The Harmans wrap up concert series
Bluegrass group The Harmans will be in concert Friday on the downtown Jacksonville square as part of Jacksonville Main Street’s Downtown Concert Series.Provided
Jacksonville Main Street’s Downtown Concert Series will wrap up Friday evening with a performance by family-based bluegrass group The Harmans.
Patriarch Mike Harman was a member of Alison Krauss’s Union Station Band from 1986 to 1990, performing at the Grand Ole Opry and on Krauss’s Grammy-nominated “Two Highways” album and platinum-selling “Now That I’ve Found You A Collection” album.
The Harmans as a musical group dates to 1975 and a trio consisting of Harman and his siblings, Lori and Bull.
Crews from North Saanich and Sidney fire departments assisted. Mike Harman, deputy fire chief for the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department, said firefighters left the scene around 7 a.m. after battling the blaze for a few hours.
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