Ctba Newsletter 1208

1 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION IBMA Member Central Vol. 34 No. 8 Texas Bluegrass August 1, 2012 Copyright © 2012 by Central Texas Bluegrass Association THE AUSTIN STEAMERS 2 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION The Listening Post

The Listening Post is a forum established to monitor bluegrass musical recordings, live performances, or events in Texas. Our mailbox sometimes contains CDs for us to review. Here is where you will find reviews of the CD’s Central Texas Bluegrass Association receives as well as reviews of live performances or workshops. CTBA has its Annual Band Scramble - Good fun!!

Steep Canyon Rangers

Nobody Knows You (2012), Rounder Records. Together for 12 years, the Steep Canyon Rangers are most noted in recent years for backing comedian Steve Martin. The Rangers stated goal for this CD was to “sep- arate themselves from the pack,” which they manage to do with their strong ar- rangements and top-notch production. Definitely con- temporary grass, nothing Rose in the Tall Grass: Elise Bright (fiddle), Russell Holley-Hart (mando), Tony Kamel (guitar), Lenny Nichols (bass), traditional here. Following Greg Lowery (dobro), Lyndal Cannon (banjo) in the Nickel Creek/Union Station vein, this collection of originals is full of rhyth- mic punches; time and me- ter shifts, which are com- monplace among today’s top groups. Their vocal harmonies are stellar. “Easy To Love” (Tr 3) has a nice Celtic 6/8 feel. Other songs have a swing feel (“Between Mid- night and the Dawn” Tr 4), a ballad (“Natural Disaster” Tr 6) and rocking acoustic country groove (“Long Shot” Tr 12). All cuts are strong, so pick one and enjoy. -Eddie Collins

The Lost Band: Sheryl Sultenfuss (fiddle), Roy Wilhite (mando), Georgia Canfield (guitar), Aaron Upham (bass), Ben- Sorrells (guitar), Lyndal Cannon (banjo) 3 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

Carry Me Back-OCMS

Proving once again that they aren’t just one hit wonders known only for “Wagon Wheel”, the Old Crow Medicine Show releases Carry Me Back. This CD has a little more diver- The Downing Family: John Downing (fiddle), Jay Del-Mier (mando), Chris Beine (dobro), Doug Sultenfuss (bass), Sharon Sandomirsky (guitar), Mat Downing (banjo) sity than their last release as is proven by the vast differences between the waltz “Ain’t it Enough” and the hard driving drinking song “Mississippi Satur- day Night”. My personal favorites are “Levi”, “Ain’t it Enough”, and “Ways of Man”. These New York boys were lucky enough be traveling around and while in North Carolina they were heard by Doc Watson who immediately signed them to play Mer- lefest. A year or so later they played the Cactus

Up, Up, & Away: Amy Collins (flute), Micah Upham (fiddle), Tracie Upham (mando), George Rios (guitar), Steve Man- in front of Doyle Law- gold (bass), Mike Hollern (guitar), Tracy Sloan (banjo) son & Quicksilver. Since then the band has played This year’s CTBA Fundraiser Gargage Sale/Band Scramble was tons of fun and Austin City Limits, SXSW, will help CTBA send more young people to bluegrass camps in Texas. We’re Prairie Home Compan- sorry but there were two bands that we didn’t get photos of. The Water Lug- ion, PBS’s American Roots gers were Jacob Roberts (guitar), Steven Crow (bass), Alice Moore (mando), Music Series, the Grand Jerry Rayburn (banjo), Jeff Robertson (guitar), Dale Albright (fiddle), and Rich- Ole Opry and they were ard Rhinehart (guitar). Group 5 called themselves The Bullshippers, they were part of the very cool Rail- Josh Upham & Doug Taylor (guitar), Brian Wolker (mando), Steve Z (banjo), Flash road Revival Tour last year (dobro), Jim Shaffer (fiddle) and Cara Cooke (harmonica). A very special thanks They’ll be back. to Waterloo Ice House. Photos by Ken Brown 4 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

Picks, Happenings, and Releases

We don’t want you to miss what might just be the most educational, thrill- ing and unforgettable World of Bluegrass IBMA has produced so far. This year’s event is going to be filled with some of the most unique and delightful pairings and combinations ever seen at the World of Bluegrass or anywhere. Hurry and make your reservations today for World of Bluegrass September 24-30, 2012 in Nashville (the last one to be held in Nashville). Visit www.ibma.org/tickets or call 888-438-4262 or 615-256-3222.

