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Views expressed in these pages are not necessarily those of The Bluegrass Soundboard, Southwest Bluegrass Association, it's Board of Directors or the Editorial Staff. The Southwest Bluegrass Association, is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of , has been Pickers and grinners promoting Bluegrass designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Contributions are deductible for Federal or State income tax music and those involved in it. purposes. Thanks to everyone who attended The Great 48 and visited the SWBA suite! Terry and Sheila Brewer Hello Southwest Bluegrass Association members and friends! Blythe Bluegrass Festival had a little rain this year early in the Well 2018 is nothing but a memory and we are off to a great week, but mother nature supplied 3 days great weather for start as an association for 2019. those who attended this years festival . Thumbs up to the Blythe Chamber of Commerce for another great event and awesome The SWBA Board of Directors closed out the year with a board lineup. meeting on December 11, 2018. The meeting was called to The SWBA Booth at Blythe had several visitors that purchased order by Terry Brewer @6:45 Board members in attendance: shirts, raffle tickets, cook books, pick’in accessories and joined Sheila, Terry, Paula, Marc, Missy Lyn, Louie, Martha, Tony and SWBA or renewed. Thanks to all who helped out in the SWBA conducted online with the use of Google meet. booth, Hope Reed, Eric Nordbeck, Connie Tripp, Jerry and Missy presented the meeting minutes from Sept 5th and Nov Barbara Rutch, Martha Hall, Tony Pritchett, Marc Nelissen and 3rd, minutes were approved by the board. Missy Lyn Gibson. Paula presented the treasures reports and approved by the Darrell and Ann Barkley have stored and pulled the SWBA trailer board. to festivals and SWBA campouts for the last several years. After Sheila presented the SWBA membership report: 174 letters Blythe the trailer was moved to Louie and Paula De Bie’s house. mailed out to lapsed members, 24 returned address not found, Thank you Darrell and Ann for all you done to take care of our 7 new, 33 renewals. trailer and get it to where ever SWBA needed it. SWBA Fundraising presented by Terry: Facebook fundraising Hope Reed has decided to relocate with family to Washington $127 raised via SWBA FB page. Donation links have been setup later this summer. She has worked the SWBA booth at more on the SWBA website for PayPal Giving Fund, GuideStar and festivals and SWBA events than I can mention. She will truly be eBay and Amazon Smile have Southwest Bluegrass Association missed and I Thank her for her dedication, support and all she donation options. has done for our organization. Hope will be in the booth at Bluegrass Soundboard presented by Terry: 24 people want to Bluegrass On The Beach, Temecula Valley Bluegrass Festival, opt out of printed version and go online (updated to 70 as of and SWBA SuperJam in May. Pay her a visit at the booth and let Jan. 25��) her know how much we appreciate all she has done. SWBA Booth: 50 new SWBA shirts ordered by Missy and SWBA Email Blasts were recently added to stay in contact with supplies purchased by Marc (picks, strings, capos, tuners ECT) Our members for updates on events and the Soundboard online. for upcoming events. With the use of Mailchip and Google Gsuite, emails are sent out raffle ticket sales doing well via mail in form presented from [email protected] to SWBA members. by Sheila. If you haven't received these emails, check your spam or junk mail or we don't have your email in the membership database. SuperJam: Porta Potty, workshops, band showcases and potluck continue details at next meeting. Contact me or Sheila to update your email. Tony Pritchett wants to form committee to have workshops Hope to see you at Bluegrass on the Beach or at SuperJam! that would end with a concert. To use people who actually God Bless Terry Brewer teach to host the workshops. Motion to renew IBMA membership motion passed and approved. Next meeting Feb 5�� via Google Meet We kicked off 2019 in January at The Great 48 Hour Jam in Bakersfield California by hosting a hospitality suite on the ninth floor. This event hosted and organized by the California Bluegrass Association proved to be once again a great time for all who attended! The Bakersfield Marriott started checking folks in at 3 PM and then came the mad dash to grab a cart and hall all the stuff up to the SWBA suite and get set up. As everyone enjoyed the elevator races to get to their rooms the jamming started and continued through the weekend in the hallways, rooms and anywhere a few people could gather and pick. Our showcase bands for this year in the SWBA suite included The Blue Creek Band, Grasslands on Friday Night and The Honey Buckets and Out Of The Desert on Saturday night. The jamming in the Suite was almost non-stop with several pickers coming and going until the early morning hours. - Lead Guitar and Vocals By Terry Brewer Buzz Sawyer was influenced at an early age in rural Illinois by his father, Bob. Whether listening to him sing tenor at the local church or playing I SMELL COVERS bass for the Midnight Ramblers, Buzz soaked it all in. by Flint Hill Special Guitar became his passion, and with a twenty-five year tenure in popular groups such as Plain Folke and The Crossfire Band from Southern Flint Hill Special continues the tradition California, he gained a broad education of vocal styles and guitar playing. with a New website at flinthillspecial.com - Bass and Vocals and a New album “I Smell Covers” released Pete Lorentz has been involved in music from an early age, his interest in October of 2018. encompasses several instruments but he always returns to bass, a