BMACC Notes

The Association of Central Canada Newsletter—Volume 3 Issue 3—August 2009

HARD RYDE tearin’ it up at BEAN BLOSSOM 2009

www.bmacc.caBMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OBITUARY

President – Denis Chadbourn DOYLE, Garret "Dude" Home: 705-776-7754 Work: 705-474-2271 Garret Doyle passed away peacefully on July 19, 2009, with his loving wife Sandy and family at his side in Hamilton. He is sadly missed by family, friends and fans. Vice-president – Donald Tarte Survived by: his mother Mabel, siblings Douglas, Charmaine Smith (Kenny), and 888-876-3369 Darren, children Garret Jr. and Amie, grandchildren Carly and Haley and godchildren Secretary – Wes Lowe Tracy and Kimberlyn. He was predeceased by his father John. 519-539-8967 Garret was an inspiration and mentor to many in the Bluegrass Community, Treasurer – Roland Aucoin entertaining throughout the years with many bands, most recently Level Crossing. 905-635-1818 One of the highlights of his career was playing on the Ryman stage with Blue Mule. Directors at Large Friends and family gathered at DODSWORTH & BROWN Funeral Home in Kitchener to reminisce. Gord deVries 519-668-0418

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WHAT”S INSIDE WEBSITE From the President—Page 3

River Valley 25th Anniversary—Page 4 Quarterly Annual

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Ottawa and Seaway Valleys—Page 11

Organizational Memberships – Pages 12/13 The meeting dates below are provided to allow members to make their concerns

Bluegrass on the Radio—Pages 13/14 and issues known to a Board Member in advance of the meetings.

Bluegrass Bands & Helping Hands—Page 14

Quinte’s Isle Festival—Page 14 Board Meeting Dates—2009 Annual General Meeting

Sally Creek Festival—Page 17 September 19th November 21st

Letter to the Editor—Page 18

Editorial Comment—Page 18 Please consider becoming a Board Member. You only need to be a member in good standing and share a passion for this music that we all love and want to preserve and promote. We will make you welcome at the Annual Meeting in Huntsville.

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 2 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

time they hear it...but at the very least…the seed gets planted. (It FINDING NEW MARKETS FOR will not grow otherwise). Some listeners in the audience will BLUEGRASS already have heard bluegrass in the past, at a family gathering or something, and it will strike a nostalgic chord with them. It can be extremely rewarding when someone you’ve just won over, I would like to start out by approaches you back stage after your performance, and wants to recognizing Eleanor Bell, for getting buy your CD. For some people, the hillbilly-deliverance stigma bluegrass included on the bill, at that haunts bluegrass, is still out there. We must do our best to one of Northern Ontario’s largest dispel it. Right now, bluegrass is caught somewhere between, music festivals, the Mattawa being on the fringe, and being mainstream. All of us who love Voyageur Days. Bringing bluegrass bluegrass must work together to tip the scales in our favor. before new markets, is integral to its’ survival. We need more go- So, to all you bands and fans out there… YOU are bluegrass getters, like Eleanor, who are actively promoting bluegrass, salesmen, looking for new markets for your product. Image is and who verily believe that more people need to be exposed everything. You are the machinery that sows the seeds, and to it. reaps the harvest. The rewards are commensurate with the risks you take. You are limited, only by your imagination. Look for new I’ll say it again…we, who practice the craft of bluegrass, need opportunities to play gigs, outside of obvious ones. But most to realize that the best way to grow our fan-base, is to importantly, the real key to succeeding is PERSEVERENCE!!!. If expose more people to it. It sounds simple enough, but it’s you knock on enough doors, some new ones will open, just like actually a very difficult thing to do. Sometimes it means they did for Eleanor Bell. travelling long distances just to play for free, or, if you are It need not be a rock festival that you solicit an appearance at… lucky enough, just to break even. (Actually, playing for free bluegrass, by its inherent make-up, includes gospel, old time can be profitable at the right venue, for bands with country, folk, , and the list goes on. It is up to you to make merchandise for sale.) Sometimes it means stepping outside the venue owners and the music festival directors see, that of our comfort zone, and playing in front of audiences with bluegrass must be heard. non-bluegrass interests, despite the risk of rejection. Let’s face it, playing bluegrass festivals is easy; the audiences there expect to hear bluegrass music; however, exposing a Warm regards, non-traditional audience, (a rock audience for example), to Denis Chadbourn bluegrass…takes guts. I’m sure some of you are shaking your BMACC President heads, thinking…bluegrass at a rock festival? That’s just not right! Well, respectfully, I beg to differ. Listen-up! Without going into are lengthy dissertation on the influence of bluegrass on rock, (we will save that for another day), who among us hasn’t heard cross-over tunes played at a bluegrass festival? Who has not heard “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” a Beatles’ classic, performed on a bluegrass stage? Or have a listen to “Hot Dog,” by Led Zepplin; the beat falls squarely on 4/4 timing, and it is quintessentially a bluegrass song. One of my favorite bands of all time, The Eagles, started out as a country-roots-rock band, regularly featuring and four- part harmony, especially on their earlier stuff. More recently, and closer to home, the Abrams Brothers have had huge success with the Cold Play hit “Viva la Vida.”

