Volume 37, No. 10 Copyright © Central Texas Bluegrass Association October, 2015 CTBA Annual Membership Meeting

ccording to its bylaws, the CTBA is required to assemble a quorum for an annual meeting, A and that will happen on Sunday, November 1, 2-6 PM, rain or shine, at Hill’s Café, 4700 South Congress, Austin 78745.

We’ll have some live music provided by various CTBA members. All bluegrass pickers are welcome to perform a tune or two, open mike style. Treasurer Katherine Isgren is organizing this part. Who might show up to provide a tune or two? Well, you never know. Maybe some of our board members. To participate, you may sign up online through the CTBA web site or you can also contact Kathe- rine at [email protected] or at cell phone number (281) 455-8031. And there are usually multiple jam sessions when the business meeting breaks up.

This is an El Niño year, and the long- range climate forecasts for Central Texas are predicting rain late this fall. If that happens, I reckon we’ll move the pro- ceedings inside, and the regular Hill’s Café patrons can have banjos with their chicken-fried steaks. Not sure where we’ll stage the massive tug– of– war be- tween the banjo pickers and the guitar pickers if we have to move inside, though.

Right: A pensive Dave Seeman picks at ArtZ Rib House to cap off an annual meeting about five years ago. Photo by K. Brown.

Della Mae at the record table; Conroe, Texas, March 11, 2014. Photo by K. Brown.

October birthdays: Martha Adcock, Bob Amos, , , Ray Deaton, Tony Furtado, Eric Gibson, Leigh Gibson (those two are always in harmony, aren’t they?), John Hickman, Clay Jones, Vic Jordan, Curtis McPeake, Buddy Merriam, Joe Mullins, Sonny Osborne, Don Parmley, , Jim Shumate, Blaine Sprouse, Blake Williams, Chubby Wise.

The Central Texas Bluegrass Bulletin is published by the Central Texas Bluegrass Association, a 501(c)(3) tax- exempt Texas nonprofit corporation. Contributions are deductible as charitable and educational donations. Work published in this Bulletin is used by permission of the writers, artists, and photographers, who retain all copy- rights.

Jamie Stubblefield, president Central Texas Bluegrass Association Jason Pratt, vice president Box 9816 Katherine Isgren, treasurer Austin, Texas 78766 Alice Moore, secretary Lenny Nichols, membership chair www.centraltexasbluegrass.org/ Duane Calvin, board member Bob Vestal, board member Jeff White, webmaster Ken Brown, newsletter editor

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Central Texas Bluegrass Association Annual Meeting

November 1, 2015 2:00 – 6:30 PM Hill’s Café, 4700 South Congress, Austin, Texas

Please join us for a short member’s meeting beginning at 2:00 PM and then stay to listen to your friends and member bands perform on stage. Eddie Collins will serve as master of ceremonies.

3 at the Paramount, October 18: Status Uncertain?

alph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys are scheduled to perform at the Para- R mount Theater, on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin on Sunday, October 18 at 7 PM (doors open at 6 PM), and I think there are plans for a KUTX live broadcast, too. But right now, the Man of Constant Sorrow is probably the Man of Constant Pain Medication, because he fell and cracked his pelvis, and was also admitted to the hospital for pacemaker surgery on Septem- ber 26. He is reportedly doing well and is expected to be released from the hospital about the time this issue is posted. As this goes to press, one online source claims that he will indeed make the Paramount show. I would speculate that it might be rescheduled, but I think we’ll just have to wait and see. The CTBA and his legions of fans wish him a speedy recovery.

The Grascals in Tomball, October 15

efore they head up to Farmers Branch to play at the Bloomin’Bluegrass Festival, the Gras- B cals are stopping off in Tomball at Main Street Crossing, 111 W. Main St., to play a show. This 150-seat venue mostly features country music, but on this Thursday night, it’ll be Grascal- ly bluegrass. Tickets are $20and $30. Phone (281) 290-0431.

