robbif - Posted - 12/28/2015:  10:14:23

I'm just a longtime enthusiastic volunteer (videography/photography) passing on news and info year round.



Here we go...

Grey Fox Doorbuster Sale

robbif - Posted - 01/05/2016:  06:24:04

Super Saver Tickets

From the Assistant Director...

Heads up. Super Saver Tickets are now on sale and we're about halfway to being sold out of those. The price is $175. When it jumps to Early Bird (probably early evening tonight), they'll be $190. 

The ticketing system is working like a charm now. We want to thank you all for being so patient as we experienced growing pains with the new system. 

And we want to thank the Thirsty Lizards for putting in a ton of overtime to get it back on line. Not to mention LISA, who I am sure wanted to clone herself so she could answer phones, check emails, place manual orders, walk her dog, and chew gum all at the same time! Amazing.

Anyway, you may want to head on over to our website and grab tickets with your credit card, or sign up for tickets and pay by check. And you can call Lisa at 315-404-5738 if you need to. 

Here's the link: http://www.greyfoxbluegrass.com

We'll be announcing our lineup on Feb 7th. We're working on another great one!

Best wishes for a wonderful 2016.

Mary

robbif - Posted - 02/02/2016:  04:43:29

Lineup Contest Clue #6: This band's name is also a nickname for the 16th President of the U.S. Heh, heh, another good clue! "Like" if you think you know the answer! Enter contest here: http://www.greyfoxbluegrass.com

 

robbif - Posted - 02/07/2016:  08:59:58

Passing the good news along...

 

 

A Who's Who of Bluegrass Music

For tickets, information, artist bios, days of performance, lodging, camping, 

and all things Grey Fox, visit us online! Or simply click on the image above!

We hope to see you at Grey Fox this July in the beautiful Catskill Mountains.

 

 

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robbif - Posted - 03/28/2016:  19:19:56

From Grey Fox on Facebook...



Friday lineup at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival includes Jerry Douglas

presents Earls of Leicester, Del&Dawg, The Del McCoury Band, David

Grisman's BG Experience, The O'Connor Family Band featuring Mark

O'Connor, The SteelDrivers, The Lonely Heartstring Band, Front Country,

Trout Steak Revival, The Stray Birds, Matuto, Mollie O'Brien and Rich

Moore, Rushad Eggleston, Joe Craven and the Sometimers, Compton &

Newberry, The Mike + Ruthy Band, The Railsplitters, Charm City Junction,

John Kirk & Trish Miller, Berklee College of Music Student Showcase, and

MORE! Happy now???

robbif - Posted - 04/10/2016:  19:31:27

robbif - Posted - 04/26/2016:  05:29:13

Happy spring from all of us at Grey Fox!



We're excited about this year's lineup, and hope you are, too.

Hurry, folks! The Early Bird Special ($200) ends Saturday, April 30.

Looks like we're heading to another sellout ~ so buy now and secure your ticket.

Sunday, May 1st, full fest tix will be $210.







Click anywhere on the lineup poster below and visit our website where you'll find

artist bios, photos, videos, accommodations, camping, directions, plus info about sponsors, 

vendors, workshops, kids programs, Taste of Grey Fox Sunday, and much, much more.    

 





Contact us for more information:

GreyFoxBluegrass.com

office@greyfoxbluegrass.com

facebook.com/greyfoxbluegrass

888.946.8495 ~ 315.404.5738



Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival is located on the Walsh Farm, 1 Poultney Road, Oak Hill, NY  

robbif - Posted - 05/01/2016:  11:50:04

 The Gather Rounders  gave us for a great evening at the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association.



Stay tuned for video at a later date.



