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Babegrass Rules

By Jonny Whiteside

Published on August 30, 2008 at 2:21am

 The Hello Darlin’s, a new venture from banjo pickin' sensation Vicki Hill and the Cheatin Kind's Babs MacDonald, seems poised to usher in another wild, newly-minted West Coast country sub-genre--MacDonald jestingly calls it "babegrass,"but she and Hill aren't just goofin'. Working tonight with guitar monster Danny B. Harvey, Edie Murphy on mando and fiddle, Kaz Murphy playing brushes and Dan Dungan on upright bass, expect a seriously sweet earful
Sun., Sept. 7, 5 p.m., 2008