CTBA Members at the Hole in the Wall, October 25

ax Zimmet will play a gig at the Hole in the Wall, 2538 Guadalupe in Austin, on Sun- M day, October 25, at 9 PM, with Jon Kemppainen, John Rickets, and Vance Hazen. CTBA folks will remember Kemppainen and Rickets as former members of HTML, and I’m pretty sure that journeyman bass whiz Vance Hazen has played with every single musician in Austin at some time. Here’s your chance to see a show, as yet another Austin live music venue faces an uncertain future.

Early Heads-Up: Blue Highway and Karl Shiflett in McKinney, November 7

he Southwest Bluegrass Club is presenting Blue Highway and the Karl Shiflett and Big T Country Show at the McKinney Performing Arts Center, 111 N. Tennessee St, on Saturday, November 7. Doors open at 5:15 PM, and the show starts at 6. All seats are reserved and $25. Order tickets at or call (214) 544-4630. Blue Highway doesn’t get to Texas much and this is apparently their only stop on this tour, so here’s your chance.

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“All right, whose cell phone is that, and which one of you has the Macarena ringtone?” The Grascals at Fire on the Strings, League City, August 16, 2013. You can catch ‘em this month at Tomball or Farmers Branch. Photo by K. Brown.

2015 Labor Day Festival, Salmon Lake Park

nother Grapeland festival goes into the history books. It was a great weekend. Yes, it was A a tad hot during the daytime, but the nights were pretty good for jamming or listening. I ran into former CTBA member Scott Akers at the festival. If you’re one of the CTBA folks who goes back, oh, about 30 years or so, you’ll probably remember Scott as an active and val- ued member. Scott and Ingrid live in Tyler now, and he says he plays guitar, pedal steel and dobro these days. I got to do some jamming with him, along with Fred and Sue Knorre and a bunch of other folks.

As usual, I got some late-night jamming done at the blacksmith shop. I sat on the wobbly stump, but not the one with the ants.

I caught a couple of sets by Dylan Hall and Pure Tradition. When they played our festival at Hallettsville last year, they did what I thought was an outstanding rendition of “Southern Moon.” In fact, I thought it was the best song they did during their entire show. So when Dylan asked for requests at Grapeland, I called out “Southern Moon!” He claimed to have never heard of the song. Go figure.

5 Dylan Hall and Pure Tradition at Salmon Lake Park, September 4, 2015. That’s David Hallmark on the mando and Trustin Baker sitting in on fiddle. Photo by K. Brown.

I got to hear a couple of bands that I’d never heard before, but the real revelation was hearing Trustin Baker of the Baker Family. All I can say is, if Michael Cleaveland and Stuart Duncan aren’t running scared, it’s because they haven't heard Trustin Baker yet. Yes, he’s that good. Now, I’m not a fiddler myself, so I can’t claim to be knowledgeable. But I’ve heard a lot of fiddlers (including live shows with Chubby Wise, Kenny Baker, Randy Howard, , Patrick McAvinue, Aubrey Haynie, Art Stamper, and Tim O’Brien), and to my ear, if he isn’t in that league, he will be by next year. He has dead-on intonation, endlessly inventive phrasing, and doesn’t play anything that’s clichéd. And I think he’s about 15 years old.

Along with Copper Canyon from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, I also got to hear Lonesome Ridge, a solid traditional band from Arkansas with good vocals. They have a well-burnished performance, and I got the impression they’ve been doing this for a long time.

Austin String Band Festival, October 16-18

’ll be at Farmers Branch this same weekend, but the tenth annual String Band Festival will I be presented by our sister organization, the Austin Friends of Traditional Music, at Camp Ben McCulloch in Driftwood. Local residents Alan Munde and Kitty Ledbetter will play, as well as Brennen Leigh’s High Plains Jamboree. It’s the AFTM’s 40th anniversary, as they got started about four years before the CTBA. Some of us still remember the AFTM meetings at Armadillo World Headquarters and the Rome Inn.

6 The Baker Family, from Birch Tree, Missouri, at Salmon Lake Park. Left to right, Carrie (guitar), Trustin (fiddle), Carina (mandolin), and Elijah (bass). Photo September 4, 2015 by K. Brown. If you missed them here, they’ll be at Coushatte Ranch.

