MEMORIAL JAMBOREE FOR STONE ON SUNDAY.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - Country and western music fans are invited to a free outdoor concert in memory of beloved Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, resident Cliffie Stone Cliffie Stone (March 1, 1917 in Burbank, California – d. January 17, 1988) was a country singer, musician, producer, and music publisher. Son of Herman the Hermit, Stone was known during his generation for his struggle to bring California's country & western music into at the annual Cliffie Stone Memorial Jamboree. The event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at William S. Hart Park, 24151 San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , in Newhall. Stone, who died in 1998, hosted the radio and television show ``Hometown Jamboree'' from 1946 to 1960 and launched the careers of many celebrities, including Liberace, Johnny Cash and Tennessee Ernie Ford Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres. . He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by and a plaque on Newhall's Walk of Western Stars. Since his death, Stone's widow, Joan Carol Stone, has carried on his tradition of showcasing local and professional talent by holding annual free concerts at Hart Park, and she will emcee the event. Professional performers at the jamboree will include the Riders of the Purple Sage For the western music group, see Riders of the Purple Sage (band) For the psychedelic country rock band, see New Riders of the Purple Sage Riders of the Purple Sage is Zane Grey's best-known novel. , whose founder, Buck Page, is a longtime resident of Canyon Country, and Molly Bee, an original cast member of Stone's ``Hometown Jamboree'' and the Grammy-nominated singer of ``Single Girl Again.'' Al Vescovo & his Western Swing Association Band will also perform, as will Phoenix, the Canyon Country Cowboys and the Blisters. In an effort to provide young and up-and-coming musicians with the chance to perform, the stage will be offered to emerging local talent including Marie Weiss, Mark Burns, Cathleen Carlton, Jessie Seely, Nikki Hornsby, Matthew Ballard, Eric Shallert and Tom Willet. The jamboree is sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund, with center stage sound courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita. |
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