favorite for over fifty years. Equally adept at bluegrass, swing, and , I Smell Covers delivers awesome vocals and harmonies brought Pete's bass playing is the heart of Flint Hill Special." together with some mighty fine Pick’in! Pete enjoys singing lead and is equally at home with any harmony line. Tracks: 1. Cryin' All over the Place (Them ) Feat. Pete He first toured nationally as a country musician in 1966. Over the years Lorentz 2. Cumberland River feat. Buzz Sawyer 3. City Folks Call he has been an integral member of several bands; This Just In, Horizon Us Poor feat. Glenn Hamilton 4. A Memory of You feat. Pete Ridge, Summer Church, and Topock Trio, just to name a few. Lorentz 5. Redwood Hill feat. Buzz Sawyer 6. That's How I Got Pete grew up in a musical home. His dad played with the Texas Rangers to Memphis feat. Glenn Hamilton 7. Hot Burrito Breakdown and as he drove to his next locale he would have his sons harmonize; feat. Kent Nelson on , Buzz Sawyer on Guitar, Glenn each taking a different part. As you listen to Pete's melodic baritone, and Hamilton on Mandoline & Pete Lorentz on Bass 8. Blue Ridge amazing harmonies, you'll agree, his dad did an outstanding job of feat. Buzz Sawyer teaching him harmony. - and Vocals Favorite tracks: 1. Cryin' All over the Place 2. Cumberland River Glenn Hamilton, The Singing Sheriff is the elected official of Sierra 3. City Folks Call Us Poor A Memory of You 6. That's How I Got County, New Mexico, and vocalist extraordinaire for Flint Hill Special. to Memphis 5. Redwood Hill Glenn plays beautiful notes on his mandolin and fills the role of both released in October of 2018. lead vocals and tenor/high baritone harmonies. About the album: Glenn and his wife Monika, along with their French Bulldog, Shelby, call New Mexico home for now, but look forward to the day "their home This project has been a labor of love and has spanned almost a is on wheels." Glenn and Monika have won numerous awards for their year's time in the making. We hope you enjoy listening as much incredible harmonies. Glenn also grew up in a musical family as both of as the band enjoyed making it. ~ Flint Hill Special his parents are musicians and amazing country and gospel singers. The members of Flint Hill Special dedicated this album to the - Vocals person responsible for bringing this group of musicians When Monika steps out on stage, you know you are in for a special together, their founder and fellow Bluegrass enthusiast, Glen treat! Whether she is singing harmony with the boys, or belting out her Wilbourn. lead vocals, Monika does it right; and the crowd goes wild! Monika and hubby, The Singing Sheriff, Glenn Hamilton and their It is with pride and determination that all of the current French Bulldog, Shelby, hale from New Mexico. members of Flint Hill Special continue his work which he began Monika loves playing her bass and also enjoys "noodling" on her dobro. in 1984 when he first put the original members together. Monika's music has been greatly influenced by such songs as Dream of About Flint Hill Special a Miner's Child, Keith Whitley and and Annabelle by Flint Hill Special is a Touring Band . established in 1984 by Glen Wilbourn. Upon his retirement and - Banjo and Vocals with his blessing, the band will follow on in his tradition. with Johnny MillerMeet Johnny Miller, the amazing two-finger banjo picker, ties to New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. Flint and an original cowboy! Hill Special has been featured on radio, televised Bluegrass John Miller played backup rhythm for his father at a young age and in concerts and festivals throughout the Southwest and mid- 1993 went to his first bluegrass festival. He fell in love with the sound western states. of the five string banjo and over the next few years taught himself to play the five string listening to radio recordings and other players. Flint Hill Special has developed a distinctive style in its delivery In the year 2000, he joined Flint Hill Special and has been Glen of traditional Bluegrass music; featuring from left to right Buzz Wilbourn's steadfast side-kick ever since. Together with their wives, they Sawyer on guitar and vocals, Monika Hamilton, harmonies, Pete have traversed the US, entertaining fans with their unique bluegrass sound. Lorenz on bass and vocals, Glenn Hamilton on mandolin and Johnny is also a song-writer and his wonderful compositions are favorites vocals, and Johnny Miller on banjo and vocals. of both the band and fans alike. The band's contagious enthusiasm, which often brings the , "Free Born Man" and Founder of Flint Hill Special audience to its feet with delight, continues to inject fresh When you say "Free Born Man" you say Glen Wilbourn! And, when energy and excitement on and off stage. This group of you want to know the story of Flint Hill Special, you begin with Glen. professional musicians, with diverse backgrounds, share the Glen Wilbourn founded Flint Hill Special in 1984. He is now retired same love for Bluegrass music and it shows! and living in Arizona with his wife, Odessa. 