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Becky Buller Band Headlines The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival Inside: From the President 3 | Festival Preview 8 | The Underground Stage 17 Cowboys in Bluegrass Music 22 | Bluegrass Saturday Morning 37 MBOTMA Calendar of Events 29 | Coming Up 30 | Tab: Flop Eared Mule 35 July 2018 Thank you, MBOTMA members Vol. 44 Membership as of July 1, 2018: 866 No. 6 Newsstand: $3 Patrons: Subscription: $35 Tony & Ann Anthonisen Roger & Maggie Jorgenson Lenny & Colleen Baltus Janine Kemmer www.minnesotabluegrass.org Gary & Karen Bartig Jim Lally MBOTMA Hot Line Scott Benson Russel Lane (to subscribe and for other information) Christopher Boone Loren Laugtug 651-456-8919 Barry & Annie Brooks James Lee [email protected] Doug Chasar Douglas Lohman P.O. Box 16408, Mpls, MN 55416 Paul Christianson Richard Luckeroth Twitter: @mnbluegrass Facebook: minnesotabluegrass Gary & Janet Cobus Bob Lundeen Laura Cooper Rudy Marti MBOTMA Board of Directors Bob & Marilyn Dodd Rodger McBride President: Laura Cooper - [email protected] Doug Duncan Bill & Ella Merrill Vice President: Nic Hentges Craig Evans Douglas & Georgene Nesheim William Fancher Treasurer: Robbi Podrug David & Betty Pfeiffer Jennifer Faulkner Brian Ronning Secretary: Shane Zack Mark & Kathleen Fisher Tom & Cathy Schaefer Board Members: Darrell & Marilyn Fuhr Thomas & Barbara Schommer Term expires 2018: Dale Gruber - [email protected] Tom & Jill Furrer Thomas & Maragaret Schuveiller Brett Day, Philip Nusbaum Jon & Sharon Garon Penelope Scialla Term expires 2019: Alan Jesperson Gary & Jae Germond Denise & Tony Stachnik Bill Lindroos - [email protected] Paul Gille David Tousley & Rudy Marti - [email protected] David Glatt Margaret Brandes Joe Hallman Tom & Marlys Gustafson Donna Velasco Youth Representative: Michael & Paula Hildebrandt Rebecca Wagner & Dan Forsythe Theo Hougen-Eitzman - [email protected] Mabel Houle Suzanne Weinstein For meeting minutes and other Board business, go to: Ann Iijima & Myles Bakke Jane West Jim Johnson www.minnesotabluegrass.org/board-minutes John Wilcox Sustaining: Chris Juettner MBOTMA Staff Vicki Andersen Wil Kelley Events Manager: Matt Johnson Rod & Barb Anderson Debra Koehn [email protected] Daryll & Mary Arntson David Lang Office Administrator: Darcy Schatz Vaughn Asselstine Bill Lindroos & Rebecca Reifler Maggie MacKaman [email protected] & Lorenzo Tunesi Minnesota Bluegrass Magazine Mariltn Bergum & Mac & Namcy McKay Melvin Rupprecht Mary & Bob McSorley Editor: Doug Lohman, [email protected] Kenneth & Ann Bloch Karla Menzel Contributors: Bob Douglas, Wayne Erbsen, Mark Briere Susan & Joe Meyer Sophie Galep, Philip Nusbaum Jane Conger Corey Mohan Coming Up: Loretta Simonet, John Brandberg Brian Cornell David Nelson Y’All Come: Bill Lindroos Wordmark: Katryn Conlin Hal Davis Lisa Nielsen Photography: Mary DuShane Dennis & Jan O’Brien Cover image: Back: Doug Lohman Matt Edwards Linda & Tony Omann Deadline for submissions: Leon Evans Dominic Orrico The 1st of the month preceding publication Nathan Fjeld Brin Petersen Submit content or request advertising guidelines at: Jim Franczyk Marty & Carol Schirber Wendy Schoen [email protected]. Warren Gumeson Howell Smith Minnesota Bluegrass is published monthly by The Minnesota Timothy & Ginger Haaland Marcel Hofmann Rory & Marian Thompson Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association™, a Minnesota non- David & Mildred Holm Lynn & Carolyn Thorson profit corporation, P.O. Box 16408, Mpls, MN 55416. No part of Dick & Sue Hopperstad Ross & Elizabeth Vaughan this publication may be reproduced in any form without written David & Laurette Christopher Walchuk permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible Hougen-Eitzman Tin Wankel for the loss or return of unsolicited photos, recordings, or manu- John Johnson David & Bonnie Warner scripts. ©2017 Minnesota Bluegrass. All rights reserved. Mark Johnson Carole Wilson

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2 July 2018 From the President Become a Member The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association is open to everyone. Our members include people who love to listen to music and people who love to make music. As a member, you’ll be invited to participate in bluegrass and old-time mu- As I write this, the Homegrown Kickoff is in the rear view sic events and celebrations. You’ll receive discounted prices on mirror. I found myself grousing, mostly to myself, about work- admission to events and merchandise, and you’ll receive a sub- ing a double shift at the front gate on Friday, as it was windy and scription to Minnesota Bluegrass magazine. dusty and got cold later in the day. Afterwards, I managed to Becoming a member of MBOTMA is easy and afford- hear the last two songs of Brian Wicklund and Mike Cramer’s able. Your membership will not only nurture your own inter- ests, but help to ensure that the bluegrass and old-time music set and listened to Def Lester. It was a lovely way to wrap up tradition is sustained and grows in Minnesota. my day. The next morning we sat under our “neighbors’” tarp drinking coffee and visiting with dear friends. For me, the best Individual Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, events part of attending the festivals at El Rancho is reconnecting with $35 discounts for one person, and a free classi- my Old Washing Machine (a rough camping enclave) tribe. fied ad. A big thank you to Matt Johnson, Events Coordinator, and Family Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, events the festival staff who volunteer their time and expertise before, $50 discounts and a free classified ad. during and after the festival. They are: Doug Chasar (Ranch House Live), Gary Germond (Camp Liaison), Dale Gruber and Band Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, advance Rudy Marti (Reserved Camping), Earl Jarosh (Communications/ $75 booking information for MBOTMA Golf Carts), Bill Lindroos (Rough and Handicap Camping), Ad- events, a free classified ad, and listings in dison Maass and Tom Peschges (Stage Manager/Hospitality), the MBOTMA member band directory in Mary McSorley (Gathering Place), Ludwig Nesheim (Parking/ print and on our website. Headquarters), Corrie Scott (Workshops/Jam with the Band). In Sustaining Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class addition to the festival staff, we couldn’t do any of our festivals Level postage, events discounts, and a free without the volunteers who work shifts in various positions. $100 classified ad. Although it appears we didn’t lose money on the Kickoff, Patron Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class the attendance was the lowest ever. The weather (lousy) may Level postage, events discounts, and a free have been a factor, but it may just be a continuation of the down- $150 classified ad. ward attendance trends that we’ve been seeing for several years. Add $18 for First Class or foreign postage to individual, If you have thoughts about why attendance has been declining or family or band membership. ideas for improving attendance, please email me at president@ minnesotabluegrass.org. Go to minnesotabluegrass.org A further concern is that about a third of the volunteer and select the Membership tab to join online. shifts at the Homegrown Kickoff were not filled. Fortunately, Or mail in your personal information and payment to: some generous volunteers stayed on for additional shifts because MBOTMA, P.O. Box 16408, Minneapolis, MN 55416 there was no one to replace them. The dearth of volunteers at our Call 651-456-8919 for details various events is problematic. Naturally, there is a smaller pool or if you would like to join by phone. of potential volunteers due to decreased attendance. I am open to suggestions about how we can improve our recruitment and Funding for MBOTMA provided in part by a retention of volunteers. Again, please email me with your ideas. grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, You will recall that the board previously cancelled the 2018 through an appropriation by the Minnesota Harvest Jam and subsequently approved reestablishing a fall fes- State Legislature, a grant from the National tival, but on a different weekend, at a new venue, and with a re- Endowment for the Arts, and private donors vamped format. The board had wisely determined that the current number of events was not sustainable given the financial, MinnesotaBluegrass.org staff and volunteer demands. However, the decision to cut the Inside: Harvest Jam was not particularly well-thought out. Currently, From the President 3 | Festival Preview 8 we have a program committee that is taking a more methodical The Underground Stage 17 approach to determining which programs should continue and which programs should be eliminated. We recognize that elim- Cowboys in Bluegrass Music 22 inating any of our festivals will make some folks unhappy, as Bluegrass Saturday Morning 37 everyone has their favorite event. These are hard decisions that MBOTMA Calendar of Events 29 the board does not take lightly. Coming Up 30 | Tab: The Last Stand 35

