Tim Graves and the Farm Hands to Perform at Bluegrass Monday in August
JONESBORO – Tim Graves and the Farm Hands will perform bluegrass, country and gospel music at the next KASU-FM Bluegrass Monday concert. The show will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26, at the Collins Theatre in downtown Paragould.
Since its formation in 2010, the Farm Hands bluegrass band has won over 30 major bluegrass music awards. The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) has honored the group twice as entertainer of the year, five times as gospel group of the year, four times with the album of the year award, and three times with the song of the year award.
The band has also received vocal group of the year and band of the year honors along with 70 award nominations.
This Pinecastle Records recording artist has had multiple No. 1 bluegrass hits. The group performs over 150 shows each year at bluegrass festivals, churches, performing arts centers, and other venues. The four members of the group have a combined over 150 years’ experience as professional bluegrass musicians.
Tim Graves plays resophonic guitar, an instrument which is often known as a dobro. He was encouraged to learn the instrument by his uncle, Josh Graves, who introduced the dobro into bluegrass music in the 1950s when he was a member of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs’ band the Foggy Mountain Boys.
Graves has received SPBGMA’s dobro player of the year award 16 times and was inducted into that organization’s hall of fame in 2015. He also received a Grammy award for his contributions to the album The Great Dobro Sessions.
Banjo player Don Wayne Reno is the youngest son of bluegrass music hall-of-fame member Don Reno. Reno also began his professional musical career as a teenager, performing first in his father’s band and later with his siblings as the Reno Brothers. He is also a past member of Hayseed Dixie, a band that specializes in playing bluegrass versions of classic rock songs.
Bassist Terry Eldredge’s bluegrass resume includes performing in the bands of the duo Lonzo and Oscar, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Grand Ole Opry members the Osborne Brothers with whom he played for 10 years. He also spent time as a vocalist in Larry Cordle’s band Lonesome Standard Time and was the long-time lead vocalist for the Grascals, singing on many of their No. 1 bluegrass hits.
Guitarist and vocalist Jimmy Haynes began performing professionally as a teenager as part of his family’s musical group. He is a past member of the James King Band and he has appeared on numerous recordings for other bluegrass artists.
Admission to the Bluegrass Monday concert is $10 per person, payable by cash at the door the night of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at www.kasu.org/tickets. Proceeds go to the musicians, compensating them for their performance. Those 18 and under can enter for free.
Groups of eight or more may request reserved seating by contacting KASU’s Marty Scarbrough. Otherwise, the theatre doors open at 6, and seating is first-come, first-served.
The Bluegrass Monday concert series is a non-profit presentation of KASU-FM, providing music fans with an affordable and outstanding evening of family-friendly entertainment. These concerts are held on the fourth Monday night of each month.
Concerts are presented with support from sponsors including the Paragould Advertising and Promotion Commission, Affordable Medical, Bibb Chiropractic Center, Gardner-Milner Law Firm, the Posey Peddler, Hyde Park Café, Holiday Inn Express and Suites of Paragould and KASU.
KASU is the public media service of Arkansas State University, broadcasting at 91.9 FM and streaming on a variety of online platforms. For more information, contact Marty Scarbrough, KASU program director, at mscarbro@AState.edu or 870-972-2367. Additional information is also available on the Bluegrass Monday Facebook page. 
Pictured left to right:Terry Eldredge, Tim Graves, Jimmy Haynes and Don Wayne Reno
