The Official publication of the Colorado Society January 2016

CBMSCBMS toto CelebrateCelebrate ColoradoColorado BluegrassBluegrass MoversMovers && ShakersShakers atat Mid-WinterMid-Winter

What’s Inside: • Fruition at WinterWonderGrass...... 4

• New Album from Coral Creek...... 6

Address Service Requested Service Address • Monocle and Masontown in Lyons...... 7 Wheat Ridge, CO 80034-0406 CO Ridge, Wheat Bluegrass News

P.O. Box 406 Box P.O. Performance Calendar, Music Society Music Colorado Bluegrass Colorado CBMS Bands on Call & More! EXECUTIVE MESSAGE

ach year brings a great opportunity for music patrons in the Shows start at 7:00 p.m. with tickets available at coloradobluegrass.org. Front Range region to sit in a downright-for-real auditorium Other performance dates and acts are: and enjoy a double hitter of bluegrass in the finest of indoor sound environments. Please consider joining • February 6- Ron Thomasson of the legendary Dry Branch Fire Squad us for the first performance of our seasonal Broomfield and Heidi Clare, a fabulously talented fiddler and clogger, will perform. Auditorium Series on January 9. They will be joined by openers Kantankerous, who are a seriously great E band and could be headliners on their own. Dave Patton, longtime friend of CBMS and a guy who plays, promotes, talks and distills his way into your heart the minute you meet him, books the • March 12- The Railsplitters (yeah- you know it) will appear with sup- series. This year, the line-up is extra tasty. porting act, Acoustic Mining Company, who are one of the most original We start out with Finnders & Youngberg on Jan 9. Enough said. Well bluegrass bands in the state with super inventive instrumentals and a okay, if not, then check it out: host of great singing. Colorado’s Finnders & Youngberg proudly swim in the deep currents of We hope you will get your tickets early and join us in the mini-Lincoln American music--classic bluegrass, tried-and-true honky tonk, country swing Center of our mighty fine state of grassin’. and skillfully spun folk tales. While their sound evokes timelessness, it is a decidedly contemporary, well-traveled 21st century sensibility that informs their songwriting. Their tunes draw on the bumps, bruises and laugh lines Annie Savage earned when we find ourselves in the “bogs” of back roads, dive bars and President long, lonesome nights. Colorado Bluegrass Music Society They open for Blue Canyon Boys, who as I hear have been gifted with some serious stage wear. Pretty sure you want to be there.

Pow'r Pickin' Production Staff The Official publication of the Editor in Chief: Garian Vigil - [email protected] COLORADO BLUEGRASS MUSIC SOCIETY Advertising Sales: Annie Savage - [email protected] A non-profit association of Bluegrass enthusiasts. Graphic Design : Bone Doggie - [email protected] Proofers: Annie Savage, John Schmidt, Garian Vigil January 2016 CD Reviewer: Garian Vigil - cds@ coloradobluegrass.org ****** P.O. Box 406, Wheat Ridge, CO 80034-0406 Web site: www.coloradobluegrass.org Representatives www.facebook.com/theCBMS B.J. Suter Greg Worth 303-485-5222 303-918-0335 Editorial E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Advertising E-mail: [email protected] CD Reviews E-Mail: cds@ coloradobluegrass.org Kevin Slick John Clancy 303-718-3143 303-323-1937 [email protected] [email protected] COLORADO BLUEGRASS MUSIC SOCIETY BOARD of DIRECTORS:

President Vice-President Key Volunteers Annie Savage Marte Meyer Joy Maples John Schmidt 319-601-6379 303-726-8549 Web Wrangler Membership Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] 719-465-3025 970-663-7581 [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Secretary Randy Jones Janeen Bogue All information contained in Pow’r Pickin’ is the opinion of the authors. Such information does not necessarily represent the opinion or policy 303-431-1899 303-517-4860 of the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society, its officers or members, unless [email protected] [email protected] otherwise noted.

2 ON THE COVER ON THE NORTHERN BEAT Mid-Winter CBMS Fest Cures to Celebrate What Ails Ya! By Jan Peterson Colorado Bluegrass hroughout history, it seems, January and February have been in a tight race for the title Movers of “most depressing month of the year.” The post-Christmas- holiday letdown is real, but ameliorated & Shakers Tby New Year’s Eve partying and New Year’s Day hangover-nursing, a fitting prologue to the deprivations of January at and February. Mid-Winter Following the exuberant mayhem of the holidays, this already-bleak season seems even more intractably destitute. January and February reign over the darkest time of the year, with some of the shortest days Dr. Banjo to Emcee Special Ceremony and longest nights of the seasonal cycle contributing to a mental health problem that has been tagged Seasonal Affective Disorder By Annie Savage (SAD)—a psychological vexation that has • A selection of the nation’s finest flatpickers scientifically been demonstrated to contribute n Sunday, February 14, at to depression and a sense of hopelessness; the Mid-Winter Bluegrass • Our current CBMS board members, including doom, gloom and barrenness. Woe is me. Festival, we will present the several new members Well, I bring you tidings of great joy: The first ever CBMS Colorado • Some well-known Colorado jam grassers Mid-Winter Bluegrass Festival returns, Bluegrass Round Up and once again, to battle early-year depression • A wide selection of statewide deejays who Recognition Ceremony. serve in the bluegrass genre and SADness! The knowledge that this Please join us as we recognize people who event is coming up sustains me through haveO been key contributors in our musical • Countless other stewards of our might fine the impoverishment of those coldest and community. state of bluegrass here in Colorado! darkest months of the year. With visions of concert performances, hallway jams and All in addition to Pete Wernick serving as This ceremony, which we hope to make an new artist CDs crowding each other in my emcee and master of ceremonies!! annual event at the Mid-Winter will include and head, I am able to overcome the melancholy acknowledge: So won’t you make arrangements to share and dreariness of pre-Spring. You, too, can • Our CBMS Hall of Honor guests, who have this time and space with us? We would love experience the psychological boost provided been invited to perform a song together as to share it with you. And stick around for by this divinely-timed pick-me-up! well! one of the nation’s up and coming bluegrass The Mid-Winter Bluegrass Festival will • Valuable volunteers who have generously musicians, Molly Tuttle, who is flying in for a return February 12-14 to the Northglenn given of their time and effort in the past year, special Sunday set to follow the ceremony! Ramada. You have until February 6th to get your advance ticket orders in and save $15 • The musicians/bands who were invited The Mid-Winter Bluegrass Festival will be on each 3-day pass, but hotel rooms may to showcase at the 2015 IBMA Bluegrass held February 12-14 at the Northglenn Ramada not be available if you wait too long to make Ramble Plaza at Interstate 25 and 120th Avenue. Go to a reservation—I got mine! Less expensive • As many banjo players as we can fit on stage midwinterbluegrass.com for more information (true) and ticketing. Continued on page 14