And look for them at Grey Fox this summer!

robbif - Posted - 06/03/2016:  06:31:05

Long-time Grey Fox favorite, the Del McCoury Band—Friday, July 15 .  Béla Fleck & Chris Thile together for rare performance at Grey Fox—Saturday, July 16. Presenting the Best of the Best!  Four Days! Five Stages! More than 40 Bands!         Get to know each artist. Listen to their music. Watch their videos. HERE. ADVANCE TICKETS Get 'Em While They Last!    Full Festival, Camping Inc: $210 thru June 30 Thurs: $75 • Fri: $75 • Sat: $75 Sunday: Taste of Grey Fox Food Pantry Benefit (details below) 2nd Annual Taste of Grey Fox Benefit Day for Area Food Banks When? Sunday, July 17 ~ 10am to 3pm!  Featuring Host Band, Dry Branch Fire Squad plus  Della Mae • Joe Craven • Rushad Eggleston Grey Fox Bluegrass Kids Academy and more! Folks: Take part in our 2nd Annual "Taste of Grey Fox" as we partner again with Community Action of Greene County to help fill the food banks in the towns and villages around the festival. Each band/act will perform a 20-minute set giving "Just a Taste" of what Grey Fox is all about. Campers: plan on staying! And bring non-perishable pantry items as a donation, which we'll collect at the gate. All pantry items and cash donations on Sunday will be donated directly to CAGC. Find acceptable pantry-friendly items at cagcny.org       ArtistWorks.com is super excited to be launching Bluegrass Vocals with Michael Daves. Other teachers in ArtistWorks' Academy of Bluegrass include Tony Trischka, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger, Andy Hall, Bryan Sutton, and Missy Raines.  Grey Fox Car Corral Contest    $1000.00 Cash First Prize! That's right! 1st Prize is $1000 Cash!  2nd Prize: A Pair of Weekend Passes to Grey Fox 2017! 3rd Prize: One Weekend Pass to Grey Fox 2016! 4th Prize: 6 CDs! 5th Prize: 3 CDs. And more! Several lucky winners will go home with very sweet prizes for parking their car in our handy car corral. So plan ahead and enter to win! Your odds of winning are very good! You'll have until Friday at 6pm to park and enter. CAMPING INFO.   Stay tuned for more news from Grey Fox. We hope you're as excited as we are!        A Who's Who of Bluegrass Music  in NY's beautiful Catskill Mountains THANKS TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS ArtistWorks (See Ad) Beard Guitars Bluegrass Unlimited D'Addario Deering Banjos Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival Eastman Guitars & Mandolins The Event Company Freshgrass Northfield Mandolins Savannah Music Festival Sierra Nevada Brewing  Thirsty Lizards WAMU's BluegrassCountry.org And special thanks to D'Addario Foundation for support of  Grey Fox  Bluegrass Academy for Kids   Festival Location Walsh Farm 1 Poultney Road Oak Hill, NY 12460 Need Help?  Call Us! 888.946.8495 315.404.5738      Forward this message to a friend

GreyFoxBluegrass.com • office@greyfoxbluegrass.com • facebook.com/greyfoxbluegrass US Toll Free: 888.946.8495 • International: 315.404.5738

robbif - Posted - 06/29/2016:  11:32:17

Be sure to listen to my friend (The Other) Steve Martin and look him up at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival.

http://unrealbluegrass.com/

robbif - Posted - 06/29/2016:  13:43:31

My friends the Gather Rounders not only recently graced us at the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association (see below),

but will be at Grey Fox, too! Check them out...

robbif - Posted - 06/29/2016:  19:40:10

The complete schedule is now available!

It's here: scribd.com/doc/317044161/2016-...-Schedule

robbif - Posted - 07/09/2016:  08:41:03

The schedule had some minor updates as of yesterday (7/8/16)....

greyfoxbluegrass.com/festival/...schedule/

robbif - Posted - 07/10/2016:  06:54:12

Here's my annual pre-festival story...