We’ve listed the Ham Jam House Concert Series many times in past issues of this newsletter. Any of you musicians interested in a great House Concert venue, here is the info. Just email Daren Appelt to get on the mailing list then ask to find an open night! Daren’s email is [email protected]. He also builds the Red-Eye series of acoustic instrument pre-amps. 08/04/12 Geoff Union & Billy Bright, 08/20/12 Kym Warner & Carl Miner. Both shows start at 7PM. Expect to pay to hear this great talent in a close setting. Get directions at: http://www.fire-eye.com/_directions.htm

Aug 30, 31, Sept 1, 2 - Salmon Lake Park 36th Annual Bluegrass Festival Grapeland, TX This year’s festival features The Marksmen, The Tennessee Gentlemen, Nu- Blu, Bill Grant & Amy Patrick, Welch Mountain, David Davis & The Warrior River Boys, Gold Wing Express, Salt Grass, The Shady Grove Ramblers, Karl Shiflett, Tin Top Road, And The Coleman Brothers. The Sunday Afternoon Show has been added back. They previously advertised the show to end at noon on Sunday, but feedback from attendees has encouraged them to continue the Sunday afternoon show. The Marksmen and Tennessee Gentlemen have agreed to stay over and entertain folks, along with a few other bands to be announced. Weekend tickets remain at the advertised price of $50.00. There will be a $10 fee for drive-ins on Sunday.

Visit Llano Allen Hurt & www.promotellano.org The Mountain Showmen

A three day camp for Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, Songwriting, Dobro, Vocal, Bass, & Fingerstyle Guitar

August 9-11, 2012 • Arlington Texas

Small class sizes with learn to make better music in a friendly, hands-on instruction supportive environment. Only 15 minutes and an emphasis on fun is what you can away from DFW Airport and conveniently expect at Acoustic Music Camp 2012. near major malls, Six Flags Over Texas, Come join us this August in Dallas and and water parks.

Bluegrass Banjo Flatpick Guitar Fiddle Ross Nickerson Kenny Smith Texas Shorty Ron Stewart Jim Hurst Nate Lee Cia Cherryholmes Clay Powers Jam Facilitator Gerald Jones Fingerstyle Guitar Amanda Smith Mandolin Sam Swank Dobro Roland White Reece Anderson Nate Lee Songwriting/Vocals Stetson Adkisson Bass Alan Tompkins

2012 Fire on the Strings Festival Review

By Joshua Upham

The 2012 Fire on the Strings festival in League City started Friday afternoon. It was held indoors in the South Shore Harbour Resort for the second year in a row. Before this venue, Fire on the Strings was held at a KOA campground. It was a great idea to have a festival indoors so that everyone could get away from the heat. Summer festivals are usually outdoors and hot, but everyone seemed to love the fact that this one was air-conditioned. Local bluegrass band Third Rail played twice over the course of the weekend, and were, as usual, a big hit with the audience. Right after Third Rail, The James King Band took the stage and delivered an awesome performance, with lots of meaningful songs. Since I had never heard him before, I did not know what to expect, but I was very impressed with Mr. King’s singing and the overall sound of the band. About halfway thru the show, I realized why I liked his voice so much -- he sounded just like Carter Stan- ley! Probably my favorite band of the night was Special Consensus. Their songs were all energetic, they had great vocal harmonies, and they all kept a very tight rhythm throughout the set. Several gospel songs they did in amazing four part harmony that blew me away. Greg Cahill, the leader of the band, is much older than the rest of the band, so they often poke fun at his age. Rick Ferris, the mandolin player, joked that the other original members of the band had tragically died in the Civil War. They played well, but the sound was just too loud. I also noticed that all their singing 7 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