3 THERE'S GRASS IN YOUR JAM

Fruition return to the Front Range; WinterWonderGrass

By David DeGrandpre y now, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the name Fruition floating around the bluegrass world. The Portland, Oregon-based band have been making a name for themselves over the past six years as they’ve toured across the country, and packed larger and larger venues with their mix of bluegrass, folk, rock, and blues. In mid-November, the bandB played two outstanding shows to a tightly packed Bluebird Theatre in Denver, playing mostly originals mixed in with a few choice covers.

Featuring Jay Cobb Anderson on vocals and a powerful groove, while “Lay Down Blues” If you miss your chance to catch them during lead guitar, Mimi Naja on vocals, mandolin is a ragged, fiery rockabilly jam. The tender those three shows, have no fear, as Fruition and guitar, Kellen Asebrook on vocals and “Sanctuary” closes out the EP with a powerful will return to the stage at WinterWonderGrass rhythm guitar, Jeff Leonard on bass, and Tyler lyrics and some fine mandolin playing from Mimi in Avon for their third time at the fest, February Thompson on drums and banjo, Fruition’s Naja. 19-21. talented lineup easily shifts between genres Fruition will be returning to the Front Range Speaking of WinterWonderGrass, the winter without missing a beat. in late January, spending one night at the bluegrass festival has become a yearly highlight At the end of October, the band quietly Aggie Theater in Fort Collins on January 21, as its organizers have successfully grown released a new EP, Holehearted Fools, without before headlining the main room at Cervantes the festival since its inaugural year in 2013, any notice, delighting their fans. Comprising Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver on the 22nd and bringing together a wealth of talented bands five tracks, it demonstrates the band’s excellent 23rd. In Denver, they’ll be joined by Nederland and musicians, along with a growing number songwriting and instrumental prowess. The favorites Gipsy Moon as well as San Francisco- of Colorado breweries to present an incredible charging “Somehow, Someway, Someday” based funk and blues band, the California weekend of music and craft beer set against the kicks off the EP with stinging lead guitar and Honeydrops. scenic backdrop of Avon.

4 This year looks to continue the impressive Dyke. Yet, putting aside the temporary buzz the scene, having won the 2015 band competition run this festival has put together, featuring two band gained, they continue to cross the country at Telluride Bluegrass. While Dustbowl Revival nights of Greensky Bluegrass and one night of bringing their mix of bluegrass, folk, swing, New is making their second appearance in Avon, as headliners. Joining the two Orleans funk and jazz to venues everywhere. Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds and the Lil’ headliners are a host of bands that include the Smokies are making their WinterWonderGrass Staying with the funk and jazz theme, Sister Wood Brothers, the Travelin’ McCourys, Peter debuts. All three are worth making sure you get Sparrow and the Dirty Birds are another horn- Rowan, , Mandolin Orange, and to the stage in time to check them out. driven outfit that bring together electric blues, Grant Farm. funk and soul while putting on an incredibly fiery Additionally, there a few other bands I highly live show. Led by vocalist Arleigh Kincheloe, recommend checking out if you happen to find the band have delivered three outstanding yourself in Avon in February. Dustbowl Revival studio albums while continuing to refine their made headlines earlier this year for releasing sound through countless lives shows. Finally, a music video for the song “Never Had To Go” returning to bluegrass, the Lil’ Smokies are that featured the legendary performer Dick Van becoming a very familiar name on the bluegrass

5 BLUEGRASS NEWS Coral Creek Bring a New Album, Lineup and Festival to the Foothills Second annual UllrGrass Fest returns to Golden in late January

By Travis Lawson met with Coral Creek founder Chris Thompson on a chilly Monday afternoon in Golden. At a brewery. No, not the big one that seems to swallow Clear Creek as it enters the city limits (although I have no problem crushing Banquets), butI one of the local spots that reside in the heart of town. And after interviewing Chris, and a downing a couple Red Ales, I found this to be the ideal setting for a man who’s building both a band and a festival in this foothills community.

After settling in Golden a few years back, Chris and his wife, Susannah, went to work building the group Coal Creek. Initially, the band comprised many moving parts. Their sound fluctuated as they played with different musicians and in varied environments (mixing Reggae- style island music with blues, jam and string bands). Yet lately the band has been solidifying in both style and lineup. Last year they added Bill McKay, formerly of Leftover Salmon and Derek Trucks Band, on the keys. He’s joined by Jack Watson on drums, Rob Garland on bass and Chris on guitar (although Susannah isn’t an official member, she’s a regular on sit-ins). One of their frequent guests, Luke Bulla, has recently become a permanent member of the Coral Creek lineup. Many bluegrass fans will recognize Luke as one of Chris Thompson Continued on page 15