Breaking through genre barriers is a tough and sometimes painful thing to do. Attempts to do so, frequently result in disappointment. Hey, not everyone likes bluegrass the first Eleanor Bell

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 3

HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY RIVER VALLEY FESTIVAL

DEBOER FAMILY

The Bluegrass Music Association of Central Canada, would like to congratulate Mr.Tony Deboer, and the Rivervalley Festival crew, for celebrating their landmark 25th anniversary this year. This 2009 milestone event ran from July 29th to Aug. 2nd, for 5 days consecutively. This is rumored to make it the longest Canadian festival, playing live music on consecutive days. Tony, and his family of volunteers, work so very hard each and every year, to bring this longstanding gathering to fruition, and each mem- ber of the team deserves credit. Headliners for this year’s event included the silky sounds of Russell Moore & III Rd Tyme Out, the blistering mastery of Josh Williams, and the award winning vocals of Dale Ann Bradley. The anniversary also included a reunion of the Grassworks bluegrass band, and an especially endearing original song, written to commemorate the event, performed by Scotia Junction. The Rivervalley festival has now been officially recognized by our federal government, vide Can- ada Post, by virtue of the local post office adopting the festival’s Bucky Beaver logo as it’s emblem, which shall be affixed to outgoing mail. From my perspective, there were record numbers of attendees, and the music was some of the best I have ever heard. But you can bet, that Tony will not rest on his laurels, and that next year’s event will be one you won’t want to miss. “Col. Tony Deboer, I salute you sir!” (Tony is a Kentucky Colonel)

Denis Chadbourn President BMACC

Tony taking a break

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 4 Once Clifton's recording was released, it Tony Hazzard OUT AMONG THE STARS was recorded by , but by then, I was no longer Random Bits of news in the band. The Gents on that Now here's a sales pitch: Ability to play from the world of recording were , Charlie the banjo soon places one in a social Bluegrass Waller, , and Ed Ferris. position to pick and choose from scores of By Tom McCreight Another historical note: on the social invitations. Everywhere, the cover of the "" banjoist is assured of a hearty welcome. David Davis and the Warrior River Boys album, is a photo, taken through the From THE BANJO, a pamphlet published have a new CD entitled "Two Dimes and dashboard of a car of a girl dressed in by Gibson, 1927. a Nickel". You can listen to some of his white, representing Mary the ghost. The music from his last Rebel recording on person who posed as the ghost girl was myspace at http://www.myspace.com/ Ann Hill, ex-wife of Pete Kuykendall, and East State University to daviddavisandwrb mother of Glen Kuykendall. She is the possibly offer Bluegrass major

same Ann Hill who co-wrote several Marion Stiles writes in the East Folding Bass songs with John Duffey. Tennessean:

For the traveling up-right bass player: no In the years since then, I have on Although ETSU is already famous for more bulky road cases for flying. http:// occasion, played with on tour. bluegrass music, the school is taking it to foldingbass.com/video.html He tells that in many countries where he the next level by creating the first ever sings that song, people come to him to Bachelor of Arts in bluegrass, old time and claim that the story actually happened . By Spring 2010, the “Bringing Mary Home” - tells there in that country. Bill is saddened program is hoping to make the idea of a the story: that the Gents left out one of the verses bluegrass major into a reality. The "I was there in 1963 for the Bill Clifton in the original lyrics." directors of the bluegrass, old time and recording sessions in which Bringing Tom Gray country music program want to provide Mary Home was first recorded. The an extensive education for their students song, written by Kingston and Mank, From Tony Hazzard, the author of "Fox beyond what the minor in bluegrass can with a totally different melody, was sent On The Run": offer. "There is a lot of demand for the to Bill by Don Pierce of Starday records "Yes, 'twas I who wrote it. I won a BMI major among students," said Raymond with a suggestion for Bill to record it. No award from the Country Music McClain, the director of the program. "I one liked the melody of the demo, but Association for it. Last Christmas a think our industry is also ready for a pool the words told a great story of the ghost friend gave me a CD of 23 different of academically trained professionals." girl who reappears every year on the bluegrass versions. The lyrics on the Jack Tottle started ETSU's bluegrass anniversary of her death, asking for a internet aren't very accurate and there's education in 1982 with little support from ride. So Bill asked John Duffey to write a another, unknown, verse which I wrote the community at the time. People felt new melody for it. John sensed this after the recorded versions came out. that bluegrass and country music were could be a hit. The melody John wrote is Middle (unknown) verse goes: not educational subjects. However, the the one we bluegrassers always hear for It was many years ago, but it feels like students proved the many benefits of this the song. yesterday education. Several have taken their talent and skills they learned and have won We recorded it in September of 1963 in When she led me through the corn on Grammy awards, honors from the Pete Kuykendall's basement studio in that fateful summer's day. International Bluegrass Music Awards Falls Church VA, shortly before Clifton I saw the sunlight in her hair; I saw the (IBMA), the Academy of Country Music moved to England. It was released the promise in her eyes; and the Country Music Association. following year on Starday's subsidiary, and I didn't even care that her words of

