Panther Creek Bluegrass Band

Panther Creek Bluegrass band was created in 2007 by “Doc” Richard Eastman on fiddle. It is named for the famous meadow creek on Mt. Shasta. The group features Jak Anderson on mandolin, Knight Starr on upright bass, Jack Summers on guitar, and “Bard” Francis Mangels on banjo, autoharp, vocals, and occasionally other instruments. The group plays old time fiddle, bluegrass, and a scattering of Celtic with other styles. Like most bluegrass groups, they also do joyful Gospel, jigs, reels, and some downright funny stuff to show a wide variety of talent. Each member is a good soloist in his own right, from the bass on the bottom to the fiddle on top. A champion fiddler and other good musicians occasionally join the group’s traditional lively old time bluegrass sound. They perform throughout Shasta and Siskiyou counties.

To book Panther Creek Bluegrass Band, contact Richard Eastman, 530.926.3622 or by email:  dickms@gotsky.com.

Some of the tunes we play:
Red Wing
Wabash Cannonball
Angeline the Baker
Southwind
What Kind of Man
Fire on the Mountain
Bonaparte’s Crossing the Rhine
Eighth of January
Lorena
Jesse James
Wreck of old 97
Liberty/Mississippi Sawyer
Ashokan Farewell
Sunny Side of Life
Gotta Travel On
St. Anne’s Reel
Glendale Train
Soldiers Joy
Cindy
Preaching Praying Singing
Old Joe Clark
I’ll Fly Away
I’ve Been working on the Railroad
Cuckoo’s Nest/Spotted Pony
Amazing Grace
Over the Waterfall/Lost Indian
Tennessee Waltz