In 2008, while waiting for my ride to Grey Fox, I was reading the local newspaper and saw this...

robbif - Posted - 08/01/2016:  06:24:28

Kicking off this Grey Fox 2016 season....

robbif - Posted - 08/04/2016:  06:27:27

Here's an annual event that needs no explanation...or if it does, I don't have one!

robbif - Posted - 08/08/2016:  06:57:46

I'm proud to announce the Grey Fox 2016 Keith Style Banjo Workshop Part 1.

Thanks to my banjoist friends Ira Gitlin, Marc Horowitz, and Ron Cody, 

accompanied by Eric Lee (fiddle), Lincoln Meyers (guitar), and Bill Keith's son Martin (bass).

robbif - Posted - 08/15/2016:  05:43:22

Thanks again to my banjoist friends Ira Gitlin, Marc Horowitz, and Ron Cody, accompanied by Eric Lee (fiddle), Lincoln Meyers (guitar), and Bill Keith's son Martin (bass)...

robbif - Posted - 08/22/2016:  07:31:30

Here's another up and coming band...

robbif - Posted - 08/29/2016:  05:49:29

If you're looking to some all-out fun, these guys deliver!

robbif - Posted - 09/05/2016:  09:06:40

Grey Fox 2016 Photos Now Available​

Hi Folks,



I just saw this fantastic collection by my fellow media volunteers.



This is a must-see!



greyfox.zenfolio.com/gf16selects



Fred 

robbif - Posted - 09/15/2016:  10:37:19

        "Cultural Exchange" at the Oldtone Roots Music Festival

                                                                                                                         Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival's Lisa Husted, Mary Doub, Mary Burdette

robbif - Posted - 09/16/2016:  08:00:05

More fun at Grey Fox...



 

robbif - Posted - 10/04/2016:  06:58:05

Here's the first installment of one of my alltime favorite bands from the Grey Fox Creekside Stage...

It includes the title song from their latest CD, "Deep Waters".

They'll also be coming back for their fifth concert with our Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association

on October 22, our Fall Concert...



http://www.hvbluegrass.org/events/hvba-events/event/1902-lonely-heartstring-band-fall-concert.html

robbif - Posted - 10/05/2016:  16:51:53

Here is a group of very gifted young folks, introduced by mandolinist Mike Marshall,

who is the Savannah Music Festival Acoustic Music Seminar Director.



 

The performers are Grant Flick (fiddle), Joe D'Esposito (fiddle), Carolyn Kendrick (fiddle), 

Mike Robinson (guitar), Jacob Warren (bass), Andrew Ryan (bass), Ethan Setiawan (mandolin), 

Matt Witler (mandolin), Jake Howard (mandolin), & Mike Marshall (mandolin). 

Savannah Music Festival  http://www.savannahmusicfestival.org/

robbif - Posted - 11/07/2016:  18:04:07

Here's the Saturday morning kick-off of the fun on the Creekside Stage.

More to come in the future.

robbif - Posted - 12/04/2016:  17:35:04

I'm catching up with this belated announcement. Guess the Stovetop Stuffing has finally dissipated! I'm proud to show off my good friends, The Gather Rounders, in this first sample from last summer's Grey Fox...

robbif - Posted - 12/06/2016:  06:29:53

This five-decade reader is thankful to have been present to hear and capture Kitsy Kuykendall

talking about the Grey Fox honor for the 50 years of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, guided by her

husband, Editor and General Manager, Pete Kuykendall. 

P.S. Every year that Pete was in their Grey Fox booth, he would welcome me to come in, sit down to

chew the fat and listen to him regale me with his stories.

robbif - Posted - 12/19/2016:  06:57:56

Here's Ron's first of two parts on his personal days with Dr. Ralph...



 



I've added it to my Ralph Stanley Tribute: http://frobbi.org/slides/DrRalph/

robbif - Posted - 12/28/2016:  17:09:21

Throwback to 2013 - I was glad to have contributed lots of clips...



