Volume 44 Edition 4 April 2015 Submit articles to: [email protected] By the 15th of each month FFS Board Of Directors A Non-Profit Corporation for Traditional Arts President Denise Sciandra [email protected] Notes from Board President, Denise Sciandra Who is Nancy Waidtlow? She is a longtime Fresno Folklore Society Vice President Paul Starcevich member and she is an advocate for the homeless. [email protected] Nancy left Salinas to attend Fresno State in 1960. She had gotten a taste Secretary for folk music at Hartnell Junior College in Salinas with "hootenannies" in Sue Wirt [email protected] the student union. Shortly after moving to Fresno, she discovered the concerts put on by the Fresno Folk Music Club. She even went to a weekend retreat at Sweet's Treasurer Mill. Jim Ross [email protected] Nancy returned to Salinas briefly but came back to Fresno State to get a teaching Concert Master credential. She found the new Fresno Folklore Society. She took in concerts at the Steve Ono Wild Blue Yonder. There were parties, especially at the "Blackstone House" where [email protected] several women lived, including Sue Beevers and Maria Wortham. Linda Halk and Membership Sherron Brown became good friends and singing partners. She was "blown away" by Patty Bennett [email protected] Gene Bluestein, Pete Everwine, Jon Adams, Utah Phillips, Bodie Wagner and later by the whole Sweet's Mill scene. She tried to learn to play the guitar and later the Lifetime Member Alan Hubbart autoharp but was never confident enough to join the jams. She and her kids had parts in Sue Beevers' famous plays and she took belly dance lessons from Sue. Members At Large Linda Guerrero Nancy was active in mailing the FFS Flyer for many years. She hosted potluck music [email protected] parties at her home and served on the FFS Board. She was president for one year, Bill Lehr 1996, but "discovered" Pat Wolk who she recruited to succeed her as president. [email protected] Nancy "loves" the memories of good times with the "Folks" which included going to Karen Starcevich [email protected] protest marches and demonstrations against war and injustice. The music of Pete Seeger; Peter, Paul & Mary; and Bob Dylan was a big part of that as well as Odetta at Ann Lamb the Wild Blue Yonder. Bill Johnson [email protected] The activist side of her life has taken precedence. She became a Raging Granny when "Ellie Bluestein could no longer be denied." She traveled to Washington, D.C., in Flyer Editor 2011 for the Occupy movement and spent time at the Occupy camp in Courthouse Bill Johnson [email protected] Park in Fresno. She saw firsthand the misery of the homeless people of Fresno. She got to know them at the canal bank camps. She attended meetings of the Eco Village Calendar Editor Maria Glover group. HM 559-322-8677 Cell 559-281-8278 Nancy thought she could help her "new homeless friends" by creating a safe place [email protected] for them to live and rebuild their lives. She used money saved from teaching and a "modest" inheritance from her mother to buy land. Logo Design
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Banjo Frog Art Submit articles for publication to [email protected] by Jon Adams by the 15th of each month President’s Notes (continued) Her son, Josh Waidtlow, made time to renovate the house on the property which was in "horrible shape". It took him a year. After that, Art Dyson designed the first prototype eco shelter and it got its first resident. A woman that Nancy met at the canal bank encampment became the house manager. The Eco Village 501c(3) group agreed to be the financial umbrella group for her project, finally given the name of Dakota EcoGarden (DEG). DEG is seeing successes. People are getting jobs, getting their health issues taken care of, going to City College, and learning that "kale and other fresh vegetables can be not only nutritious, but delicious." DEG has a maximum of thirteen residents. Most live in tents on platforms Clockwise from top: Sherron Brown, Nancy Waidtlow, Anne Mosgrove, with canopy covers. There are two bedrooms available to be rented. Nancy Lore Byxby, Lynn Ross, Linda Booth, Linda Halk says, "We have managed to be excellent neighbors; we have insurance; and we don't have to spend millions of dollars." The "bare