Katie Laur

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Katie Laur, a bluegrass and jazz artist, writer and radio personality, was born in Paris, Tennessee, the Home of the Eifel Silo. She spent her first five years in Henry County, Tennessee, during World War II, riding her rocking horse to Ernest Tubb on the radio. Katie joined Jim McCall, Vernon McIntyre and the Appalachian Grass in the early 70’s after hearing them perform at Aunt Maudie’s on Main St. in Cincinnati. She recorded one LP with this group on Vetco and played the old-school festivals like Beanblossom. She left that band in 1974 and began playing with Wayne Clyburn on banjo and Don Parker on mandolin; and in 1975, she formed a full-time road band, consisting of Jeff Roberts on banjo, Buddy Griffin on fiddle, Jeff Terflinger on mandolin, and Rich Flaig on bass. They were immediately popular at festivals and stage shows, such as A Prairie Home Companion and Mountain Stage. They played such prestigious festivals as The Lexington Festival of the Bluegrass, The American Festival of the Bluegrass in Louisville, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, festivals at Dahlonega, Georgia, Elizabethtown, Tennessee, Cosby, Tennessee, riverboat festivals in West Virginia with Katie’s friend, John Hartford, the Carter Family Festival, and too many others to name. The Katie Laur Band released three albums for Vetco: “Good-Time Girl,” “Cookin’ with Katie,” and “Msbehavin.’” Since November of 1989 Katie has hosted the radio program "Music From The Hills Of Home" on WNKU 89.7. Along with "the guy who plays Wayne" (Wayne Clyburn), they have continued to present the best in bluegrass music with a charm and a familiar rapport that reminds you of exactly what the show's title describes, the hills of home.

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March 22, 2008

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