Lonesome Ridge, from Arkansas, at Salmon Lake Park. Photo September 4, 2015 by K. Brown.

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Copper Canyon at the Labor Day festival, Salmon Lake Park, Grapeland, September 4, 2015. They’ll be at the Coushatte Ranch festival, too. Photo by K. Brown.

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8 Claire Lynch Touring Through 2016

laire Lynch has announced that she intends to keep touring right through the 2015 and C 2016 seasons, but will reduce her schedule and may not maintain a full Claire Lynch Band after 2016. She’s not retiring, though, just downsizing, apparently. The current band includes on bass, Bryan McDowell on multiple instruments, and Jarrod Walker on mando and guitar. This isn’t the first time she’s worked on a smaller scale — we saw her perform as a duo with Jim Hurst, here in Austin a few years ago. Go see her while she’s still touring with the full band. She’s a rare gem. Her latest release (from 2014) is a Christmas album, Holiday!

Claire Lynch at Blue Rock Studio, Wimberley, May 8, 2014. Photo by K. Brown.

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Right: Brandon Bostic with Blue Moon Rising, Fire on the Strings Festival, League City August 17, 2013 Photo by K. Brown.

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Eddie Collins www.eddiecollins.biz 512-873-7803 10 Festival Report: 2015 Arbuckle Mountain Bluegrass Festival

he 16th Annual Arbuckle Mountain Bluegrass Festival took place the weekend of Septem- T ber 18-19. This was my first time at this festival, or for that matter at any Oklahoma blue- grass festival, so it was interesting to compare and contrast it with Texas festivals. The nearest city of any size is Ardmore, over 27 miles to the south along nearby I-35. There were gazillions of RVs and campers, perhaps because there are no large cities nearby. But I saw almost no jam- ming. During the day, there were occasional clusters of pickers under the trees, but these proved to bands warming up for their next set. This is a heavily tradition-oriented festival. I re- peatedly heard tunes here that I hadn’t heard in about 30 years. The Stanley Brothers are cutting -edge stuff here! If you like traditional bluegrass, this is your spot. There was no headliner at this festival — instead, all the bands were of the regional variety, from Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Featured bands included Mark Phillips and Third Generation, Garland Blocker and Blue Tradition, Bluestem, the Bonham Brothers, and the Triple L band, among others. There are small pavilions on the hillside overlooking the stage, but no buildings large enough to accommodate the crowd in bad weather. Fortunately the weather was pleasant.

Garland Blocker and Blue Tradi- tion, from Oklahoma, rehearsing at the Arbuckle Mountain Blue- grass Festival. Photo September 19, by K. Brown. Garland is the banjo picker, and among other things, is an accomplished Reno stylist.

11 Bluegrass at Farmers Branch, Oct. 16-17

his just might be the best-run festival in Texas. I’ve been to every single one (save one) T since it started, and you can’t beat it. Unfortunately, the one year I missed was the year that was on the lineup. Admission is free, and it’s in the Farmers Branch Historical Park, tucked in to the northeast of the intersection of Highway 35E and Loop 635. The shows go on outdoors on the big stage during the day, and there’s jamming at the host hotel (Omni Dallas Hotel, 1590 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) at night. There are usually jam sessions scat- tered around the park during the day, but with a talent lineup like this, how can you tear your- self away from the stage? There are jamming festivals, and then there are listening festivals. This one’s a listening festival. The staging, the sound engineering, the food vendors, and the shuttle service are all top-level.

