Central Texas Bluegrass Association BLUEGRASSBLUEGRASS BULLETINBULLETIN Volume 29 No 3 May 2007
Attention!!! Camp Bluegrass is Coming JULY 22—27 2007
Hey members!! Each year in the past the Central Texas Bluegrass Association has sponsored a per- son from our member nominees, who meets the qualifications set forth when the program started, to attend Camp Bluegrass .
If you have a nominee that you think would qualify, please submit his or her name to the board. This person should be an upstanding individual who is dedicated to learning and promoting Bluegrass Music now and in the future. They should also be someone who might not otherwise have the privilege of going and attending the Camp were it not for this program.
Camp Bluegrass is a one week residential picking camp for bluegrass musicians. It is held each July at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas located 30 miles West of Lubbock. Campers stay in dorms on campus or in conveniently located RV sites. Motels are also available in town.
They specialize in quality training and small classes in state of the art facilities. Classes are held in the Commercial Music Build- ing with nightly faculty concerts in the Tom T. Hall Production Studio.
Anyone wishing to attend these classes should enroll now.
To the left is a picture of the class attendance from 2006. Some of you will notice familiar faces there, maybe even your own.
For more info go to: www.campbluegrass.com
Pearl Bluegrass Event
By Phil Raye
The Pearl Bluegrass Event is held on the First Saturday of Every month at the Pearl Community Center and widely supported by the City of Pearl, Texas.
This past Saturday myself and two other friends, Don Impink and Chuck Pascoe got together and decided to attend even though it was a bit of a drive. We wanted to experience being able to jam with some new people as well as get to hear some of the groups who gather there each month. There is a performance hall that you have to sign up in advance and there are two big jam rooms, a lunch room, with good home cooking and plenty of room outside to join in the open jams. There is no admission charge. There are hook ups available for RV’s. Activities start about noon and continue until…??? We left at 7pm and they were still going strong.
As is the case of most bluegrass events we met a lot of friendly people who love to play music and we had a great time.
Anyone wishing to attend can find more info at: pearlbluegrass.com
CTBA Member Band enjoys evening Sunset by Roy Glover
I dropped by to visit with George Rios and his boys this last week and found them enjoying an evening sunset which reminded me of the stories I used to hear as a boy of people gathering around the Chuck Wagon for their evening meal then sitting around the campfire and playing music. There was a host of people doing just that. The families sitting around the outdoor tables enjoying excellent food, the outdoor air, the evening sunset and great music.
This band, if you have not had the pleasure of hearing them, is a well balanced band of instruments and a well balance of music. They have a great range of music and can jump on a request in a minute. They have a great following and while I was supposed to be there in a reporter status, I really enjoyed just visiting with them as well as listening to their music. More like visiting with friends than an interview.
While it is great to have change it is also great to find out that some things still remain the same. Food, Sunsets, the gather- ing of friends and great music.
I also had the pleasure of meeting Wayne Brooks who told me that he and his band have some great things in the works in the near future so you can bet I will be out there shooting pic- Back row: Mark Clark on Bass Josh Reddoch on percussion tures and interviewing them in the near future. Front left to right: Jevon Hermon, Will Grover and George Rios 2
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For Immediate Release California Dreaming….Deering Banjo Style!
If you are planning on being in California in June, then you may run into the folks at Deering Banjos! The summer fun begins with 3 free workshops at the Spring Valley, Ca, factory location on Saturday, June 9th. The Huck
Finn Festival in Victorville will have Lawson Peets representing Deering Banjos from June 15-17. If you are in northern California, then you will have the opportunity to meet both Janet and Greg Deering, along with their repre- sentative, Todd Wright, at the Father’s Day Festival in Grass Valley from June 14-17. There will be lots of Deering banjos to play and workshops to attend! Check the Deering website, www.deeringbanjos.com for details.
The June 9th factory workshops will be led by Lawson Peets, Deering’s director of market expansion and a long time banjo enthusiast. There will be a “Banjomania” workshop in the morning at 10:30 AM to give attendees the basics of banjo playing. No banjo needed…just bring your enthusiasm! At 1PM there will be a banjo mainte- nance workshop followed by a musical journey on the history of the banjo at 2:30 PM. Free factory tours will be held throughout the day from 10 AM through 4 PM and it’s all FREE! Call the Deering toll free number, 800-845-
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Greg Deering will be doing a maintenance workshop at the Father’s Day Festival in the beautiful wooded area of northern California in the city of Grass Valley. Janet Deering will be there on the weekend and Todd Wright,
Director of Artists Relations, will be at the Father’s Day Festival throughout the June 14-17th dates. They have slated
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage and the Del McCoury Band among the many bluegrass bands at the Nevada County
Fairgrounds. You can see more information and order tickets by logging on to www.cbaontheweb.org.
The Huck Finn Jubilee is three days of country and bluegrass on the Mojave Narrows Regional Park grounds in Vic- torville, California. Lawson Peets will be there for Deering banjos and you can come to his banjo workshop to be held during the June 15-17 days of the festival run. Look for Roy Clark, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, The Dillards, the Cherryholmes Family, and others at this year’s festival. For more details or tickets, log on to www.huckfinn.com.