bones budget" for keeping the project going is a few hundred dollars a month plus the $600 received in rent for the two bedrooms. The FFS has participated in this project in "very real and much appreciated" ways. Musicians have provided entertainment at the monthly potluck/open houses. Steve Ono, Kathryn Johnson, Carl Johnsen, Bill Lehr, Linda Guerrero, Susan Heidebrecht, Larry Cusick, Mike Reilly, and Linda Booth have all participated. Sue Wirt has put the event news into the Flyer. Jim and Lynn Ross have donated jam to be sold. Ann Lamb and Lynnie Woodall are regular contributors of needed "stuff." Henry French and others have contributed cash. Nancy says, "A big thank you to all of you!" Ways to help the DEG: Money: Tax deductible donations may be made to The Eco Village Project of Fresno designating "Dakota EcoGarden". Materials/supplies: Garden tools, plants and construction tools and materials are needed as well as discards for the yard sale. Time: Work in the garden or provide music for future open houses. Please contact Nancy Waidtlow at [email protected] or 559-224-1738 for additional information. (Denise Sciandra)
Early Times in the Fresno Folk Scene by Evo Bluestein Evo continues with interviews regarding early Fresno folk history. This month Frank Hicks follows up on his remembrances of the old days. Author's Note: An earlier excerpt about Frank Hicks ran in the September 2014 FFS newsletter. This excerpt picks up from his high school graduation in June 1941. Frank went to work for the railroad in 1950, became an engineer in 1956 and continued his career with the railroad until retiring in 1982. Fortunately, his railroad career enabled him to take off time to play music. Frank's introduction to Sweet's Mill (via Bob Thompson) changed his life and the lives of others. As jazz violinist Paul Anastasio recalled, "Until I met Frank, I had never seen anyone play like that; it made me the player that I am now. He was the finest rhythm guitarist I've heard live or on record. He was simply a phenomenal jazz musician and a great guy who should have been better known." Frank Hicks 1922-1995 (Part 2, Continued from March Flyer) I went to school with Bob Thompson’s nephew. Bob Thompson built some guitars and he also played but he couldn’t keep good time. He was trying to play with Pete Everwine, and he invited me up to Sweet’s Mill and introduced me to Pete as someone who’d be able to really play with him. I had never heard Pete, so we sat down to play. It was simple for me. I heard those tunes all my life but nobody wanted to hear ‘em. The banjo didn’t make a comeback until the hootenannies. I hadn’t played that music in a long time. I was doing other kinds of music. I was working at Arabian Nights with Guy Chakurian for a belly dance show. Anyway Pete and I became friends, and Pete said a fiddle would go well with this, but he didn’t know any fiddlers. We had a program for a club started by Roger Derryberry called The Gallery–just the two of us and everybody liked us so that’s when Pete said we ought to get a fiddler. I had played with Ron Hughey back in 1934, ’35 and ’36 for dances. We went to see Ron in his welding shop, in Fowler. I hadn’t seen him in a long time. He turned around, and he had that welding helmet on, and I said, 'Is Ron Hughey here?' 'Damn you!' he said. 'Damn you son of a bitch! Where you been?' He come up a-hugging me you know. I said, 'Do you still play the fiddle Ronny?' He said, 'There it is–right there in the corner!' I said, 'Get it out. I brought a banjo player.' He took off all that welding stuff, grabbed a fiddle and played good as ever he did. He was a hoedown playing fool with arms six feet long. We got to playing quite a bit, did some concerts, and I started going to Sweet’s Mill and playing folk music. I never was in that *scene+ before. I like folk music and potlucks and bringing my steam engine I built to grind coffee. I liked Sweet’s Mill. Hell, I would have lived there, forgot everything, no mail, nothing else, just stay there. I loved it. I liked the type of people. I have played with a lot of fakes in my life. Out on the stage they were half-way human, but behind the curtain they were just a bunch of fakes. It’s just a show out front. You get them back stage and they all hate each other.
