Friends,
I hope you all are doing OK.
Anyway I wanted
to tell you after a lot of consideration, I have decided to not do the Hazard Bluegrass Festival anymore. With my job as demanding
as it is, and my commitment to my band, and my commitment to the Community Center, as well as some health issues, and
most importantly with the lack of help, I think its in my best interest to let it go. It was a great 9 year run and
I was looking forward to doing a 10th year celebration. But I don’t think I have enough strength mentally or physically
to pull it off this year.
I have made some wonderful friends over the years and
met a lot of great fans and bands as well. For that I am forever grateful.
I will
continue to promote Bluegrass Music as much as I possibly can and will help all the bands and artist anyway that I can.
To me Bluegrass and Traditional Country Music is the best music ever and I will still be working to promote it
every chance I have.
I will also continue to work the Sugar Grove Opry and Mountain Coal Music
Festival. I will be using a lot of the bands that I used in Hazard in these festivals over the years. I will be
posting a link to that festival soon.
Again thanks to all of you for your support
and help you have given me for the past 9 years. Its hard to say goodbye to it. But I feel I must make a change
for my self and for my health.
I will be in touch soon, I wanted to let you know so you can make other
plans for that weekend.
Thanks for the wonderful times.
Gary Joseph