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July 2018 7 Festival Preview: Becky Buller headlines the 2018 Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival by Doug Lohman

The premier bluegrass and old-time music event, the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Festival, is right around the corner, August 9-12, 2018. Located on the beautiful camp- grounds of El Rancho Manàna near Rich- mond, MN. El Rancho Manàna has a lot going for it: swimming, horseback riding, hiking, camping (both reserved and rough) showers, camp store. The concert area is shaded, and you can watch shows on one of the best outdoor stages in the state. This year’s bluegrass line-up fea- tures the best contemporary songwriters in bluegrass today! Becky Buller, Chris Jones, and Edgar Loudermilk all see songwriting as an integral part of their role in playing bluegrass. If you go back 15 years, these names litter the awards of the IBMA. Becky Buller Band will headline the 2018 Festival. Becky is no stranger to bluegrass fans in Minnesota. Originally from St. James, MN, Becky has been a powerhouse in the bluegrass world for the last few years. She sings, she fiddles, she writes music, and fronts her own band! She keeps an active schedule of performing and teaching. In 2016, she made bluegrass history by becoming the first artist to win in two categories (fiddle and vocal) at the IBMA Awards! She has released four recordings, Rest My Weary Feet (2000), Little Bird (2004), Tween earth and Sky (2014) and Crepe Paper Heart (2018). She has also released three albums with the award-winning Daughters of Bluegrass, Back to the Becky Buller Band Well (2006), Bluegrass Bouquet (2008) and Pickin’ Like a Girl (2013). Back to the Well won the 2006 IBMA Recorded Event Heartfelt songs about love, loss and com. The web is full of information, and of the Year award. redemption are what you’ll get from her, I always like to go to a band’s website be- Her songs have also been recorded along with joy and humor. She will be fore a show to ramp up my excitement for by other artists: Ricky Skaggs, Rhoinda joined by Ned Luberecki on banjo and the show. Most bands have music samples Vincent, Doyle Lawson, Josh Williams, puns, Dan Boner on guitar, Nate Lee on and videos that will wet your appetite for Russel Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, and the mandolin, and Dwayne Anderson on seeing/hearing them live. Infamous Stringdusters, to name a few. bass. Her website is www.beckybuller. MinnesotaBluegrass.org

8 July 2018 Also appearing this year will be Chris Jones and the Night Drivers. Chris is a great singer, songwriter, guitarist, and the voice of SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction. He has had a serious career for 30 years, starting with Dale Evans and Special Consensus in the 80s. He formed the Night Drivers in the mid 90s and has since drawn attention with his live shows and recordings. In 2007, at the IBMA’s Awards Show, he earned both a Song of The Year award as a co-writer of “Fork In The Road,” the title track of the year’s Album Of The Year by the Infamous Stringdusters, and the organization’s Broadcaster Of The Year trophy. It was the first time that both music and industry awards have gone to a single person. Chris had previously won an IBMA award for Recorded Event of the Year for his role in the album Larry Chris Jones & the Night Drivers Sparks 40. All together, Chris has had nine chart-topping songs, and has won six IBMA awards. songwriter), Mark Stoffel on mandolin, full information and superbly produced He will be appearing with Jon Weis- and Gine Clowes on banjo. Check out the videos of the band. It will get you in the berger (bass and IBMA award winning website, www.chrisjonesgrass.com. It’s mood for the festival!

At the age of nine, Edgar Loudermilk started playing bass in his family’s bluegrass band, so bluegrass has been his life. Following stints in Carolina Crossfire, Rhonda Vincent, Marty Raybon, IIIrd Tyme Out, and Adkins & Loudermilk, Edgar started his own band in 2016, Ed- gar Loudermilk Band featuring Jeff Au- try. Edgar has written over 50 songs. “I see songwriting as much of a calling as singing. Songwriting is a big part of it for me. Playing and singing is great fun and a good time, and we love the audiences, but the art of crafting words and music into a song is very rewarding.” His songs have MinnesotaBluegrass.org been recorded by many in the bluegrass world. He also has a website, www.edgar- loudermilk.com/home. It’s a great place to find out more about him, listen to his music and watch videos. The group will also be teaching at the Bluegrass Instruc- The Edgar Loudermilk Band tional Camp before the festival. See MN Bluegrass Magazine June issue page 18 or featuring Jeff Autry MBOTMA website for more info.

July 2018 9 The Henhouse Prowlers come to us from Chicago. Although not known as a bluegrass hot-bed, it’s just a hop, skip and a jump from Bean Blossom, IN. Formed in 2004, these guys have literally been around the world as cultural ambassadors for the US State Department, touring over 25 countries. Sound bites and videos on their website: www.henhouseprowlers. com

The Henhouse Prowlers

East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in Johnson City Tennessee has an award-winning bluegrass education program, teaching the music and the business of bluegrass. It is from this program that Dreamcatcher was conceived. Dreamcatcher is Aaron Foster on guitar, Jordan Robertson on dobro, Max Etling (yes, from Plymouth, MN) on bass, Colin Ray on mandolin, and Eli Gilbert on banjo. Since 2015 they have been playing all over the US. This will be a good chance to see where the future of bluegrass is going! Their website is full of all kinds of info and sound bites: www.dreamcatch- erbluegrass.com. Dreamcatcher is doing an exciting job of combining youth and tradition. Dreamcatcher

The old-time portion of the festival is well represented this year! The Red Squirrel Chasers play solid Appalachian old-time tunes and songs. Ballads, square dance tunes, early bluegrass and broth- er duets are all a part of their shows. Jim Collier on mandolin, Stephanie Coleman on fiddle, Jim Nelson on guitar and Dedo Norris on bass are all veterans of the old- time scene. Some of their other bands are Big Medicine, The Piney Woods Band, and Volobogtrotters, to name a few. They will also be playing for the square dances in the Showcase Tent. Check out their page at Reverb Nation, www.reverb- nation.com/redsquirrelchasers, for fun Red Squirrel Chasers

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10 July 2018 Hailing from Elkins, West Virginia, the Laurel Mountain Ramblers special- ize in West Virginia and Kentucky style fiddle music, and perform regularly at square dances and community events around the Appalachian region. They’ve also been featured performers and in- structors at the Chicago Folk Festival, the LA Old Time Social, Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music, Cow- an Creek Mountain Music School, and Augusta Heritage Center, and have won prizes in fiddle & banjo at the Vandalia Gathering, Clifftop, the WV State Folk Festival, and elsewhere. This is their first time performing in Minnesota. The Laurel Mountain Ramblers

It will be good to see the old-time duo of Bob Bovee and Pop Wagner. Both are MN boys (sorta…), and are highly respected around the country for their interpretations of all kinds of old music, western, cowboy, blues, ragtime, yodels, and tin pan alley. They infuse these songs with cowboy humor and poetry, which is sure to bring a smile to even the most sul- len soul. Website: www.popwagner.com/ performance-options

Bob Bovee & Pop Wagner

Blue Hazard will provide a sharp set of bluegrass influenced originals. As part of the next wave of string bands, Blue Hazard has released a couple of fine albums, This World of Mine (2012)

of mostly original music, and Sideshow MinnesotaBluegrass.org (2017) of all original songs. These three siblings and two friends have put together a new sound that is highly influenced by the music of past bluegrass masters. They will also appear at the Underground. The band is Hannah Johnson, Dale Gruber, Luke Gruber, Clara Wicklund, Uriah Nibbe. Find out more at: www.bluehaz- ardband.com Blue Hazard