When I got to doing this folk thing, I quit all other music. This is really what I liked. It was no pressure; it was simple. We got to playing around a lot and Alan Oakes said he’d like to book me and Ron and Pete. There was no one playing oldtime music around here. Virgil Byxbe loved that and came to all our concerts. I said we need a name and we thought of different things and came up withThe Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys. Pete said I should be the leader and I said, “Okay, but you be the MC. I’m not gonna talk.” There wasn’t really a leader, but it was just to let them know when we were gonna play and all that. Ronny said this gave him a chance to play all the old hoedowns and tunes that he liked. He was telling Pete, 'Me and Frankie, when we played this back in the 30s they’d walk off. People didn’t want to hear hoedowns.' I met fiddler Paul Anastasio at Sweet’s Mill. He was looking to meet me and play swing music. We got to playing together and loved it. When it was time to leave, something was wrong with his car and he didn’t have the money to fix it. I asked him how much he needed and said I’d get it for him. I told him to come down to Fresno with me. We went to this club next to where the Tropicana Lodge was, and I asked the people I knew there if they’d like to have some fantastic jazz music. They asked how much we wanted, and I said we didn’t want nothing. We packed the place and they were selling booze like I don’t know what. We played till one in the morning and made some tips, but I made the manager agree to pay us fifty bucks a man for the next three nights. I gave all I made to Paul. I told him, 'If you want to make money, go in and play for nothing the first night, and then make them beg you to play.' Paul and I became good friends, and we made that record with Joe Holley. Paul asked about Joe and I told him he lived right here with all these other great musicians. Chris Strachwitz bought that record right up for Arhoolie records. It all boils down that I was lucky enough to live in an era that I got to meet all of these people. You could have done it too if you’d been around then. (Continued in April Flyer) First Annual Kings River Jamming and Camping Weekend April 16-19, 2015 Join us for a long weekend of music jamming Details: Kirch Flat Group Campground (elevation 1000’) has picnic tables, a campfire ring, toilets, plenty of space to pitch your tent, and a large parking area. Directions: Take Belmont Avenue east from Fresno (or 180 east to Fowler Avenue exit, then to Belmont east) to Piedra (30 miles). Stay on Trimmer Springs Road all the way around Pine Flat Lake (27 miles) to Kirch Flat Campground. RSVP to Ron Bohigian at [email protected] or phone 233-0740. (Ron Bohigian)
The annual shindig at Sherron Brown and Michael Hill's home (7780 N Leonard, off Highway 168) is set for Saturday, April 25. Bring your favorite pot luck dish, your instruments, your voices, and your folding chairs. Start time is around 1:30 pm and it ends when everyone goes home. Directions: From Highway 168, take the Tollhouse exit just north of Clovis Community Your Host Hospital and turn east at the light, right at the stop sign, left at Nees Avenue and right on Leonard (south); From Herndon, turn north on DeWolf, right at Alluvial, left (north) on Leonard. The home is on the east side of the street across from its mailbox. Phone is: 323-9298. Come early and you might get to eat some of Michael's barbecue ribs. Plus, we can always use help setting up the tables and canopies. See you there. (Sherron Brown) Easter Weekend -- Community Easter Gathering at Finegold The Finegold Community invites ALL friends, acquaintances and interested persons to the Community Easter Gathering on Easter weekend, April 4 and 5, on the 120 acre “Finegold Ranch School” property on Finegold Creek in O’Neal’s. FREE admission, participation, camping, etc. Bring water, food, instruments, and all your friends. The Trust appreciates the ongoing support from the Folklore Society would like to continue coordinating events as in previous years. For info/directions, contact Bill Lehr: [email protected] ; 559-367-9065. Only 30+ miles away it remains very remote with