Second Annual Dyersburg Bluegrass Festival

The 'Shade Tree Pickers' from Halls was just one of many bands participating in the Second Annual Bluegrass Festival at the First Citizens National Bank Amphitheatre and the Back Porch stage in Sorghum Valley on Friday night and Saturday. The Shade Tree Pickers generally play at the Holy Grind in Halls on Friday nights. Seated left to right: Steve Benson, Melissa Norwood, Chester Lee, Truman Dishman, Bill Myrick, Allan Dishman and James Wallace. Standing left to right: John Nelson and Jackie Cole.

Cane Ridge was the host band at the Dyersburg Bluegrass Festival. From left: Norman Jackson (fiddle player from Ripley), Brodie Cupples (guitar player) from Dyersburg, Mark Johnston (banjo player) from Dyersburg, Patrick Cupples (bass player) of Dyersburg and Phillip Williams (mandolin player) from Trenton.