA and the Foundation For Bluegrass Music (FFBM). No wonder that Wisconsin Public Radio host Tom Martin Erickson dubbed him "A Friend of Bluegrass."

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TrueGrass can perform in a variety of configurations to fit your venue and budget, including a "Tom & Jed", the "TrueGrass Trio," or with additional guest musicians. Want to put on your own concert production or outdoor mini-festival? We can find other complimentary groups to join us and provide PA, MC, and stage management for a large concert venue or small outdoor festival, all for one set price. Plus we help advertise and promote your show with press releases, social media, and Enews. Put us to work at your house this coming year!
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