DESERT BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION Newsletter
Grass Clippings Volume 25 Issue 4 Oct Nov 2019
Campout this weekend Lake Patagonia
I am looking forward to our Campout this weekend at Lake Patagonia. Picking and grinning will get underway Friday afternoon!! Saturday we will be jamming all day followed by a potluck and then some more jamming!!! Sunday morning will be a gospel jam! If you haven't made reservations yet, sorry it's sold out. There maybe a Friday night spot left but no Saturday night, unless there is last minute cancellation. Check the lakes website for that. You can still come down (hour and a half drive) Saturday to jam and join in on the potluck. If you are coming to the potluck, bring a dish to share, your beverage and eating utensils. I will have some extra paper plates and utensils for the day trippers or those that forgot. Should be a beautiful weekend and a great time to be had by all!!! See you there!!!!! PAGE 2 GRASS CLIPPINGS VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 OFFICERS
President: Dave Polston (520) 245-6126 [email protected] Vice President: Carole Wothe (520) 760-0993 [email protected] Secretary: Mike Headrick (520) 760-0745 [email protected] Treasurer: Marlene Simpson (520) 355-4000 [email protected] TRUSTEES
Jerry Wothe (520) 760-0993 [email protected] Scott Warren (520) 419-7556 [email protected] Paul “Doc” Simpson (520) 355-3000 [email protected] Bonnie Lohman (520) 349-4812 [email protected] David Lanham (520) 749-0335 [email protected] Dale Lynne Vickroy (520) 664-0340 [email protected].
Newsletter Editor--: For information concerning letters to the editor, reviews, contributing newsletter articles, submitting Concert & Band Listing information, email: [email protected] Webmaster--Dale Lynne Vickroy: For information concerning the DBA website www.desertbluegrass.org contact the webmaster at [email protected] Membership Secretary--Mike Headrick: To join the DBA, renew a membership or submit an address change, contact Mike via phone at (520) 760-0745, email, [email protected] or snail mail, 13308 Placita el Algodon Tucson, AZ 85749 Publicity--Mike Headrick: Contact Mike at (520) 760-0745 or [email protected] Advertising: Carole Wothe: [email protected]
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The opinions expressed in the DBA newsletter are those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of the Desert Bluegrass Association, its staff or members. Reviews, concert listings, band announcements and advertising are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement by the Desert Bluegrass Association. In the event of an error, our liability is limited to printing a correction. Copyright 2013,. All Rights Reserved. VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 GRASS CLIPPINGS PAGE 3
Our Annual Bluegrass Festival by Dave Polston Hey Pickers and Grinners, save this date, March 20-22, 2020!!! We will all be gathering at Gladden Farms Park for our annual festival. Hey Pickers and Grinners, save this date, March 20-22, 2020!!! We will all be gathering at Gladden Farms Park for our annual festival. We have a great group of people heading up the committee to ensure we have a successful weekend!
I would like to thank the following people for stepping up and volunteering to head the sub committees. Holly Tripp and Dale Vickroy will be my co-chairs, others who will work on specific duties to make sure the weekend is a success are, Paul Deo, Curt Holmes, Daniel Bieg, Jim Wagner, Carole Wothe, Suzette Sommerer, Brady Parker, Eileen Farland, Doug McMasters, Jonathon Grinder, Marlene Simpson, Susan Kellogg and Bonnie Lohman. These people are essential to a successful festival, doing all the work needed to make for a great weekend.
The town of Marana, led by Bob Stinson, has been a great partner to help us get this festival up and running. During the last 5 years they have provided or financed many essential things needed for the festival. Each year we have increased and adjusted our budget to cover these expenses. This year will be the final year of their assistance. Our budget will have about a 20% increase next year. One sure way to reach this new budget is income from attendance. Everyone of you can help by attending and bring 2 new people and introduce them to the wonderful world of bluegrass!!!
This year we are going to add a "kids zone" to make the festival more family friendly. Ideas for this include crafts, face painting, Hulu hoops, games, etc. If you have any ideas or supplies that would help please let us know.
We will start making some small "save the date" flyers so everyone can start passing out to friends and neighbors. We will later have bigger handouts and posters available. We will use a service to distribute them to a selected list but each of can put up a poster or two around your neighborhood. We are the best advertising we can afford!! Put one up where you get your oil change, haircut, have breakfast out, etc. You can also let those businesses know that they can also help by being a sponsor. Information for that can be found on the website or by sending leads to Holly Tripp.
We will also be having a silent auction (Holly Tripp) and an instrument raffle (Daniel Bieg). If you have any leads to help those please let us know. Those are major financial players to our festival income.