The lineup includes Hot Rize with, of course, Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers (will Red ever get his own bus, or does he still have to ride in the baggage compartment of the Hot Rize bus? Find out here), Balsam Range, Del McCoury, the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, the Gras- cals, the Hillbenders, the Snyder Family, the Herrins, Lee Ann Womack, and the Helen Highwater Stringband. Helen Highwater is a new bluegrass supergroup featuring (guitar), Missy Raines (bass), (mandolin), and Shad Cobb (fiddle); all of these folks are probably familiar, except perhaps Shad Cobb, who has played with the , Marty Raybon, the Band, and many others. For details, go to:

www.Bluegrass.Heritage.org

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Friday, October 16

5 PM Helen Highwater Stringband 6:15 PM Grascals 7:30 PM Balsam Range 8:30 PM Hot Rize and Red Knuckles

Saturday, October 17

12 PM The Herrins 1 PM Snyder Family 2:15 PM Hillbenders 3:15 Chili award presentation 4 PM Balsam Range 5 PM Star Award presentation 5:15 Peter Rowan 6:45 PM Del McCoury Band 8:15 raffle 8:30 PM Lee Ann Womack

13 14 Coushatte Ranch Bluegrass Festival, October 29-31

lthough the Spring Creek Bluegrass Club is no longer active, the monthly show and fall A festival at Coushatte Ranch is still ongoing, thanks to the efforts of Colee Biller, Scott Armstrong and the Texas Association. This festival was started in 1994. Coushatte Ranch is spread out over several acres of scattered post oak woodland (or maybe it’s post oak and blackjack oak, who knows?) with lots of space for RVs between radiating and me- andering gravel roads. There is a community center with a kitchen, showers and restrooms, and a couple of other buildings that are open to pickers in case of inclement weather. Let’s hope the El Niño-induced rains hold off during the weekend, but if they don’t, the show can be moved into the community center, which has a stage at one end of a large room. Outside, there is usu- ally a good variety of food and crafts vendors arrayed in an arc facing the stage. This is one of my favorite festivals because the weather is usually cool and it generally draws some good pickers from the Houston area. Coushatte Ranch is located at 2812 Nelius Road. Take Highway

15 36 south from Brenham, loop around the Bellville courthouse square, go down the hill to the Y intersection, continue south on 36. Then you can either go towards Sealy on 36, turning left on Gindorf Road or Miller Road. Or cross the railroad tracks as shown on the map.

The irrepressible Little Roy Lewis and Lizzie Long are the headliners at this year’s festival, but there have been some changes since the flyer on the next page was designed. I am assured that Saltgrass, which has been out of commission lately, will indeed play. The Wauka Moun- tain Boys and the Trinity River Band will not be present. Scott Mulvahill will appear at the Thursday show only. The Baker Family and the Sowell Family have been added to the lineup. The other bands listed on the flyer (Copper Canyon, Bama Blue Grace, Sabine River Bend, and the Greer Family) will also appear. Don’t miss the Baker Family, because if you haven’t heard Trustin Baker yet, you need to fix that!

There are plenty of RV hookups at the park, and there are motels in Brenham and Sealy. Three- day tickets are $40 in advance (advance sales end October 15). For details, go to

www.TXBluegrassMusic.com

Texas Bluegrass Music, LLC Box 1303, Magnolia, Texas 77353

Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlemen at Coushatte Ranch, October 25, 2003. Photo by K. Brown.

16 Notice: the lineup for this festival has changed since this flyer was de- signed! See the previous page for the latest lineup information.

17 CTBA Artists and Bands Karen Abrahams BuffaloGrass Missing Tradition Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Band Don Inbody (512) 923-0704 Diana & Dan Ost Bluegrass Band (512) 484-0751 ka- [email protected] (512) 850-4362 Dave Walser [email protected] buffalograssmusic.com [email protected] [email protected]

www.karenabrahsms.com Rod Moag & Texas Carper Family Band Shawn Spiars Alan Munde Gazette Jenn Miori Grass (512) 627-3921 [email protected] (512) 467-6825 [email protected] Bill Honker bhonk- [email protected] [email protected] Chasing Blue The Showmen (512) 963-7515 The Austin Steamers Out of the Blue Bluegrass Band [email protected] Jamie Stubblefield Joe Sundell (501) 416-4640 Ben Buchanan www.chasingblueband.com (512) 923-4288 www.theaustinsteamers.com [email protected] [email protected] Christy & the Plowboys Bee Creek Boys www.outoftheblue.ws Dan Foster (512) 452-6071 The Sieker Band Jim Umbarger (512) 922-5786 [email protected] The Pickin’ Ranch Rolf & Beate Sieker [email protected] (512) 733-2857 Eddie Collins Ramblers www.siekerband.com Better Late Than Never (512) 873-7803 Richie Mintz [email protected] Duane Calvin (512) 835-0342 www.eddiecollins.biz [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The Stray Bullets