6 IT'S SHOWTIME

By Annie Sirotniak ere at High Street Concerts, we’re excited to begin 2016 with a co- bill that is sure to delight lovers of bluegrass and acoustic music in a celebration of instrumental brilliance and songs. On Saturday, January H30th, we’re pleased to present Masontown and Monocle Band at Rogers Hall, 4th and High Street in Lyons. We’re ahead of the curve as one of the very first venues to feature the exciting new quartet, Masontown. This young band with a concept as timeless as the Rocky Mountains, has alighted onto a bluegrass community that has already produced some of the best that the acoustic music world has to offer. But Colorado, and the wider world of modern music, hasn’t quite heard this yet. Get ready to be delighted. They feature a lauded fiddle champion and classical violinist, Natalie Padilla Koob; veteran Monocle / Promo bluegrass mandolin player and composer, High Street Concerts Presents Monocle with Newcomers Masontown in Lyons Michael Canney; and one of Colorado’s jazz guitar greats reborn as a flatpicking sensation, Eric Wiggs. These three instrumentalists are also accomplished vocalists and they create fabulous harmonies. On upright bass, with roots running deep in the classical and jazz traditions, is Bradley Morse. Masontown’s sound is an energetic take on the American acoustic tradition. At once fresh and familiar, they unite the sounds of bluegrass, old- time, folk and new acoustic music into a sonic melting pot that hearkens back to deep musical traditions while remaining defiantly modern in conception. They echo the poignant exploration of the Trio, and blend the fierce drive of and the plaintive song-craft of Cahalen Morrison and Eli West. It’s no surprise that the members of Masontown have shared the stage with many of the musical icons their sound evokes. Masontown are a band on the move, Masontown / Promo Continued on page 15

7 Pickin' Sprouts How to be on Track Musically: Advice from a Railsplitter

By Jackson Earles ack in November, I had the chance to talk with Leslie Ziegler via telephone while she and the other Railsplitters were on tour in Tennessee. Aside from bass, Leslie knowsB her way around most of the stringed instruments in an orchestra (violin, viola and cello), as well as guitar, piano and some brass and woodwind instruments from studying them in college.

Leslie Ziegler / Emily Sierra Photography

8 Leslie started piano when she was 4, but later stopped when she of Bluegrass conference. During that week the band got to network with picked up the bass in middle school. Leslie started piano because her a bunch of bluegrass musicians from outside of Colorado, which helped parents signed her up for lessons, but she picked up the bass in her them book more shows nationally, and even outside of the United States middle school orchestra because they needed a bass player and she in places such as Germany, England and Ireland. Leslie mentioned was the only student tall enough to play it. “It was kind of put in my that it is important to meet as many people as you can, and make hands, but I’m glad that it was,” she says. connections. You can get to know amazing people, and they can help you grow. Before The Railsplitters, Leslie played in the Mossy Mountain Band, which was based out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. When she moved to Leslie’s advice for kids who want to be professional musicians is to be Colorado, Leslie sat in with Spring Creek, and they introduced her to like a sponge, meaning absorbing all of the information and music that the huge Colorado bluegrass scene. Along with teaching at bluegrass you can. Listening to music is as important as learning to play it. By camps, Leslie also has a lot of experience as a local orchestra teacher at listening to music you can train your ear, find heroes, and find inspiration Centennial High School in Lafayette. I’ve had Leslie as an instructor at for your playing. Although it is important, practicing alone in your room camps before and I can tell you what a great teacher she is. will only get you so far. Playing with other people gives you a chance to apply your practice, and to also learn from the others you are playing At first, she did not think that she was going to perform professionally, with. so she studied music education in school. “I find it a really great way to inspire kids, and I get really excited about teaching them music, because Leslie’s advice is consistent with the others I have interviewed. it’s something that you use every day,” she says. Absorbing information, and taking all the tips and pointers you can from those along the way (along with some of their licks) is one of the most When asked which skills carry over from being classically trained important parts of growing as a musician. Additionally, attending the to playing bluegrass music, Leslie says that the theory and technique local bluegrass jams has helped me grow as a musician immensely. definitely carry over. She says that knowing all of her chords, and instrument techniques, made the stylistic change easier. Also she said As a way to break the ice for my interview with Leslie I posed a that you could find inspiration from different types of music if you are question to her as a joke. I wanted to know on a scale of 1-10, just how trying to, for instance, write your own song or to improvise a break in cool is Dusty? As you might expect, the answer was a “20.” Leslie and another song because a “G chord” in classical music is a “G chord” in the other Railsplitters can inspire you too by keeping up with them at bluegrass. therailsplitters.com for information on shows, music and merchandise. While we in Colorado already know that The Railsplitters are amazing, Leslie said that a real turning point for them was the 2014 IBMA World

The Railsplitters / Emily Sierra Photography

9 NOTES FROMXXX THE SAN JUANS

By Tommy Frederico here’s a calming thunder that has rolled from the southwestern slopes of Colorado to the vast Front Range. Robin Davis and his lady Jimi Giles have been dabbling with their duo for some time now down in Durango, but they have recently decided to take their show to a broader audience and Texplore new territory.