36 Years Of Pick’in & Grinnin By Terry Brewer Tony's Birthday Bash & campout To the best of my knowledge, the Southern California Inland Bluegrass February 8th and 9th 2019 Association (SCIEBA) founded around 1975 or later by Don Tucker, Charlie Reid, Art Tate and possibly one or more others. Their mission 1772 W Persimmon St was to give information about bluegrass music, events, and festivals to the public. With their dedication to bluegrass music & hard work, the Rialto, Ca 92377 association began to grow in membership. Setting up a table at festivals like Calico Spring Festival, Norco, Tony Pritchett Topanga, Julian, Idlewild, and . In the 80’s, SCIEBA 661-305-7866 started to add members from all over the USA, and in 1983 the associations name changed to the Southwest Bluegrass Association [email protected] (SWBA). In 2006, SWBA had grown to be one of the largest bluegrass organizations in the US, Thanks to a long list of dedicated Southwest Bluegrass Association members who have volunteered and put in many hours promoting the music we love and making the Southwest Bluegrass House Concert Association what it is today! In November of 1990 SWBA started the corporation process and Edgar Loudermilk Band was completed in January of 1993: THE NAME OF THIS CORPORATION IS SOUTHWEST featuring Jeff Autry BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION THIS CORPORATION IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT March 14, 2019 7:00 P.M. CORPORATION AND IS NOT ORGANIZED FOR THE PRIVATE GAIN OF ANY PERSON. IT IS ORGANIZED 1772 W Persimmon St UNDER THE NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION LAW FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. Rialto, Ca 92377 THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED IS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE MUSICAL ART FORMS KNOWN AS Tony Pritchett BLUEGRASS, FOLK, GOSPEL, AND OTHER CLOSELY RELATED MUSICAL FORMS OF MUSICAL HERITAGE OF THE UNITED STATES. 661-305-7866 TO CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL AND PROMOTIONAL [email protected] ACTIVITIES .r WHICH ACCOMPLISH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION. Suggested Donation $20.00 Per Person All this started from an old SWBA shirt that Danny Clark shared on Facebook with 10 years of Pick’in and Grinnin. The cover is an edited version with the use of photo shop. So when did bluegrass first get started in California? From articles on bluegrasswest.com Early California Bluegrass by Peter Feldmann. Bill Monroe came to California in the mid 1950's, playing venues like the Santa Anita Racetrack, Hollywood’s Palamino Club, and the Ventura County Fairgrounds. This was before bluegrass made it big in the colleges (starting 1961-62), as Bill’s audiences out here in the 50's was mainly blue collar workers: the oil bizz, aerospace model and airframe builders, and home construction. Early TV in Los Angeles featured shows like “Cal’s Corral” with So. California Car Dealer Cal Worthington (remember “My Dog Spot”?), who did a lot to further the bluegrass music scene on the air. Early bands featured on Cal’s show (and car commercials) were Don Parmely’s “Golden State Boys”, and a group known as “The Country Boys”– Vern Gosdin, Bobby Slone, Skip Conover, Don Parmley, Hal Poindexter and Rex Gosdin, later the “The Country Boys” evolved into “The Kentucky Colonels”. How Difficult is it to Play 2. Simple, clear, straightforward instruction the / Violin? 3. Large font size to make reading the book easier 4. Simple, great-sounding arrangements of 37 old-time © 2018 By Wayne Erbsen 5. Vintage photographs of old fiddlers. Among the many stringed instruments, the 6. Standard musical notation plus a unique easy tab system. fiddle or violin has long been revered but also feared. Somewhere along the line, it got the reputation of 7. Tips on everything from tuning, to patting your foot to being the most difficult instrument to play. Let’s look this improvising. question right in the eye and answer it right here and now, once 8. A CD that plays the 37 tunes slow and fast. and for all. Going it alone. It’s quite possible for you to learn to play the What do I say when someone says that the fiddle is the most fiddle without books, internet, instruction, outside help, but I difficult instrument to learn? “Hogwash.” wouldn’t advise it. A good instructor or book can set you on the A more detailed answer would go like this. “It depends on right path without getting into a lot of bad habits. several things.” Any way you look at it, the fiddle is a fun instrument to play, 1. Talent. Some people have more natural ability to learn so I expect you can be a fine fiddler, without hardly breaking a musical instruments more than others. However, after teaching sweat. people to play for over fifty years, I still feel that determination Wayne Erbsen is a musician, author, teacher, radio host and is more important than natural talent. In fact, if I had to choose publisher. He has written over 30 song and instruction books for between having talent vs having drive, I’d pick drive every time. bluegrass and clawhammer banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, People with talent sometimes don’t appreciate their gift and dulcimer and ukulele. Check out his web site at www.nativeground.com If you'd like to receive a free e-newsletter often squander it. On the other hand, people with drive tend that contains articles on bluegrass music plus valuable coupons, to succeed at whatever they’re working on, be it the fiddle, or send your name and address to [email protected] pinochle. If you’ve got the will to learn to play the fiddle, and the drive and determination to focus and apply yourself, I have no doubt you’ll be successful. 2. Confidence. To me, self-confidence is one of the key factors in determining whether a person can play a fiddle or a xylophone. 