Mar 16 – Appomattox, VA – Appomattox High School Auditorium Mar 14 – Hartselle, AL – Hartselle High School Theatre w/ Gene Watson Mar 13 – Knoxville, TN – Food City Family Race Night Mar 12 – Nashville, TN – Loveless Café – Music City Roots Thanks Martha White!” The Martha White Bluegrass Express is set roll across North America in support of Vincent’s latest Billboard #1 album, Only Me, which was released in January. Our Martha White Bluegrass Express provides all the comforts of home, and restful sleep so we are ready to sing and play when we arrive at a show.
We’ve performed at over 32 military bases for our service men & women on behalf of Martha White. In the background there are music notes, which represent the musical inspiration that Rhonda Vincent & the Rage bring to every city that they play in.”I am so proud to represent Martha White,” says Rhonda Vincent. Rhonda, who has served as spokeswoman for the legendary flour company for 13 years, continues her partnership into 2014.The home on wheels returns to its original blue and white colors and features delicious Martha White products, ranging from muffins to cornbread. Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, the most awarded band in bluegrass music history, will be hitting the road in the newly wrapped Martha White Bluegrass Express tour bus. Posted on MaAuthor admin Categories Grapevine Tags CDX, country music, country music news, country music release, country radio delivery, country single, digital music distribution, radio delivery service, radio distribution Leave a comment on Country Artists Invest in Custom Guitar Straps Chris Young Music Video Premiere “It’s nice to see it still at work each time Jimmy comes to town,” he said, with a smile. Wife Dena hand-embroidered the girl and added beads to form her lei and grass skirt. “It’s beautiful, and every time I see it, I think, ‘I can’t believe I made that!’” the designer said.Īnd Misner gets a sense of fulfillment from the hula-girl strap he created in 2002 for Jimmy Buffett. She takes particular pride when she sees Williams wearing her skulls strap. Starting out, Head often gave straps to her favorite artists, including Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams, to get her name out there. She’ll use the information she gathers to incorporate birthstones, meaningful symbols, favorite colors and other expressions. Hart asks questions and does a lot of research on her customers, about their hobbies and passions and what’s important to them. And Misner wants no embroidery backing or metal showing on the underside of his straps.Ĭustomer input can vary a lot. Hart positions whatever buckles and other hardware she uses so that they never touch the instrument. One priority is to protect the guitar itself. There are numerous options for decorating leather, including embroidery, metal hardware such as conchos or spikes, gemstones, hand-sewn beads, crystals – even snake heads, a specialty of the Jodi Head Design Studio in New York City. “If the strap is comfortable and the performer doesn’t even notice it, then it has done its job.” (Misner and other top designers generally avoid working with suede because of its tendency to hold moisture and adhere to the performer’s shirt.) “Some of the performers who use our straps play for hours at a time,” said Misner, who has outfitted Adkins, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban, among others. Terry Misner of the Indianapolis-based Action Custom Straps makes his products from soft leather, largely for reasons of comfort. Among the many choices are kidskin, elk skin, snakeskin and cabretta. But custom designers typically start with fine leather. Straps can be made from a variety of materials, the cheapest and most widely used being nylon. I want it to be one of their most treasured items.” Hart, whose clients include Trace Adkins, Little Big Town, Brad Paisley and Keith Richards, noted that her challenge “is to create a gorgeous strap that’s really detailed, that will last a lifetime, that you can roll up and stick in your guitar case a million times, that has really personal meaning for the artist, that fits their style, personality and the way they feel about things. She fashioned a one-of-a-kind strap: thick but supple belt leather, painted blue, airbrushed with the words “You are not forgotten” and adorned on the front with a hand-cut kidskin POW logo. When the Diamond Rio guitarist wanted a strap with a prisoner-of-war theme for the video of “In God We Still Trust,” he called on Jeri Hart, founder of the St. It’s also a canvas for personal expression and for helping audiences see exactly who you are. Country Artists Invest in Custom Guitar Strapsīy Jeff Walter – © 2014 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.Ī guitar strap is more than a means to support a piece of musical equipment.
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