Residents of The Mayflower Community were treated to the mixed genre of instrumental and vocal music by Fred Buck and the County Line Band on Thursday, February 2nd.
The presentation was the regular Tuesday Lyceum offering of the Mayflower Residents Association Events Committee. The Mayflower Lyceum is an entertainment program in the spacious, acoustically-enriched Carman Center on the second floor of the Health Center. The events are often music performances, but there have been poetry readings and slide shows.
At this stage, only Mayflower residents are allowed to attend as the group may include independent living and healthcare residents, the latter subject to special federal infection-control environmental guidelines.
The County Line Band has been together for over 10 years and played many Bluegrass Festivals and local shows.
They play a mix of bluegrass, gospel, old county, and old-type county blues. The band members are Fred Buck, usually on banjo; his wife, Julie Buck, vocals, guitar, and some old-time banjo; Steve Anderson, mandolin and vocals; Cheryl Gunderson, vocals and bass; her husband Rex Gunderson, fiddle, guitar, vocals; and Jim Morris, dobro and vocals. Fred has “…known most of the band members for over 30 years, playing lots of music watching the kids grow up and leave home.”
Fred, who incidentally taught Sig Barber to play banjo, retired from Maytag and teaches music part-time at Grinnell College. Julie Buck works at UnityPoint Health—Grinnell. Steve Anderson is a retired Fisher Control Valves engineer (Marshalltown). Cheryl Gunderson is retired and works with seniors in Marshalltown. Rex Gunderson and Jim Morris are also both retired from Fishers.
— Bob Mann, Mayflower Sales & Marketing Director (641-236-6151)