July 2018 11 Hello Heartache is a Twin Cities based classic country band. From Hank Williams to George Jones, Bakersfield to Nashville, and even a few originals by lead vocalist Sarah York, HH preaches the golden era of country music. Featuring twin fiddle harmonies, tele twang, creamy pedal steel, and songs of heartbreak and love, HH looks forward to getting you out on the dance floor soon. Hello Heartache is Sarah York, guitar and vocals; Aaron Tacke, guitar and vocals; AJ Scrubas, pedal steel guitar and fiddle; Rina Rossi, bass and vocals; Andrew Bartleson, drums. Don’t miss their mainstage shows or their dance at the Showcase Tent if you pine for that old honky-tonk sound. More info at: www.helloheartachemusic.com

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12 July 2018 Blue Groove is comprised of experi- enced veteran players and singers, as well as some new faces in the bluegrass scene. The band covers material from a number of past and current bluegrass artists, and presents a few originals as well. The Blue Groove sound leans towards a more contemporary vibe (Alison Krauss, Rhon- da Vincent), while maintaining ties to traditional bluegrass (Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs) and all of its drive, improvi- sation and harmony singing! The band members are Adelle Hyrkas, lead vocals and rhythm guitar; David Smith, banjo and vocal harmony; Bob Doe, lead guitar, dobro, and lead vocal; Tom Erickson, upright bass fiddle, Tom Wadzinski mandolin and vocal, and Richard Kriehn on Blue Groove fiddle. More info: www.bluegrooveblue- grass.com

The Double Down Daredevils came about when Tom Peschges and Nathan Fjeld met at a Minnesota Bluegrass Fes- tival. Both were camped at the Double Down camping area and met jamming around the campfire. They became jam buddies and soon after good friends. The group philosophy is pretty simple. They are friends first! They play music they love. Music they are excited about. They have fun! The music is their own blend of traditional bluegrass standards with Americana covers and heartfelt originals, served with a hearty helping of their sig- nature harmonies. Their website: www. doubledownbluegrass.com Double Down Daredevils

The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League calls their music, “Prohibition Swing” – a thick, hot, syrupy blend of musical influences that pair equally well with coffee and whiskey. The band is Dan Rosen, Peter Whiteman, Kellie Reichert, MinnesotaBluegrass.org Rich Yaeger, Jon Halquist, Alan Peterson. They will set a mood and take you back in time! More info: www.thegatl.com

The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League

July 2018 13 Singleton Street Julian Davis Singleton Street plays bluegrass, Celt- Eelpout Stringers ic, gospel, and Americana music. They’ve Julian Davis is a traveling musician, played large festivals and small coffee plying his trade through guitar and man- Eelpout Stringers describe them- houses; churches and Irish pubs; renais- dolin on the roads of this country. Since selves as a bunch of old fogies that delight sance festivals and even a modern ballet. 2016 he has been proving that Bluegrass in playing turn-of-the-century (1800’s) Singleton Street is Sherri Leyda, Chuck isn’t only an old man’s game, giving the “old-time” or “square dance” music. The Leyda and Jimmy Newkirk. They are the traditional style a clean new treatment. Band is “Keeper” Lloyd Mitchell, guitar winners of the Race-for-Place band con- Julian enjoys playing the classics that and vocals; “Gill” Karl Burke, bass and test sponsored by MBOTMA in 2017! have stood the test of time, and ensuring vocals; “Fin” Nick Rowse and fiddle and More info at: www.singletonstreet.com they last a little longer by giving them one vocals; “Bullhead” Craig Evans, banjo and more spin on the dance floor. In 2017 he vocals. They have two albums, Rockin’ started traveling solo, singing to concert the Boat (2011) and Waterbound (2015). halls and theatres-and select very good They will provide us with a healthy dose bars-anywhere a road can go. Website: of good music and humor. Website: www. www.juliandavismusic.com eelpoutstringers.com MinnesotaBluegrass.org

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16 July 2018 Underground on the Move By Sophie Galep

You’ve heard many times, especially Hazard, Barbaro (MN), the Soggy Prairie conveniently located with the entrance around the Minnesota Bluegrass scene, Boys (WI), Broken Spoke (MN), as well as to the field almost directly behind the that the future is in good hands. Good, the Henhouse Prowlers (IL), and the Ju- Rocky Top Shuttle Stop (bluegrass song talented, hard-driving hands. Well, the lian Davis Band (KS). Continental Drive title, anyone?). You won’t need your hik- same is true for the future of the music at and Dreamcatcher are two bands appearing boots, nor will you get lost. Not to the Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival. ing on the Underground Stage this year worry, there will be signage and direction This year, the Underground Stage (for- that were born from the bluegrass scene from festival volunteers throughout the merly located directly past the entrance to surrounding East Tennessee State Univer- weekend to help those unfamiliar get to rough camping on the right, across from sity’s bluegrass music program, which has the stage. horse paddocks to the left) will be relo- become quite a magnet for young pickers In its early days, the Underground cating to a much more open area in the from Minnesota in the last few years. (In Stage was fondly dubbed the GFZ (the Lower 13. This new development for the fact, rumor has it ETSU is constructing “Geezer-Free Zone”), though the new expansion of the stage will be much more a dorm for Minnesotans only.) Bluegrass location in the Lower 13 does not dis- appealing and conducive to younger folks and beyond, the music for the first year criminate, and we don’t mean just when especially, with more room for everyone in the new location of the Underground it comes to genre-hopping. Featuring to spread their wings and have an outlet Stage will surely not disappoint. hard-driving bluegrass and progressive for the exciting amounts of energy that Located about halfway back into newgrass alike, the sounds from the Un- will be emitted from the stage this year. rough camping, the Lower 13 is a thirteen derground will attract all audiences. We’ll The talent for this year’s lineup acre field that has previously been home be looking forward to welcoming folks of consists of some MBOTMA favorites, a to very few campers, which made it the all ages who want to spread out, kick up couple nationally acclaimed groups, and perfect spot to set up the new stage. Not their heels, and enjoy a good time! several up-and-coming bands. Groups far from the main festival area, and not this year include MBOTMA’s own Blue too far back into the woods, Lower 13 is

Bluegrass Instructional Camp August 7-9, 2018 El Rancho Manána , Richmond, MN The Edgar Loudermilk Band featuring Jeff Autry and Chuck Millar Teaching guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass and fiddle Register on the MBOTMA Website: minnesotabluegrass.org/pre-fest-instructional-camps

Sound Reinforcement Workshop MinnesotaBluegrass.org August 8-9, 2018 El Rancho Manána , Richmond, MN Taught by Doug Lohman of Armadillo Sound & Design Register on the MBOTMA Website: minnesotabluegrass.org/pre-fest-instructional-camps

July 2018 17 Cameron 13th Annual Bluegrass Festival

September 7, 8, 9, 2018

Pioneer Village Museum 1866 121⁄2 Ave. (Cty. Hwy. W) Cameron, WI

Featuring: • The Biscuit Boys • Bluegrass Roundup • The Doubledown Daredevils • The Stringsmiths • John and Rose Band • Highview Tommy Brown • River City Ramblers & the County Line Grass • Gospel Notes • St. Paul Mudsteppers • R Country Offspring • King’s Countrymen

Music begins Friday night at 5pm Vendors, Jammin’, Workshops and more Doubledown Daredevils The Biscuit Boys For more information or directions contact Kathy Krug at (715) 458-0181 Food and refreshments available

Gate Fee: Fri. $10, Sat. $15, and Sun. $10; $30 for weekend pass Rough camping is an additional $10 per day MinnesotaBluegrass.org

