Special Consensus // Blue Water Ramblers

Name: Special Consensus // Blue Water Ramblers
Start: 2025-08-29T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 404 East Michigan Avenue, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Schedule

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

404 East Michigan Avenue, Paw Paw, MI 49079 | Paw Paw, MI

Special Consensus // Blue Water Ramblers
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
7:30PM [doors 7PM]
$15 advance tix [day of $20]
2012, 2018 GRAMMY NOMINEES SPECIAL CONSENSUS!
The Special Consensus is a bluegrass band that has achieved a contemporary sound in their four decades of performing, making their music a modern classic. The band is led by Greg Cahill, banjo player and recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America Hall of Greats, and includes Dan Eubanks (bass), Greg Blake (guitar) and Michael Prewitt (mandolin).
Special Consensus has received 8 awards from the IBMA and two Grammy nominations (Scratch Gravel Road in 2012 and Rivers and Roads in 2018).
They're 4 talented vocalists and instrumentalists who follow their creative desires without straying too far from their bluegrass roots. The 19th band recording, Rivers and Roads (Compass Records, 2018), was nominated for the 2018 Best Bluegrass Album GRAMMY award and received 2018 IBMA awards for Album of the Year and Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year (for the tune “Squirrel Hunters”).
Chicago Barn Dance (Compass Records, 2020) is the 20th Special C recording that celebrates both the 45th band anniversary and the long-standing connection of country and bluegrass music with Chicago from the time of the WLS “National Barn Dance” that was a precursor to the Grand Ole Opry. The title song “Chicago Barn Dance” received the 2020 IBMA Song of the Year award.
Great Blue North (Compass Records, 2023), the 21st Special C recording, is a tip of the hat to our Canadian friends and fans made throughout nearly four decades of touring throughout the country. All songs included on the recording were written by Canadian writers and numerous Canadian musician friends of the band made guest appearances. The Gordon Lightfoot song “Alberta Bound” received the2023 IBMA Collaborative Recording of the Year award and the “Alberta Bound” video received the first-ever 2024 IBMA Video of the Year award.
Michigan's Blue Water Ramblers open!
***THIS SHOW IS IN THE THEATER, WHICH IS ON THE 2ND FLOOR ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY STAIRS. We would love nothing more than to be able to welcome every human into the theater and are working really hard to have an elevator built in the near future.***
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