Nashville Records #2018. The musicians love were lies. in the session were the John Duffey, The original words of the last verse are: Vern Gosdin RIP Eddie Adcock, Charlie Waller, Tom Gray, Come raise your glass of wine and fortify Vern Gosdin died in Nashville at age 74, Roy Justice, Paul Justice, and Mike your soul. on Tuesday, April 28/09. His country Seeger. We'll talk about the world and the catalogue is extensive and studded with Immediately, we (The Country friends we used to know. hits, but he was also involved in a number Gentlemen) began performing the song I'll illustrate a girl who wandered of bluegrass projects. on all live shows we did. However, we through my past. felt we should not record it ourselves She didn't care to stay; the picture See “OATS” until Bill Clifton's record was released. cannot last." (Continued on page 6) BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 5 (Continued from page 5) OATS flat-top guitar as well as for Cleveland website:http://

Lonesome River Band Mr. Ricky. He married his wife Jeana www.destinationclevelandcounty.org/ Nine videos from 1993 have been Martin-Faris of The Martin's in 2008. released to you tube. This is the original They are expecting their first child in version of The Lonesome River Band a November. We look forward to A new recording from Butch Baldassari's real treat to see and hear. Go to watching their family and careers label, Sound Art. It is called, "The Road www.youtube.com/doobieshea and blossom in the coming years. Home" A tribute to Butch Baldassari. This enjoy. Our eldest son James has begun to is a great collection of music. Some of the pursue his political interests having best acoustic performers pay homage to been elected to city council in the late Butch Baldassari, mandolin The Lewis Famiy Retires. As reported by Oskaloosa, KS. He will be married in the master and friend. All proceeds from this Ted Lehmann Fall of 2009. CD go to a college fund set up on behalf of "Chatted at some length last night with Butch's son, Blake Baldassari. Artists Little Roy.” He was very sad that illness Along with his fine mandolin and vocal participating in this project: John Carlini; has forced the retirement of his sisters, work, our youngest son John will be Tim O'Brien; Steve Kaufman; Beppe but determined to stay positive and work taking time to pursue his interest in Gambetta & Carlo Aonzo; Tom Rozum; with The Lizzy Long Band, (Lizzy is his cinematography and film score & Kentucky Thunder; Ron protégé), and the rest of this quite good, composition. Block; Chris Jones & The Night Drivers; new band. They will be performing a Our second son Rick - along with being Keith Little; Tony McManus; Sam Bush; mixture of gospel and traditional twice named SPBGMA Midwest 'Guitar Robin Bullock; John Reischman and The bluegrass along with continuing to Performer of the Year' is an Jay Birds; ; Jim Richter and include Little Roy's clowning routines. He accomplished luthier and vintage Will Kimble; Mike Compton; Scott was very clear that he knew his sisters instrument repairman. Browse his work Tichener; Don Stiernberg; Roland White; could no longer continue, but that there and picking ability at http:// Nashville Mandolin Ensemble. would always be a place on the bus for www.myspace.com/farisguitarco Rick is them if they thought they could travel." a gifted vocalist. He is interested in Ted pursuing a performance career as well. Tyler Beckett Joins The Chapmans He is married and currently lives in "We met Tyler last November in Topeka, KS. You can email him at Huntsville, ON, where he was playing with Faris Family ..... Last time on the road...A [email protected]. a couple of Canadian bands, Hard Ryde, message from Bob Faris: and Traditionally Wound Bluegrass. We Faris Family will discontinue touring at We want to especially thank the many got into a late night jam with him on our the end of November 2009. Our final promoters who have allowed us to last night there, and told him if he ever show will be SPBGMA Thanksgiving grace their stage over the years and the wanted to relocate to the Ozarks to play Weekend Festival in Newton, IA. many DJ and music programmers who fulltime, to give us a call. In April he made Bluegrass music has certainly provided a have played our music. Mom and I have a trip down to Springfield to rehearse, and road less traveled for our family. We enjoyed our time together with our we all agreed it was a good fit. So July have performed together for the past 15 sons and the music we have shared - 11th Tyler will be joining The Chapmans years touring through 38 states in the but it is time the boys start pursuing on stage for the first time in St. Louis, New U.S. and Ontario. Through it all we have their own careers and seeing to their Brunswick, then relocating to Springfield own families. loved our fans. We have always tried to to join the band full time. After twenty play our music from our hearts. We are Thanks and May God Bless! years playing together, we're all very honoured that so many have listened Bob Faris excited about the new sound that a fiddle with theirs. It has been a breathtaking, FARIS FAMILY in the band is adding, which is forcing us frustrating and exciting journey worth to rethink the way we play the same old every step. We have truly been blessed songs with a new instrument in the mix. by our experience together and through The Earl Scruggs Centre and Museum It also expands our possibilities when the friendships that have developed over The revered and esteemed Earl Scruggs writing and arranging new material." the years with our many fans and was in Shelby, NC on June 19th for a industry peers. We will miss all of you. concert to help raise funds for the Earl