10 Robinobin Davis has recorded on a number first placeDavis award on the mandolin. However, with that he hasDuo full control of the outlandish notes that of albums including Broke Mountain his dominant instrument, the guitar, Davis brings fly from his fingertips and as they make sense to RBluegrass Band’s Cabin in the Hills which power like no one else. His mastery of flatpicking my ears I find myself in disarray in determining features a then unknown but now quite star is currently displayed on his 1930s Gene Autry the logic behind his perfected melodies. studded list of pickers and songwriters including Supertone, an instrument as beautiful and unique My favorite track on the new album is “Crazy” Jon Stickley, Andy Thorn, Travis Book and Anders as the music that comes out of it. which was also my favorite on the older WOT Beck. The record also includes a couple of songs Of the eleven tracks, “Always Been a Rambler,” album. The new version has a telling a capella penned by Benny “Burle” Galloway. The band possibly first recorded by Grayson and Whitter intro followed by a great line where he describes won the coveted RockyGrass Band Competition around 1928, is the only traditional song on the how the protagonist of the song has a theme in 2003 and Davis took home first place in the album, otherwise Davis wrote the remaining eight song. The rest of the song demonstrates the Mandolin Contest the same year. tracks. All of the songs were recorded, mixed and allure of this pair with romantic lyrics, stylistic Davis also played, wrote and sang on Waiting mastered by Scott Smith of Scooter’s Place. phrasing, Davis’ trademark guitar style and is full on Trial’s (WOT) Relentless and Unforgiving The songs selected are performed very of bass leads and power cords. There is even a and Burle’s Wayword Sons album, Poor Boy’s uniquely to Robin Davis’ style which has been moment of yodeling at the end of the song. Delight. And in 2008, while playing in multiple sharpened over the years, often playing solo gigs After listening to this album countless times in bluegrass and heavy rock bands in southwest flatpicking and singing in a lower register and the past three days while trying to write about it, Colorado, he recorded his first solo album at bass string solos. If you are unfamiliar with his I have yet to tire of its ridiculous awesomeness Swingfingers Studio. This was a self-titled release sound you can imagine a cross of vocals bringing and it will likely revolve in the CD player of my with accompaniment by John Frazier and Aaron to mind Mike Ness, Jay Farrar, Ben Nichols of truck for months to come. I haven’t had enough and Erin Youngberg. Lucero and Larry Keel. time, nor could I ever discover the true meaning Now welcome The Duo! The latest recording Davis’ flatpicking roles twist and turn around of every single song but I have enjoyed working of Robin Davis’ material is now available for and loop back into dark bass lines that make on this article, as it has required me to diligently your listening enjoyment. The self-titled release, you feel like you are traveling across the desert, listen to a tremendous record. The Robin Davis Duo, features bass player and through the deep dark mountain forests or even Robin Davis and Jimi Giles are a dynamic vocalist Jimi Giles. Giles, a Fort Lewis College outer space. How can you not feel that way with and forceful duo and their debut release is worth alum, was born in California, raised in Indiana songs like “Prom Night” referencing traveling in picking up or ordering online. Now residing in and could be seen in the woods studying bald space cars and a “Moon Rock” from outer space Boulder, keep your eyes and ears peeled for the eagles last spring for the Colorado Parks and given as a gift and the epic, or longest song of the Robin Davis Duo, they will never disappoint and Wildlife. Jimi started playing guitar at age 10 album, “Swimming in the Sun”? offer up a fresh take on bluegrass influenced and while she has only been playing bass for a The opening track “I Control the Rain” is a great Americana rock. For more information about the few years, she also still plays with another band intro and sounds as if he is describing his early duo, to find a show near you, see scantily clad based out of Durango, La La Bones. years of recording and picking out a niche in the photos or purchase their new album, checkout Giles composed two of the tracks on The widening field of bluegrass. The lyrics suggest therobindavisduo.com. Duo’s album. “No Critters Play” is a song Giles describes as “a story of a woman too preoccupied to see the beauty of the world.” The other is called “Bug of Love,” a slow, swinging and refreshing ditty about being smitten in love. And while it follows the theme of the album, its playful charm is a stark contrast from Davis’ darker sound. Jimmy Largent plays bass on two tracks on The Duo album “Dream Bubble” and “Swimming in the Sun.” Largent, formerly of Durango’s traditional bluegrass band The Badly Bent, has recently toured as bass player with Jeff Scroggins and Colorado. When he’s not playing bass, Largent can be found on the river fishing for giant trout and pike. Robin Davis has always leaned towards the grit and his singing and playing give a nod to his punk rock appreciation. He can pick up just about any instrument and feel at home, from childhood years spent playing the fiddle to his Jimi and Robin / Promo

11 PICKIN' IN THE GRAND VALLEY AND POINTS BEYOND Travels with Vetabluegrass Down the Crooked Road by Veta Gumber, aka Vetabluegrass “They’s been playin’ since oe and I had such a good time on our last trip to the Southeast they’s babies…” for music back in the fall, that Friday evening, we found the jam in we decided we needed to make Nickelsville, Scott County, on the Allen Hicks another trip before he went to farm. Allen makes mandolins in his retirement. mandolin camp. His barn is built into a hill. Housing two rooms upstairs and a theatre downstairs there is Our first stop after leaving Nashville was ample room for musicians and viewers alike. Joutside Knoxville at the Museum of Appalachia Downstairs there are seven long church pews in Norris. There is a festival there every with a stage for the performers. As it starts at October. We met up with Jodi (Boyce) Harbin, 6:00 p.m., and is a long way from anywhere, formerly of the Lonesome Traveler Bluegrass concessions are available: hot dogs, chili dogs, Band in Loveland. We had a delightful visit with fries and homemade peach cobbler with ice her before we headed to Abingdon, Virginia, to cream. I think I spent a grand total of $3 for my go to Heartwood, ’s Artisan supper, including drinks and popcorn. Gateway. The music played for hours and hours; we We had been invited to join in the weekly Friday morning, we met up with Kathi Leniski left after five hours. This was an ordinary jam, Thursday night jam at Heartwood. Usually a from Bristol, Virginia, where I went to college. but not. These folks from teens to oldsters pick two-hour jam, it stretched on for three hours. Kathi is on the board for Bristol Rhythm and fast and sing without flaw. Many of the songs Asked why we were there, Joe told the good Roots Festival held each September. She told were contemporary music made popular by folks that we hoped to jam every day of our us that the new Birthplace of Country Music top bluegrass musicians. Musicians, hats were vacation. They were flattered that we had Cultural Heritage Center in Bristol is now open turned backwards on the really fast tunes. Cute! come from Colorado to play with the locals. and spectacular, a must to visit. We spent More invitations were extended to Joe to play The invitations started coming to play in several hours catching up with the music events his mandolin for upcoming jams. Once again, I various towns in the area. Since these towns of the area before we headed west on US 58 to the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons. There is wrote down the directions. a concert every Saturday night. The Carter Saturday we drove farther west to Appalachia, museum and the cabin are open then also. Virginia, up the switchbacks of Black Mountain US 58 stretches from Rocky Mount to Haysi. to Kentucky. This is the highest point in Use a Virginia map to find these towns. The Kentucky. We saw a huge strip mining (coal) Crooked Road is Virginia’s Heritage Musical operation from the top. Well, we had planned Trail. Why is it called the Crooked Road? to go back to the Carter Family Fold but Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains may not be were sidetracked by a jam at Ma and Pa’s as tall as the Rockies, but they are steep and in Castlewood where the jam ran from 11:00 windy. Take some Dramamine or use pressure a.m. to 11:00 p.m. When we arrived, a man point bands if you are susceptible to car recognized us from a previous jam and asked if sickness. Joe came to play. Indeed, that is why we were there. When we left after several hours they Part of the Crooked Road is a loop around were disappointed to see the mandolin leave. southwestern Virginia on US Highways 58 and Alas, we were too late to go to the Carter Fold. 58 Alt. from Bristol to Abingdon. The countryside is picturesque with small farms dotting the The following morning, we headed to the Joe / Veta valleys. We were surprised at the number of Floyd General Store (in Floyd, Virginia, of beef cattle. Unlike Colorado, people park on the course) for the Sunday afternoon jams, which are very small the location is identified by the grass in their yards. Most towns have a pizza included old-time for two hours and bluegrass county name and the farm or other location. I parlor or a Hardee’s. for two hours, from 2:00 until 6:00 p.m. The was given directions to each place because a music was lively, which encouraged people map or a GPS might not, or could not, find the You can find more information at to get up and dance: flat-foot, buck dance or location. When asked where we live, I told them thecrookedroad.org. or call 276-492-2409. They clog. No partners needed on the dance floor. that we live in Mesa County, Colorado. have an excellent brochure.