songs were in B. Literally, the first ten songs were all in B. I especially liked one of their instrumen- tals, “Danny’s Dance,” which sounds more like an Irish tune than bluegrass. Chris Jones and the Night- drivers closed the festival both nights and did a great job. It was disappointing to see them perform for so few people on the last night. At- tendance in general wasn’t that great. The Nightdriv- ers did a good job of featuring each instrument/artist at some point during each set. Chris Jones did a 1970’s truck- er song called “Wolf Creek Pass.” The Nightdriver’s mandolin player, Mark Stoffel, per- formed a bluegrass version of “Edelweiss,” from The Sound of Music. They also used humor very well. Most of it came from Ned Luberecki who sang several funny songs including a John Hart- ford song, “Boogie,” which he sang both forwards and backwards. Jamming on both nights was great, especially on Saturday night, when we stayed up until about 2 AM. Throughout the weekend, there were jams all over the lower floor of the Resort. There were almost always at least 3 jams going, so pickers had plenty to choose from. The only workshop on Friday was a slow jam led by Scott Armstrong. On Saturday morning, the Texas State Banjo Championship started early at 9:00. Both the Banjo and Guitar contests featured awesome picking and great entertainment. However, neither of the contests was well attended. The Banjo Championship had a total of four contestants, and the guitar contest only had three. One of the guitar contestants only played chords and entered the contest because no one else would. Anyone going to the festival next year should make an effort to enter the contest if possible. It not only increases the level of the competition, but it is a great experience, even if you do get last place as I did last year. Competing is a great experience for you and it makes the contest better for others as well. The Saturday workshops were great as well, with workshops on the bass, taught by John Weisberger; mandolin, taught by Mark Stoffel; guitar by Chris Jones; dobro, taught by Robert Duke; and banjo with Ned Luberecki. All the teachers except for Robert Duke are members of Chris Jones’ band, the Nightdrivers. I attended the Guitar workshop and Mr. Jones played songs and answered the audience’s questions. Overall, it was a great festival with good entertainment and great picking.

Photos by Ken Brown. By the way, Joshua Upham is 16 years old and currently serves on the Board of the Central Texas Bluegrass Association. He is also a former recipient of the CTBA Scholarship program, choosing to attend Camp Bluegrass. Josh is home schooled and picks a mighty good six string too! Thanks Josh! Thanks Ken! Thanks Bay Area Bluegrass Association!!!! 8 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION 9 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION Meet a CTBA Member: Jim Shaffer Introduce yourself. Tell us your name, a little bit about yourself, what city you live in, and why you joined CTBA. My name is Jim Shaffer. I’ve lived in Pflugerville with my wife Lynn for 12 years now. Prior to that I lived in Austin since 1980. I’m originally from eastern Iowa. I’ve been retired from IBM for 4 years now. I worked for them for 30 years as a software engineer. I’ve always liked bluegrass music, since we took a family vacation back in the ‘60’s and went to Branson, and saw the Bald Nobbers. They were just a bluegrass quartet back then, but they were good, funny, and I really enjoyed the show. However, there’s just not a lot of bluegrass in Iowa, so I didn’t get into playing for several years. Do you play an instrument? I have always liked the violin/fiddle. I took some violin lessons in college in the early ‘70’s, but then put the instrument down until 1990, when I started playing Texas Oldtime fiddle. I’d go to the fiddle club, as we called it, which was meeting at Captain Tom’s every Tuesday night back then. That group has continued, and as far as I know is still around, meeting in homes now since Artz has closed. I took my first fiddle lessons from Mike Henderson, a great guitar player who had also studied Texas fiddle. Let me say here though that it was Rod Moag who showed me my first fiddle tune, Red Haired Boy. Between oldtime and bluegrass I played with the Johnny Burnett Trio, a couple of singer-song writers and myself. We did produce a cd, and I have the mp3s from it if anyone’s interested. I was with Brian Byrne and Borrowed Time for about 4 years I guess, before joining the Piney Grove Ramblers, where I’ve been for 2 and a half years now, if I remember right. What bluegrass artists do you like to listen to most? Well, I love the fiddling of Michael Cleveland. He can really lay it down, and with excellent tone and intonation. I think that a lot of fiddle players forget that they’re really playing the violin. Tone and intonation are very important to me, although admittedly I don’t always live up to the ideal. I’ve taken lessons from a classical musician just to straighten out some bad habbits I had, and feel that now I’m at least on the right track. I also like Megan Lynch, and have taken webcam lessons from her also, which has helped a lot. Those webcam lessons are a great deal. My wife and I enjoy going to festivals. We especially like those in Argyle and Farmers Branch. I’m really glad my wife Lynn likes bluegrass, and we in the Ramblers have to thank her for walking the tip jar around at shows. Lynn is very much involved with the animal shelter here in Pflugerville, and I’m glad to be able to provide music for their fund raisers. What’s your all time favorite bluegrass song? Oh now that’s a hard one! I suppose it’s The Old Home Place, that great Dillards song. I think that captures the essence of bluegrass music as much as any song I can think of. 10 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