Many of you know that our son Eddie Scruggs Center and museum to be You know you're getting OLD when: Faris began work with Ricky Skaggs & located in the 1907 historic Cleveland It's more important to find a place on County Courthouse building. stage for your fan than your monitors. Kentucky Thunder in January of this year. He sings baritone and plays arch-top and Here's a link to the Destination The waitress is your daughter. See “OATS” (Continued on page 8) BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 6

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 7 (Continued from page 6) OATS www.goodhomegrownmusic.com to sign talented musicians first thought of

Most of your crowd just sways in their up for our newsletter. We are very working together on a more permanent seats. excited to be on our third issue." basis. After stints as bandmates with Your gig stool has a back. Dixie Hall & The Rage and Dale Ann All you want from groupies is a foot Bradley, the two are now joining forces massage & back rub. New CD Release by again to present the newest version of You check the TV schedule before "After months of hard work I am happy Flamekeeper."Mike's playing just knocks booking a gig. to announce the release of the new CD as me out and when you're playing with him You're related to at least one band of today. As stated earlier we had not and you're a part of that groove, it's just member. named the CD, but decided on the title B- one of the best things in the world", You stop the set because your Natural. I'm excited about this CD. All states Adams. "I am so excited to be ibuprofen was left backstage. the tunes I wrote myself and it's on my working with him and his great band." You actually attended an original Bill own label, Amandolena Records. The admiration and mutual respect Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys Musicians with me on this new CD between the two men is quite evident. performance. include: Mike Bub - bass, - "Tom Adams is one of the most You buy instruments based on their harmony mandolin and lead guitar, incredible musicians I've ever had the weight instead of their tone. Jimmy Haley - rhythm guitar, opportunity to play with", remarks You remember six different festival - fiddle, - banjo. Some of Cleveland. "He is the king of taste and names for the same location. the best. For more information: timing in my opinion and it is going to be During breaks, you now go to the van www.herschelsizemore.com so awesome to work with him again after to...lay down! all these years." Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, fronted by IBMA's 6-time Bluegrass Videos Fiddle Player Of The Year, also consists Bill Harrell RIP An online catalogue of links to bluegrass of Jesse Brock on mandolin, Marshall Bill Harrell died on Wednesday, June videos...... 400 or so links. Wilborn on bass and Jessie Baker on 24/09. Another great one is gone www.bluegrassonthetube.com banjo. Tom Adams will begin his tenure forever. as and lead singer with the band on August 7th at Bluegrass In The Park in Tom Adams to join Michael Cleveland & Henderson, Kentucky. Historic Photos Flamekeeper. Photos from the 1949 Kentucky Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper have Mountain Barn Dance Song Book can be announced the addition of IBMA multi- Band - New Mandolin Player found at: http://www.bgcollector.net/ award winner Tom Adams to the band. Effective July 27, 2009, Kevin Prater left songbooks/fs/fs_sb_kymtn/p001.jpg. Adams will be taking on lead vocal and the James King Band to pursue other Scans of the entire booklet, along with guitar duties in place of the recently avenues. Ron Spears will be joining the many others, are on the bgcollector site departed Darrell Webb. Jeff White has band, handling the mandolin/guitar and set up by Tom Gamberzky: http:// been filling Darrell's spot on an interim vocal duties. www.bgcollector.net/. The site is full of basis. First gaining national recognition photos, posters, flyers, song books, & more than twenty years ago with the other memorabilia. This gets you legendary , banjo master directly to the song book scans: http:// Tom Adams' debut recording, Right Hand www.bgcollector.net/sbhome.html Man, was hailed as the "heir apparent" to Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Banjo. While banjo player extraordinaire has Canadian Saw Players Association. The been his main role for most of his music president and founder of the Canadian career, Adams is equally proficient on Saw Players Association is Gene Hardy guitar and has been performing for the at http://www.genehardy.com past year as guitarist and lead singer with Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie. Adams is a winner of many IBMA accolades. Good Home Grown Music Newsletter Perhaps it was in 2004 when Tom Adams sign-up and Michael Cleveland won IBMA's "There is now a link on the top of the Instrumental Album of the Year for Live Good Home Grown Music home page at At The Ragged Edge that the two

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 8 River Band, Country Gentlemen, BEAN BLOSSOM 2009 Longview and many, many more. My good buddy Joe Rohrer accompanied me to Bean Blossom this year. I must The Bean Blossom Brown County admit it is a treat travelling with Joe. His Jamboree Preservation Foundation, Inc. mind works in mysterious and funny (Ha is still working hard to gain members and Ha) ways. Kind of like mine. gather donations to fund the purchase of the park from the Dillman family. The It rained almost constantly, I think eight aim is to turn this lovely wooded park days out of the eleven we were there, into a green space in perpetuity as a but we didn’t let that dampen our venue for musical events throughout the enjoyment of the festival. year.