12 the show. Darren is the mandolin player for Balsam Range. Once again we found a jam JAMS IN THE GRAND VALLEY with incredibly talented musicians. I met Erin Scholze, a publicist and Facebook friend at Isis, the venue that is IBMA’s 2015 Venue of the • Peach Street Distillers in Palisade hosts an Year. We closed out the club. open jam each Tuesday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. All pickers are welcome. There is plenty of room Wednesday we drove to Nashville, so we on the patio or indoors. could go to Music City Roots in nearby Franklin. The four acts were very different from each • Copper Club in Fruita hosts an open jam on other and very entertaining. The performers Thursday nights starting at 7:00 p.m. Families were John Conlee, Peter Case, Horseshoes are welcome. & Hand Grenades and The Infamous Stringdusters. If you go, you can eat your • Other jams and events can be found at: Just dance! The Floyd General Store is a real dinner there, served by Monell’s, a Nashville gjbluegrass.com. You can post your local store, unless it is a music venue. Then, they restaurant. You will make new friends as events on this Web site too. push the racks aside to make room for chairs seating is family-style for dinner. Be sure to get and dancing. Besides meeting new Canadian some Banana Pudding! Go to musiccityroots. • Grand Valley Acoustic Music Association. Go friends who are traveling for six months and com. to meetup.ics to join. You can post events on playing music where they find it, our Colorado this site. friend Kara Caudill joined us at the jam. We went to Corner Music in Nashville and Floyd is the home of County Sales which is a saw some of Kent Viles’ dobratos for sale. Nice CONGRATULATIONS to Grady Harper and comprehensive bluegrass, old-time and early to see some Colorado products there! Kent tells Johanna Rochester on the arrival of their baby country music store. They will ask what you me that he plans to go to NAMM in Los Angeles daughter born on October 5. are looking for; they have their own way of this winter. You can find dobratos at Castle cataloguing. They know the music! Creek Guitars in Gunnison. If you have Western Slope news or events that Monday morning, we headed down to That Thursday, Joe went to Nashville you would like published or comments to make visit with Kara and Marcus Caudill near Mandolin Camp; I went to visit my sister. you can email me at [email protected] Independence, Virginia. After a little visiting and Sunday evening, we met up with several or find Vetabluegrass on Facebook. picking found us slightly off the Crooked Road KAFM friends and Ashleigh Caudill at the Sutler in Sparta, North Carolina, where a popular jam Saloon in Nashville. Good times. Good food. is held on Monday nights for both old-time and Good music. It doesn’t get any better. bluegrass. We spent the evening there, but not before some afternoon pickin’ with Kara and We spent a week going to jams and I have Marcus. this to say: Bluegrass musicians are the nicest lot you’ll ever meet. There is a jam somewhere Leaving the Crooked Road, we jumped every day or night along the Crooked Road. on the Blue Ridge Parkway, which is also Just ask anywhere, at the convenience store, crooked, bound for Asheville, for a show with the restaurant, the gas station, anywhere. This the Darren Nicholson Band and a jam following music is part of their lives and culture.

