In the autumn of 1991, award-winning photojournalist Torsten Kjelfstruad snapped a picture of three Bluegrass musicians jamming at the Hitching Post saloon in Hartsburg, Missouri. This nostalgic image, featuring the young banjo-playing BRC founder, adorned the saloon`s 1992 calendar. A few souvenier copies of it are extant.
Four years later, at the inaugural Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival, the BRC founder`s band performed its first of several yearly benefit concerts in the small farming village for the Children`s Hospital. A flyer from that era recruiting pickers survives (click image to enlarge for small print).
Eighteen years later, Gainor & Friends now plays an annual benefit gig for the Children`s Hospital at a street festival hosted by the local Harley Davidson dealership.
Some of the same band members from the mid 90`s are still pickin` for the kids today. It`s the Bluegrass way.
No Comments