As always, the young people make the Wes festival for me. The Bluegrass Youth Boot Camp was another success with Little Roy & Lizzy Show some seventy kids participating. As well as the Boot Camp you can hear kids playing excellent music all over the park.

One highlight for me was that Canada was more than ably represented by Hard Ryde. They put on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen them perform. They sounded fantastic, played with their usual high energy and looked great in dark suits and red shirts with Canadian flag stick pins in their ties. HARD RYDE They blew the audience away. We heard a lot of people asking just who those Ann Smith and guys were and we told them. Congratulations on a fantastic job guys. You did us proud.

The other highlight was our favourite young folks, the New Old Timers, played the main stage. Two of these young men, Josh Coffey and Aaron Williams, are the boys that appeared at one our jams four years ago. The rest of the band has changed over the years. Josh and Aaron always make it a point to look Bluegrass Parkway (Australia) us up each year. They did a fine job on the stage and we look forward to great things from this group in the future. Little Roy & Lizzy Show

As usual, the rest of the show comprised a first rate line up making for a week of unforgettable entertainment with perennial favourites Dr. Ralph, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, J.D Crowe and James King. Other groups putting on great performances included and Midnight Call, Lonesome

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 9 THE BLACK FAMILY

HARD RYDE

THE RANGER FAMILY The banjo player is Ron Bartman, who holds BMACC’s General Membership Card #1.

JUNIOR BARBER and BEARTRACKS RHYME’N’REASON

ORONO MEMORIES This was our first visit to this excellent small festival. The staff were friendly and helpful and the entertainment was first rate.

We only spent Saturday so missed the entertainment on Friday and Sunday. We hung around after the show on Saturday and got in a little parkin’ lot pickin’ inside a building because it was a tad chilly. We were pretty late getting back to Woodstock but it was well worth the long day we put in. I’m planning to spend the whole weekend next year.

Wes

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 10 BLUEGRASS HAPPENINGS IN THE OTTAWA

AND SEAWAY VALLEYS Although it was the rainiest summer on record in the Ottawa area and although rain often threatened the Renfrew Bluegrass Festival, only a sprinkling of drops were felt

However, music poured from the stage the entire weekend from three of the top bands in Bluegrass music and Ramblers Choice, Michael Cleveland and Flame Keeper, Dan Paisley and Southern. All of these bands are currently in top form and have singles or CDs on the Bluegrass charts. Family NORTHERN SONS at RENFREW 2009 bands are always fan favorites at the Renfrew Festival and this year was no which is situated on the south side of 401 exception with the Lindsay family on on the St. Lawrence River. The third year board. Not to be outdone some of the for this festival, in addition to local bands best bands from Quebec and Ontario featured, will be one of the premier helped provide unforgettable listening bands in Bluegrass music for the last 30 From Reader George Barnett: pleasure for two days and nights. years - Lost and Found. Many fans will remember them from their most recent Here’s a website that tells you who was a The Sand Road Sugar Camp Festival was appearance on the winter concert series. Bluegrass Boy and when. August 13th - 16th. The location is Some of the prominent local bands will actually a working sugar bush in the be Northern Sons, Concession 23, Bytown spring of the year. The stage is set in a Bluegrass and Bill White and White Pine. grove of large maple trees that provide Howard Bonner will be the MC and this a canopy on hot weather days. The will be worth the price of admission Sally Creek camp has a full service license alone. restaurant that provides complete meals. Submitted by Donald and Dorothy Tarte The feature band this year was the Gibson Brothers who grew up close to this area across the border in upstate New York. Also featured were Silver Birch, General Store, and Honey Grass from western Ontario; the Road Scholars from Quebec; and Dave Nichols and Spare Change also from New Richmond Bluegrass upstate New York as well as the most Festival popular bands from the Ottawa Valley -

Fourteen bands in total performed over Happening September 3 to 6, 2009 at 4 days. New Richmond, Quebec in the Gaspesian

British Heritage Village. The final festival of the Bluegrass season will be the Upper Canada For more information: Bluegrass Festival September 18th to www.newrichmondbluegrass.com or call Mike Andes & Chris Sexton 20th, a stone’s throw on the north side 418-392-5677 Back Stage at Sally Creek of the eastern part of 401. Not to be confused with Upper Canada Village BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 11 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS Sand Road Sugar Camp Skyway Bluegrass Club Contact: Julie or Brian Contact: Roland Aucoin Here is a list of the organizations 613-538-2991 905-635-1818 who have become members of www.sandroadsugarcamp.com [email protected] BMACC: Tommfest Thames Valley Bluegrass Music Assoc. Bluegrass Sundays Lake Ontario Park, Kingston, ON Sally Creek Music Festival Contact: Judy Fink [email protected] Contact: Wayne Uncer 416-779-2627 [email protected] 519-469-3392 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.tvbma.ca Campbell’s Corner Music Sales Tottenham Bluegrass Festival Contact: Dan Campbell Contact: Peter Deveau Townships Bluegrass and Old-Tyme 519-371-5037 905-936-4100 Music Society [email protected] 1-888-258-4727 Contact: Gordon Cameron

