Bluegrass Omagh

Time again for the Annual Bluegrass Festival at Omagh.
On Sunday we went down to the sessions in the park from about 2 p.m. onwards and then Dad, Rita and I had booked for the evening gospel concert.
Unfortunately it was drizzling all day so it was muddy underfoot and raincoats and umbrellas were the order of the day.

Here are the "boys" outside the log cabin.

There were two groups on stage for the gospel concert - first the Malpass brothers whom we had seen there before, a couple of years back. They come from Goldsboro, North Carolina.

From left to right, Dad Chris, brothers Taylor & Chris Malpass and Clyde Mattocks

The Malpass group was excellent - they do some Hank Williams stuff and close harmony gospel.
With hairstyles like those they must do Elvis tributes as well.

.The Kenny & Amanda Smith band

The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band is also from North Carolina. They play a lot of good bluegrass but their material tends to be more contemporary in style. They were very good too but I preferred the Malpass Bros.
I'm still hoping that Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will come back to this event sometime.