3. Instruction. Your success at learning to play the fiddle will have a lot to do with your learning style. If you can match the way you learn with the proper materials or people, you’ll be in business! YouTube: There’s a ton of free videos on Youtube which teach everything from cutting down a tree, baking a cake and playing the fiddle. If you search long enough, you may find someone you can learn things from. Private Instructor : For many people, taking private fiddle lessons is the way to go. Your local music store is probably a good place to try to find an instructor. Of course, you’ll need to decide if your preference is to learn classical violin or if you’re more interested in Celtic, old-time, or styles. Playing by music or ear. Classical violinists always use standard musical notation. Fiddlers generally shun written music and prefer to play strictly by ear. Depending on your learning style, you’ll need to discuss this with your fiddle instructor. Books. If you live out in the boonies and there’s no dependable internet connection and there’s noone to take lessons from, you can certainly teach yourself to play the fiddle from a book. There must be a ton of fiddle instruction books out there, and there is probably some good material in them. However, the only book that I really know anything about is one I wrote, Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus! Let me tell you what my book consists of. 1. Friendly, informal, funny writing style. Just get in the habit of jotting a few things down here and there Tax Tips For the throughout the year. Bluegrass Musician Save receipts. That’s a given. When it comes to what to do with those receipts, though, there are a few different approaches: By Chris Jones Opinion / Humor Bluegrass Today bluegrasstoday.com You can pay for deductible expenses with a credit card, then download and classify the expenses using some kind of financial For those who have just begun playing music computer software. Then your receipts can all be dumped into professionally, or semi-professionally, the one place, like a shoebox, or maybe one of those pumpkin- idea of figuring out your taxes can be shaped Halloween candy containers, or maybe an actual daunting. Don’t worry, though: at the end of it all, given the hollowed-out pumpkin. They’re only going to serve as a backup. profession you’ve chosen, it’s not likely you’re going to owe much. If you find that you do owe a lot in taxes on your music The more tedious method (which I used for years, because I have income, even after taking all the allowed deductions, may I a secret love of the tedious) is when this time of year rolls around, dump out all the receipts somewhere, like the floor, and arrange please join your band? them into separate piles based on expense category (for There are two schools of thought among people in the music example, strings, picks, and other supplies go in one pile, the field when it comes to preparing your taxes: tickets to go see (those are deductible) go in School of Thought #1 (closed this week for spring break, by the another, etc. Then total the receipts from each pile. After about way): 7 hours of this, scream loudly, then lie face down, beating the Claim as little as possible by getting paid as often as you can in floor with your fists. Whatever you do, though, don’t think you cash, or in trade for goods, services, root vegetables, or can quit for a while and resume the following week, because then moonshine. If an IRS auditor asks how you’re managing to live you’ll have to walk around your little piles of receipts all week on an annual income of $114, just reply, “I guess I’m just kind of long, trying hard not to move or disturb them. You might even thrifty, like my Uncle Pete always was.” Then launch into a long trip and injure yourself, and then who would do your taxes, or and painfully dull story about Uncle Pete, scaring away the play your next taxable gig? government official forever. This was Al Capone’s preferred The slightly less professional method is to keep the receipts in method, minus the Uncle Pete story. their container, then just take a guess at what your expenses were, and hope they match up, never actually looking at any of School of Thought #2: the receipts. A friend of mine was fond of this method, and he Claim everything you earn, but also deduct everything you said, “if the IRS doesn’t like my tax return, I’ll just dump my legitimately can. Then if an IRS auditor asks how you’re receipts out for them in a big pile and say, “okay, you figure it managing to live on an annual income of $114, just reply, “It out.” This shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how ain’t easy, pal” (note: only some IRS agents enjoy being called government agencies operate. “pal”; use with caution). Once you keep these receipts, you should hold on to them for I recommend School of Thought #2, but of course it’s your several years. Put them somewhere they’ll be well-preserved choice. This is the above-board option (i.e. the one that isn’t and won’t get damaged or lost. Contrary to popular belief, it’s illegal), and as I implied above, the bottom line is going to be not necessary to can or pickle your receipts, though I’m sure if similar. This more honest method is only problematic if you A: you choose to go this route, somewhere on YouTube there’s a fail to claim the deductions that are available to you, B: keep no tutorial on how to pickle tax receipts. Just keep them dry and records whatsoever, or C: add where you should be subtracting, away from the dog. or worse, multiply where you should be subtracting (you’ll know Some people ask the following question: “I totaled up all my you’re doing this when you come up with a net income of expenses, and my taxable income was less than zero. How come $342,000,000 after playing only nine bluegrass festivals last year). I’m not getting a refund check?” The answer is simple: you still Some of you may be glazing over at this point, thinking to have to actually pay something in to get something back, hence yourself, “I don’t even really need to file taxes on my music the word refund. People that get refund checks generally had income: it’s just going to be a loss anyway.” This, more often that money withheld from their paychecks throughout the year, than not, is just wishful thinking (the filing taxes part, not the thanks to their real jobs (you’ve