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Glimmer Grass Roots Music Series

The historic STRAND Center for the Arts presents the Glimmer Grass Roots Music Series, featuring the Dixie Bee-Liners, Glimmer Grass Band, and Thomas Wesley Stern.

The inaugural outing of "The Glimmer Grass Roots Music Series" at the Strand Center for the Arts will be on February 4 at 8p.m. General admission tickets are $15, VIP level tickets are $40. This bi-monthly series will bring the best of Americana, Folk, BlueGrass and Roots music to Ocean County's Strand Center for the Arts. The first show will feature The Dixie Bee-Liners, 2008's Roots Music Association's Bluegrass artist of the year. Opening the show will be Monmouth County's Glimmer Grass Band and Thomas Wesley Stern.

A VIP Level Ticket includes dining in the Strand's elegant gallery prior to the performance on February 4th.Full bar available. Pre-purchase required, tickets are limited. Enjoy a full evening of entertainment in one convenient location!

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Thomas Wesley Stern began in New York City after a pan-American road trip in 2010 and is the sonic intersection of Gary Mayer, Joseph Makoviecki, Robert Jackson and James Black. Hailing from Jackson, NJ the boys write original songs and play traditional American music. Their first EP, “Hope Folk,” is available on iTunes.

The Glimmer Grass Band is a diverse group of friends that happen to love playing Acoustic Folk, Americana and Bluegrass music. The members of the group grew up playing the New Jersey Shore bar scene in various electric rockbands. Bunker and Dave from “The Moskito Coast,” John and Bob from “Just Passin' Thru,” Chris from the “Rum Runners” and “Blue Highways.” Chris and Bunker still perform regularly with Blue Highways and our hard driving banjo player, Tom Stevenson, is also member of the Country Music Hall of Fame “Jim Murphy Band.” In addition to an active schedule gigging around the Jersey Shore, the band has produced three CD's: the self titled first CD, the "GGB Live at Surf and Offshore" and “Live at the Stone Pony.”

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In 2008, The Dixie Bee-Liners quickly garnered praise for their ground-breaking album RIPE, which dazzled critics and fans alike and earned the band four #1's on the bluegrass charts. Later that year, The Bee-Liners were named Roots Music Association’s Bluegrass Artist of the Year, plucked from among such luminaries as Alison Krauss and Merle Haggard,who also shared the nomination. "Every car on the highway has a story," states Brandi Hard. Hart should know. As lead singer and co-writer for the roots-music phenoms, she's in the business of telling stories.

"Our new CD Susanville isa collection of tales from the American highway... where people are going, what they've left behind, and the things they experience along the way. It's our love letter to the open road."

Make your ticket reservations online at www.strand.org or call 732-730-5925. The STRAND box office, 732–367- 7789, is open on Thursday and Friday, between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. and 3 hours before each show.

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