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CTBA Band Shows and Events
May 2007 Sun. May 13th 6:30 pm The Sieker Band – Artz Ribhouse, 2330 S. Lamar, Austin, Tx Thu. May 17th The Sieker Band – Fire on The Strings Bluegrass Festival, Montgomery, Tx Fri. May 18th The Sieker Band – Fire on The Strings Bluegrass Festival, Montgomery, Tx Sat. May 19th The Sieker Band—Fire on The Strings Bluegrass Festival, Montgomery, Tx Sat. May 19th & 20th Austin Lounge Lizards—Wildflower Music Festival Countrywide Stage Eisemann Performing Arts Center, Richardson, Texas. 972-744-4580 Sat. May 19th 7 –9pm Piney Grove Ramblers—Fine Arts Academy Concert , Cedar Park, Tx Sun. May 20th 2pm The Sieker Band – Zion Lutheran Church & School Picnic, Walburg, Tx Sun. May 20th 1pm Wayward Pony—It’s a Grind Coffeehouse, 4005 W. Parmer La, Austin, Tx Wed. May 23rd 6pm Blacktop Bend—Austin Farmer’s Market, 4600 Guadalupe St. Austin, Tx Thu. May 24th Austin Lounge Lizards – Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville, Tx Quiet Valley Ranch. http://www.kerrvillemusic.com/festival_info.htm Fri. May 25th Piney Grove Ramblers—The County Seat, 119 W. 7th St. Georgetown, Tx Sat. May 26th 7:30pm The Sieker Band – Artz Rib House, 2330 S. Lamar, Austin, Tx Sat. May 26th 10am-1pm Austin Lounge Lizards—”Folkways” on KUT-FM (90.5) Sun. May 27th 6pm Eddie Collins & Friends - Artz Ribhouse, 2330 S. Lamar, Austin, Tx
June 2007
Sat. June 2nd 11am Blacktop Bend—Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market, Burger Center, Austin, Tx Sat. June 2nd 11am Sieker Band—Ken’z Guitars, 1102 S Austin Ave, Suite 101, Georgetown, Tx Fri. June 8th 9:30pm Twangzilla—Green Mesquite, 1400 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, Tx Fri. June 8th Eddie Collins—Austin House Concert, Tom Duplissey accompanies with guest appearance by Amy Collins...limited seating. Contact Eddie for details: Sat. June 9th 7:30pm Piney Grove Ramblers—Bluegrass in the Park, Inks Lake State Park Amphitheater, Burnet, Tx. www.tpwd.state.TX.us/park/inks Sat. June 9th Sieker Band—Overton Bluegrass & Gospel Music Festival, Overton, Tx
If you are a member of CTBA, and your band has an upcoming show, please email Dale Albright our contributing Editor at: dale-mandolin@austin.rr.com so you can be listed.
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David & Barbara Brown Randy's Rangers The Sieker Band Austin Lounge Lizards 361-985-9902 Jon or Sigi Field Rolf & Beate Sieker Mike Drudge [email protected] 512-868-2925 512-733-2857 615-262- [email protected] [email protected] 6886www.austinlizards.com Eddie Collins 512-836-8255 String Beans Wayward Pony Blacktop Bend www.eddiecollins.biz Mike Montgomery Dale Albright George Rios [email protected] 512-517-6753 512-267-4969 512-619-8536 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Hard to Make a Living John Hood The Christophers Blazing Bows 512-379-7767 Chris Teague Mary Hattersley hardtomakealiv- 830-305-1652 512-873-8925 [email protected] [email protected] Buddy & Tina Wright Manchaca All-Stars The Grazmatics Band B. Buchanan Wayne Ross Buddy Wright 512-282-2756 512-303-2188 806-749-3247 [email protected] All bands listed are [email protected] The Piney Grove Ram- Out of the Blue members of the CTBA. Buffalograss blers Jamie Stubblefield See the membership Don Inbody Wayne Brooks 512-295-5325 form on page 7 for in- 512-295-6977 512-345-6609 [email protected] formation on band [email protected] membership.
Central Texas Bluegrass Bulletin NOTICE: We’ll be taking more photos of blue- grass events and jams. If any member doesn’t Roy Glover, Editor want their picture published in the Bulletin, published by please opt out by contacting: Roy Glover [email protected] Central Texas Bluegrass Association Russell Gunn, Treasurer John Hood, President Jane Laughlin, Secretary Mike Montgomery, Vice-President
Ken Brown P.O. Box 9816 Austin, TX 78766-9816 512-261-9440 CTBA is a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt Texas non-profit corporation. Contributions are deductible as chari- table and educational donations. Work published in this Bulletin is used by permission of writers, artists, and photographers, who retain all copyrights to work submitted to the Bulletin.
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If we left off your jam, please contact Roy at [email protected]
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