Last year we had some great jams in the campgrounds!! We hope to continue that this year!! At our first meeting we discussed possible bands and formats. We should have more details on that by the next newsletter. Stay tuned! PAGE 4 GRASS CLIPPINGS VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4
Anni Beach, Desert Bluegrass Association member for many years has won the award
Mentor of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association
If you attend the DBA festivals, you couldn’t help but notice and appreciate her skill in mentoring the Jam Pak children she teaches.
.Anni Beach has been teaching neighbor- hood children to play music in her home since 1994. Anni you are a treasure, and DBA appreciates your accomplishments
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Remember the DBA jams Come and play, or come and listen.
Check the website for when and where.
This is bluegrass. A friend took me to a Bluegrass Festival over the weekend, and this is what I’m going to do the rest of Trail Dust Town 9/19/19 my life.
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The Bluegrass Band, DUSTY RIVER, is returning to the SaddleBrooke Performing Arts Center on October 26. Prime seats are selling fast so hop on the website to purchase the best available seats.
https://dvpac.net/upcoming/concert/dusty-river-bluegrass-band/231
October 26 the Bluegrass Band, Dusty River, returns to the SaddleBrooke Performing Art Center. Back with the band are some of your favorites. The Mamula Brothers, Rudy and Sam are here, Sam with that wonderful tenor voice and Rudy with his on-stage humor. Rosie Briones will fiddle up a storm and is always a crowd please. SaddleBrooke’s own, Rich Errico, will bring some hot mandolin licks and new songs too.
The biggest news is the addition of 17 year old Maria McArthur. Maria has been playing music all her life and is wiz on the banjo, guitar, fiddle and dobro. She is an Arizona state champion in both banjo and flat pick guitar. She was won awards for swing fiddling and twin fiddling. This September she will be playing at the bluegrass Mecca, Station Inn, in Nashville with bluegrass mandolin legend Mike Compton. Maria is sure to amaze you with her talent and mastery of all these instruments, all of which she will be playing at our performance in SaddleBrooke. The Bluegrass Band, Dusty River is pleased to welcome Maria into the band. We know she will be a showstopper.
Go on line now to reserve your best seats. PAGE 7 GRASS CLIPPINGS VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 GRASS CLIPPINGS PAGE 8 Welcome to our new and returning members: Graciela Lang Green Valley Ken Reeve Tucson Don Zuger Tucson Aymon Maulandi Tucson
CAMPOUT LAKE PATAGONIA OCTOBER 4-6 We will be having a Bluegrass jamming campout at Lake Patagonia Oct 4-6. We hope you will join us for a fun, music filled weekend. If you do not want to camp overnight, please consider coming down for the day on Saturday or Sunday. Or stay at a nearby hotel. The town of Patagonia has a hotel called the Stage Stop Inn, along with a couple of bed & breakfasts. The town of Sonoita has the Sonoita Inn. I am including the link to the Camping reservation site where you can select and reserve a camping spot. We are looking at spots 78 thru 100 which have a large, shady grassy area ideal for jamming. A dozen people have reserved sites and there are now only a few nearby sites available in the West Campground. Lake Patagonia also has 4 cabins still available, each cabin can hold up to 6 people. Reserve your spots now. https://azstateparks.com/reserve/patagonia-lake/camping/
If you plan to go (camping or not) please let us know so that we can send you information on activities,( Saturday night pot luck etc.)
Reply via email to [email protected] or call Dave Polston - 520-245-6126. Notes from Pete Wernick, Dr. Banjo I love bluegrass and what it’s done for my life. I love the community, the grounding in honest, solid values, the spirit of both teamwork and independence… and … it sounds good! I think more people should play bluegrass and tap into what it offers. And truly, I think the world would be a better place if more people played bluegrass. Adults, kids, everybody.
