Free Grass Union is an American progressive bluegrass band from Long Island, New York. They are known for their exciting and imaginative spin on traditional bluegrass music. Their genre-defying music has spread throughout the East Coast of the United States and continues to spark the attention of audiences every time they play.
"They are the new sound of old-time music!"
Members
Kim Humphrey, on lead vocals and guitar (including acoustic guitar, dobro, and banjo).
Greg Butler on mandolin and vocals.
Mitch Erdman on double bass
Happy Cassie, on lead vocals, autoharp, Appalachian dulcimer and percussion
Eric Morgan on percussion (including cajón and djembe).
Career
Free Grass Union was formed in 2000 by Kim Humphrey and Greg Butler, when the two friends decided they were sick of playing in bands. Their musical relationship developed over shared intrest of old-time bluegrass, progressive jam band, and psychedelic music. Despite not wanting to be in a band, they quickly found themselves playing music together frequently. As their talents developed, they gained a local following and were regularly featured at Mr. Fadeley's Deli Pub in Patchogue, NY. In 2004, Mitch Erdman heard Humphrey and Butler playing at a Jerry Garcia birthday bash and became intrigued by their energy and sound. After a few months passed, Erdman appeared at Fadeley's to sit in with Humphrey and Butler, from that moment on he has been part of the band. In 2008, Happy Cassie joined the band. While Free Grass Union was playing at a music festival in Pulaski, NY they needed someone who knew the words to Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson, Happy Cassie accepted the chance to sing and to everyone's surprise she had the voice of an angel. From that point on, she has been a beautiful addition to the Free Grass Union experience. The newest member, Eric Morgan joined in 2010. He had never even heard the band's music before he appeared on stage with them at a music festival. Happy Cassie was friends with Morgan before he joined the band and knew that his musical expertise would be a welcomed influence, so she invited him to a show and the rest is history.
Free Grass Union was featured in the August 2010 edition of Relix Magazine . They have also been featured in New York State's popular music magazines the Groove Link and Upstate LIVE . Popularity of the band has also grown due to the spotlight from Stony Brook University's radio station DJs.
The artist Sean Poole painted the founding members of Free Grass Union in 2007, the painting gained great popularity in the music festival community.
Free Grass Union has independently recorded and released one album, Circles (2008). They are currently working on a second album which should be available the summer of 2011.
Free Grass Union is known around the north east music festival circuit for their late night camp-fire jam sessions. They have been known to regularily play until the sun comes up. Many promoters hire them for the ambiance their acoustic stylings bring to the camp sites. Author and musician, Patrick McAnulty, from the music magazine, Upstate LIVE, stated "... a New York music festival isn't a music festival without a Free Grass Union campfire."
By constantly gaining the attention of new followers, the audience never knows what to expect when they hear Free Grass Union's music. Brian Ferdman of Relix magazine was blown away by Free Grass Union's performance, when he heard them in New York City. In his article he stated, "Free Grass Union was very impressive. I was not at all expecting a bass-mandolin-guitar trio with serious pickers who could harmonize well. These guys were picking with speed and skill, and they weren't restricted to bluegrass, pulling out a little jazz and a little Latin, as well as Peter Rowan's "Free Mexican Airforce." I was honestly quite surprised that a band this good from long Island has been flying under the radar, and any grass/acoustic fans on this list would really love these guys."
Discography
* Gamblin' Man (2006)
* Circles (2008)
* Live at Sterling String Fling (2010)
* Live at Fadley's (2010)
* Live on Long Island (2010)
Single Releases
* Circles (2008)
"They are the new sound of old-time music!"
Members
Kim Humphrey, on lead vocals and guitar (including acoustic guitar, dobro, and banjo).
Greg Butler on mandolin and vocals.
Mitch Erdman on double bass
Happy Cassie, on lead vocals, autoharp, Appalachian dulcimer and percussion
Eric Morgan on percussion (including cajón and djembe).