no electricity. Verizon and AT&T will work up there. Saturday, there will be Educational Programs: music on stage, jam sessions (bring your instrument), beginner mandolin lessons, flint arrowhead demo, art and craft exhibits, BBQ, sweat lodge, massage, etc. Will John Muir appear again at the evening campfire to expound and extrapolate upon life’s meanings? Or, shall we just sit around and play music? Don’t forget the BBQ Saturday afternoon. Kenny Hall, who loved Finegold, would enjoy as he proudly proclaimed : “I’m a meat-a-tarian.” Rather, he could be classified as an ovo, lacto, ave, bova, pesca, porkaterian. Sunday, at 10:00 a.m., the Easter Bunny arrives at “Council Rock” to hippity-hop with the kids up to the meadow for an Easter egg hunt. Then we’ll relax on our blankets for a casual picnic until mid afternoon while we renew acquaintances and create new ones. For the last couple of years, The Caporales of Fresno, a Mexican folklorico dance and equestrian group, entertained us in full costume set to music. What a treat! Will they be there again? C’mon by and check it out Sunday morning. We know how to have fun while we have educational programs! Finegold Creek is not flowing at the grottos this year so don’t get your head stuck in the sand. The GOOD NEWS: the Creek is only a few inches deep at the crossing – it’s a piece of cake! … organic, low gluten, dairy-free, vegan, date-nut, carrot cake. (Bill Lehr)
Hi, I’m Lynn Ross, of “Lynn’s Jam”, where I make and sell jam to help musicians in many ways. However, that’s a story for another time. I’ve been doing this for ten years. Before that time, after our children left home, Jim and I decided to use the empty bedrooms and help musicians in another way. We host many musicians who travel to Fresno. We feed them, give them a place to rest, sometimes “jam” with them, and get to know them. We’re not the only ones who do this. Pat and Dick Wolk, Katzi and David Engle, Nancy Waidtlow and others offer their hospitality also. One group, The Haunted Windchimes, who will give a concert at the Voice Shop on April 16, stayed Our Founder with us on their first tour. We knew of them through Bryan Bowers, whose agent, Scott O’Malley is a Dad to one of the members of the group. He called us and we gladly said “yes” to his request that they stay with us. We met them at the Arte Americas, their venue for the concert. As we drove into the parking lot, we looked for the ancient Winnebago in which the five band members were touring. It had made it, and inside the venue we found the band, busily setting up and doing their sound check. We introduced ourselves as their hosts. They heartily welcomed us, saying they were glad to have real beds to sleep in for a change. Jim and I set up the jam table and settled in anticipating their concert. And what a concert that was! This new group was so professional. The instrumentals were so tight. And the harmonies pulled your ear into Auditory Nirvana. As we led them to our house after the concert, Jim and I enthused about the sounds we’d heard. The group, still jazzed about the concert, gladly drank a beer, while enthusiastically discussing the concert, the venue, the hospitality of the people there, and the overwhelming audience response. One member picked up his mandolin and began “noodling”, another grabbed a guitar, and it was not long until another impromptu concert was happening. After a breakfast of Jim’s pancakes and Lynn’s fruit syrups, we bid them safe journey to their next gig and until we would meet again. That was their first tour stop here. The second concert they performed even more movingly. We are joyfully anticipating their return. We highly recommend that you be there for an evening of musical pleasure. Lynn Ross Lynn’s Jam for April: Lemon Marmalade The Haunted Windchimes sound is very traditional folk and blues and the songs have a vintage quality, as if they might have been written yesterday or 75 years ago. The groups’ subtle and collective genius features original material written by all four members. It’s the vocal harmonies that really set them apart, a three-headed juggernaut of Desirae Garcia (ukulele), Chela Lujan (banjo) and Inaiah Lujan (guitar). When their voices blend, it is nothing short of beautiful. The sound is often moody and melancholy, but it is always deeply affecting. That sound is embroidered by the instrumental mastery of Mike Clark (harmonica, fiddle, mandolin, guitar and concertina). Thursday, April 16, 2015 — 7:00 PM Web Site: http://thevoiceshop.ticketleap.com/the-haunted-win Tickets: $15 ADV/FFS $18 Door. Purchasing Tickets: National Hardware and Patrick's Music and at Ticket leap The Voice Shop 1296 N Wishon Fresno CA 93728. For information call: (559) 307-3610