www.tottenhambluegrass.ca 450-539-0333 National Bass @ Cello Contact: Bill 705-246-3261 Valley Bluegrass Festival [email protected] Contact: R. Johnston/Shiela Kirk BANDS http://nationalbassandcello.com 613-432-5000 Acoustical Strings [email protected] Northern Bluegrass Committee Contact: Roger Spense Contact: Tony deBoer Willow Park Jamboree 705-432-2598 705-758-9049 Contact: Marvin LaForme Appalachian Grass The Stringman 905-768-1448 Contact: Vern McIntyre Contact: Gord DeVries 419-568-1220 800-587-4647 CLUBS [email protected] [email protected] www.fotmc.com Elliott Lake Bluegrass Jammers FESTIVALS Contact: Gloria Hansen Backwoodsmen 705-461-8077 Contact: Lorne Buck Lindsay Country Music Jamboree [email protected] 613-475-3740

Contact: Dave Barber Manitoba Oldtyme Bluegrass Society Blue River Band 705-357-3467 or 705-741-6097 Inc. (MOBS) Contact: Jim Mayville www.lindsaycountryjamboree.com Contact: John Sawatzky 613-771-0492

Norwich Family Bluegrass Festival 204-467-2182 C-Denny Band Contact: Mike & Maryann Tirellia www.manitobabluegrass.ca Contact: Denis Chadbourn 518-783-3154 Nipissing Bluegrass Association 705-776-7754 [email protected] Contact: Denis Chadbourn Canucky Bluegrass Boys www.norwichfamilybluegrass.com 705-776-7754 Contact: Lee D. Roy Palmer Rapids Twin Music [email protected] 705-669-1945 Contact: Allan Schutt Ottawa Valley Bluegrass Association [email protected] 613-758-2747 Contact: Donald Tarte www.canuckybluegrass.com [email protected] 887-876-3369/613-234-1000 Church and State Fair Sally Creek Music Festival [email protected] Contact: Dottie Cormier Contact: Wayne Uncer www.valleygrass.ca 416-996-4253 519-469-3392 Queensbush Bluegrass Club [email protected] 1-888-288-4423 Contact: Don Day www.myspace.com/churchandstatefair www.sallycreekmusicfestival.ca 519-376-7945 www.tvmba.ca www.queensbush.ca

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See BANDS

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 12 BANDS Keslering Ridge David Blakeny (Continued from page 12) Contact: Ron Luxton Daybreak in Dixie Crosswind 905-623-2828 CJAM-FM 91.5—www.cjam.ca Contact: Roland Aucoin [email protected] [email protected]

905-635-1818 Sunday 8:00-10:00 a.m. Lonesome Wind [email protected] Contact: Pam Brooks Howard Bonner www.crosswindbluegrass.ca 519-765-1445 The Catalogue Parlour The Ducharme Family [email protected] CFRC – 101.9 FM—www.cfrc.ca Contact: Nicole Ducharme www.lonesomewind.ca [email protected]

705-758-9589 Fridays – 6:00-8:00 p.m. Northern Sons Fox Creek Band Contact: Rory Gardiner Brother John’s Sunday Morning Gospel Contact: Gloria Hansen Evenings - 613-820-6027 Hour 705-461-8077 Days: - 613-829-2176 www.theislandfm.com [email protected] [email protected] Sunday 8:00 a.m. www.northernsons.com Foxtail Don Day and Dusty Hill Contact: Gord DeVries Rhyme’N’Reason Bluegrass Express 519-668-0418 Contact: Stefan Van Holten [email protected] [email protected] 905-679-4049 CKCY 93.7 FM-www.country93.ca www.foxtail.ca [email protected] 519-376-2030 Sundays at 6:00 p.m. The Generation Gap Shades of Grey Contact: Gretchen Lamers Contact: Lou Hebert Linda Elliott 519-866-5910 807-622-2518 Country and Bluegrass [email protected] [email protected] CHIP 101.7 FM—www.chipfm.com

819-683-3155 – 888-775-3155 Gid-R-Done Silverbirch [email protected] Contact: Wayne Uncer Contact: Tom McCreight Saturday – 5:00-10:00 p.m. 519-469-3392 705-228-8426 Sunday – 6:00-10.00 p.m. [email protected] [email protected] Audrey Lockwood Hard Ryde Sweetwater Bluegrass Program Contact: Doug DeBoer Traditionally Wound CKOL 93.7FM—[email protected] 519-249-0397 Contact: Sheldon Speedie Friday 9:00-10:00 p.m. [email protected] 519-389-6097 www.hardryde.ca Cell 519-385-1292 Jim Marino Smokin’ Bluegrass Hometown Bluegrass [email protected] [email protected] Contact: Al Benner Ridge CFMU-FM 93.3 905-936-2008 or 647-430-5761 Contact: John Plantz http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca [email protected] 204-853-7786 www.hometownbluegrass.ca [email protected] John and Angel McNaughton with Maria Polillo Honeygrass www.virginiaridge.piczo.com The Bluegrass Show Contact: Karen May [email protected] 705-788-4362 Bluegrass on the Radio CKRZ-FM 100.3—www.ckrz.com [email protected] Linda Axman and Dan Joseph Tuesday 7:00-11:00 p.m. www.honeygrass.com Blueridge Express (See Ad on Page 13) CKRW-FM-98.5—Kitchener Wilson Moore Bluegrass Jam Jan Purcell and Pine Road Wednesday at 7:30-8:30 p.m. CHMA—FM 106.9—Sackville, NB Contact: Jan Purcell Dan Bieman 506-364-2221 819-459-3362 Bluegrass Rules www.mta.ca/chma—[email protected] [email protected] AM920 CKNX—www.am920.ca Saturdays 6:00 pm—Sundays 4:30 pm www.pineroadbluegrass.com [email protected] (Atlantic Time) 519-357-1310 – ext. 446

