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FOTMC is home base for Vernon McIntyre's Appalachian Grass, a hard-driving bluegrass group with a long and colorful history. Leader Vernon McIntyre began his professional career as a banjo picker in the early 1960’s. Having played both banjo and guitar on the Grand Ole Opry Stage and with all of the seminal bluegrass artists, Vernon met his future wife, Kitty, in the early 1980s. Kitty had played in the school orchestra through out high school and was completely unaware of the non-classical world of bluegrass music. When her brother, Andy, introduced her to the bluegrass sound via Vernon McIntyre ’s Appalachian Grass, she fell in love with both the music and the leader of the band, Vernon. Robert Campbell started banjo lessons at age 15 at the Cincinnati Famous Old Time Music with Vernon as his teacher. Emily Baehr, mandolinist, trained as an opera singer prior to her developing interest in folk and bluegrass music. Tammy Powers played electric bass and was a fiddle student of Kitty’s at Famous Old Time Music Cincinnati prior to being recruited as an upright bass player with Appalachian Grass.
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February 6 - Kitty & Vernon McIntyre (Bluegrass With Style) at the Centerville Library, Location: 111 W. Spring Valley Road, Centerville, Ohio 45458, PH 937.433.8091 Time: 6:30-8:30pm For more information, click here. To view the full schedule for Vernon McIntyre's Appalachian Grass, click here.
Check out the video of the May 11 Appalachian Grass show at Christ
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The retail portion of the Famous Old Time Music enterprise provides new, used, and vintage stringed instruments plus all the strings, accessories, and books required by the acoustic musician. You’ll also find CDs, videos, and music related clothing and gifts. We feature a wide selection of bluegrass recordings featuring our home band, Vernon McInytre's APPALACHIAN GRASS; tee-shirts having fun with bluegrass music; and some unique and affordable gifts for the music enthusiast. While the store specialty is in the acoustic line, there is a small but interesting selection of beginner electric instruments and accessories.
Lessons, Repair and Restoration service, and Appraisals are also
available at Famous Old Time Music.
Lessons are taught by experienced professional musicians.
Repair service covers the gamut
from helping you change strings to completely re-working an
instrument. Vernon had one fiddle that came to him in pieces in a
cake box. He painstakingly reassembled the pieces into a very
playable instrument with a truly amazing sound! In today’s
financial climate, quality instruments can be more sound investments
than the stock market. You can protect your investment with an
insurance appraisal.
Tuesday through Friday 11am til 7pm At Famous Old Time Music - Cincinnati, shopping is by appointment only. Call 513-607-1874 or to email, click here.
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We are in the process of featuring more of our used instrument inventory here on the web. Check back often for updates or go to our "What's New" page.
Martin Guitars
Don't miss our fine selection of beginner instruments ... guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, autoharp, and hammered dulcimer. Click here.
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Vernon’s lifelong dream of owning his own concert hall/festival venue was finally realized in 2001 when he and Kitty purchased the old United Local school building just east of Wapakoneta, OH. With indoor seating available for 500 people, Famous Old Time-Wapak now hosts numerous musical events:
With over 8 acres of flat parking, the site is perfect for festivals. We've had three successful years of the ....
and will celebrate the 9th edition of ....
Our live events are
reasonably priced. Food is available on site. It is our
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March 10 ... Bluegrass Indoor Concert
Enjoy a video from the October, 2010,
that not only captured the events of that particular Opry but also
the spirt of the Opry. For more information,
click here.
The next Appalachian
Opry will be
Saturday,
The
Bluegrass Cafe' will
continue on a weekly basis through the winter.
Enjoy an informal evening
of bluegrass and old country with Vernon and Kitty McIntyre and the
Bluegrass Cafe' Band. Be so close to the band you could touch
them! When: Thursday; Time:
7 to 9:00 pm Admission:
$5 Location: Famous Old Time
Music Company, 20322 US/OH 33, Wapakoneta, OH 45895
For more information, click here. |
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For a summary list of all the events Vernon, Kitty and APPALACHIAN
GRASS are involved
in playing, click
here.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Vernon has a lifelong dedication to collecting musical instruments, antiques, and all types of unique oddities. When he purchased the Wapakoneta building, he finally had a place to display his collections and realized that he had virtually created a museum dedicated to bluegrass and acoustic music. Stop by and browse through his ‘museum’ in it’s current informal style. Click here for details and pictures of some favorites. The Strolling through the Bluegrass program was designed to compliment the museum and to promote interest in acoustic music among school children. The program provides an opportunity to see, hear, and actually try-out various instruments. Famous Old Time-Wapak and the Strolling through the Bluegrass program has been the destination of several school field trips. Vernon and Kitty have also taken this program on the road to various schools and libraries. Kids of all ages enjoy the program.
BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL IN THE CORNFIELDS
The annual Festival in the Cornfields take place September 5 - 8, 2012. Initially dedicated to the memory of the 9/11 victims, a portion of the proceeds are donated each year to help support one of the local fire departments. Entertainment at the 2011 Festival included a bean soup/pot luck dinner, lots of bluegrass stage shows, the Strolling through the Bluegrass program, a banjo seminar, a dulcimer workshop, daily black powder demonstration, good food, free motorhome parking, and LOTS of jamming.
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