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July 2018 19 Monroe Crossing: What’s Coming up Music In The Park Sunday, July 1, 2018 5:00 pm Longville, MN 218-363-2281 Salem Lutheran Church Gazebo, 1340 County Road 5 North Morristown 4th of July Celebration Wednesday, July 4 Time(s) TBA Morristown, MN 507-685-4372 4th of July Grounds, 10500 215th Street SW Music in the Park Thursday, July 5 6:30 pm Antigo, WI 715-623-2429 City Park West, 230 Aurora Street Friday, July 6 8:00 pm Three Lakes Center for the Arts, 1760 Superior Street Three Lakes, WI 715-546-2299 Music in Plymouth Wednesday, July 11 5:40-6:40 PM Plymouth, MN Hilde Performance Center, 3450 Plymouth Blvd Minnesota Waldorf School Bluegrass Festival Saturday, July 14 7:00 - 8:00 pm St Paul, MN 651-487-6700 70 East County Road B Wednesday, July 18 7:30 pm Historic Holmes Theatre, 806 Summit Avenue Detroit Lakes, MN 218-844-7469 Friday, July 20 7:00 - 9:00 pm Sounds of Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake Beach Area Menahga, MN 218-564-5462 Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities Sunday, July 22 9:30 am Minnetonka, MN 952-935-3419 Minnetonka Campus, 16023 Minnetonka Blvd Wednesday, July 25 7:00 - 8:30 pm Harmony in the Parks, Lions Park Bandshell Lindstrom, MN 651-257-0620 Arts in the Parks Thursday, July 26 7:00 pm Bloomington, MN Normandale Lake Bandshell, 5901 W 84th St 9:00 & Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities Sunday, July 29 Minneapolis, MN 612-312-3411 10:15 am Minneapolis Campus, 4100 Lyndale Avenue South

Go to www.MonroeCrossing.com for the latest information on all of our concerts. Booking: Derek Johnson, 612-720-3746 or [email protected] MinnesotaBluegrass.org

20 July 2018 SEMBA

26th Bluegrass Festival

Aug. 16, 17, 18 & 19, 2018 BLUEGRASS INSTRUMENT WORKSHOP WED. See www.semba.tv for Southern Gentleman - AL Fri., Sat. & Sun, August 15, further info or Call (507) ------9:00 am - 4:00 pm 251-1884 Basement Bluegrass Band – IL Coordinated by Fir. & Sat. Bill Cagley ------

FREE WITH SEMBA Bring Lawn The Finley River Boys – MO WRISTBAND, For More Fri. & Sat. Chairs (Low information – call (507) ------251-1884 back please) Roe Family Singers - MN

Thurs. & Fri. ------Terry Smith - TN Festival Information or Tickets Thurs. & Fri. SEMBA P.O. Box 93, Rushford, MN 55971 ------Phone: 507-864-8109 Website: www.SEMBA.TV The Doubledown Daredevils-MN e-mail ~ [email protected] Sat. & Sun. ------Potluck 6:00 pm evening prior to the Festival Cedar Valley - MN, IA & WI Rain or shine – have building CASH OR CHECK Thurs. & Sun. ------

Admission August Squirrel Tail – IA WORKSHOPS Thurs. All Four Days ~ $35 (Advance $33) Saturday ------Friday ~ Sunday $32 (Advance $30) The Great Bluegrass Herons - IA 9:00 ~10:00 am Sat. & Sun.. Sat. ~ $20 – Thurs. or Fri. ~ $16 Sunday ~ $10 ------Cagley/Bjordal – MN Thurs. OPEN STAGES Aug – Thurs. 11:00 – 12:00 - Friday 10:00 ~ 12:00 & Saturday 11:00 ~ 12:30 Courier – MN Sun ------Bring your INSTRUMENT as Jamming is always present August Show Times throughout the campground!! No Alcoholic Beverages or Pets Thurs., Fri., & Sat. 1:00 -4:45 pm & allowed in Fest Building or Concert Area 6:30 – 10:15 pm Food Service by Relay for Life Sun. AM Gospel 9:00 ~ 11:30 am Camping Information - Contact - Cushon’s Peak Sunday afternoon 12:00 – 3:20 pm Campground (in a beautiful valley on the Root River Bike Trail) 18696 State Highway 16, Houston, MN 55943 Tel. 507-896- 7325 www.camppeak.com email: [email protected] Annual $20 SEMBA Membership Clean modern restrooms & Showers. Electric & Water sites $$ entitles you to a discount on MinnesotaBluegrass.org vary - non electric sites also available Onsite Dump Station festival tickets & you will receive All shows are ASCAP & BMI Licensed a monthly newsletter. Information subject to change.

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July 2018 21 Cowboys in Bluegrass Music? by Wayne Erbsen

As a kid, I desperately wanted to be a cowboy. I dreamed of owning a horse, riding the range, and doing what cowboys did. And why wouldn’t I? Every night I slept under a cowboy blanket and my lunch box was fully decorated with a decal of a handsome cowboy twirling his lariat. Growing up at the dawn of the age of television, all my heroes were cowboys: Hopalong Cassidy, Shane, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and John Wayne. I watched “Gunsmoke,” “Have Gun Will Travel,” “The Rifleman” and “Bonanza” while eating my TV dinner. My favorite actor was Gary Cooper, whose riveting role in the movie “High Noon” knocked my wrote an influential paper entitled “The For now, we’ll leave that argument socks off. Significance of the Frontier in American to the historians. What I’m interested in Of course, back then the entire History.” Turner convincingly argued knowing is how the idea of the cowboy country seemed to be smitten with that the idea of the frontier was crucial in influenced country music in general, and everything cowboy. But we can’t just helping to define the American character. bluegrass music in particular. Stick with blame Hollywood and the Marlborough Since then, historians have been hotly me here as I outline some of the ways the Man for the popularity of the cowboy as debating the merits of Turner’s claims of idea of cowboys and the Wild West snuck a cultural icon. As early as 1893, noted the importance of the West in American into our national consciousness. historian Frederick Jackson Turner history. Theodore Roosevelt - In 1884, New Yorker Roosevelt decided he wanted to live the life of a cowboy, so he bought a cattle ranch in the Badlands of the Dakota Territory and fashioned himself into a cowboy. While having a friendly drink at a local saloon, Roosevelt was bullied by a man who thought the newcomer was a city-slicking sissy. In the fist fight that followed, Roosevelt proved his mettle, and beat the man into believing that Teddy was as tough as the Rough Rider he soon became. When Roosevelt eventually became President, politician Mark Hannah is said to have snorted, “Now look! That damned cowboy is President of the United States.” Dime Novels - As early as 1860, the publishers Erastus and Irwin Beadle released a series of cheap paperback books called “Beadle’s Dime Novels.” These and other publications flooded the market with hair-raising stories of brave cowboys and frontiersmen fighting off wild Indians to save beautiful maidens. Buffalo Bill Cody, a hero of many Bluegrass Boys circa 1940 Dime Novels, started his own Wild West MinnesotaBluegrass.org