Pine Island Station Bob Cartwright (512) 415-8080 Blazing Bows David Diers & #910 Gary & Janine Carter [email protected] Cara Cooke (512) 280-9104 Train (512) 814-5145 (936) 520-2952 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] String Beans

www.pineislandstation.com Mike Montgomery Bluebonnet Pickers Four Fights Per Pint [email protected] Brooks Blake (830) 798-1087 Jay Littleton (512) 848-1634 The Piney Grove [email protected] [email protected] Upham Family Band Ramblers Tracie Upham Blue Creek Bluegrass The Grazmatics Wayne Brooks (512) 699-8282 877-899-8269 [email protected] Wayne Ross (512) 303-2188 Gospel Band www.pgramblers.com [email protected] Bing Rice (830) 253-7708 White Dove bluecreekbg.com Hard to Make a Living The Prime Time Angie Beauboef [email protected] [email protected] Ramblers [email protected]

Jacob Roberts Blue Creek String Allen Hurt & the [email protected] Wires and Wood Band Mountain Showmen David Dyer (210) 680-1889 wiresandwood.net Thomas Chapmond Allen Hurt (Sherman, Texas) Ragged Union (512) 791-3411 Geoff Union (512) 563-9821 [email protected] www.allenhurt.com [email protected] [email protected] The Ledbetters Woodstreet Blood- Blue Skyz Band Spencer Drake (830) 660-2533 James Reams & the hounds Mike Lester (210) 913-9597 [email protected] Barnstormers (Oak Park, Illinois) www.blueskyzband.com (718) 374-1086 Robert Becker (708) 714-7206

Lone Star Swing [email protected] robertbecker1755 Bottom Dollar String Gary Hartman (979) 378-2753 www.jamesreams.com @sbcglobal.net

[email protected] Band John Ohlinger (512) 431-5150 Redfire String Band Yellowgrass Los Bluegrass Vatos Brett Morgan (512) 745-0671 Bottomdollarstringband Molly Johnson Danny Santos [email protected] @gmail.com [email protected] Robertson County David & Barbara Max Zimmet The Lost Pines Line [email protected] Brown Talia Bryce (512) 814-5134 Jeff Robertson (512) 629-5742 (512)924-0505 (361) 985-9902 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.lostpinesband.com

18 CTBA Area Jams and Events

AUSTIN AREA, CTBA GLEN ROSE Every Sunday, 3 PM-??, CTBA Sunday jam 3rd Saturday, Oakdale Park, Paluxy River TOMBALL at Hill’s Café, 4700 S. Congress; (512) 851- Bluegrass Association, free stage show and Saturday, noon–4 PM, bluegrass jam at 9300. jam; John Scott (817) 525-0558. Kleb Woods Nature Center and Preserve, 20301 Mueschke Road, Tomball. (281) 373- 2nd and 4th Saturday, 3-5 PM, beg./int. jam HOUSTON 1777 or at Wildflower Terrace, 3801 Berkman Drive; 1st Tuesday, Fuddruckers, 2040 NASA Rd 1 (281) 910-4396. Steve Mangold (512) 345-6155. [email protected]

JOHNSON CITY 1st and 3rd Thursday, 7-9 PM, beg./int. jam, Northwest Hills area; Steve Mangold (512) 3rd Saturday, 2-6 PM, jam at The Dome, 706 345-6155. W. Main St., Hwy 290 W; Charlene Crump, (512) 632-5999. Potluck at 6 PM, optional Editor’s note: this list of jams Every Thursday, 6-9 PM, beg./int. jam, jamming afterward. Texican Café, 11940 Manchaca Road; Dave hasn’t been verified in a long Stritzinger, (512)689-4433. LEAGUE CITY (BABA) time. Call ahead before check- 3rd Saturday: Jam 5 PM, Stage show 6:30 ing out an unfamiliar jam, to Every Tuesday, 8-10 PM, Texas Old Time PM Jan- Nov., League City Civic Center, 300 Fiddling, Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto; W. Walker St. (281) 636-9419. Sponsored by make sure it’s still active. (512) 474-1958. Bay Area Bluegrass Association.

