TRADIIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC

DICK PHILBROOK

AND

THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND

RICHARD M. PHILBROOK WAS BORN IN BELFAST,ME, SON OF MARGARET AND ALVA PHILBROOK AND ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. DICK HAS THREE CHILDERN, RICHARD JR, MARGARET AND EVELYN. DICK CANNOT REMEMBER WHEN MUSIC WAST'T A BIG PART OF HIS LIFE. MOST OF HIS FAMILY IS MUSICAL. ALVA SR. IS ABLE TO PLAY MOST ANY INSTRUMENT, PLAYING FIDDLE IN THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND FOR MANY YEARS. THE BAND WAS FORMED IN THE LATE 70''S.

CALLING THEMSELVES '' THE DOWNEAST STRUMMERS'' UNTIL THE 80''S. WHEN DICK BUILT HIS HOME ON FRYE MOUNTAIN. AT THAT TIME THE NAME CHANGES TO '' THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND. DICK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE LEADER, LEAD SINGER, AND GUITAREST. HE HE PLAYS BASS, AND DOBO. THIS BAND HAS PERFORMED ALL OVER THE STATE OF MAINE, AS WELL AS CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, AND VEGAS. THE BAND HAS WON MANY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST TRADIONAL COUNTY BAND. DICK HAS WON THE MALE VOCIALIST AND MALE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR.

OUT OF THE ORINGINAL BAND ONLY HIS BROTHER DAVID IS STILL PLAYING OCCASIONALY WITH THE BAND .

BECKY, RICHARD JR AND HIS MOTHER, MARGARET, HAVE PERFORMED OVER THE YEARS. NOT BAD FOR A HOMETOWN

COUNTRY BAND! THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND STILL PERFORMS EVERY WEEK, SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK. DICK LOVES TO SING AND STRIVES TO MAKE OTHERS ENJOY IT. ALWAYS HAS A SMILE AND SINGS FROM THE HEART, SOMETIMES BRINGING A SMILE, A TEAR OR THE TAPPING OF THE TOES, TO THE YOUNG AND SO OLD.

THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND HAS PLAYED AT "WEEKSMILLS IN MUSIC"

FOR TIM FARRELL FOR MANY YEARS AND HOPES TO CONTINUE. THEY ALSO PLAY FOR JACK'S ROWE AT JACK'S COUNTRY JAMBOREE. DICK TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN HIS BAND, THEIR PERFOMENCE AND THEIR APPEARANCE.

THE BAND HAS FIVE CD"S AND FOUR TAPES, AND WORKING ON ANOTHER. DICK PLANS TO KEEP ENTERTAINING AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, PLAYING CLUBS AND GRANGE HALL, AS WELL AS DOING MANY BENEFITS EACH YEAR.

DICK GOES TO FLORIDA FOR A FEW MONTHS IN THE WINTER, GIVING THE BAND MEMBERS A WELL DESERVED

BREAK. DICK KEEPS PLAYING WITH BANDS, EVEN IN FLORIDA. BUT ALWAYS READY TO RETURN TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN MAINE.

RICHARD M. PHILBROOM WAS BORN IN BELFAST, ME. SON OF MARGARET AND ALVA PHILBROOK, ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. DICK HAS THREE CHILDREN, RICHARD JR., MARGARET, AND EVELYN. DICK CANNOT REMEMBER WHEN MUSIC WASN;T A BIG PART OF HIS LIFE. MOST OF HIS FAMILY IS MUSICAL. ALVA SR. IS ABLETO PLAY MOST ANY INSTRUMENT, PLAYING FIDDLE IN THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND FOR MANY YEARS HE HAS MADE MANY FIDDLES AND GUITERS OVER THE YEARS. THE BAND WAS FORMED IN THE LATE 70'S, CALLING THEMSELVES "DOWNEAST STRUMMERS", UNTIL THE 80'S WHEN DICK BUILT HIS HOME ON FRYE MOUNTAIN AT THAT TIME THE NAME CHANGES TO "THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND." DICK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE LEADER, LEAD SINGER, AND GUITAREST. HE PLAYS BASS AND DOBO. THIS BAND HAS PERFORMED ALL OVER THE STATE OF MAINE, AS WELL AS CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, AND VEGAS. THE BAND HAS WON MANYAWARDS INCLUDING BEST COUNTRY BAND. DICK HAS WON OF THE MALE VOCIALIST, AND MALE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR,

OUT OF THE ORINGINAL BAND ONLY HIS BROTHER DAVID IS STILL PLAYING OCCASIONALY WITH THE BAND. BECKY, RICHARD JR. AND HIS ,MOTHER MARGARET HAVE PERFORMED OVER THE YEARS. NOT BAD FOR A HOMETOWN COUNTRY BAND! THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND STILL PERFORMS EVERY WEEK, SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK. DICK LOVES TO SING AND STRIEVES TO MAKE OTHERS ENJOY IT, ALWAYS HAS A SMILE AND SINGS FROM THE HEART, SOMETIMES BRINGING A SMILE, A TEAR, OR TAPPING OF THE TOES, TO THE YOUNG AND NOT SO OLD.

THE FRYE MOUNTAIN BAND HAS PLAYED AT" WEEKS MILLS IN MUSIC" FOR TIM FARRELL FOR MANY YEARS AND HOPES TO CONTINUE. THEY ALSO PLAY FOR JACK ROWE AT JAMBOREE. DICK TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN HIS BAND, THEIR PERFORMANCE, ANDTHEIR APPEARANCE. THE BAND HAS NINE CD'S AND FOUR TAPES, AND WORKING ON ANOTHER. DICK PLANS TO KEEP ENTERAINING AS LONG AS POSSIBLE PLAYING CLUBS, GRANGE HALLS, AS WELL AS DOING MANY BENEFITS EACH YEAR. DICK GOES TO FLORIDA FOR A FEW MONTHS IN THE WINTER GIVING THE BAND MEMBERS A WELL DESERVEDBREAK. DICK KEEPS PLAYING EVEN IN FLORIDA WITH BANDS DOWN THERE, BUT ALWAYS READY TO RETURN TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN MAINE.

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