Artist Profile: Austin Steamers

By Jami Hampton

Hey Austin! If you haven’t heard or heard of The Austin Steamers, here’s your chance to get a brief in- troduction to one of Austin’s new- est acoustic-instrument bands. Formed just over eight months ago, band members include Ben Hodges on vocals and mandolin; Joe Sundell on vocals and banjo; Sean Tracey on vocals, guitar, harmonica (and perhaps some- day soon on trumpet); and Daniel Zeh on vocals and bass. Perform- ing mostly-original music they de- scribe as a meld of traditional-roots-country-bluegrass, the band’s live performances serve up a rewarding combination of great tunes, well-crafted harmonies, excellent musicianship, high energy, fun, and obvious camaraderie. They even boast a perfect blend of lefties and righties--and I don’t mean politics--two of the band members are southpaws. All the band members have strong musical roots--each began playing an instrument as a teen and most had fairly extensive stage experience with other bands. As undeniably talented and seasoned as each member is individually, I believe the band exemplifies the true meaning of synergy---the band as a whole truly is greater than the sum of its parts. No need to take my word for it though. There will be ample opportunities this month to check them out for yourself since their just-being-finalized-as-you-read-this, self-titled CD will debut on Saturday, August 18 at their CD-release party being held at the White Horse honky-tonk in East Austin, where the White Ghost Shivers will also be performing. For those of you who may prefer to see them in a house-concert setting, stay tuned for a second CD-release date to be announced in the near future. The Austin Steamer’s CD was recorded at bass player Daniel Zeh’s house and was engineered by

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good friend Billy Myers, a former long-time engineer for Austin City Limits. Seven out of the ten tracks on the CD are originals. Sean Tracy wrote “Old Black Crow”, “Path of Least Resistance”, and “The Only Thing Wrong with You”. Joe Sundell wrote “Dollar Bill” and “The Way I Am”; Daniel Zeh wrote “Hang Dog”; and Silas Lowe wrote “Normand’s Folly”. The remaining cuts on the CD include “Last Let- ter Home”, “Freight Train Blues”, and “Prisoner’s Song” featuring the famously-falsetto vocals of Ben Hodges. Past and future performances include a wide- ranging variety of venues such as the The Cactus Cafe, Threadgill’s, the Mean-Eyed Cat, Central Mar- ket, and the Badu House in Llano. You can catch the band at one of two weekly residencies during August including the early show every Friday night at the White Horse (7:00 p.m.), and the late show every Monday night at the Hole in the Wall (10:00 p.m.). Check out their website for their full schedule, samples of their new music and contact information at www.theaustinsteamers.com. And thanks, Austin, for sprouting forth another winning combination of musicians from your glori- ously entangled network of Bluegrass, Old Time, Honky-tonk, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, and Country music scene!

Proud to Support CTBA! Instruction for Banjo, Guitar and Mandolin Online and Private Lessons Eddie Collins www.eddiecollins.biz Megan Pumphrey, PO Box 319 512-873-7803 Leander, TX 78646 12 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

Cabin10, Inc. The Rice Festival RiceGrass & RiceGrass

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Songwriting Workshop with Louisa Branscomb