22 July 2018 shows beginning in around 1883. These soon produced a plethora of cowboy wildly popular Western extravaganzas products, including the ”Roundup helped to popularize the idea of the Guitar.” In 1935, Patsy Montana became cowboy and the Wild West both in the first female performer to have a America, England and even in the rest million-selling record with her “I Want ofEurope. to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.” In 1934, Books - Owen Wister became Gene Autry left the WLS Barn Dance known as the father of western fiction for Hollywood to star in “In Old Santa with his many books, including “The Fe.” This began the era when the singing Virginian” (1902). Zane Gray followed cowboy dominated the big screen. suit with a series of immensely popular Bill Monroe - In October 1939, books including “Riders of the Purple Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys Sage” (1912). His success helped fuel an joined the Grand Ole Opry. In his first entire industry of western books. recording for RCA Victor in 1940, Movies - The first feature movie Monroe recorded Jimmy Rodgers’ “Mule was a western, “The Great Train Skinner Blues.” In a 1980 interview with Robbery” (1903). Westerns were popular the author, Bluegrass Boy Cleo Davis throughout the silent film era. From remembered that Bill Monroe and the 1915-1925 William S. Hart dominated Bluegrass Boys were the first performers western films. Then came Tom Mix, who to play the Opry dressed in white shirts, appeared in 291 western films between Bufflo Bill Cody ties, and Stetson hats. Monroe’s choice 1909 and 1935. of attire for his Bluegrass Boys wasn’t Music - In 1925 Carl T. Sprague Kerrville, Texas. exactly the full-on “cowboy look,” but it recorded an authentic cowboy song Gene Autry - Anyone looking for the was close. entitled “When the Work’s All Done This single biggest reason why country music Wayne Erbsen is a performer, Fall.” It sold a staggering 900,000 copies embraced the image of the cowboy needs author, radio host and publisher. He at a time when most people didn’t even to look no further than the career of Gene has written two books on cowboy songs own a record player. Jimmy Rodgers, Autry. He singlehandedly changed the including “Cowboy Songs, Jokes, Lingo known as “the father of country music,” look of country music from the hillbilly in ‘n Lore” and “Outlaw Ballads, Legends recorded at least seven cowboy songs in overalls to the cowboy in a white hat. As and Lore.” His cowboy recordings his short career and frequently performed one of the most influential entertainers include “Cowboy Songs of the Wild in cowboy garb. His hits included “T of all time, he virtually created and Frontier” and “Authentic Outlaw For Texas,” and he even built a home in popularized the singing cowboy that took Ballads.” Check out his instruction books Hollywood and the nation by storm. for bluegrass banjo, clawhammer banjo, Here, in brief, is how this mandolin, fiddle and guitar at www. transformation took place. Sears Roebuck nativeground.com. If you would like to wanted to enhance its national audience, receive a free Native Ground Books & so it purchased the WLS National Barn Music monthly enewsletter containing Dance in Chicago. During the Great articles, tips, tabs and discount coupons Depression, the country was in sore need send your name and email address to of heroes, so the marketing department [email protected]. at Sears hit on the idea of promoting the image of a clean, right living cowboy hero to sell their products. With the stage set LaPlant Instruments for a western hero, in walks Gene Autry in maker of fine 1931. A likeable performer who was born mandolins & guitars MinnesotaBluegrass.org in Texas, he started dressing like a cowboy for personal appearances shortly after he Buy - Trade joined the WLS Barn Dance. Interestingly Sell - Repair enough, he bought his first cowboy outfit (stringed instruments) from Sears Roebuck. Ironically, his first big hit, “Silver Haired Daddy of Mine,” 31751 LaPlant Road was not a cowboy song, but a mountain Grand Rapids, MN 55744 song. 218-326-4456 Jumping on the band wagon, Sears

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26 July 2018 Bluegrass Saturday Morning By Phil Nusbaum

Weather Musings Readers of this column recognize that these monthly a great band. There are also many local and regional bands on ramblings contain many weather references. It’s because our the bill. This column has pointed to Blue Hazard and the Eel weather is so extreme and so varied. For example, the previous Pout Stringers previously. I’m looking forward to another chance issue of this magazine referenced a weather highlight, the April to see Blue Groove, a group that did a great job at last winter’s blizzard of 2018. Well, we just received another highlight. The MBOTMA fund raiser. day before this piece was written, May 28, 2018, when I looked at Those are a few projected highlights. But at the August my cellphone to check the weather report, I noticed the number festival, you never know what might turn out to be a highlight. “100” on the phone’s face. We knew the day would be a hot one, And it is just a month away. but as storm clouds gathered, we wondered if we would see triple digits. You might even say we were sweating it out. But just before Special Note about Music Listings a brief shower cooled things off, the number “100” was achieved. The KBEM-FM online music listings contain many regular And great that we did so early in the year! Knowing that we events listed that no longer take place. The problem is that when broke through this important number in 2018, none of us will regularly-occurring events are canceled, no one tells us. So if have to think about breaking the barrier the rest of the season. you know of these, kindly let us know and we’ll remove them from the listings. The listings are only worthwhile if they are The August Festival trustworthy. Temperature readings of 100 remind us, too, that the The written music listings took the place of the Bluegrass season is under way. It will still be going strong at the announcements we used to make. But so many listeners told us time of the August festival promoted by MBOTMA. The August that they never seemed to have pencils at the ready to write down festival is a time when bluegrass is like air. If you camp at the any of the details about the events. So, we compiled the listings festival site, like at an all-inclusive resort, you do not have to go and put them on the KBEM website, at this URL: http://www. home when nighttime comes. Daily concerns slip away so you jazz88.fm/2017/05/31/bsm-calendar/. can enjoy the fellowship, the pickin’ and the professional talent To get there, at www.jazz88.fm, click on schedule. Scroll to on stage. Becky Buller’s performance is much more than a trip the bottom of the page and click on Bluegrass Saturday Morning. home for this award-winning songwriter. Hers are among the Then scroll down to Blog Posts and click on Bluegrass Saturday most thoughtful and pointed songs of our time. Take “Didn’t Acoustic Music Calendar. Die” from one Buller CD back. It’s about a woman, murdered by her husband, who somehow does not really die. Something of her Weekly Playlists, Listen Online spirit stays around to torment him the rest of his life. The song www.jazz88.fm of course is a major entry in the “bluegrass macabre” catalog. To stream KBEM programming, at www.jazz88.fm, click on MBOTMA Committees that pick bands are very good at finding “listen live.” Bluegrass Saturday Morning playlists are located at great bands that few have heard of previously. For example, the www.jazz88.fm. At the top of the home page on the right-hand Henhouse Prowlers has been around a long time. While the side, select “playlists.” Then click on the desired date. To listen to group does have the name recognition of some other touring archived shows, at www.jazz88.fm, click on “on-demand” Then bands, its resume includes state department tours, several CDs, click on the date and show. and they have played previously in St. Paul at the Turf Club. It’s

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28 July 2018 MBOTMA Calendar of Events Concerts and events presented or supported by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association

The following events are presented by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA) or supported in part by MBOTMA, and made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

July 13, 2018 - Friday Aug 30 and Sep 1, 2018 - Friday and Saturday Po Ramblin Boys: 2018 Minnesota Americana-Roots Music Contests: Eagles #34, 2507 East 25th Street, Minneapolis, MN. Supported At the Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN. For more information by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association. 651-456-8919 or www.MinnesotaBluegrass. org. Presented by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association. July 14, 2018 - Saturday Po Ramblin Boys: September 3, 2018 - Monday Loy Showbarn, 6914 60th Ave, NW, Oronoco, MN Tickets Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival: Minneapolis, trhough Eventbrite. Supported by the Minnesota Bluegrass & MN, 1:00-6:30pm, Minnehaha Park. Middle Spunk Creek Boys Old-Time Music Association. 50th Anniversary Show, King Wilkie’s Dream, Sawtooth Brothers, Pride of the Prairie, Becky Thompson and Old School. Supported August 9-12, 2018, Thursday through Sunday by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association. The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival: Richmond, MN: El Rancho Mañana Campground & Riding Sta- ble (27302B Ranch Rd 56368, 20 mi W of St Cloud, I-94 exit #153 at Avon, 9 mi S on Cty 9, L on Mañana Rd). Four-day outdoor Get a PDF of Minnesota Bluegrass - Save us music and camping festival with stage shows, dances, work- postage. If you are already a member and want to shops, showcases, children’s shows, demonstrations, crafts, and receive Minnesota Bluegrass in electronic form instead of good food in five stage areas. Five time IBMA Event of the Year by postal mail, it will be emailed to you directly before it is nominee. 2018 performers will include Becky Buller Band, Chris available to the general public. If you only want the digital Jones & the Night Drivers, Edgar Loudermilk Band, Hen House copy or you have problems opening the file, please contact Prowlers, Red Squirrel Chasers, and many more TBA. Mainstage the Minnesota Bluegrass editor at editor@minnesotablue- showtimes are 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM Thursday, 1:00 PM to 11:00 grass.org. PM Friday, 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM Saturday, and 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Sunday. For information or tickets call 651-456-8919 or visit www.MinnesotaBluegrass.org. Presented by the Minnesota Blue- grass & Old-Time Music Association. MBOTMA’s Website: www.minnesotabluegrass.org