Career
Free Grass Union was formed in 2000 by Kim Humphrey and Greg Butler, when the two friends decided they were sick of playing in bands. Their musical relationship developed over shared intrest of old-time bluegrass, progressive jam band, and psychedelic music. Despite not wanting to be in a band, they quickly found themselves playing music together frequently. As their talents developed, they gained a local following and were regularly featured at Mr. Fadeley's Deli Pub in Patchogue, NY. In 2004, Mitch Erdman heard Humphrey and Butler playing at a Jerry Garcia birthday bash and became intrigued by their energy and sound. After a few months passed, Erdman appeared at Fadeley's to sit in with Humphrey and Butler, from that moment on he has been part of the band. In 2008, Happy Cassie joined the band. While Free Grass Union was playing at a music festival in Pulaski, NY they needed someone who knew the words to Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson, Happy Cassie accepted the chance to sing and to everyone's surprise she had the voice of an angel. From that point on, she has been a beautiful addition to the Free Grass Union experience. The newest member, Eric Morgan joined in 2010. He had never even heard the band's music before he appeared on stage with them at a music festival. Happy Cassie was friends with Morgan before he joined the band and knew that his musical expertise would be a welcomed influence, so she invited him to a show and the rest is history.
Free Grass Union was featured in the August 2010 edition of Relix Magazine . They have also been featured in New York State's popular music magazines the Groove Link and Upstate LIVE . Popularity of the band has also grown due to the spotlight from Stony Brook University's radio station DJs.
The artist Sean Poole painted the founding members of Free Grass Union in 2007, the painting gained great popularity in the music festival community.
Free Grass Union has independently recorded and released one album, Circles (2008). They are currently working on a second album which should be available the summer of 2011.
Free Grass Union is known around the north east music festival circuit for their late night camp-fire jam sessions. They have been known to regularily play until the sun comes up. Many promoters hire them for the ambiance their acoustic stylings bring to the camp sites. Author and musician, Patrick McAnulty, from the music magazine, Upstate LIVE, stated "... a New York music festival isn't a music festival without a Free Grass Union campfire."
By constantly gaining the attention of new followers, the audience never knows what to expect when they hear Free Grass Union's music. Brian Ferdman of Relix magazine was blown away by Free Grass Union's performance, when he heard them in New York City. In his article he stated, "Free Grass Union was very impressive. I was not at all expecting a bass-mandolin-guitar trio with serious pickers who could harmonize well. These guys were picking with speed and skill, and they weren't restricted to bluegrass, pulling out a little jazz and a little Latin, as well as Peter Rowan's "Free Mexican Airforce." I was honestly quite surprised that a band this good from long Island has been flying under the radar, and any grass/acoustic fans on this list would really love these guys."
Discography
* Gamblin' Man (2006)
* Circles (2008)
* Live at Sterling String Fling (2010)
* Live at Fadley's (2010)
* Live on Long Island (2010)
Single Releases
* Circles (2008)
Shannon Long (born 11 February 1969 in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1988 issue.
Shannon spent her formative years moving around Queensland and up and down the east coast wherever her father could find construction work. By the time she was in her early teens her family had settled in the New South Wales coastal town of Ballina.
Soon after her 16th birthday she moved to Sydney, took up modeling and landed an immediate success as a Playmate in the Australian edition of Playboy in September 1985. Long did an encore pictorial in late 1986, and represented Australia in the Playboy International Pageant in 1988.
She became the first ever Australian to appear as a Playmate in the U.S. edition in October 1988.
Her American success led to a second centerfold in the Australian edition in December 1988; she became the local "Playmate of the Year" in 1989 and appeared in another pictorial in 1992. She toured the USA in the early 1990s promoting Australian beer.
Shannon returned to Australia in the mid 1990s and wound down her modeling career in favor of becoming a computer specialist while doing occasional glamor modeling for local magazines.
Appearances in Playboy Videos
*Playboy Playmate DVD Calendar Collection: The '90s (2004)
*Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2002 (2001) (in bonus retrospective featurette on DVD)
*Playboy: Girls Down Under (2000)
*Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss October 1997, 1994, 1991, 1988 (1997) Miss October 1988
*Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection (1996) Miss October 1988
*Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1990 Miss November
Shannon spent her formative years moving around Queensland and up and down the east coast wherever her father could find construction work. By the time she was in her early teens her family had settled in the New South Wales coastal town of Ballina.
Soon after her 16th birthday she moved to Sydney, took up modeling and landed an immediate success as a Playmate in the Australian edition of Playboy in September 1985. Long did an encore pictorial in late 1986, and represented Australia in the Playboy International Pageant in 1988.
She became the first ever Australian to appear as a Playmate in the U.S. edition in October 1988.
Her American success led to a second centerfold in the Australian edition in December 1988; she became the local "Playmate of the Year" in 1989 and appeared in another pictorial in 1992. She toured the USA in the early 1990s promoting Australian beer.