Sundays at 1:00 p.m. (Continued on page 14) See RADIO BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 13 RADIO (Continued from page 13) Bluegrass Bands and ume One: Heaven Knows Where We Go Ron Moores From Here" has also been produced. The The Back 40 Helping Hands CD features only original musical composi-

CKCU FM 93.1—www.ckcufm.com With an unemployment rate of 12 plus tions with all the songs being donated by [email protected] percent, the city of Dalton, Georgia, the the artists. This is a compilation recording www.back40.ca Carpet Capital of the World, has quickly combining the talents of local bluegrass Saturday Noon-1:00 p.m. become a ranking contender for the artists with artists from across the nation

Brian Powley "Unemployment Capital of the South- and Canada. SILVERBIRCH contibuted Brother Brian’s Bluegrass Show east." Area bluegrass musicians have their song, "Sally's Dance," to the project. CFRC 101.9 FM—www.cfrc.ca stepped up to the challenge, forming an This song is also recorded on North To [email protected] organization called "bluegrass bands and Ontario 2008. Sunday 8:00-11:00 a.m. helping hands," for the sole purpose of For more information: raising money for DOC-UP, a local chari- www.bluegrassbandshelpinghands.com Steve Pritchard table organization. Radio-Boogie CKLN FM 88.1—http://ckln.fm To help alleviate the financial woes af- [email protected] fecting area families, a great evening of Wednesday 10:00-12:00 p.m. music has been planned for Saturday September 26, 2009, when the award Other sources: winning band will per- www.mountainechosradio.com form at Heritage Point Park in Dalton, This site plays some good stuff all the Georgia. Also performing will be the time. Dixie Bee Liners, Spatial Effects, Steel

Live 365 Internet Radio String Session, and other regional bands to be announced. http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/ directory.cg1?genre=bluegrass In addition to the above concert, a CD Saturday – Noon – 1:00 p.m. "Bluegrass Bands & Helping Hands: Vol-

Quinte's Isle Bluegrass Celebration

We just returned from Quinte's Isle Blue- grass Celebration and WOW what a great place for a bluegrass festival. On the shores of Lake Ontario with great camping and a view that words cannot describe.

The work that Melissa and Doug of Hard Ryde did to organize this first annual cele- bration goes beyond description. With this kind of dedication Canadian Bluegrass and Quinte's Isle Bluegrass festival can only get bigger and better.

Henry & Phyllis Rolfe

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JULY 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010

We’re Moving!! The new location is the Dorchester Fairgrounds in Dorchester, Ontario close to Highway 401. There are 500 sites available with over 100 electrical and water hook-ups. There are clean washrooms with showers adjacent to the serviced sites. There will be the same immaculate portables throughout the park servicing the dry campsites as in 2009. We will again provide a large tent for the concert area for shelter from sun or rain. Watch this space for our stellar 2010 Line-up. Some Typical Comments from Fans

“Best festival I’ve been to in years.” “Best sound ever.” “Best kept grounds, cleanest toilets.” “Excellent organization.”

“Our first Bluegrass Festival. We’ll be back next year.”

“Best line-up at any festival I’ve ever been to.” “Best festival I’ve ever been to.” Watch the websites and the BMACC notes for more information on the 2010 SCMF at www.tvbma.ca or www.sallycreekmusicfestival.ca Or just call us 1-888-288-4423.

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familiar faces were missed and the 2010 SCMF at www.tvbma.ca or hopefully we’ll see you at the 2010 www.sallycreekmusicfestival.ca event. Or just call us 1-888-288-4423