probably read about those; they loss part). If you take in $400 or more in gross self-employment involve getting up before 10:00 a.m.). Or, self-employed people, income in a year, you have to file for that, even if deductions (musicians included) might have made quarterly payments to the put your net income at minus $900. U.S. Treasury, but overpaid, and are now getting some back. Whether or not you decide to use a professional accountant, If you just like getting a check from the U.S. Treasury in the some form of tax software, or you just do it the old fashioned summer, you can always make quarterly payments and overpay way by counting up figures on your fingers, then writing the on purpose. Or, just write yourself a check, then mail it to numbers down on the form yourself, you’re going to need to yourself sometime in June. It’s almost as satisfying. keep records of some kind. Most accountants aren’t that Finally, if you had a good year, and you do end up owing impressed with, “oh, about 18,000 or so” as a definitive something to the government after filing your return, never send statement of your income, and just guesstimating numbers CDs or band T-shirts to the IRS as a substitute for money. They yourself on a government form isn’t such a good idea, either. frown on that. 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The second hour (which intersects Hawthorne Blvd) can be a more advanced jam. The third hour is open mic. Last Stage San Diego, CA: 3rd Monday 7 - 8:30 PM SDBS Bluegrass Slow Jam West, Hwy. 41,15050 Morro Road, Lloyd (805) 441-7463. Learning session, Our Savior Lutheran Church (in the back) 4011 Ohio Bakersfield, Ca: 1st Monday of the month, 6-9 PM, Rusty’s Pizza, St, San Diego, CA [email protected] 5430 Olive Drive San Diego, CA: Poway Folk Circle 3rd Saturday Bluegrass Slow Jam Canoga Park Ca. A group of musicians who play Bluegrass, with Janet Beazley, 9:30-11am at Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Traditional, Folk, County and some rock & roll. They meet once a Community Room, 10301 Scripps Lake Drive, srfol.org, meetup.com, month. Canoga Park Jaam on meetup.com/Canoga-Park-Folk-Music Please contact Janet for more info: [email protected]. st rd th Corona, Ca: Bluegrass Jam. The 1 , 3 & 5 Thursday of the month., San Diego, CA: Walt Richards SLO Jam 6:20 PM 3rd Friday 6-9 PM, Crown Pointe Retirement Home 737 Kellogg Blvd Contact: San Carlos Recreation Center, 6445 Lake Badin Ave., 6:30PM-9PM Bill K. 951-907-7156 SDBS Open Mic, Pickup Bands, Featured Band Covina, Ca: Open mic night, 1st Saturday of the month, 8PM, The San Juan Capistrano: SJC Bluegrass Pickers meet every Saturday Fret House Music Shop, 309 N Citrus. Entrance fee is $2.00. Call under the Oak trees 9 am – 12-noon at Historic Town Center Park (626)339-7020 31852 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, CA Covina, Ca: 3rd Sunday every other month from 2-5pm at The Fret Temecula CA: “The Third Jam"6:30-9 PM every Third Tuesday House Music Shop, 309 N. Citrus Ave., Covina. (626) 339-7020. hosted by Bill Frisbie. Come join the fun at the Irish Pub, “Bridge on René Baquet jam host, Next jams - Apr. 23 & Jun 25 Third Street.” 41915 Third Street Temecula, CA Diamond Bar, CA: New bi-weekly beginning level Jam We are Torrance, CA: EL CAMINO College Bluegrass Jam, 1st Sunday of trying to see if anyone in the Diamond Bar area would like to start a the month 1-3 PM 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Steve Barilovits beginning level Jam. If interested, Contact Greg Horton by email: 310-367-8975 [email protected] [email protected] West Hills,Ca: Jam, Fourth Sunday of the Month, 1-5 PM The West Encinitas, Ca: Thursday nights, 6:30-9 PM, Round Table Pizza, Valley Music Center, 24424 Vanowen St. 818-992-4142, Everyone 1321 Encinitas Blvd. behind McDonalds near El Camino Real Welcome! Join the Jam or just listen Contact: Vic (888)481-2100 Escondido, Ca: 3rd Wednesday of the month 6 PM San Diego No. Yorba Linda, Ca: Thursday Jam 6-9 PM Main Street Restaurant, County Bluegrass & Folk Jam, Round Table Pizza, 1161 E 4902 Main St., (714) 777-9427, Jan host Barney Barnhouse. Washington Ventura, Ca: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 6-11 PM. Grapes and Hops, Henderson, NV: Tuesday Night Bluegrass & Old Time Music Jam, 545 E. Main St. Ventura, CA 93001, Parkin in the rear . Gene Rubin 6-8 PM, 5795 Sandhill Road, Las Vegas, NV. For details call Betty 805-340-2270 [email protected] Bess (702) 564-1630. The Long Beach/Orange County Bluegrass for Beginners Los Angeles, Ca: Bluegrass Thursdays at the Grand View Market, Meetup Is pretty much what it sounds like. Some members do gig, every 2nd Thursday of the month a dinner-time concert, 6:30-9 PM & but most only play for fun and camaraderie. It is a very good place every 4th Thursday of the month a bluegrass jam 7-10 PM, 12210 to get your feet wet with bluegrass and to make good friends in the Venice Blvd. For Info: Jeff Fleck (310) 773-6753 process, all in a low pressure environment. If you want to contribute facebook.com/BluegrassThursdays or burningheartbluegrass.com to the fun, that's great, but no one will think any different if you nd La Mesa, Ca: SDBS Open mic & jam, 2 Tuesday of the month just want to sit back and take it all in. They get together every 6:30-9 PM Fuddrucker’s, 5500 Grossmont Center Dr., For info call Saturday morning at 10 am and jam till noon or sometimes later. Fuddruckers at (619)589-6144 or SDBS info line at (858) 679-4854 The Meetup location alternates between the Long Beach Dog Park Sponsored by the San Diego Bluegrass Society (Recreation Park on 7th Street just west of PCH) and at Mile Square Las Vegas, NV: Thursday night Bluegrass Jam, 6 - 8:30 PM, NW Park (on Euclid a block south of Heil) in Fountain