Grass Daddies to bring bluegrass back to Mulkey Sept. 27

A night of Bluegrass and Gospel music is in store when the Grass Daddies return to the stage of the Mulkey Theatre Sunday, September 27, at 6:30 p.m.

Garre LaGrone leads the band and scheduled their performance here after shooting a music video at the theatre last summer. 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.”

Following the release of the video, the group performed at the Mulkey last September.

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 at the door.