The 2010 SCMF a four day event July 1, Come on out to our weekly jam sessions 2, 3, 4, will be another top notch and play some tunes or just sit and Bluegrass Festival. It is a bit too soon to enjoy the fellowship that Bluegrass show you our lineup, but be assured it Music stimulates. The TVBMA meets will be another excitingly impressive list. regularly every Thursday from Please check our website regularly and watch for who is coming and when you can book your sites. The 2009 SCMF site location was in Woodstock and at one of the best sites ever but we The Sally Creek Music Festival wanted something even better for our presented by the TVBMA on July 3, 4, 5, fans. The 2010 Sally Creek Music 2009 was quoted by the crowd in Festival will be held in Dorchester at the attendance, to be the best Bluegrass Dorchester Fair Grounds. The new event to hit Canada for some time. It location features over 500 campsites was truly an event to be recognized and with over 100 electrical hookups, water the TVBMA Club members that helped outlets, clean flush toilets and showers. make it happen are to be congratulated Of course there will be the usual September through June at the for their hard work and efforts. The immaculately clean portables Thamesford Legion from 7:00 to about entertainment, the venue, the sound, throughout the park for those who still 10:30. and of course the fans were all top like to rough it. The usual huge tent at notch. We were absolutely swamped the back of the concert area will offer Yours in Bluegrass, Wayne Uncer with congratulations on the success and shade and wet weather cover, just in President, TVBMA the simply wonderful experience case. Watch the websites and the everyone had. I would like to personally BMACC notes for more information on thank each and every attendee for your support and enthusiasm on our first FOXTAIL annual Sally Creek Music Festival. A special thanks also from The Victorian Order of Nurses Sakura House for Hospice, who raised over $2000. for their campaign. The TVBMA and Sally Creek Festival donated a quality Blueridge Guitar and the generosity of our patrons helped make it a success.

The 2009 Sally Creek Music Festival was certainly another milestone for our club and Bluegrass in Ontario. Mother Nature made it a bit rough for us on our setup days, and she continued to persist with cold nights and patches of rain during the startup. Regardless of the forecast the fans did come out and we do thank you all for being there. Some

BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 17 appear to devolve a performance to a usually cooled down or ejected LETTER TO THE EDITOR Klan rally (especially to newcomers). promptly. To the Ontario Bluegrass Community Most Bluegrass performers have traveled and have a sophisticated On the subject of the “hayseed” image; It is unfortunate that I must agree with knowledge and an understanding that there is a certain stereotype that has Derek Pert's evaluation and suggestions the crowds are small enough that you been promoted over the years by the re: bad taste and insensitivity on can not afford to alienate even a small “Grand Ol’ Opry, and TV shows Like Bluegrass stages he outlined in the April proportion of the people attending. “Hee Haw but since Country music newsletter. Certainly the vast majority However there is a vocal minority who moved uptown, the hay bales have of performers do not fall into the behave as though they are playing to disappeared. Bluegrass is working on it, insensitive category, however there is hayseeds with three teeth and the IQ of pretty successfully I would say. For the just too much pointless prejudiced a boiled egg. record, at the few festivals I have humour (?) coming from those managed to attend this summer, I have privileged to be on stage. Also, speaking of stereotypes, when oh not seen one hay or straw bale. when are we going to decorate stages I have been involved in Bluegrass since with anything but hay and straw bales? One further point I would like to make. the late sixties. I have attended Yes I know there are exceptions but Mention is made that Shiites and hundreds of festivals, concerts and sometime there is enough bales on the Moslems are being picked on. Shiites performances over the years. For stage I'm surprised there isn't a dust are Moslems and are frequently picked fifteen years I sang lead and played explosion. upon by Sunnis, another branch of Islam guitar for the band Due North. I have while the Shiites do their fair share of been involved in promotion of concerts Bluegrass is often seen as a picking on Sunnis. Read the and have MC'd many performances of marginalised music form. For some newspapers on any given day about the music we so dearly love. During Bluegrass performers to further Iraq, Iran ,Afghanistan and Pakistan, that time I have heard Jews, African marginalise the art form or to allow among others, and who’s bombing who. Americans, natives, immigrants of all anything so pathetic as demeaning kinds, homosexuals, Hindus, Shiites, humour to contribute to this has no So, once again to all our faithful Moslems and most often, women place in our world or on our stages. readers, is your experience at festivals demeaned from the stage. and concerts similar to mine? I would Thank you for your time really appreciate your input. I really Bluegrass has as many textures, Ted Thompson don’t think this problem is as influences, styles and just plain magic as widespread as these two articles would any music. However it is a music which have us believe. I would certainly seems to have been declared open appreciate some intelligent rebuttals. season on when it comes to parody. I remember trying to suggest to various The Editor people over the years they listen to COMMENT FROM THE EDITOR Bluegrass or attend a festival. Some would tell me they could sing Bluegrass Once again, I have yet to see the type of and proceed to hold their noses and activity described above in my nearly wail some strange line about mothers thirty years of Bluegrass festival dying in the mountains, my dog left and attendance in both Canada and the US. isn't it too bad the confederacy lost the civil war. The number of "Ye haws" Both the article above and the article coming from the stage, impossible published in our last issue are couched cowboy hats and at best pointless in general terms. I feel it is unfair to humour helps to confirm the negative paint all of Bluegrass with the same stereotypes. Also when a performer brush. Give us specifics guys. Give the launches into a series of "blonde jokes" alleged perpetrators a chance to defend he comes dangerously close to parody themselves. himself. I admit there are usually a few yahoos Bluegrass is the music I have invested a who manage to disrupt the show in huge portion of my life to and it bothers front of the stage but these “fans” are CHRIS SEXTON—NOTHIN’ FANCY me when stupid prejudiced humour can BMACC Notes—August 2009 Page 18