Valley. Be sure Mountain Crest Park Community Center, 4701 N. Durango Rd., call to check the LB/OC BfB Meetup "Home" page for that week's Vera Vann-Wilson (702)875-3579. location at meetup.com/bluegrass-125/ So come out and join them, Loma Linda, Ca: Jam American Traditional Music Tuesdays, 7 PM, Loma Linda University,Patio Pantry, Anderson St. at . Call Don Hergert (909) 796-8812for info & directions. The Bluegrass Special Lonpoc, Ca: Evening jams, 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 7-9 PM, with Wayne Rice Southside Coffee Co., 105 So. “H” St, for more info call Bill at Sundays 10pm to Midnight (805) 736-8241 KSON FM 97.3 Lonpoc, Ca: 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening jams, 7-9 PM at Southside Coffee Co., 105 So. “H” St, for more info call Bill at (805) 736-8241. Long Beach, Ca: Tuesday’s Soup Jam 6:30 PM, 2420 Gundry St in Signal Hill , Contact: Don Rowan (562)883-0573, open to everyone (this jam is held in an industrial building) Shutts Fabricators Long Beach, Ca: Open Bluegrass Jam 2nd Thursday of the month 7-10 PM Red Leprechaun 4000 E Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA WE BUILD COOL STUFF! [email protected] Long Beach, Ca: 4th Sunday jam, 1-5 PM, Shutts Fabricators 1632 1632 West 15th St., Long Beach,CA W 15th St., 562-432-4648 SWBA Jam Host Mark Shutts www.shuttsfab.com (562) 432-4648 Mission Viejo, CA: 1st and 3rd Thursdays from 6-9:30pm 25782 Obrero Dr. 949-916-6855 Open to all - pickers and grinners! Free! April 11��-13�� Big Lick Bluegrass Festival Oakboro, April 17��-21�� Mossy Oak Daughters of Bluegrass Festival Guyton GA Always verify dates and times, sometimes scheduled events change or we may April 25��-28�� MerleFest Wilkesboro, North Carolina not have listed everything correctly. For more Info on events listed below and April 27�� -28�� Bear on the Square Mountain Festival Dahlonega Georgia others visit southwestbluegrass.org for one click links April 27��-28�� Charm City Bluegrass Festival Baltimore, Maryland Sundays: The Bluegrass Special with Wayne Rice 10 PM to April 27�� Ladies of Bluegrass Music Festival Green Bay, Wisconsin Midnight KSON FM 97.3 April 27��-28�� Kilgore Station Bluegrass Festival Cross Plains, TN st rd 1 & 3 Monday: The Brombies @ Viva Rancho Cantina, 7:30 May 2ⁿ�-4�� Little Roy & Lizzy Music Festival Lincolnton, GA PM, 900 Riverside Dr., Burbank, CA 91506, 818-515-4444, Jo Ellen May 2ⁿ�-4�� Twin Oaks Spring Bluegrass Festival - Hoboken, GA Doering 323-874-0583 [email protected] May 6�� and 7�� Tucson Folk Festival Tucson Arizona. Every Saturday: ME-N-ED’S Pizza Parlor Bluegrass Concerts May 2ⁿ�-4�� Boxcar Pinion Bluegrass Festival Chickamauga Georgia 6:30 PM –10:30 PM Me N Ed's Pizza Parlor 4115 Paramount Blvd., May 10��-11�� Nine Mile Bluegrass Festival Pikeville Tennessee Lakewood, CA 90712 562-421-8908 May 9��-11�� & Quicksilver Bluegrass Festival Denton NC Every 1st Tuesday 7 – 9 pm San Diego No. County Bluegrass May 11��-12�� Bluegrass in the Spring Festival Yermo California. & Folk Club Live bluegrass bands, local & regional. Jamming on May 9��-12�� Parkfield Bluegrass Festival Parkfield California. the patio from 7 pm – ?? Round Table Pizza 1161 E. Washington May 10��-11�� Aiken Bluegrass Festival Aiken South Carolina. Escondido, CA northcountybluegrass.org May 17��-19�� Amelia Family Bluegrass Spring Festival Amelia Virginia May 16��-19�� Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Every 4th Tuesday: SDBS presents a featured band, a top local or May 18�� Baldcypress Bluegrass Festival Frankford Delaware. regional band in concert. Open mic & pickup bands from 6:30 to 8:00 PM; featured band from 8:00-9:00 PM. Boll Weevil Restaurant, 9330 May 16��-19�� Berkeley Bluegrass Festival Berkeley California. Clairemont Mesa Blvd # E, San Diego, CA Sign-up for open mic by May 17��-18�� Sevierville’s Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass Sevierville TN email at [email protected]. May 15��-18�� Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Festival Manteo, NC May 19�� Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival Agoura Hills CA May 23��– 7�� SWBA SuperJam, Mojave Narrows Regional Park May 23th-26�� Back Forty Bluegrass Festival Curryville Missouri. June 9th-12th CBA Summer Music Camp Grass Valley, CA May 23��-27�� Strawberry Music Festival Grass Valley California. May 23th-25�� Lil John’s Mountain Music Festival Snow Camp NC June 25th-18th Flagstaff Roots & Boots Music Camp Flagstaff AZ May 23��-25�� Dr. Ralph Stanley’s Hills of Home Festival Coeburn Virginia. Bluegrass Festivals May 23��-26�� DelFest Cumberland Maryland. February 18��‐22ⁿ� Danny Stewart’s Bluegrass Cruise California May 25��-27�� Chantilly Farm Bluegrass & BBQ Festival Floyd Virginia. February 14��-16�� Palatka Bluegrass Festival Palatka, Florida May 30��-June 1�� Graves Mountain Festival of Music Syria Virginia. February 22ⁿ�-23�� Winterfest Bluegrass Festival Wichita, Kansas May 29��-June 1�� Memorial Festival Beanblossom Indiana. February 22ⁿ�- 24�� Bluegrass First Class Asheville, North Carolina May 31��‐ June 2ⁿ� Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff Richmond, Minnesota February 15��-17�� Mid-Winter Bluegrass Festival Denver, Colorado May 30��-June 1�� Graves Mountain Festival of Music Syria Virginia February 21��-24�� Winter Grass Bellevue, Washington May 30�� ‐June 2ⁿ� NEPA Bluegrass Festival Tunkhannock Pennsylvania February 18��-24�� Florida Bluegrass Classic Brooksville, Florida May 31��-June 1�� Tallgrass Music Festival Skiatook Oklahoma. February 22ⁿ�-24��Winter WonderGrass Steamboat Springs Colorado May 31��‐June 2ⁿ� Ogden Music Festival North Fork Park Utah Feb 22ⁿ�-24�� Joe Val Bluegrass Music Festival Framingham Manie June 1��‐2ⁿ� Kerr Lake Backwoods Bash Manson North