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Sunday's Conventions - start at 9:30 AM - Until the last one plays
Saturday Jam - the night before - 7:00 PM to about 11:00PM
 

February 20, 2011
is the 96th Convention

Our Headliner

Rusty Rhoads

       Rusty Rhoads played his first steel guitar gig in Detroit, MI in 1970 when Tex Ritter let him play a few songs in the middle of his show. He was ten years old. From there he played weekends filling in with Fred Bird and the Friendly Four.
       In 1974 he went to work for Little Jimmy Dickens then took a club gig where he played seven nights a week with Kelly Hall and South Bound.
       He recorded locally in Detroit on studio and live club sessions with artists such as Jack Mollette. He also played on numerous Ford and GM commercials.
       In 1985 Rusty went to Texas and worked Gilly’s as a guitar player/singer. He was offered a record deal but opted to move back to Detroit put his own band together with some old friends. The band was called Riccochet; they subsequently changed their name to The Lyin’ Fat Bastards which was scribbled on a napkin they pulled out of the “new band name” suggestion box.
       Over the years, between Nashville and Detroit, he has backed numerous artists including Freddy Fender, Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Pee Wee King, Red Steward, The Collins Sisters, Melba Montgomery, Stonewall Jackson, Stella Parton, Bobby Helms, Kenny Star and Kid Rock and many more. He also plays some of the sweetest acoustic guitar you've ever heard.  He now resides in Nashville.