About The Band

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="33300020egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>            </B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>About The Band</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id126.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><U><IMG SRC="53474300.gif" border=0 width="116" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=248 BGCOLOR="#66FF00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>The Sapling Grove Band originated in 1990. The name, “Sapling Grove”, was selected by the original band members because of its historical significance. Sapling Grove was the original name of the settlement, which evolved to be Bristol. Bristol now has the unique honor of being the “Birthplace Of Country Music” </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Original members of the band were Mack Blevins, Ray Dearstone, Dan Carty, and Sam Witcher. Bobby Lester joined the band to play fiddle soon after it was formed and played until his death in 1996. Current members are:  Ray Dearstone on bass, Randy Blevens on guitar, Randy Singleton on </B></I><I><B>banjo</B></I><I><B> and Gary Booher on </B></I><I><B>dobro</B></I><I><B>.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>  </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> About The Band   <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery"><U>Photo Gallery </U></A> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2009 Appearance Calendar"><U>Show Dates </U></A><I><B> </B></I>  <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="For Bookings"><U>For Bookings</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=32 BGCOLOR="#6633FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">       <A HREF="id126.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="2500e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery"><U><IMG SRC="2510e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>