Blue Waters, Bluegrass Festival to pay tribute to Hazel Dickens

Some notable names in bluegrass are coming to Medical Lake to pay tribute to one of the genre's trailblazers.

One of the headline acts for the 14th annual Blue Waters, Bluegrass Festival, Aug. 7-9 at Waterfront Park in Medical Lake, is the Hazel Dickens Tribute set.

Born in Montcalm, W.V., on June 1, 1935, Dickens was the eighth of 11 siblings. In the 1950s, she moved to Baltimore and worked in a factory before meeting Mike Seeger, one of the founding members of the New Lost City Rattlers. Dickens soon became active in bluegrass and collaborated with Alice Gerrard, Seeger's wife. The duo produ...

 

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