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Venue abbreviations 318: The 318 Café, 318 Water Street, Excelsior, 952-401-7902, GINK: Ginkgo Coffeehouse, 721 N Snelling Ave, St Paul, 651- www.three-eighteen.com 645-2647, www.ginkgocoffee.com 331C: 331 Club, 331 13th Ave NE, Mpls, 612-331-1746, GKb: Grand Kabaret, 210 N Minnesota St, New Ulm, 507-359- www.331.mn 9222, www.thegrandnewulm.com AGr: Amazing Grace Bakery & Cafe, 394 S Lake Ave, Duluth, HOB: The Loft at Hobgoblin Music, 920 State Hwy 19, Red 218-723-0075, www.amazinggraceduluth.com Wing, 877-866-3936, www.stoneyend.com AST: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main St, Mpls, 612-379-3138, www. MER: Merlins Rest, 3601 E Lake St, Mpls, 612-216-2419 astercafe.com OAK: Oak Center General Store, 67011 Hwy 63, Lake City, 507- BSC: Black Sheep Coffee Cafe, 705 Southview Blvd., South St. 753-2080, www.oakcentergeneralstore.com Paul, 651-554-0155, www.blacksheepcoffee.com RIV: Riverview Café & Wine Bar, 3747 42nd Ave S, Mpls, 612- BTC: Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua, Bayfield, WI, 888-244- 729-4200, theriverview.com 8368, www.bigtop.org ROCK: Rockwoods, 9100 Quaday Ave NE, Elk River, 763-222- BoDD: BoDiddley’s Pub and Deli, 129 25th Ave S, St. Cloud, 4353, www.nograsslimit.com/RockwoodsCalendar.html 320-252-9475 SHL: Sheldon Theatre, 443 W 3rd St, Red Wing, 800-899-5759, CED: Cedar Cultural Center, 415 Cedar Ave S, Mpls, 612-338- www.sheldontheatre.org 2674, www.thecedar.org TAP: Tapestry Folkdance Center, 3748 Minnehaha Ave S, Mpls, CJ: Celtic Junction, 836 Prior Ave, St Paul, 651-330-4685, www. 612-722-2914, www.tapestryfolkdance.org thecelticjunction.com UMC: Underground Music Café, 1579 Hamline Ave N, Falcon CrH: Creek House Concerts, www.creekhouseconcerts.com, Hts, 651-644-9959, undergroundmusiccafe.com 651-633-5353. MUST call and reserve for these events. VC: Vieux Carre, 408 St Peter St, St Paul, 651-291-2715, vieux- DAK: Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Mpls, 612-332-1010, carre.com www.dakotacooks.com WmH: The Warming House, 4001 Bryant Ave S, lower level, DuG: Dunn Brothers on Grand, 1569 Grand Ave, St. Paul Mpls, 877-987-6487, thewarminghouse.net EAG: Eagles Club, 2507 E 25th St, Mpls, 612-729-4469, ZUM: Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, 507-732- www.Mplseagles34.org 7616, www.crossingsatcarnegie.com FITZ: Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E Exchange St, St Paul, 651-290- 1200, www.fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org To post gigs and events to this calendar, request the link to our online submission form to [email protected] SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS MN Waldorf School North Mother Banjo Pamela Longtine with American Roots Festival July 15 Dick Kimmel and The July 14 Sunday Gritpickers Saturday Lake Harriet Bandshell July 15 with Blue Groove, Monroe Crossing, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Sunday Sawtooth Brothers, High 48s, more, Minneapolis, MN CD Release MN Waldorf School, 2pm Nautilus Music Theater 70 E County Rd B, St Paul, MN 308 Prince St, St Paul, MN #190 mwsmusicfestival.org 4pm

6/25 - Monday 6/26 - Tuesday 6/28 - Thursday • Paige Hargrove & Josh Miranda, DuG, • Not Available! & Just Us, 318, 7pm • Monroe Crossing, Music In The Park, 7pm • Rough Draft Songwriter Night, WmH, Lakeside Park, 111 Lakeshore Dr, Big • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm 8pm Lake, 7pm • New Riverside Ramblers, EAG, 6/27 - Wednesday • Tim Houlihan w/ Gather In The 7:30pm • Lenz and Frenz, 331C, 9:30pm Rambler, 318, 8pm • Sarah Beatty, Kellogg Park, 62 Kellogg • Rupert Wates, David Stoddard, WmH, • Broadfork Stringband, Music in the Blvd E, St Paul, 12pm

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30 July 2018 • Frank Johnson & Guests, GKb, Market, Main St, Prior Lake, 9am 7:30pm • Monroe Crossing, Prospect House Classified Ads • The Fish Heads, Sir Benedict’s Tavern, Museum, 112 Main St, Battle Lake, 805 E. Superior St, Duluth, 218-728- TBA 1192, 6pm • Popdooks, MER, 8:30pm For sale: Deering 6-string banjo; • Jillian Rae, Lake Harriet Bandshell, • Two Girls & A Boyd, 318, 8pm Fender Telecaster (maple); Martin 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Mpls, • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am Backpacker; Kentucky KM-675 man- 7:30pm • Americana Song Circle, WmH, 10am dolin; ChromaHarp 15-chord au- • Jason Roberts, Minnehaha Bandstand, • Dick Kimmel & Pamela Longtine, toharp. Excellent condition. E-mail Mpls, 7pm Maplewood State Park, Pelican [email protected] or call • David Hanners, Bernie King, WmH, Rapids, 651-457-2547 8pm • Richard Smith, CrH, 7pm 6/30 - Saturday • Tim Sparks, The Icehouse, 2528 • Billy McLaughlin, ZUM, 8pm Nicollet Ave, Mpls, 6:30pm -1511, 6:30pm • Greenwood Tree, Prior Lake Farmers • Dick Kimmel & Pamela Longtine, Cass County Fair, Pine River, 4:30pm • Tony Rook Band, Thursday Night at the Park Concert, Long Prairie, 7pm • Open Mic Night, Veterans Memorial Amphitheater, 913 W. St. Germain Street, St. Cloud, 320-259-5463, 7pm • Open Mic, WmH, 7pm • Free Music Thursdays - Josh Harty, WmH, 9pm • Mary DuShane & Nick Jordan, Waldmann Brewery, 445 Smith Ave, St Paul, 7:30 pm 6/29 - Friday • Billy Johnson, 318, 8pm MinnesotaBluegrass.org