Shannon returned to Australia in the mid 1990s and wound down her modeling career in favor of becoming a computer specialist while doing occasional glamor modeling for local magazines.
Appearances in Playboy Videos
*Playboy Playmate DVD Calendar Collection: The '90s (2004)
*Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2002 (2001) (in bonus retrospective featurette on DVD)
*Playboy: Girls Down Under (2000)
*Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss October 1997, 1994, 1991, 1988 (1997) Miss October 1988
*Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection (1996) Miss October 1988
*Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1990 Miss November
The 193 Jarry is a bus route in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). The route operates 7 days a week between the hours of 5 AM and 1:30 AM and is a wheelchair accessible route. It serves the boroughs of Anjou, Saint-Léonard and Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension. It has 48 stops in the eastbound direction and 51 stops in the westbound direction. It is also linked to Jarry Station of the Montreal Metro's orange line. It is the STM's 16th busiest bus route serving an average of 13,639 daily passengers on an average weekday. The fare is $3.00 cash (coins only) or an STM transit pass.
Schedule
This route is part of the STM's 10 Minutes Max network, which means the routes is served by a bus at maxim intervals of 10 minutes or less between the hours of 6 AM and 9 PM during the week days, however during rush hour intervals are 5 minutes. On the week-end schedules are at intervals of 8-10 minutes during the day and 15-20 minutes in the morning and late evenings.
Schedule
This route is part of the STM's 10 Minutes Max network, which means the routes is served by a bus at maxim intervals of 10 minutes or less between the hours of 6 AM and 9 PM during the week days, however during rush hour intervals are 5 minutes. On the week-end schedules are at intervals of 8-10 minutes during the day and 15-20 minutes in the morning and late evenings.
Biglight is a Canadian rock band formed in 2008 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada by Callum Runciman and Alex Stankovic. Kyle Buck and Jimi Vanwassenhoven joined the group in 2009 and 2010 respectively . On July 1st, 2011 the band is set to release their debut album "Something Ugly" .
History
Throughout 2008 and early 2009, Runciman and Stankovic performed with several groups, including Nosey Rosey, Dorian, and Mouth .
In the spring of 2009, the duo recruited longtime friend Kyle Buck as drummer, and began performing as a trio. After an argument among the band in July, the founding members decided a break would be in the group's best interests. This hiatus went on until December, when the band released a new single; "Meanwhile" which received light rotation on national radio stations, including: CBC Radio One, KROQ-FM and CHFI. After the release of their first single, the band began performing as a foursome, with Caylie Runciman on bass .
In March, Caylie followed Mouth to Ottawa, and Jimi Vanwassenhoven took her place as a permanent bassist. Shortly after, the group released their first single "Now And Then And Now Again" which was taken from the spring recording sessions.
The group continued to write, record, and perform throughout the summer of 2010, forming the base for their debut album.
The group was also the subject of a full-feature episode of Bandwidth Where they discussed their new release and the history of the band.
Something Ugly
In early 2011, the band began releasing video singles for their upcoming album release, now called "Something Ugly"
Something Ugly is to be officially released on July 1st, 2011, by Beggarman Songs .
Discography
Albums
*Something Ugly (2011)
History
Throughout 2008 and early 2009, Runciman and Stankovic performed with several groups, including Nosey Rosey, Dorian, and Mouth .
In the spring of 2009, the duo recruited longtime friend Kyle Buck as drummer, and began performing as a trio. After an argument among the band in July, the founding members decided a break would be in the group's best interests. This hiatus went on until December, when the band released a new single; "Meanwhile" which received light rotation on national radio stations, including: CBC Radio One, KROQ-FM and CHFI. After the release of their first single, the band began performing as a foursome, with Caylie Runciman on bass .
In March, Caylie followed Mouth to Ottawa, and Jimi Vanwassenhoven took her place as a permanent bassist. Shortly after, the group released their first single "Now And Then And Now Again" which was taken from the spring recording sessions.
The group continued to write, record, and perform throughout the summer of 2010, forming the base for their debut album.
The group was also the subject of a full-feature episode of Bandwidth Where they discussed their new release and the history of the band.
Something Ugly
In early 2011, the band began releasing video singles for their upcoming album release, now called "Something Ugly"
Something Ugly is to be officially released on July 1st, 2011, by Beggarman Songs .
Discography
Albums
*Something Ugly (2011)