Bluegrass is a rare type of music, in that it is almost always played entirely by ear. Virtually all great bluegrass has been played without reference to written notation of any kind. It grows out of experience, little by little, in a group context. It is only in the last few decades that the notes of songs and tunes have become readily available in printed form. Tablature has greatly facilitated learning, no doubt. In a short few years, bluegrass teachers, instruction books and videos have proliferated enormously to keep up with the demand. But tablature is not necessary, and is certainly not sufficient to learn how to play bluegrass music. Earl Scruggs once told me: “I have no idea how anyone can play a tune exactly the same way twice in a row.” PAGE 10 GRASS CLIPPINGS VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4
D B A E v e n t s Visit the DBA Online Calendar October 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 WORKSHOP CAMPOUT CAMPOUT
(MARANA) JAM JAM LAKE PATAGONIA LAKE PATAGONIA 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
13251 N
Lon Adams Road 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
WORKSHOP WORKSHOP AM (MARANA) J JAM (EAST SIDE) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 11:30pm - 1:30 pm 7 pm - 9 pm Christ Community 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm VA Hospital Udall Park Church Bldg 60 13251 N Ramada 530 S Pantano Rd 6th Ave & Ajo 7200 E. Tanque Lon Adams Road Verde Road 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 JAM 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Pinnacle Peak
Court Yard 6541 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
Columbus Day JAM 20 21 22 23 5:00 24pm - 6:30 pm 25 26 Sierra del Sol WORKSHOP WORKSHOP Senior Living JAM 8151 E. Speedway 7 pm - 9 pm (EAST SIDE) (MARANA) Udall Park 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Ramada Christ Community Church 7200 E. Tanque 13251 N Verde Road 530 S Pantano Rd WORKSHOP Lon(NW Adams SIDE Road) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Marana Community 27 28 29Center 30 31 WORKSHOP13251 N Lon Adams JAM WORKSHOP Rd., Marana (MARANA) 4pm - 6pm (EAST SIDE) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Thirsty’s Neigh- Christ Community borhood Grill Church 13251 N 2422 N. Pantano 530 S Pantano Rd Lon Adams Road PAGE 11 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4
GRASS CLIPPINGS
Visit the DBA Online Calendar D B A E v e n t s November 2019
S M T W T F S 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JAM WORKSHOP WORKSHOP JAM
3pm-5pm (EAST SIDE) (MARANA) 11:30pm - 1:30 pm Udall Park 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm VA Hospital Ramada Christ Community 13251 N 7200 E. Tanque Bldg 60 Church Verde Road Lon Adams Road 6th Ave & Ajo 530 S Pantano Rd 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 JAM
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Far Horizons Clubhouse 555 N. Pantano
17 18 19 20 21J AM 22 23 JAM JAM WORKSHOP WORKSHOP 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 7 pm - 9pm (EAST SIDE) (MARANA) 3pm-5pm Sierra del Sol Pinnacle Peak Udall Park 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Senior Living Court Yard Ramada Christ Community 13251 N 7200 E. Tanque Church 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road 530 S Pantano Rd Lon AdamsWORKSHOP Road Verde Rd.
24 25 26(NW SIDE) 27 28 29 30 JAM WORKSHOP WORKSHOP 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (EAST SIDE) (MARANA) 4:pm - 6pm Marana Community Center Thirsty’s Neigh- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm borhood Grill Christ Community 13251 N Church 2422 N. Pantano 530 S Pantano Rd Lon Adams Road VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 GRASS CLIPPINGS PAGE 12 PAGE 13 GRASS CLIPPINGS VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4
GREAT WEBSITES
Desert Bluegrass Association Guitar: www.desertbluegrass.org www.bluegrassguitar.com/ Arizona Bluegrass Association Fiddle: www.arizonabluegrass.com www.fiddlehangout.com Bluegrass Arizona Blog Banjo: www.bluegrassarizona.blogspot.com www.banjohangout.org Daily Dose of Bluegrass Bass: www.bluegrassonthetube.com www.bluegrassbassplace.com Bluegrass Lyrics Mandolin: http://bluegrasslyrics.com/ www.mandohangout.com/ Bluegrass Tablature http://www.mandolincafe.com/ http://www.alltabs.com/bluegrass_tabs.php Dobro: Bluegrass Backing Tracks www.reso-nation.org http://www.fbbts.com/ www.resohangout.com
We we are tentatively scheduled to play at the Botanical Garden for Luminaria Night on Saturday, December 14, 5:00-8:30 PM This year are in the Xeriscape Garden area.
The covered area is small, so we may want to have two smaller groups play. Most of the area is not covered and outdoors If you are interested please let us know by October 12
FOR SALE: 2017 Epiphone "Dobro" Hound Dog model with pickup. $500. Comes with 2 free lessons. ($80 value) PAGE 15 GRASS CLIPPINGS VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 PAGE 16 GRASS CLIPPINGS VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 JAMS & OPEN MICS DBA sponsored jams are listed at www.desertbluegrass.org & on the enclosed calendar.