July 2018 31 7/1 - Sunday WI, 8pm Mpls, 6:30pm • Monroe Crossing, Salem Lutheran • Sawtooth Brothers, Meet Me Under 7/11 - Wednesday Church Gabezo, 1340 Cty Rd 5 the Bridge, Wabasha, 7pm • Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Longville, 5pm 7/7 - Saturday Rodaîlleurs, EAG, 7:30pm • King Wilkie’s Dream, Brookside Bar • The New Shoes, 318, 8pm • Cooker John, DuG, 7pm & Grill, 140 Judd St, Marine on St. • The Uku Ladies w/ DeKam & • Tim Sparks & Phil Heywood, Croix, 3pm Johnson, 318, 8pm Northrup Auditorium, Plaza U of • Amy & Adams, Lake Harriet • Greenwood Tree, St. Paul Farmers MN, 12pm Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Market, 290 E 5th St, St. Paul, 9am • The Dollys, Red Wing Arts Assn., 418 Mpls, 2pm • Greenwood Tree, Lumberyard Pub, Levee St. Red Wing, 7pm • Swing Brunch with Patty & the 3121 St Croix Trail So, Afton, 5:30pm • Monroe Crossing, Music In Plymouth, Buttons, AST, 11am • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am Hide Performance Center, 3450 • Switched at Birth, Glewwe’s Castle 7/8 - Sunday Plymouth Blvd, Plymouth, 5:40pm Brewery Open House, 4620 207th St • Ray Wylie Hubbard, DAK, 7pm • Pat Donohue & Dean Magraw, E, Prior Lake, 1:30pm • Phil Heywood, The Icehouse, 2528 Crooners, 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Fridley, 7/2 - Monday Nicollet Ave, Mpls, 11am 763-760-0062, 7:30pm • Jugsluggers, DuG, 7pm 7/9 - Monday • The High 48s, Silverwood Park • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm Concert Series, 2500 County Rd E, St 7/3 - Tuesday • Joe Fingers, DuG, 7pm Anthony, 763-694-7707, 6:30pm • Clay Borrell, 318, 7pm • DL Cajun Band, EAG, 7:30pm 7/12 - Thursday • Yonder Mountain String Band, 7/10 - Tuesday • Zach Spirov, 318, 8pm Minnesota Zoo, 13000 Zoo • Dave Dvorak & Jerry Esnough, 318, • The Uku Ladies, 331C, 9:30pm Boulevard, Apple Valley, 952-431- 7pm • Wild Colonial Bhoys & Sister Tree, 9200 • The Middle Spunk Creek Boys, Frank Harriet Island St Paul, 6:30pm 7/4 - Wednesday Rog Amphitheater, Central Park, 2540 • Curtis & Loretta, Campbell Park, • Monroe Crossing, North Morristown Lexington Ave, Roseville, 7pm Huron, SD, 4th of July, 10500 215th St SW • Bob & Lynn Dixon, Midtown Farmers • Sonic Love Child, Minnehaha Morristown, TBA Market, 2225 E Lake St, Mpls, 3:30pm Bandstand, Mpls, 7pm • Daddy Squeeze, Spring Cafe, 1360 • One Ukulele, Bryant Square Park, • SouthSide Aces, EAG, 8pm Lexington Pkway N, St Paul, 6pm 7/5 - Thursday • Tom Hipps, 318, 8pm • Eilen Jewell, DAK, 7pm • Just Us, DuG, 7pm • Greenwood Tree, Centennial Lakes Market, 7499 France Ave Edina, 3:30pm • Monroe Crossing, Music In The Park, City Park, W 230 Aurora St, Antigo WI, 6:30pm • The Swamp Poppas, EAG, 8pm • Yonder Mountain String Band with The Sweet Water Warblers and The Lowest Pair, BTC, 7:30pm 7/6 - Friday • Billy McLaughlin, 318, 8pm • Dan Rumsey, DuG, 7pm • Tony Cuchetti & David Melby, Falconer Vineyards, 3572 Old Tyler Rd, Red Wing, 6pm • Nici Peper & Jamie Wagonner, Leo And Leona’s, W1436 WI-33, Bangor, WI, 7:30pm • Bonnie & The Clydes, Contented Cow, 302B Division St S, Northfield, 6pm • Greenwood Tree, Music In The Park, Veterans Park River Falls, WI, 7pm • Monroe Crossing, Three Lakes

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32 July 2018 • Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, Ragged 421 3rd St, Excelsior, 8pm Kimmel, Lori Jean, Andrea Lyn, Le Roots Festival, Wisconsin Dells, • Monroe Crossing, Minnesota Waldorf Bon, Springfield raggedroots.com, School Bluegrass Festival, 70 E Cty Rd • Woody Guthrie’d “Bound for Glory” 7/13 - Friday B, St Paul, 7pm 75th Anniversary Concert with • Po Ramblin’ Boys, EAG, 7:30pm • Phil Nusbaum and Sherry Minnick, Charlie Maguire, Tony Glover and • Dave Cofell & Bill Mann, 318, 8pm The Ice House, 2528 Nicollet Av, Pop Wagner, Crooners, 6161 Hwy 65 • Brad Cattadoris, DuG, 7pm Mpls, 612-276-6523, 11am NE, Fridley, 763-760-0062, 6pm • Robert Bell & Anna Stine, Gkb, • King Wilkie’s Dream, Superior Ribfest, • Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, Ragged 7:30pm Eastside Park, Morris, 3pm Roots Festival, Wisconsin Dells, • Bob Bovee with Rina Rossi and AJ • Troy Flemming, Waseca County Free raggedroots.com Srubas, Lanesboro Barn Dance, Fair, Waseca County Fairgrounds, 409 7/15 - Sunday DreamAcres, 17289 County Rd. 8, 8th Ave NE, Waseca, 5:30 pm • Mother Banjo, Lake Harriet Wykoff, 7:30 PM • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, • Belfast to Bluegrass, BTC, 7:30pm • Curtis & Loretta, Brookings Summer Mpls, 2pm • Blue Groove Bluegrass Band, Arts Festival, Brookings, SD • King Wilkie’s Dream, St, Paul Yacht Minnehaha Bandstand, Mpls, 7pm • Douglas Wood and the WildSpirit Club, 100 Yacht Club Rd, St. Paul, • Curtis & Loretta, Laura Ingalls Wilder Band, Paramount Center for the Arts, 7pm Pageant, DeSmet, SD 913 W. St. Germain St, St. Cloud, 320- • Curtis & Loretta, Brookings Summer • Emily Haavik & the 35s, Lake Harriet 259-5463, 7:30pm Arts Festival, Brookings, SD, Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, • MN Waldorf School North American • Pamela Longtine with Dick Kimmel Mpls, 7:30pm Roots Festival with Blue Groove, and The Gritpickers - CD Release, • Lucie Blue Tremblay, CrH, 7:30pm Monroe Crossing, Sawtooth Brothers, Nautilus Music Theater, 308 Prince St, • Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, Ragged High 48s, more, MN Waldorf St Paul, #190, 4pm Roots Festival, Wisconsin Dells, School, 70 E County Rd B, St Paul, 7/16 - Monday raggedroots.com mwsmusicfestival.org • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm 7/14 - Saturday • Sherry Minnick & Phil Nusbaum, The • Joe Fingers, DuG, 7pm • Adam Levy & Peter J Sands, 318, 8pm Icehouse, 2528 Nicollet Ave, Mpls, • Granger’s Moonshine, Kellogg Park, • Peter Mayer, ZUM, 8pm 11am 62 Kellogg Blvd E, St Paul, 12pm • Cousin Dad, Excelsior Brewing Co, • Songwriter’s Showcase with Dick • The High 48s, Town Green, 7991 Main St, Maple Grove, 7pm 7/17 - Tuesday • Bill Cagley, DuG, 7pm • Eelpout Stringers, Lakeside Memorial Park, 95 E Broadway Ave, Forest Lake, CD Release 6:30pm The Gritpickers 7/18 - Wednesday • Monroe Crossing, Historic Holmes Theater, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Oldtime String Lakes, 7:30pm • Bob Bovee, Concert on the Green, Band Winona State University, Winona, Pamela Longtine 12:30pm • Brian Laidlaw and the Family Trade, & friends Silverwood Park Concert Series, 2500 County Rd E, St Anthony, 763-694- Sunday 7707, 6:30pm • The Handsome Family with Chris July 15, 2018 Crofton, CED, 7:30pm • Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, Spring

4 p.m. Cafe, 1360 Lexington Pkway N, St MinnesotaBluegrass.org Paul, 7pm The Nautilus Music-Theater 7/19 - Thursday 308 Prince St., #190, Lowertown St. Paul • Thomas Zachary, DuG, 7pm • Arlo Guthrie, BTC, 7:30pm Near the Blackdog Café and the Union • The High 48s, Summer Concert Depot Station on the green line Series, Long Prairie, 7pm 7/20 - Friday Come help The Gritpickers and Pamela celebrate our new CDs! • Pushing Chain, 318, 8pm (The Nautilus is a great space, and second time’s the charm!) • Simon Balto & Count This Penny, Leo And Leona’s, W1436 WI-33, Bangor,

