So most weddings have music, but guess what? Our wedding is going to have music, too! Shocking, right? Anyway, we were having some trouble thinking of what to do that could fit our Ozark-Mountain-romance-meets-punchy-geometry theme, when lo and behold we heard the plaintive melodies of a banjo in the distance. Well, by distance I mean across the street from my parents house. Turns out their neighbors are part of a local Sycamore, IL bluegrass band called Truman’s Ridge. What fortuity! The picture above is from Homer Harvest Days, where we saw them earlier this fall. They seemed to have a lot of fun playing and had a great range of classic bluegrass numbers and some original songs.
Just to get all of you in the bluegrass mood, here’s a classic from the Stanley Brothers:
Glad we could be of help (though the boys say the only reason the banjo sounded plaintive is that it was out of tune!) If you can’t book Ralph Stanley we are probably available. Congratulations on your wedding. BW for TR