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13 IBMA, but they are probably most well-known for being Dolly Parton’s back-up band. ‘Nuff said! continued from page 3 MID-WINTER • Driven includes the McLemore twins. Brandon and Blake grew up with rooms are also available at the nearby Super 8 Westminster, with free the sounds of their Mom and Dad’s bluegrass band. Brandon chose to Continental Breakfast and free shuttle service to the performance venue. play the mandolin because of its look and sound, and Blake realized the upright bass was the only missing piece for a family band. From I got to sit down with Ken Seaman, this festival’s erstwhile promoter, 1997 to 2007 the boys played with Mom and Dad as The McLemores. and talk over what’s new and different this year. First off, the festival Ken describes Driven as “traditional, yet modern.” returns to Presidents’ Day weekend by popular request! It seems that many folk, from outside the immediate Denver area, take advantage of • The Baker Family Band hails from Ken’s home county of Shannon, in that holiday to gain some extra travel time, making the weekend less Missouri. It consists of Mom Carrie on guitar, and teens Trustin, Elijah, stressful and more-enjoyable. And that’s definitely what we all want. and Carina on fiddle/banjo, bass and mando, respectively. The band Absolutely new this year is the CBMS Colorado Roundup & has won a number of band contests, including first place in the 2013 Recognition Ceremony (see sidebar) scheduled for Sunday, to be Pickin’ in the Pines festival band competition in Flagstaff. Carina was hosted by “Dr. Banjo” Pete Wernick and fiddler Annie Savage. I’ve a nominee for the 2014 SPBGMA Female vocalist of year. Ken says, talked with many folks from back east, who have come to jams in “That girl has got a voice! I think she’ll be a big star someday. Nashville Colorado and proclaim how lucky we are to have such a vibrant and will grab her!” widespread bluegrass community, even exceeding what they have back Also, the Bluegrass Patriots are returning with a reunion performance, home. They’re delightfully amazed to discover “our secret.” Well, come and Ken’s new music project Laramie River Band is performing. April recognize and applaud the folks who keep bluegrass alive and well in Verch returns with her crowd-pleasing clogging to go along with her Colorado! incredible fiddling. I already wrote up Front Country a couple of months As an additional part of this CBMS ceremony, there will be a youth ago (don’t miss them). And if you don’t know John Moore & Bluegrass music event. Both the Lineage Music Project and the Savage Youth Etc., you’ve been living under a rock. Group will showcase outstanding young Colorado musicians in a To finish up, Ken related a conversation he had with Willie McDonald, performance onstage. Make sure you come to recognize the young when Willie was trying to entice him to do some gambling: Ken averred bluegrass musicians who will be carrying this art form into the future. that putting on his bluegrass festivals was a gamble. “It’s fun to put them Also new this year, beginners’ jams will be hosted by Annie Savage on and see them take place, but sometimes you win and sometimes you and Kevin Slick, along with Pete Wernick’s jam class. Tom Noonan, lose—that’s my Las Vegas!” who hosted the beginners’ jam room for as long as I can remember, has Well, I’m here to tell you that you can help make Ken’s gamble pay off, finally decided to move on. Many thanks to Tom for his years of hard and achieve personal psychological salvation at the same time. Win-win! work helping “newbies” discover the joy of jammin’! Mid-Winter is just around the corner, so make your plans to join me and a Workshops will be held, as usual, on Saturday morning. A new addition few thousand others in celebrating bluegrass music the way it was meant this year is a step dancing workshop, joining vocal and instrumental to be! workshops hosted by the premier musicians from the bands performing Ken’s last word on the subject? “If it weren’t for jammin’ I wouldn’t at the festival. bother to put it on!” I also got Ken’s take on a few of the bands being showcased this year: • Headliners The Grascals have many accolades and awards from

UPCOMING SHOWS

New Year’s Eve, 9:00 pm, Coral Creek, Saratoga Resort & Spa, 601 Pic Saturday, January 23, 2:00 pm, Bettman & Halpin, Flickinger Center for Pike Rd, Saratoga, WY Performing Arts, 1110 New York Ave., Alamogordo, NM New Year’s Eve 8:00pm, Ragged Union, Stem Ciders, 2811 Walnut Saturday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, Shannonside Street, Denver Winter Music Festival, Bunratty Castle, Bunratty, Ire. Saturday, January 2, 7:00 pm, Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, SW Pickers Saturday, January 23, 7:30 pm, Ragged Union, Harmony Music House, Concert, 9315 Candelaria Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 2525 Broadway St, Boulder Sunday, January 3, 10:00 pm, Masontown, Mountain Sun Brewery, 1535 Sunday, January 24, 2:00 pm, Bettman & Halpin, St John’s Methodist Pearl Street, Boulder Church, Albuquerque, NM Wednesday, January 6, 7:00 pm, The Ransom Notes, Music City Roots, Wednesday, January 27, 8:00 pm, Coral Creek, Barkley Ballroom, 610 8400 Hwy 100, Nashville, TN Main Street, Frisco Sunday, January 10, 11:00 am, The Acoustic Mining Company, Station Friday, January 29, 8:00 pm, The Acoustic Mining Company, Stem 26 Brewing Company, 7045 E 38th Ave, Denver Ciders, 2811 Walnut St #150, Denver Saturday, January 16, 8:00 pm, Masontown, Park House, 1515 Madison Thursday, January 28, 8:00 pm, Bettman & Halpin, Smothers Theater, Street, Denver Malibu, CA Thursday, January 21, 6:00 pm, Free the Honey, Montanya Rum Saturday, January 30, 8:00 pm, Masontown, High Street Concerts, Distillery, Crested Butte Lyons Friday, January 22, 7:00 pm, Ragged Union, Harmony Music House, Sunday, January 31, 2:00 pm, Bettman & Halpin, Haugh Performing Arts 2525 Broadway St, Boulder Center, Glendora, CA

14 CORAL CREEK continued from page 6

Nashville’s hottest fiddle players, winning to Golden, it is transforming into one of the a GRAMMY with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky community’s favorite musical events. As an Thunder and touring with Lyle Lovett. When I attendee last year (and no stranger to the spoke with Luke recently, he was on his way festival scene), I was surprised that a first- to do a string of shows with Kevin Costner. year festival was run as smoothly as this one. Great location, parking options, bands, food Last November, with their revised lineup, and beers were only part of what made this they released a self-titled album, Coral a fun weekend. The crowd was respectable Chris / Eye and Eye Photography Creek. Produced by Tim Carbone of Railroad and Ullr himself was well represented through Earth, the album focuses on their Americana various costumes. And the park was very a bunch of your Colorado Bluegrass Music strengths, while featuring multiple guests from family friendly with lots of activities for the Society’s Bands on Call members: Chain the bluegrass scene. Contributors include kids as well. Station, Uptown Toodeloo, Timber! and Steel Tim, Andy Thorn (Leftover Salmon), Anders Pennies. Beck (Greensky Bluegrass), Tyler Grant This year’s festival features a slew of (Grant Farm) and more. Watch for Coral bluegrass talent from the region as well as With even more musical acts, multiple Creek to be touring in support of the new nationally touring acts. Joining Coral Creek stages, and a beer tasting event, it’s not album (including a trip to the Virgin Islands are Vince Herman & UllrGrass Allstars (with difficult to see that this is a festival on the later this year). Andy Thorn, Luke Bulla, Sam Grisman and rise. UllrGrass year two will take place more) and Head for the Hills. The last three January 29th thru 31st in Parfet Park and at One of their most anticipated performances RockyGrass competition winners are also the Buffalo Rose in downtown Golden. Check this year is at UllrGrass. A second year on the bill: Rapidgrass, Caribou Mountain out ullrgrass.com for everything you need to festival formed through Chris and Susannah’s Collective and The Railsplitters, as well as know. desire to bring a winter bluegrass festival