Southern AZ Old Time Fiddlers 1st Baptist Church Jam and instruments only, NO Amps, Assn. Open Mic Bluegrass songs preferred. Unitarian Universalist Church Wilds Road, Catalina, Arizona Contact Steve Hartwell 4831 E 22nd St, Tucson Info: Jim Howard, 520-825- [email protected] Tuesday 6:30—8:30pm 9413. Every Saturday, 6:30 - Info: Wilbur 520-743-7086 9:00 pm Kibbey’s Jam and Open Mic Casa Grande Airport Jam Info: Jim Howard, 520-825- 1st & 3rd Saturday, 12:00 pm. 9413;Twin Lakes Drive, Catali- Casa Grande Municipal Air- na, AZ. Every Friday Night port, 3225 N Lear Ave. Casa 6:30 –9:00 pm Grande Az. Acoustic stringed VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 GRASS CLIPPINGS PAGE 7 PAGE 18 GRASS CLIPPINGS VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 BANDS The 2 Lazy 2 Ranch Band MojoGrass The Sonoran Dogs John Hall 520-647-1234 520-369-7524 Peter McLaughlin 520-247-1027 www.facebook.com/mojograss Brian Davies 520-349-9497 Bear Canyon Ramblers [email protected] www.thesonorandogs.com Marilyn 520-760-0479 [email protected] Ocotillo Rain and Thunder Titan Valley Warheads www.bearcanyonramblers.com Contact: Holly Tripp Ed Davenport 520-904-6050 www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pa Cabin John Phone: 520-241-8421 ges/The-Titan-Valley- Howard Anderson--480-897-7425 Web: ocotillorain.com Warheads/161939573828277 Anni Beach--480-963-6811 Old Pueblo Bluegrass www.cabinjohnbluegrass.com Reid Griffin 520-349-4321 Way Out West Emmy Creigh 520-323-0704 Dusty River Band http://www.maranafestival.com/old- Rich Errico 520 818 0358 pueblo-bluegrass.html Dan Levenson and The Cat Mountain [email protected] Peter McLaughlin Rounders 412-551-0933 Jam Pak Blues 'N' Grass Neighborhood 520-247-1027 [email protected] Band Scattered Grass www.Clawdan.com www.jampak.com www.scatteredgrass.com The Speedway Brothers Band Anni Beach - 480-963-6811 [email protected] Thom Gelineau Bob Frankot 520-299-7479 Los Hombres [email protected] Kenny Erickson 520-235-7473 Facebook @TheSpeedwayBrothersBand INSTRUCTION
Reid Griffin 520-869-6818 Marc Rennard Guitar Instruction All Levels and Peter McLaughlin Fiddle, Mandolin, and Guitar Styles Flatpick & bluegrass guitar: Be- 314-313-0318 (520) 349-4321 ginner & advanced 520-247- [email protected] Nate Lee 1027 Expert repairs – Violin, Viola, Cel- Live Online Mandolin & lo, Bass, Fretted Instruments Dave Polston Bow Rehair Fiddle Lessons Banjo, Guitar & Dobro lessons 469-383-4840 520-245-6126 Dan Levenson www.TheNateLee.com Old Time fiddle, Clawhammer Mike Purdy Andy McCune Banjo and Old time guitar. Guitar, mandolin & Banjo 520- [email protected] Bluegrass & clawhammer banjo, 977-9780 mandolin, and beginning Dobro 412-551-0933 www.Clawdan.com TO INSTRUCTORS & BANDS Would you like your services, band, and or concerts listed on our website www.desertbluegrass.org ? Current DBA members can be listed by sending their contact information to Dale Lynne Vickroy at [email protected] . Refer to the 'Links' tab on the homepage to view current band and instructor information. We have added a second calendar on the website for other (non- DBA) concerts and events. If you have something scheduled that you would like added to the calendar: send me the date, time and address info. You may also include a link to your band's website or to a special event flyer. Info can be posted under the 'Events' tab. That would need to be specifically requested since I expect that people will begin using the calendar instead. Please submit information in plain text. Varied fonts, colors, formatting, and inserted graphics are extremely time consuming to match in the webpage editor. VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4 GRASS CLIPPINGS PAGE 19
ASSOCIATIONS
Arizona Bluegrass Association So. Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Association 10343 W Pinehurst Dr 3020 W. Avenida Cresta Sun City, Arizona 85351 Tucson, AZ 85745 Leslie Rhodes President Info: Wilbur 520-743-7086 602-565-3285 [email protected] www.arizonabluegrass.com Tucson Friends of Traditional Music Info: 520-408-6181 www.tftm.org International Bluegrass Music
Association 2 Music Circle South, Suite 100 Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association Nashville, TN 37203 PO Box 26531 615-256-3222 Tucson, AZ 85726 Toll Free: 1-888-438-4262 www.tkma.org http://www.ibma.org Tucson Old Time Music Circle International Bluegrass Music Museum [email protected] Museum Entrance: 117 Daviess St. Brad 520-818-0260 Mailing Address: 207 East Second St. www.totmc.org Owensboro, KY 42303 270-926-7891 888-MY BANJO (toll-free) Desert Bluegrass Association NON-PROFIT ORG.
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