Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band Announces New Album with Summer Concert Dates and Workshops

LOS ANGELES - June 14, 2016 - PRLog -- Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band is back with Bluegrass Stomp.The long-awaited full-length is both a hearkening back to traditional bluegrass roots and a deviation from the typical bluegrass formula. Fusing elements of soulful blues, laid-back country, and story-rich folk, the band blaze their own trail through ten fresh tracks.

From the relaxed melodic romp of the title track to the uptempo bounce of "Rocky Road Blues," Rocky Neck are unapologetically old-timey and proud of it. Songs like "Way Downtown" perfectly exhibit the band's ability to perform traditional bluegrass with a contemporary voice to form a style all their own. And even though Rocky Neck are a bluegrass band, they're unafraid to borrow from other styles, as proved by the countrified "I Hope You're The End Of My Story."

Bluegrass Stomp will be available this Friday, June 17th, 2016 online at stores like itunes, amazon, and www.rockyneckbluegrass.com

Devitt Feeley, Lydia Veilleux, Craig Ferguson and Brian Netzely got their start in the bluegrass music field by winning first place in the 2009 Topanga Banjo and Fiddle "Band Contest". In January of 2012 they took first place in the California Bluegrass Association's "Great 48 Showcase Showdown", competing against the top bluegrass bands from across the state. Performing at premiere bluegrass and country venues across the Southwest the band has 2016 festival appearances scheduled at the Las Vegas Bluegrass Festival, CBA's Father's Day Festival, the Calico Spring Festival and the Summergrass Bluegrass Festival. They are also a regular on the wedding circuit and have appeared on an episode of WETV's "My Fair Wedding" with David Tutera as well as in a cover story photo spread in C Magazine's wedding edition. The band has also played weddings featured on the covers of People Magazine, Hello Magazine, and Us Weekly.

From San Diego to the pine trees of the Sierra foothills, Rocky Neck's summer concert dates are full of sunshine, beer, wine, BBQ, picnics, jam sessions, and arts and crafts vendors.  With special guest Kevin Gore on banjo, the band will be making their first main stage appearance at Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley on June 18th. The band will also be appearing Laguna Beach Festival of Arts, and Summergrass San Diego. In addition, the band will coach the Summergrass 2016 Kids' Bluegrass Camp and teach additional workshops at Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley including, "Flatpicking Sally Ann" and "Fancy Up Your Fiddle Tunes".

Summer Event Dates

6.18-19   Father's Day Festival  Grass Valley, CA
6.18-19  Flatpicking "Sally Ann" Guitar Workshop  Grass Valley, CA
6.18-19  "Fancy Up Your Fiddle Tunes" Workshop  Grass Valley, CA
6.25  Boulevard Music  Culver City, CA
7.31  Laguna Beach Festival of Arts  Laguna Beach, CA
8.14  Laguna Beach Festival of Arts  Laguna Beach, CA
8.18-21  Summergrass San Diego & Kid's Camp  Vista, CA

For more information, visit www.rockyneckbluegrass.com

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