 

Edited by - robbif on 12/28/2016 17:13:52

robbif - Posted - 12/30/2016:  17:02:09

I'll still be posting videos here until next summer, but check out my 2017 version, starting out with the Annual Doorbuster Sale...

flatpickerhangout.com/topic/45599

robbif - Posted - 01/12/2017:  07:12:44

Finally, here is the anticipated Part 2 of Ron Thomason's Dr. Ralph stories...         

Please note, there was an unfortunate power failure close to the end, which I attempted to fix up as much as possible.

It will also be added to my Dr. Ralph Stanley tribute pages.

robbif - Posted - 02/08/2017:  08:44:56

Here's some fun I had with the GoPro showing every one of the scores of talented kids.









Stay tuned for their big performance coming in the near future. 

robbif - Posted - 02/14/2017:  09:18:16

I still have more 2016 videos coming to this topic, but....



Announcing our 2017 Lineup!

And wishing you all a very Happy Valentine's Day.



We're super excited about this year's roster!

A great mix of Grey Fox faves and brand new faces!

And want to congratulate Grammy winners who will be with us:

Sarah Jarosz and The O'Connor Band with Mark O'Connor

and, of course, all the other winners and nominees!



Spring Special TICKETS  on Sale Now.

Check out the bios, pics, and sounds of our ARTISTS.

Many more artists to be added!

 

For all things Grey Fox:

Visit our Website. Follow us on Facebook! Or email our Office.

robbif - Posted - 02/16/2017:  08:22:58

Here's a timely video with Eric, Leigh and Mike from the Grey Fox Creekside Stage last summer.

They gave us a sneak peak of their new CD which just came out.

(and I can't believe it - The moment I was writing this, my preordered autographed CD came in the mail!)



 

robbif - Posted - 03/02/2017:  06:19:56

I'm pleased to share with you the inspiring performance by these young, gifted musicians.

If there's any concern about the future of our music, this should bring us all great comfort!

robbif - Posted - 03/04/2017:  11:39:09

On this cold NY winter day I wanted to think of something warm, so I finally put together my limited

2016 Grey Fox photos. Many are taken from my video footage, some from a little point-and-shoot, and a few

from my GoPro. I've also included links to my related videos (so far) and other photos.



At the end I happily recognized a great group - my fellow Grey Fox volunteer media crew folks. Thanks, everyone!

(Don't miss the little video!)



Great fun, great memories, great music, great friends!



frobbi.org/slides/greyfox2016

robbif - Posted - 03/15/2017:  09:52:39

Here we go again. This time with an, ummm,...."interesting" (?) individual at the mic.

I'll leave it to you to decide. (Poor Akira Otsuka!)

 

 

robbif - Posted - 03/22/2017:  10:41:21

Here's a fun little video as the 2016 Grey Fox Volunteer Media Crew got together for our annual meeting

and portrait. before the year's adventure got into full swing. I was warming up with my GoPro while

enjoying the reunion with old friends and meeting newcomers.

robbif - Posted - 03/31/2017:  07:31:01

Here's the first of four groups from the top-shelf Berklee College of Music Showcase Ethan Setiawan & Julian B

robbif - Posted - 04/06/2017:  06:38:41

Here's another installment of my good friends The Gather Rounders from last summer...

robbif - Posted - 04/14/2017:  06:48:25

Here's a real highlight from last July...



 

robbif - Posted - 04/22/2017:  04:44:28

Here's the second (of 4) top-shelf talented Berklee College of Music groups to grace the Creekside Stage last summer...



    The Page Turners

robbif - Posted - 05/04/2017:  05:41:15

Here's the second installment from this rocking fun band...

 

robbif - Posted - 05/15/2017:  06:38:08

The third installment (of 4) from the Grey Fox Berklee College of Music Showcase is by another top-shelf young band,

Damn Tall Buildings..

robbif - Posted - 05/19/2017:  08:15:43

This is the second installment from this group of bluegrass stars...