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| "Fiddlin' With the Frogs" |
bluegrass festival
| hosted by: Frog Hollow Campground |
The Larry Wallace Band
From the Mississippi Delta to the hills of Kentucky, The Larry WallaceBand has been busy traveling the road and
performing for the many fans of traditional bluegrass music all across America. The highlight of their short history has to
be their performance at The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville,Tennessee and since that September day in 2002,
the band has established quite a following. They have been invited three times to perform at Bill Monroe’s Homeplace in
Rosine, Kentucky at the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration and also have appeared on The Cumberland
Highlanders Show on RFD-TV.
In 2003, The Larry Wallace Band was very fortunate to be chosen and was honored to be the featured entertainment
for Vice-President Dick Cheney’s visit to the State of Mississippi. In 2005, the band had the distinction of playing their
style of traditional bluegrass music on three of the most popular radio shows in the South - the award-winning “Thacker
Mountain Radio” on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, the “Sucarnochee Revue” and “Country Music Flashback” on
Alabama Public Radio.
In 2006, The Larry Wallace Band made appearances at Mississippi University for Women and Blue Mountain College.
The band also made an appearance with fiddler Ruby Jane Smith on The CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer and
then throughout the summer of 2006 appeared on the CBS News program “Eye On America”, as a part of American
Airlines’ In-Flight News.
In 2007, The Larry Wallace Band appeared in Nashville at The Louvin Brothers Museum in honor of Grand Ole Opry
and Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Louvin’s 80th Birthday Celebration. Also in 2007, the band made
appearances at Mississippi State University, Richton’s Pecan Festival, Starkville’s Johnny Cash Flower Pickin’ Festival,
and also performed a concert at the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair.
And in early 2007 the band released their newest album, “The Larry Wallace Band with Jim Brock”. Mr. Brock is best
known for being the excellent fiddler with Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys in their prime years and was a member
of this legendary group when the brother-duet became regular members of The Grand Ole Opry in the early sixties.
In March of 2007, Gusto Records of Nashville also re- released Wallace’s debut CD “Larry Wallace with Jimmy
Martin - Sunny Mountain Banjo”. Jimmy Martin’s classic guitar work is featured on this recording, an all-instrumental
album originally released in 1994 for Atteiram Records that also features bluegrass fiddle great Charlie Cline and
mandolin great Vernon Derrick.
The Larry Wallace Band has performed at concerts and festivals in many states including: Mississippi, Louisiana,
Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Georgia. For the past five years the band has
appeared at Carl Jackson’s “Home for Christmas Concert in Louisville, Mississippi.
Larry Wallace has appeared on The Grand Ole Opry, The Ryman Auditorium, The Country Music Hall of Fame,
Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree, The Nashville Network, The Bluegrass Cruise to the Bahamas, and the Country
Music Association’s Fan Fair in Nashville. His musical work has been documented by the Mississippi Arts Commission
and he was also awarded a Folk Arts Apprenticeship as a Master Traditional Artist by the Mississippi Arts
Commission. He has served on The Johnny Cash Flower Pickin’ Festival Committee and serves as a member of the
board of directors for Mississippi’s BEST Grassroots Entertainment at Mississippi State University. He is currently the
president of the Magnolia State Bluegrass Association and also endorses Stelling Banjos and GHS Strings.
In 2002, Larry appeared in the documentary film “The King of Bluegrass - The Life and Times of Jimmy Martin”. Larry
Wallace was a member of Jimmy Martin and The Sunny Mountain Boys in Nashville for 10 years and holds the record
as the banjo player with the longest tenure with the King of Bluegrass - Jimmy Martin.
The Larry Wallace Band plays bluegrass music in the traditional style, with a rock-solid presentation of heart-felt singing
and tasteful instrumentation, along with a very professional and high-energy stage show. You will definitely enjoy their
presentation of TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC !The Larry Wallace Band
http://www.larrywallaceband.com
From the Mississippi Delta to the hills of Kentucky, The Larry WallaceBand has been busy traveling the road and
performing for the many fans of traditional bluegrass music all across America. The highlight of their short history has to
be their performance at The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville,Tennessee and since that September day in 2002,
the band has established quite a following. They have been invited three times to perform at Bill Monroe’s Homeplace in
Rosine, Kentucky at the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration and also have appeared on The Cumberland
Highlanders Show on RFD-TV.
In 2003, The Larry Wallace Band was very fortunate to be chosen and was honored to be the featured entertainment
for Vice-President Dick Cheney’s visit to the State of Mississippi. In 2005, the band had the distinction of playing their
style of traditional bluegrass music on three of the most popular radio shows in the South - the award-winning “Thacker
Mountain Radio” on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, the “Sucarnochee Revue” and “Country Music Flashback” on
Alabama Public Radio.
In 2006, The Larry Wallace Band made appearances at Mississippi University for Women and Blue Mountain College.
The band also made an appearance with fiddler Ruby Jane Smith on The CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer and
then throughout the summer of 2006 appeared on the CBS News program “Eye On America”, as a part of American
Airlines’ In-Flight News.
In 2007, The Larry Wallace Band appeared in Nashville at The Louvin Brothers Museum in honor of Grand Ole Opry
and Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Louvin’s 80th Birthday Celebration. Also in 2007, the band made
appearances at Mississippi State University, Richton’s Pecan Festival, Starkville’s Johnny Cash Flower Pickin’ Festival,
and also performed a concert at the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair.
And in early 2007 the band released their newest album, “The Larry Wallace Band with Jim Brock”. Mr. Brock is best
known for being the excellent fiddler with Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys in their prime years and was a member
of this legendary group when the brother-duet became regular members of The Grand Ole Opry in the early sixties.
In March of 2007, Gusto Records of Nashville also re- released Wallace’s debut CD “Larry Wallace with Jimmy
Martin - Sunny Mountain Banjo”. Jimmy Martin’s classic guitar work is featured on this recording, an all-instrumental
album originally released in 1994 for Atteiram Records that also features bluegrass fiddle great Charlie Cline and
mandolin great Vernon Derrick.
The Larry Wallace Band has performed at concerts and festivals in many states including: Mississippi, Louisiana,
Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Georgia. For the past five years the band has
appeared at Carl Jackson’s “Home for Christmas Concert in Louisville, Mississippi.
Larry Wallace has appeared on The Grand Ole Opry, The Ryman Auditorium, The Country Music Hall of Fame,
Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree, The Nashville Network, The Bluegrass Cruise to the Bahamas, and the Country
Music Association’s Fan Fair in Nashville. His musical work has been documented by the Mississippi Arts Commission
and he was also awarded a Folk Arts Apprenticeship as a Master Traditional Artist by the Mississippi Arts
Commission. He has served on The Johnny Cash Flower Pickin’ Festival Committee and serves as a member of the
board of directors for Mississippi’s BEST Grassroots Entertainment at Mississippi State University. He is currently the
president of the Magnolia State Bluegrass Association and also endorses Stelling Banjos and GHS Strings.
In 2002, Larry appeared in the documentary film “The King of Bluegrass - The Life and Times of Jimmy Martin”. Larry
Wallace was a member of Jimmy Martin and The Sunny Mountain Boys in Nashville for 10 years and holds the record
as the banjo player with the longest tenure with the King of Bluegrass - Jimmy Martin.
The Larry Wallace Band plays bluegrass music in the traditional style, with a rock-solid presentation of heart-felt singing
and tasteful instrumentation, along with a very professional and high-energy stage show. You will definitely enjoy their
presentation of TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC !The Larry Wallace Band
http://www.larrywallaceband.com