Two for the Road (Donn Beedle/fiddle and Karana Hattersley-Drayton/keyboard and vocals) perform their Celtic cowboy mix of Irish fiddle tunes and bluegrass songs at The Patio Cafe (Fig Garden Village), Thursday April 30th, 6-8 PM. Future Events
Bryan Bowers with Barry Shultz and Terry Barrett Sunday From his rather unglamorous beginning as a street singer, Bryan Bowers has become a major artist on the traditional music circuit. He has redefined the autoharp and is also well known as a singer-songwriter. Bryan has a dynamic outgoing personality and an uncanny ability to enchant a crowd in practically any situation. His towering six foot four inch frame can be wild and zany on stage while playing a song like `Dixie' and five minutes later he can have the same audience singing `Will The Circle Be Unbroken' in quiet reverence and delight. For nearly three decades, Bryan Bowers has been to the autoharp what Earl Scruggs was to the five-string banjo. He presents instrumental virtuosity combined with warmth, eloquence, expression and professionalism. May 10, 2015 — 6:00 PM 5:00 Potluck Wolk Garden 6661 N Forkner Fresno CA 93711 Tickets: $10 ADV/FFS $15 Door. Purchasing Tickets: National Hardware and Patrick's Music. For information call: (559) 307-3610
Evie Ladin / Evil Diane Saturday Barreling full-steam out of trad Old-Time into the urban environs of Oakland, CA, with side trips into a global percussive dance scene, Evie brings deep roots to collaboration with the BAND. Tenacious, innovative string musicians/dancers with a quirky neo-trad soul, the ELB throws down a new folk music with an unusually creative and surprising live show. May 31, 2015 Mia Cuppa Caffe' 620 E Olive Ave — 6:30 PM Tickets: $10 ADV/FFS $15 Door. Purchasing Tickets: National Hardware, and Patrick's Music, Mia Cuppa Caffe' 620 E Olive Ave Fresno CA 93728. For information call: (559) 307-3610
April 4th April 18th Vino and Friends 6 to 10 PM Fig Garden Village Spring 1560 E Champlain Ste 101 Fest 10 AM to Noon Steve Ono
April 19th May 7th Taste of the Valley The Flower Tome Companion KC Kids Benefit at the Tower Theater 4 PM Simonian Farms a benefit for KFSR radio 2629 S Clovis Ave at Jensen FRESNO FOLKLORE SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION 2015-2016
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Ballots are due by April 25, 2015. You may also turn in your ballots at the Basque on Wednesday nights to Sue Wirt or bring them to the Brown-Hill Potluck Party Jam on April 25. There will be extra ballots available at those venues in case you do not remember to bring yours. FOLKLORE SOCIETY P.O. Box 4617 FRESNO, CA 93744 APRIL FFS EVENTS 2015
Every Wednesday : Kenny Hall’s Friends Old Time Music Jam @ Santa Fe Basque Restaurant, 5:30 to 7:30 pm – Free Every Thursday : Honky Tonk Jam hosted by EZ Mark Poschman @ Full Circle Brewery, 5-7 pm. 620 F St., Fresno, CA, (559) 264-6323. - FREE
Monthly Events: 1st Sunday: Kelley’s Corner Jam @ Pizza Factory in Madera Ranchos, 2-5 pm. 1st Saturday: Chris & Tina Galfo’s English Country Dance @ Auberry Library, 7 to 9 pm. Live music with Sherron Brown and Jean Kilpatick. Donation. 1st Saturday: Sacred Harp Singing is scheduled twice a month, with some variability in dates and times. Call Linda Booth for details at 292-6469. 2nd Sunday: Irish Jam @ La Boulangerie, Fig Garden Village at 2:30 to 4:30 pm. 2nd Monday: FFS Board Meeting @ Sante Fe Basque Restaurant, 7:30 pm. 2nd Saturday: No Contra Dance this month. 3rd Saturday: English Country Dance @ California Arts Academy, caller Evo Bluestein, no partner required in advance, live music by Sherron Brown and Sam Cunningham, 6:30 to 9 , $6 donation.
