Grass Daddies to perform at Mulkey Sunday

A night of Bluegrass and Gospel music is in store when the Grass Daddies perform on the stage of the Mulkey Theatre this Sunday, September 14, at 6:30 p.m.

Garre LaGrone leads the band and scheduled their performance here after shooting a music video at the theatre in July. The video for the song “Old Yeller” reinforces LaGrone’s appreciation for the world he grew up in and his ties to Clarendon.

“It’s got a great message of old-fashioned values and hard work – that life’s not perfect,” LaGrone said. “ You get knocked down, but you’ve got to get back up.”

LaGrone was born in Amarillo in 1956 and grew up in Canyon, but he has always had ties to Clarendon. His parents, Betty Thompson LaGrone and Odell LaGrone, grew up in Clarendon, and he had several family members in Clarendon.

LaGrone’s interest in music began at a young age, singing with his choir at the First Baptist Church in Canyon. He grew up with several influences in music, but the most significant was his grandfather, Jake LaGrone.

“He was probably the biggest influence on me when I was growing up,” LaGrone said. “He was an old-time fiddler and on my album there’s a song called ‘A Little Fiddlin’. That song was written about him.”

Tickets for the Grass Daddies Bluegrass & Gospel show are $12 each and are available online at mulkeytheatre.com and also available at the door.