July 2018 33 WI, 7:30pm 11am • Tom Lieberman, 318, 8pm • Monroe Crossing, Sounds of Spirit • Switched at Birth, Rice County Fair, • Alice Peacock, ZUM, 8pm Lake, Spirit Lake Beach Area, Faribault, ricecountyfair.net, 1pm • George Faber, Falconer Vineyards, Menahga, 7pm 7/23 - Monday 3572 Old Tyler Rd, Red Wing, 2pm • The Fish Heads, Sir Benedict’s Tavern, • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm • King Wilkie’s Dream, Wild Mountain 805 E Superior St, Duluth, 218-728- • Bluegrass Day Camp, BTC Winery, 16906 Wild Mountain Rd, 1192, 6pm 7/24 - Tuesday Taylor’s Falls, 3pm • No Man’s String Band, Minnehaha • Ava Ewald, 318, 7pm • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am Bandstand, Mpls, 7pm • Troy Flemming, Lanesboro Public • Curtis & Loretta, Farmstead • Sam Moss, Her Crooked Heart, Library, 202 Parkway Ave S, Creamery and Cafe, Hayward, WI, WmH, 8pm Lanesboro, 3pm 6pm • Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, Okoboji • Ann Reed & Dan Chouinard, • Root River Jam, more, Loring Park Brewing Co, Spirit Lake, IA Crooners, 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Fridley, Art Festival, Loring Park, 1382 • Mary DuShane & Nick Jordan, 763-760-0062, 7:30pm Willow St, Mpls, 612-203-9911 Ingredients Cafe, White Bear Lake, • Bluegrass Day Camp, BTC • Rufus Wainwright with Lucy 6pm • Eelpout Stringers at Community Wainwright Roche, Minnesota Zoo, 7/21 - Saturday Street Square Dance, Art House 13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, • Daisy Dillman Accoustic, 318, 8pm North, 793 Armstrong Ave, West St 952-431-9200, 7:30pm • Ann Reed & Dan Chouinard, ZUM, Paul, 6:30pm 7/29 - Sunday 8pm (Benefit for Peter Ostrousko) 7/25 - Wednesday • Monroe Crossing, Bethlehem • Minnesota Blue , DuG, 7pm • Lenz and Frenz, 331C, 9:30pm Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Ave • Fred Montana, Falconer Vineyards, • Monroe Crossing, Harmony in So, Mpls, 9am, 10:15am 3572 Old Tyler Rd, Red Wing, 5pm The Parks, Lions Park Bandshell, • Bob Bovee, Cradle of Forestry • Medicine Brothers, Leo And Leona’s, Lindstrom, 7pm Historic Site, Brevard, NC, 4pm W1436 WI-33, Bangor, WI, 7:30pm • Bluegrass Day Camp, BTC • Acoustic Guitar Showcase with Sam • Greenwood Tree, Prior Lakes Farmers 7/26 - Thursday Breckenridge, Elgin Foster, Gabriel Market, Main St, Prior Lake, 9am • Martin Zellar, 318, 8pm Andrews, The Icehouse, 2528 Nicollet • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am • Ingeborg von Agassiz, 331C, 9:30pm Ave, Mpls, 11am • Brass Lassie at the Minnesota Scottish • Monroe Crossing, Arts In The Park, • Ecaudor Manta, Lake Harriet Fair, Eagan Central Park, 1501 Central Normandale Lakes Bandshell, 5901 W Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Eagan, www.mnscottishfair.org 84th, Bloomington, 7pm Pkwy, Mpls, 2pm • Curtis & Loretta, Family Festival at • New Riverside Ramblers, Party in the • MN Mandolin Orchestra, more, City Park, Walnut Grove Park, Rotary Pavilion in Levee Park, Loring Park Art Festival, Loring Park, • Ethan Becker, Bothy Folk Club, 20 Ramsey St, Hastings, 5:30 pm 1382 Willow St, Mpls, 612-203-9911, Emy Frentz Arts Guild, 523 2nd St, • Bob Bovee, Isis Music Hall, Asheville, 7/30 - Monday Mankato, 507-217-0408, 7pm NC, 7:00 PM • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm • Mark Kreitzer, LCAA Music Center, • Troy Flemming, Blue Earth County • Sherwin Linton, Lake Harriet 220 Chestnut St, Lake City, 651-448- Fair, Shady Oaks Campground, 340 Bandshell, 4135 W Lake Harriet 8665, [email protected], Fairgrounds St, Garden City, 3pm Pkwy, Mpls, 7:30pm 7pm • Belfast to Bluegrass, BTC, 7:30pm 7/31 - Tuesday • Pat Donohue & Dean Magraw, Spring • Ecaudor Manta, Salo Park • Ben Aaron, 318, 7pm Cafe, 1360 Lexington Pkway N, St Ampthitheater, 39th Ave, St Anthony, • Chris Silver & The Good Intentions, Paul, 7pm saloparkconseries.com, 7pm Univ of Wisc River Falls WI, • Switched at Birth, St Paul Farmers • Open Mic Night, Bryant Square Park, Amphitheater, 7pm Market, 290 5th St E, St Paul, 9am Mpls, 6:30pm • Erik Koskinen, Randy Weeks & • The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance • Mary DuShane & Nick Jordan, Dave Moore, Hook and Ladder, 3010 League, Franconia Sculpture Garden, Waldmann Brewery, St Paul 7:30 pm Minnehaha Ave, Mpls, thehookmpls. 29836 St Croix Trl, Shafer, MN, 651- 7/27 - Friday com, 8pm 257-6668 • Aimee Lee & The Snazzy Band, 318, • Gypsy Mania Hot Club Quartet, • Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, New 8pm Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Lake London Water Days, New London • The Haws, DuG, 7pm Harriet Pkwy, Mpls, 7pm • Mary DuShane & Nick Jordan, Mill • Martin Zellar, Falconer Vineyards, • Sarah Morris, Father Hennepin Bluff City Farmers Market, Mpls, 11am 3572 Old Tyler Rd, Red Wing, 7pm Park, Mpls, 7pm 7/22 - Sunday • Rough & Tumble, Leo And Leona’s, 8/2 - Thursday • Monroe Crossing, Bethlehem W1436 WI-33, Bangor, WI, 7:30pm • John Louis, Bryant Square Park, Mpls, Lutheran Church, 16023 Mtka Blvd • Alma Andina, CED, 8pm 6:30pm Minnetonka, 9:30pm • Rufus Wainwright (Corey Chisel and • Swamp Poppas, EAG, 8pm • Katey Belleville and those SOBs, The Adriel Denae open), BTC Icehouse, 2528 Nicollet Ave, Mpls, 7/28 - Saturday MinnesotaBluegrass.org

34 July 2018 Tab: Flop Eared Mule By Bob Douglas

I learned this tune from Canadian Flop eared, Flop eared mule” on the B though it could have been written in two fiddler John Everatt while playing with part. We probably owe such profound keys with the key of D in the A part and in him on the streets of Western Germany lyrics to The Holy Modal Rounders, the the key of A in the second. I just sharped as a member of the String Band. It’s duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber. the G note a couple of times in the B part widely known in the US fiddle repertoire During the folk scare of the 60s and for the same effect. I’ve written the tune with an impressive range of titles such 70s, the Rounders blended folk tunes as AABB with the first A and first B being as Big‑Eared Mule, Long‑Eared Mule, with their own acoustic psychedelia and a bare bones rendition of the tune and Lop‑Eared Mule, Bluebell Polka, College had impact on a number of the nascent the second A and B giving some simple Schottische, Detroit Schottische, Ranger’s old time musicians of their time. The variations. It’s a fun tune to play and Hornpipe, Monkey in the Barbershop... Rounder’s second verse (and the title they an easy one to add your own variations you get the gist. I’ve personally found the gave to the tune) was “Real World.” In and ideas. No doubt the variations and tune to be quite popular with children if singing for kids, I’ve found they delight added ideas are a good reason for the tune sung with the lyrics: “Flop eared mule, in the use of their own names, or their having garnered so many different titles. Flop eared mule, Flop eared, Flop eared, teacher’s, or unexpected food items. But It’s a good square dance tune and can Flop eared mule” on the A part and then I digress... move at a pretty good clip once you get a “Mule, Mule, Mule, Mule, Flop eared, I’ve written the entire tune in D handle on it. Questions or alternative opinions are still welcome. Flop Eared Mule Bob Douglas [email protected] MinnesotaBluegrass.org

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