HIGH STREET CONCERTS continued from page 7 driven to delight the ears, touch the hearts and move the feet of generations of music lovers in Colorado and far beyond. Our second act, Monocle Band, offers a fresh and vibrant take on the roots acoustic music that has made Colorado one of the most exciting music scenes in the country. Monocle Band is Rocky Mountain indie folk; “brand new, original music Monocle Band / Kirsten Cohen rooted in the traditions of Telluride bluegrass and the troubadour wanderings that led Townes slots for The SteelDrivers, The Samples and Van Zandt through the San Juan Mountains on . horseback.” Monocle Band’s debut recording is a musical Monica Whittington and songwriting partner Bill postcard made even more poignant when Huston have assembled a stable of jazz-trained Distillery Studio in Lyons was washed away in the and roots-based musicians, and have played over 2013 Colorado flood, just months after the record 250 dates since the band’s inception. Filling out was finished. The album captures Monocle in their the quintet are Eric Wiggs, Ben Blechman and creative stride; they are a young group with a firm Josh Moore. command of their craft and a steady gaze to the As Colorado music legend Danny Shafer says, mountains and plains that lie before them. “Monocle’s instrumental ability is as strong as Visit masontownmusic.com and monocleband. their connection to the audience. They always are com to check out the bands and hear some able to give an engaging performance whether previews before our January 30th show. Doors to a dancing crowd or a listening room.” Indeed, are at 7:00 p.m., with the show starting at the band’s noted performances have led them to 8:00 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at the main stage band competitions of the Telluride highstreetconcerts.com or in person at the Stone Bluegrass and RockyGrass festivals, countless Cup This show is sure to sell out, so don’t be left venues across the Front Range and to opening waiting in the cold and snow!

15 Bands on Call For more information on CBMS member Bands, visit coloradobluegrass.org

Acoustic Mining Company Credibility Gap Henscratch Ron Lynam & Cowtown The Railsplitters [email protected] credibilitygap.com [email protected] cowtownboogie.com [email protected] www.acousticminingcompany.com [email protected] facebook.com/henscratchmusic [email protected] www.therailsplitters.com 720-220-0909 (303) 567-9108 303-815-3634 (970) 224-5690 734-846-1229 Denver, CO Idaho Springs, CO Boulder, CO. Fort Collins, CO Boulder, CO

The Badly Bent Coral Creek String Band High Plains Tradition Mason Street The Ransom Notes [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] reverbnation.com/theransomnotes www.thebadlybent.com www.coralcreek.net www.highplainstradition.com 970-223-2400 Fort Collins, CO [email protected] 970-946-6345 720-331-3064 303-913-6355 (303) 819-4491 Durango, CO Golden, CO Commerce City, CO Martin Gilmore Knoxville, TN [email protected] Bettman & Halpin Crystal Hill Billys The Hippie Buckaroos www.martingilmore.com Rocky Mountain Jewgrass stephaniebettman.com [email protected] 303-440-4764 307-399-3131 rockymountainjewgrass.com [email protected] facebook.com/crystalhillbillys [email protected] Englewood, CO [email protected] 323-791-7763 719-465-3025 hippiebuckaroos.com (303) 748-4815 Denver, CO Manitou Springs, CO Lafayette, CO Masontown Denver, CO 262-212-9105 Blue Grama Bluegrass Mary Beth Cross Hit & Run Bluegrass [email protected] Running Out Of Road Band [email protected] marybethcross.com [email protected] masontownmusic.com [email protected] www.bluegramabluegrass.com [email protected] www.hitandrunbluegrass.com Denver, CO www.roormusic.com 970-402-7688 (303) 842-1587 615-418-8409 970-884-9757 Fort Collins, CO Denver, CO Nashville, TN The McDaileys’ Bayfield, CO susankdailey.com Blue Moon Bluegrass Band Crow Hill Bluegrass Honey Don't [email protected] Silverplume [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 970-482-4346 [email protected] bluemoonbluegrass.com 303-646-4275 www.honeydont.net Fort Collins CO 80521 www.silverplumeband.com 303-842-7145 Parker, CO 970-270-2276 304-419-1515 Evergreen, CO Bend, OR. Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore Longmont, CO Dr. Harlan’s Amazing Bluegrass Tonic [email protected] The Black Family String Band [email protected] Hot Rize wwww.mollieobrien.com Southern Exposure [email protected] www.bluegrasstonic.com www.hotrize.com 303-477-7517 reverbnation.com/southernexposure- (970) 640-3121 303-249-7986 [email protected] Denver CO bluegrass Cedaredge, CO Denver, CO 303-652-8346 [email protected] Niwot, CO One More River (303) 763-9996 Lafayette, CO Bob Berry Fox Run www.reverbnation.com/onemoreriver & The Whole Bagnell Dam Bunch [email protected] Jeff Scroggins & Colorado [email protected] The StanleyTones [email protected] www.reverbnation.com/foxrun3 [email protected] 303-638-3725 www.stanleytonesbluegrass.com 303-884-7301 719-487-8272 (ask for Dan) www.JeffScrogginsandColorado.com Idaho Springs, CO [email protected] Thornton, CO Colorado Springs, CO 303.489.9083 303-776-2508 Conifer, CO Out of Nowhere Longmont, CO Bone Tree Free The Honey [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kantankerous out-of-nowhere.info Steel Pennies www.bonetree.us www.freethehoney.com [email protected] 719-510-5122 steelpenniesbluegrass.com 970-931-2231 720-454-5456 www.reverbnation.com/kantankerous Colorado Springs, CO [email protected] Whitewater, CO Gunnison, CO. 303-363-8985 (303) 666-1111 Louisville, CO Denver, CO Pete Wernick & Flexigrass Sugar Creek Boxcar 79 Grass It Up drbanjo.com [email protected] [email protected] grassitup.com Hunker Down [email protected] www.annamcbrayer.wix.com/sugar- www.reverbnation.com/boxcar79 [email protected] www.reverbnation.com/hunkerdown (303) 652-8346 creek-durango 303-993-6613 (719) 339-3121 [email protected] Niwot, CO 970-769-3933 Boulder, CO Colorado Springs, CO 513-255-1999 Durango, CO Fraser, CO Quickdraw Homegrown Music Cat E. Wampus The Gregg Daigle Band quickdrawhomegrownmusic.com Sweetwater String Band [email protected] [email protected] Laramie River Band [email protected] [email protected] www.CatEWampus.com www.daigleband.com 720.480.1159 (303) 431-1899 www.sweetwaterstringband.com 720-454-9991 505-243-4910 [email protected] Wheat Ridge, CO 865-382-2993 Lakewood, CO Albuquerque, NM facebook.com/laramieriverband Durango, CO Loveland, CO Ragged Union Johnny Campbell & The Bluegrass Gypsy Jazz Social Club [email protected] That Damn Sasquatch Drifters facebook.com/GypsyJazzSocialClub Lineage Music Project reverbnation.com/raggedunion [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 512-563-9821 www.facebook.com/thatdamnsas- www.thebluegrassdrifters.com (970) 901-5963 Golden, CO www.lineagemusic.com quatch09 Crested Butte, CO 931-743-1906 970-222-2496 785-633-6654 Nashville, TN Fort Collins, CO Englewood, CO