BANDERA LIBERTY HILL 4th Friday of each month at Silver Sage 4rth Saturday, 4-9 PM, jam at the Stocktank, Corral– east of Bandera. Starts at 6:30 pm. 8950 Ranch Road 1869, Liberty Hill; For more info call (830)796-4969 (Not on (512) 778-6878. Good Friday) Curbfeeler’s Sundries.

LLANO BELLVILLE 4th Saturday (Jan.-Oct.), 5:30-10:30 PM, Texas Bluegrass Music jam/show Jan. through Emu jerky, live crawdads, Bluegrass in the Hill Country jam at the Badu September, 4th Sat; 4pm jam, 6:30 pm show. House, 601 Bessemer Ave.; (325) 247-2238; bear traps, jawbreakers, Coushatte Recreation Ranch, 2812 Nelius Rd. www.bluegrassinthe hillcountry.org (936) 697-5949 [email protected] milled flooring, cane fish- www.TXBluegrassMusic.com ing poles, pickled eggs, Plenty of RV camping, restrooms, showers. PEARL overalls, shotgun shells, 1st Saturday: Jam all day/night, stage BURNET show, 12:15 PM-6:15 PM; food and RV sorghum molasses, lottery 2nd Saturday, 5 PM, Café 2300, Hwy 29 hookups available. Pearl Community Center, tickets, barbed wire, west on FM 183, 7 mi. south of Purmela; contact cattle guards, beans, kero- [email protected]. Check web site for CORPUS CHRISTI show schedule: www.pearlbluegrass.com sene, outboard motor oil, 2nd Sunday, 2 PM, jam at Heritage Park, inboard motor oil, harness 1581 N. Chaparral St. Bill Davis (361) 387- and tack of all kinds, pe- 4552, [email protected] ROUND ROCK 3rd Saturday, 2-5 PM, jam at Danny Ray’s cans, chilipetins, japa- DALLAS Music, 12 Chisholm Trail; (512) 671-8663. leeno candy, gingham www.dannyraysmusic.com 1st Tuesday, 7-9 PM, Charley’s Guitar Shop, curtains, lag bolts, car- 2720 Royal Lane #100. (972) 243-4187 www.charleysguitar.com/Events.asp SAN ANTONIO riage bolts, gravel by the Every Monday, 6:30-8:30 PM, at The Barbe- cubic yard, weedeater DICKINSON cue Station, 1610 NE Loop 410 at Harry line, surfcasting weights, Every Friday, 7-9 PM, Dickinson BBQ and Wurzbach exit; (210) 824-9191. Steakhouse, 2111 FM 517 East. flaxseed poltices.

FAYETTEVILLE: Every Tuesday, 6-8 PM, bluegrass jam (up Texas Pickin’ Park: Jam 2nd Saturday, Apr.- the hill) and country jam (to the left) at Home- Rufus Curbfeeler, Prop. Nov. beginning at 6 PM on the courthouse wood Residence at Castle Hills, 1207 Jackson Catwater, Texas square. Acoustic instruments only. Keller Rd. For info: [email protected] www.texaspickinpark.com SCHULENBERG

1st and 3rd Tuesday, 6:0-9 PM, jam at Schu- GARLAND lenberg RV Park Community Center, 65 N. Bluegrass on the Square: Every Saturday, Kessler Ave. Laretta Baumgarten (979) 743- March- November between Main and State 4388; [email protected] Sts. At 6th, 7:30 PM to 1 AM

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Foggy Artifacts: A, four– in– hand ties worn by the ; B, Lester, Earl, and Josh’s picks; C, Paul Warren’s fiddle rosin; D, Lester’s Tennessee drivers’ license. Photo by Terry DuBose.