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The Feb/March 2021 A publication by the Southwest Bluegrass Association SWBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Bluegrass Soundboard STAFF President Vice-President Terry Brewer Marc Nelissen Managing Editor Terry Brewer 661-364-9321 909 289 8730 661-364-9321 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Associate Editor Treasurer Secretary Sheila Brewer Paula De Bie Missy Lyn Gibson 951-934-3478 774-248-4128 Regular Contributors [email protected] [email protected] Terry Brewer, Bert Luontela, Ann Smith, Membership Connie Tripp Chris Jones, Wayne Erbsen, Eric Nordbeck Sheila Brewer 661-305-1554 Distribution 661-364-7415 [email protected] Flo De Bie, Carol Lister, Frank & Patsy Abrahams, [email protected] Susan Brown, Ella Carter, Paula De Bie Louie De Bie The Bluegrass Soundboard Deadlines 951-934-3478 [email protected] DECEMBER JANUARY issue November 1st FEBRUARY /MARCH issue January 1st APRIL MAY issue March 1st COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS JUNE JULY issue May 1st AUGUST SEPTEMBER issue July 1st OCTOBER NOVEMBER issue September 1st Soundboard & Web manger Terry Brewer Terry Brewer Missy Lyn Gibson ADVERTISING RATES Julie Ann Evans Single Issue Yearly SWBA Host Full page $65 $350 Sheila Brewer Advertising Half page $35 $190 $25 SWBA Jam Host Missy Lyn Gibson Quarter page $130 $10 $60 Howard Doering Terry Brewer Card size Marc Nelisse Foe more information concerning advertising Mark Shutts Campout Hosts (including special rates and discounts) Contact Terry Brewer René Baquet Paula De Bie 661-364-9321 [email protected] SWBA School Program Sheila Brewer SWBA Membership For member information, change of address, phone and emails. 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VISIT US ON THE WEB AT Neither the Southwest Bluegrass Association nor the people involved in providing information on this website can be held responsible for www.southwestbluegrass .org any result stemming from errors in information found on the Southwest Bluegrass Association website. Please check with the actual venue before traveling long distances to bluegrass events. Views expressed in these pages are not necessarily those of The Bluegrass Soundboard, Southwest Bluegrass Association, it's Board of Directors or the Editorial Staff. The Southwest Bluegrass Association, is dedicated to the preservation Pickers and grinners promoting Bluegrass and promotion of Bluegrass music, has been designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Contributions are deductible for music and those involved in it. Federal or State income tax purposes. For those interested in some great music Hello SWBA members and friends, I hope this newsletter finds you well! Not much has changed since the last newsletter, venues are still closed and festivals dates are still being canceled. Some are jamming outdoors in small groups. Hope full that things will change so folks can gather for some music. The SWBA Board met online on January 12th and with no clue of what will change in the coming month, SWBA Super Jam dates are still to be determined. With the passing of Paul Haas the day before, the meeting was a little different, missing our friend and fellow board member. Paul was always ready to do anything that was needed, supported our Mike Nadolsons CD “Quicksand” is available to organization and the Bluegrass community. Were help Mikes family with medical costs, You can mail going to miss him for sure. $20.00 to Mark Shutts 15481 Electronic Lane, The Board voted to open nominations for the Huntington Beach CA Unit C 92649 and Mark will mail 2021/22 Board of Directors. I encourage you to it to you. volunteer for the board, so SWBA can continue to exist in the future. The pandemic has caused a drop in membership, so hopefully things will turn around when the festivals and camping events return. Needing some help with the newsletter content to fill the pages with articles and or contact with you by email or phone about what’s going on in your area. Since the first day this associations membership has I invite you to join me online for 3 hours of Bluegrass grown beyond the Southwest, so I am looking and Bluegrass Gospel for Hocked On Bluegrass with forward hearing from you all. Terry Brewer, Thursdays 10 AM - 1 PM pacific and Bill and Carol Elmore have sold there RV and home Sundays 3 to 6 PM for The Bluegrass Cafe. Listen in Piñon Hills and relocated to Orange County to be online at thebluegrassjamboree.com or download the near family. She told me several months ago and free Bluegrass Jamboree phone app for Android or kept forgetting, Hope to see them in the future and iPhone wish them well in there new home. Mark and Julie Evans have moved to Kingman AZ and Marc Nelissen and Missy Lyn Gibson are loading up and moving near Prescott AZ. I’ve been told the Golden Shores/Topock Campout is still on for Feb 22th - March 1st so if the creek don't rise, me and Sheila will be dragging the trailer to Arizona to visit friends and do some pickin’ in the desert! Keep on pickin’ God Bless and safe travels Terry Brewer It’s with a heavy heart, that I tell you our friend Paul Haas passed on January 11th, 2021. Paul grew up in Southern California and lived in the San Gabriel Valley, as a brother, father, and grandfather, he knew no strangers and was a friend to many. He truly loved to play music with anyone who was willing to pick and as a singer-songwriter he loved to perform. Playing with Shinbone, The Famous No Name Bluegrass Jam Band and the Riding Ring Road Show at seveal events, venues and festivals, like Route 66 Bluegrass Festival and Summergrass. Always eager to pick, Paul played music several times a week, atending jams at the Saddle Sore Saloon, the veterans jam at the American Legion in Norco, CA and at the Orange Circle jam in Orange CA. At a jam one Tuesday night, Paul met Chris Murphy and after singing one of his songs he had written. Chris asked if he would be interested in recording? This created a new friendship and a new musical journey creating videos and recording 10 tracks on his debut album “Long Long Time” released July 24th on Teahouse Records. This morning I watched the video on youtube again about the album and something Paul said teared me up again. “Life is not life without music, music makes me feel alive ““I m leaving something behind for people to remember me by. I hope you enjoy it”~ Paul Haas Paul was truly proud of this project and he will be missed by everyone that knew him. His music will live on through his family and friends. Rest In Peace my friend, it was a blessing to know you and a joy to play music with you, good times and great memories ~ Terry Brewer there room mates. And just how big is that closet any way? CHRIS & CELESTE Oh well, not important because they did a mighty fine job and Knee Deep In Sorrow was born and then mixed and By Phoebe Leigh-Suelflow mastered by Eric Eglum at New Wine Recording Studio and Chris Cerna, who was born in the Mastering Lab in Apple Valley CA. Philippines, grew up in Hawaii has Here's Chris & Celeste favorite songs & tracks on the CD been playing music since he was 5 years old. He grew up playing piano 1 I’ll Stay Around - A song written by Lester Flatt and this and got a degree in music at the University of Hawaii, first track will get your toe tappin’ as Chris kicks it off with Manoa. the banjo and features Celeste on lead vocals, and the first solo break, Chris on mandolin and on guitar for the 2nd break. In high school he discovered the fiddle through a friend 2 Gentle River - This ballad, love song will give you that who played in church with him. It sounded so beautiful that peaceful relaxing feeling as Celeste’s vocals take you on a he wanted to learn more about fiddle music, so he bought journey backed by some mighty fine mandolin pickin’ and any album he could find with fiddle in it. One of those a guitar intro to set the tone. albums happened to be of fiddle and banjo that eventually led him to discover bluegrass music and first heard the 3 The Prisoner’s Song - Here's another toe-tapper that will mandolin. make want to dance or get your instrument and pick along. Even if its a sad story about a lonely feller in prison missing Chris jammed along with bluegrass CDs for three years, his darling. until he learned there was a group called Bluegrass Hawaii that got together once a month.