16 KAFM 88.1FM Bluegrass Radio Shows Grand Junction Mondays: 4-6PM Thunder and Rain Weld County Ramblers playing Sundays: 3-6PM [email protected] www.weldcountyramblers.com www.thunderandrainmusic.com [email protected] Colorado Artists KAJX 91.1/91.5FM 720-312-1339 303-775-8764 Aspen Golden, CO Lyons, CO Saturdays: 10AM-noon Nancy Thorwardson and the Silver Stars The Whiskey Treats Thanks to all KRFC 88.9 FM nancythorwardson.com/IonaGibsonMu- [email protected] Fort Collins, sic/SilverStars.html www.whiskeytreats.com the Radio DJs Saturday 2-4PM [email protected] 619-889-5022 streaming @ krfcfm.com 720-775-7516 Lyons, CO Arvada, CO KGNU 88.5FM Timber! WireWood Station Boulder facebook.com/TimberBluegrass 719-487-1194 93.7FM - Nederland [email protected] [email protected] 1390AM - Denver 303-564-9902 wirewood-station.com Saturdays: 9AM-noon Boulder, CO Monument, CO KHEN 106.9FM The Tunefarmers WMD Bluegrass Band Salida 303-921-3407 [email protected] Fridays: 10AM-noon & 3-5PM [email protected] wmdbluegrass.com www.reverbnation.com/theTune- 719-232-2875 KDNK 88.1/88.3/88.5FM Farmer Colorado Springs, CO Aspen to Northglenn, CO Glenwood Springs Woodshed Red 93.5FM - Leadville Uptown Toodeloo String Band 719-439-6316 Saturdays: 8-10AM UptownToodelooStringBand@gmail. [email protected] who support com WoodshedRed.com KDUR 91.9/93.9FM www.UptownToodeloo.com Colorado Springs, CO Colorado Artists!! Durango 720-331-3064 Tuesdays: 6:30-9pm Golden, CO Clarke Wright - Fiddler And streaming at kdur.org [email protected] Vi The Fiddler clarkewright.com KSUT 90.1 / 89.5 FM Vi Wickam Fort Collins CO • 970-215-3974 970-215-6366 Streaming Live on KSUT.org [email protected] Yampa Valley Boys Hugh Felt’s “The Grass is Bluer” www.vithefiddler.com [email protected] Durango Fort Collins, CO 970-846-4096 7-9PM Thursday www.yampavalleyboys.com Steamboat Springs, CO KRAN FM 103.3 FM Cheyenne, WY The Pickers Choice w/Jerry Mills Saturdays 10am-11am NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS Rocky Mt. Bluegrass w/Jerry Mills Sundays 10am-11am John McNair Portland, OR...... Renew online at www.1033therange.com Benjamin & Lesley Patch Gering, NE...... Renew The StanleyTones Bluegrass Band Berthoud, CO...... Renew-Band KLVZ 810 AM The Black Family String Band Cedaredge, CO...... Renew-Band Denver Barbara Connolly Boulder, CO...... Renew Sunday 12:30 - 1:30 pm Old Time Gospel Radio Hour Mark & Julia Gidney Frisco, CO...... Renew Bill & Barb Hendershot Loveland, CO...... Renew KYGT 102.7 FM Idaho Springs, CO Bob Phelps Littleton, CO...... Renew-Premier The Miner Pickin' Show Consolidated Acctg & Tax Service Palisade, CO...... Renew-Business Alternate Saturdays 4 - 6 pm Russell Dubiel Boulder, CO...... Renew-Premier kygt.org Steve & Judy Gilmore Cheyenne, WY...... Renew Kim & Justin Nearpass-Pollack Frisco, CO...... Renew KCEG 780 AM, Hereford Percy Arvada, CO...... Renew-Donor Fountain CO Ragged Union Golden, CO...... Renew-Band-Premier The Best of Bluegrass David Rhodes Thornton, CO...... Renew Sunday 9 - 10 am Darrell White Lakewood, CO...... Renew KZMU 90.1/106.7 FM Bill Gumbart Boulder, CO...... Renew Moab, UT High Plains Tradition Commerce City, CO...... Renew-Band The Grass Is Greener Patrick Kelley Morrison, CO...... Renew-Premier Sundays, Noon-3 p.m. Henscratch Boulder, CO...... New-Band-Premier Streaming on KZMU.org Brian McGuirk Erie, CO...... Renew

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