Carolina. Feb 28��‐March 2ⁿ� Cabin Fever Pickin’ Party Chesapeake, Virginia June 5��-8�� Bluegrass in the Hills Hopedale, Ohio. Feb 28��- March 3�� Shorty’s Strickly Bluegrass Festival Peoria, Illinois June 5��-8�� Turkey Track Bluegrass Festival Waldron, Arkansas. March 1��-3�� Bluegrass On The Beach Lake Havasu City, Arizona June 7��-9�� Pagosa Folk ‘n Bluegrass Festival Pagosa Springs Colorado March 1��-3rd Winter Bluegrass Weekend Plymouth, Minnesota. June 7�� and 8�� HoustonFest Galax Virginia. March 1��‐2ⁿ� Cousin Jake Bluegrass Festival Etowah, Tennessee June 6��- 9�� Festival of the Bluegrass Lexington Kentucky. March 2ⁿ�-3�� Glendale Folk & Heritage Festival Glendale, Arizona June 6��- 8�� Cherokee Bluegrass Festival Cherokee North Carolina. March 8��-9�� Des Moines Area Bluegrass Festival Johnston, Iowa June 6��-8�� American Heritage Music Festival Grove, Oklahoma. March 9�� Snoma County Bluegrass and Folk Festival Sebastopol CA June 6��-9�� Circa Blue Fest Martinsburg, West Virginia. March 14��-17�� Withlacoochee River Bluegrass Festival Dunnellon FL June 6��-8�� HOBA Spring Bluegrass Festival West Plains, Missouri. March 20��- 24�� Sertoma Spring Bluegrass Festival Brooksville FL June 6��-8�� Hampton Bluegrass Festival Hampton, Iowa. March 22ⁿ�-23�� Bristol Bluegrass Spring Fest Bristol, Virginia June 7��-9�� Holly Bluegrass Festival Holly, Colorado. March 29��-31�� Tempe Festival Of The Arts Tempe, Arizona June 7�� and 8�� Northwoods Bluegrass Festival Ladysmith Wisconsin Mar 29��-30�� Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival Wilmington Ohio June 6��- 9�� Thousand Islands Bluegrass Festival LaFargeville New York March 29��-31�� Cabin Fever Festival Duluth, Minnesota. June 8��- 16�� Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival Beanblossom Indiana March 29��-31�� WinterWonderGrass Squaw Valley, California. June 7��-9�� Sacajawea Bluegrass Festival Pasco, Washington April 5�� -7�� Florida State Bluegrass Festival Perry, Florida. June 7��- 15�� Mountains of Music Homecoming Southwest Virginia. April 11��-14�� Big Sky Big Grass Big Sky, Montana. June 9��-15�� Arbuckle Mountain Spring Bluegrass Jam Davis, Oklahoma April 15��-1 7�� Marana Bluegrass Festival Marana, Arizona. June 13��-15�� Willow Oak Park Music Fest Roxboro, North Carolina April 11�� -14�� Old Settler’s Music Festival Tilmon, Texas. June 13��-16�� CBA Fathers Day Bluegrass Festival Grass Valley California April 12��-14�� Durango Bluegrass Meltdown Durango, Colorado. June 13��-15�� Rockahock Bluegrass Festival Lanexa, Virginia. April 12��-14�� River Falls Roots & Bluegrass Festival River Falls Wisconsin June 20��-23�� Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival Litchfield Maine. April 12��-14�� Wilmington Bluegrass Festival Claymont, Delaware. June 13��-15�� Blue Ox Music Festival Eau Claire, Wisconsin. April 12��-14�� Nelson McGee Memorial Bluegrass Festival San Angelo Texas June 14��- 16�� Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival Cashmere Washington April 11��-13�� Georgia State Bluegrass Festival - Folkston, GA June 20��‐22ⁿ� Charlotte Bluegrass Festival Carlotte, Michigan April 11��-14�� Bender Jamboree Las Vegas, Nevada June 21��-23�� Susanville Bluegrass Festival Susanville California. April 12ⁿ�-14�� Temecula Valley Bluegrass Festival Temecula, CA June 20��- 23�� Telluride Bluegrass Festival Telluride Colorado Golden Shores Topock Arizona Bluegrass Campout February 18th - 25th 2019

Dry Camping No Hookups Suggested Camping Donation $10.00 a Night 13136 Golden Shores Pkwy Topock Arizona Contact Gary Smith 760-217-9875 Monroe Crossing Sideline February 17th 2019 February 29th 2019

Opening for Sideline on the 29th Sheri Lee and Friends

Come on down for an awesome night of Bluegrass! Workshops, Concert and Jamming February Bluegrass Nights Shutts Fabricators 1632 W 15th St. Long Beach CA

Workshops 6:00 PM Concert 7:30 PM Jamming after Concert show only :$20.00 pp show plus workshops :$30.00 pp

June 21st-23rd 2019

SWBA 2019 FUNDRAISER DRAWING HD-28V The most popular Vintage Series model, the HD-28V is a modern re-creation of the classic herringbone Dreadnought. Channeling legends like Hank Williams, this guitar carries a distinct prestige that can only come from the Vintage Series collection. The Martin HD-28V Vintage Dreadnought Guitar incorporates the most popular pre-war features into a vintage Herringbone D-2 format. Grained ivoroid bindings, forward-shifted scalloped bracing, butterbean tuning machines, and diamond-and-squares fingerboard inlay are combined to make an exceptional pre-war replica both in tone and appearance. Martin Dreadnought The very first dreadnought were designed and crafted by C. F. Martin & Co. in 1916, but marketed in Boston and New York exclusively under the Oliver Ditson brand. Originally made for Hawaiian slide playing style, the very first dreadnought made was a Model 222 shipped to Ditson in August of 1916. After Ditson went out of business in the early 1930s, Martin introduced the D-1 and D-2 dreadnoughts for standard playing style that would soon become Martin’s iconic D-18 and D-28 models. Over the past 100 years, the Martin dreadnought has helped define what an acoustic guitar can and should be, and subsequently, it has become one of the most popular acoustic guitar designs in the world. LIST PRICE $4,699.00 All proceeds from this fundraiser will cover the coat of the guitar and provide funds for SWBA programs and events. Drawing to be held at SWBA SuperJam in Victorville CA on Sunday, May 26��, 2019 at PM The drawing will be live on the SWBA Facebook page. Winner will be contacted and listed on the SWBA website. Need not be present to win. Winner is responsible for shipping costs. Send this order form and check payable to the Southwest Bluegrass Association along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope by May 10, 2019 to: Tickets c\o Sheila Brewer, 7216 Cranbrook ave, Bakersfield CA 93308 Tickets are $1 each, for every 5 add 1 ticket –- $5.00 = 6 tickets — $100.00 = 120 tickets — $10.00 = 12 tickets — $200.00 = 240 tickets — $20.00 = 24 tickets — $300.00 = 360 tickets — $50.00 = 60 tickets — $400.00 = 480 tickets — $75.00 = 90 tickets — $500.00 = 600 tickets Please Print:

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Phone: ______Email: ______SWBA SuperJam May 23rd – 27th, 2019 Mojave Narrows Regional Park 18000 Yates Road Victorville CA SWBA Membership Meeting Band Showcases Workshops Slow Jams Kids Activities Games Saturday Potluck SWBA Raffle Drawing Sunday Gospel Music and Jam and More! Mojave Narrows Regional Park Gate Hours 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The SWBA group camp site 1 & 2 are dry camping, if you need hock-ups you may contact the park at (760) 245-2226 to reserve a site ASAP. Dogs Must be on 6' leash at all times. Campfires must be off the ground. Camping: Tell ranger at gate Southwest Bluegrass Group camp 1&2 Check in with SWBA camp host on arrival please. Not Camping Day use fee is $10 per car pay Ranger at the gate. For more info email: [email protected] (760) 563-2068 Early Bird Camping Registration $15.00 A Night Prepay and SAVE $5.00 A Night $20.00 a Night at Campout Also Available Online at southwestbluegrass.org JOIN US FOR A GREAT WEEKEND OF BLUEGRASS JAMMING AND FELLOWSHIP ALL BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION EVENT: SWBA will waive the associate member fee for anyone who is not a SWBA member but belongs to another association, IBMA CBA, BASC, NCBFC, SDBS, SNBMS, ABA, BMSCC, DBA ….ECT All Non-Bluegrass Association campers must pay a $5 Associate Member fee for single, married or family for the event if camping. Does not apply to day use. ------cut------SWBA SuperJam 2019 Early Bird Form

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Deadline to return advanced reservations by mail is May 12th 2019 Please don't arrive before 8 am on Thursday May 23rd Bluegrass Association member SWBA Other ______We will be camping these nights (please circle) THURS FRI SAT SUN Type of rig? Motor home Truck/Trailer/5th Wheel Tent Car Other Total nights camping_____ x $15.00 = $______{ }Check here for Associate membership and include $5.00 Associate Member Name______All Non-Bluegrass Association members wishing to attend MUST purchase an Associate membership. Make Checks Payable to Southwest Bluegrass Association Mail to: SWBA PO Box 55 Mira Loma, CA 91752 PLEASE NOTE: We will not be sending receipts. Your name will be added to the reservation list and checked off at check-in.

SWBA FALL CAMPOUT AGREEMENT, WAIVER AND RELEASE I have carefully read the description of the SWBA event for which I/We are registering and in consideration for being permitted by Mojave Narrows Regional Park, the County of San Bernardino and the Southwest Bluegrass Association to participate in the (above) activity, I hereby waive, release and discharge any and all claims for damages for personal injury, death or property damage which I may have, or which may hereafter accrue to me as a result of participation in said activity. This release is intended to discharge in advance Mojave Narrows Regional Park, the County of San Bernardino, their officers, employees and agents and the Southwest Bluegrass Association from any and all liability arising out of or connected in any way with my participation in said activity. It is further agreed that this waiver, release and assumption of risk is to be binding on my heirs and assigns. I agree to indemnify and to hold the aforementioned persons or entities free and harmless from any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense which they may incur as a result of my death or any injury or property damage that I may sustain while participating in said activity. I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS AGREEMENT, WAIVER AND RELEASE AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND A CONTRACT BETWEEN MYSELF, MOJAVE NARROWS REGIONAL PARK, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, AND THE SOUTHWEST BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION AND I SIGN IT OF MY OWN FREE WILL.

NAME______DATE ______NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID PO Box 55 Mira Loma CA 91752 Permit #675 Upland, CA 91786

COMPLIMENTARY COPY Your membership is invited! SWBA membership makes this publication possible. Thank you! SWBA Membership Form Please Print Definition of memberships Family: Parents and all children under the age of 18 (over 18 are considered adults and must have their own membership) Band : A group of 6 (max) persons performing bluegrass or related music for monetary compensation (single membership for one band member, band listing in Soundboard and on SWBA website. If you have Any questions, contact the Membership Chairman. Canadian residents are required to ad 1st class postage

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Please Indicate c $25.00 1 year single, married, family c $50.00 2 year single, married, family c New c $30.00 1 year band or business c $60.00 2 year band or business c Renewal c 1st class postage Add $10.00 for 1 year c 1st class postage Add $20.00 for 2 years c Change c $5.00 SWBA Directory (optional) Mail to: SWBA Membership PO Box 55 Mira Loma CA 91752 Please enclose a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope Make checks payable to Southwest Bluegrass Association Office Use: Date Issued______[ ] Cash [ ] Check #______Amt $______Southwest Bluegrass Association Bluegrass Southwest Note: There will be a $25.00 charge for any returned check.