Our friend Mike Duley left us an entry on our Guestbook, advising that Sarah Getto was scheduled to appear at the Ramblin Country Show in Gentry tonight and we hastily changed plans and prepared for the trek northward. Sarah, for those of you who aren't familiar with her, is a young lady who just recently graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University with a degree in musical education and who, although being born blind and with other serious handicaps, taught herself to play the piano at age three and the violin at age 8. And, if that weren't enough, she simply sings like an angel. We have been corresponding with her Dad for some months now and we finally were fortunate to meet face to face at Annie's Country Jubilee in Tonganoxie, KS earlier this year and see Sarah perform. Fair warning--once you see and hear Sarah, she'll steal your heart and you'll want to hear more of this talented young lady.
Emcee and lead guitarist Mike Duley kicked the evening's festivities off, singing "Don't Be Angry" and "The Cowboy Rides Away" and returned later with "Blue Suede Shoes" while Mark Hutson, on electric bass, used his fine vocal talents on "Swinging Doors," "Count Me Out," "City Lights," Elvis' "Promise Land," Alan Jackson's "I'm A Little Bluer Than That," "One More Time" and "Waltz Of The Angels." Rick Hontz, who was playing drums tonight did a bang up job singing "That's The Way Love Goes," "Lukenbach, Texas," "Pass Me By" and "'Leven Roses." We always enjoy hearing Mike Hutson play that great steel guitar and tonight he sang "My Blue House Painted White" and "Walk Out Backwards" to boot.
The Gettos, parents Mike & Pat with daughter Sarah, travel by motor home to the various oprys and other shows from their home base in Norman, Oklahoma. Tomorrow night (Saturday) they plan to be at the Ft. Scott (KS) Opry, Annie's on September 15th, then several shows at RV parks in Colorado before journeying to Iowa. We all know how expensive it is to travel these days and Mike told us all of their expenses are paid from the sale of Sarah's CDs. They also maintain a website at www.sarahgetto.com. Southeastern Oklahoma State University which Sarah attended is also the alma mater of Reba MacIntyre whom Sarah so admires. She started her first set singing Reba's hit "Somebody Should Leave," then it was Alison Kraus' haunting "The Lucky One," some keyboard magic with Floyd Cramer's "Last Date" and just some awesome fiddling with "The Crawfish Song." Sarah closed with a tribute to her friend Anne Murray with "I Just Fall In Love Again" and the gospel classic "Beulah Land" but returned the second half with a Patsy Cline medley "Sweet Dreams/Crazy/I Fall To Pieces" and with everyone on their feet, a tribute to our fighting men and women -- "God Bless America." (Below) Pat, Sarah & Mike Getto - Mike is holding a couple of Sarah's CDs. If you need more information concerning her CDs, go to her website www.sarahgetto.com
It wouldn't be fair to only make a partial list of the many walk-ons who appeared here tonight. As most of you know, everyone is important to us. We apologize that we didn't get noted all the names of all the walk-ons and the songs they sang or played, but due to the large number, the late hour and the fact we had to leave early due to the long drive home, it made it impossible to give these folks the credit they deserve. We do want them to know we throughtly enjoyed hearing and seeing them again.