FFS and related Events (FFS in Bold) Apr. 4-5, Sat.-Sun., Finegold Ranch Community Easter Gathering on Easter Weekend @ Finegold Ranch School in O'Neals, all day, free admission and camping. Come as early as Friday and bring water, food, instruments, family and friends. Contact Bill Lehr (559) 367-9065 or e-mail: [email protected]. See article. Apr. 16, Thu., Haunted Windchimes @ The Voice Shop, 7 pm, $15 Adv/FFS, $18 door. See Concert Page. Apr. 16-19, Thu.-Sun., Kings River Jamming and Camping Weekend @ Kirch Flat Group Campground. See newsletter. RSVP Ron Bohigian at (559) 233-0740 or e-mail: [email protected]. Apr. 19, Sun., Flower Tome Companion @ Tower Theater, 4 pm, $15 online, $20 at door. Six sold out Rogue Festival performances, back by popular demand, mock radio show ala Prairie Home Companion is a fundraiser to benefit KFSR Radio. Tickets available at HTTP://towertheatrefresno.com. Info: KFSR Radio (559) 278-2598 or Tower Theatre (559) 485-9050. Apr. 25, Sat., Brown-Hill Potluck Party Jam. (559) 323-9298. See article. Apr. 30, Thu., Janice Ian @ Tower Theatre, 8 pm. Info at Tower Box Office (559) 485-9050. Apr. 30, Thu., Two for the Road (Donn Beedle/fiddle and Karana Hattersley-Drayton/keyboard and vocals) perform their Celtic cowboy mix of Irish fiddle tunes and bluegrass songs at The Patio Cafe (Fig Garden Village), Thursday April 30th, 6-8 PM
Apr. 25, Sat., Evo Bluestein’s String Band Class Location on request [email protected]. 559-297-8966
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 10, Sun., Brian Bowers with Barry Schultz and Terry Barrett @ Wolk Folk Garden, potluck at 5 pm, concert at 6 pm. May 14-17, Thur.-Sun., California Autoharp Gathering @ St. Nicholas Ranch, Dunlap. Earlybird classes on May 12 & 13. Register online. May 31, Sun., Evie Ladin/Evil Diane and Keith Terry @ Mia Cuppa Cafe, 6:30 pm
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1 Kenny Hall’s 2 Honky Tonk w/ 3 4 English Country Dance Friends @ Santa EZ Mark @ Full @ Auberry Lib. 7-9 pm, Fe Basque, 5:30 Circle Brewery, 5-7 FREE to 7:30 pm pm. Good Friday Sacred Harp Singing 3-5 FREE FREE pm, call to confirm April Fool's Day Passover begins 292-6469 at Sundown Finegold Ranch Comm. Easter Gathering in O'Neals. See article
5 Tea Dances @ Frank’s 6 7 8 Kenny Hall’s 9 Honky Tonk w/ 10 11 Place, 2-5 pm $10 Friends @ Santa EZ Mark @ Full Irish Jam @ La Fe Basque, 5:30 Circle Brewery, 5-7 Boulangerie, 2:30-4:30 to 7:30 pm pm. pm FREE FREE FREE
12 13 FFS 14 15 Kenny Hall’s 16 Honky Tonk w/ 17 Kings River 18 English Country Dance Board Friends @ Santa EZ Mark @ Full Jamming and @ Cal Arts 6:30 pm $6 Meeting, Fe Basque, 5:30 Circle Brewery, 5-7 Camping @ Kirch donation @ Santa to 7:30 pm pm. FREE Flat Group Fe Basque FREE The Haunted Campground. See @ 7:30 Windchimes @ The article. pm Voice Shop, 7 pm, $15 Adv/FFS, $18 Door. Kings River Jamming and Camping 19 Flower Tome 20 21 22 Kenny Hall’s 23 Honky Tonk w/ 24 25 Brown-Hill Potluck Companion a KFSR Friends @ Santa EZ Mark @ Full Party Jam Fundraiser @ Tower Fe Basque, 5:30 Circle Brewery, 5-7 (559) 323-9298 Theater, 4 pm, $15 to 7:30 pm pm. FREE online, $20 at door. See FREE Arbor Day Evo Bluestein Old Time Events list. Earth Day String Band Class location on request evobluestein@ gmail.com Kings River Jamming and Camping 27 28 29 30 Janice Ian @ Tower Theater, 8 pm. (559) 485-5070 Two For The Road @ Patio Café Fig Garden Village 6-8 PM
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