Louisa Branscomb will be in Austin for a songwriting workshop and house concert hosted by Austin Songwriters Group on Saturday, September 8, 2012. Louisa is a 4-time Grammy winning songwriter with over 120 recorded songs with hits by John Denver, Alison Krauss, Dale Ann Bradley, and Daughters of Bluegrass. Dubbed a pioneer for women in bluegrass, she was one of the first women to front a bluegrass band and play banjo. Also dubbed a pioneer of bluegrass songwriters, she made a profound impact on bluegrass music by penning a num- ber of powerful songs, including “Steel Rails”, the now classic song credited with bringing a whole generation into bluegrass. She was one of the original co-founders and the chair of IB- MA’s Songwriter Committee, making outstand- ing contributions for the benefit of bluegrass songwriters, previously unrecognized by IBMA. She currently chairs IBMA’s Bluebird in the Blue- grass songwriter showcases at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, which provides for promoting bluegrass songwriters on that venerable stage. Louisa directs Woodsong Writers Retreat in the beautiful mountains of North Georgia for teaching the inspiration and craft of songwriting. She also mentors writers and teaches songwriting across the country, specializing in experiential methods, creative expression, and application of transformational psychology to songwriting. She will be bringing her very unique teaching methodology to Austin for this one day special event. The workshop and house concert will be at The Mockingbird Cafe, Austin Songwriters Group venue in South Austin. Louisa will also be available for 1:1 song critiques and mentor- ing in the afternoon after the workshop. Look for more details (fees, exact times, signup, directions) coming soon on the Austin Song- writers Group website: http://austinsongwritersgroup.com/

Instructor List Update

A few years ago, I put together a list of local bluegrass instructors. The list has sort of lan- guished (on the CTBA web site), and hasn’t been updated in quite some time. I want to October 19-21, 2012 make sure everyone’s aware of its existence. 7th Annual Austin String Band Festival Also, if you’re an instructor, please email me with your information: Name: What you teach: Contact information: (phone, email, webpage) Teaching location: (studio location or “will come to your home) Ages taught: Experience levels taught and a short descrip- tion of your experience, (e.g.) “10 years experience in a bluegrass band, have been teaching for 15 years.” Please keep it brief.

I can be contacted at [email protected], or by phone at (512) 699-9251. Concerts, Camping, Jamming, Dancing, Workshops, Good Eats Don’t forget about Fiddler’s Green’s great group of instructors. Here’s a list of August The Canote Brothers events at Fiddler’s Green. GumboJet Sunday 8/5 Ukulele Bootcamp with Jessica Anna & Elizabeth Graves 1-3pm $30 Sunday 8/5 Irish Tune Learning Session Bayou Seco 8-11pm East Mountain Serenaders Sunday 8/12 Mandolin Bootcamp with Billy Bright 1-3pm $35 Hem and Haw Sunday 8/29 Vocal Workshop with Jenn Miori Sawmill Vagrants 3-4;30pm $30 Sunday 8/19 Irish Session 8-11pm … and more! Sunday 8/26 “Learning Traditional Tunes by Ear” with Jonathan Milton 1-3pm $30 b Camp Ben McCulloch, Driftwood, TX for more info, check out: www.aftm.us 15 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION 16 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION 17 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

Listing of Newsletter “Artist Profiles”, “Meet A Member”, & “Scholarship Recipients”

2010 Meet a Member Artist Profile March Danny Barnes April Dan Huckabee May Thomas Chapmond The Carper Family June Stacy Holt The Lost Pines July Barbara & David Brown Jeff Robertson August Eddie & Pat Zihlman Gerald Jones September Ray Cargo Chasing Blue October Al James Jim Hurst November Tracy Sloan The Upham Family December Rixi Rosenberg Chris Hirsch 2011 January Keith Davis David Hamburger February Gloria Brashaw Billy Bright March JeffWhite MilkDrive April Bruce Mansbridge & Elaine Kant Sierra Hull May Jerry & Carol Rabun Tom Ellis June Doug & Sheryl Sultenfuss Dennis McDaniel July Bryce Koslan Rolf & Beate Sieker August Chuck Middleton Doc Hamilton September Alan Corlew Steve Smith October Tom Duplissey Phil Elliott November Jay Blincoe James Shelton December The Schuttger Family Eddie Collins 2012 January Mike Moore The Lost Pines February Duane Calvin Piney Grove Ramblers March Bob Bourgeois Karen Abrahams April Mike Stroup Christy & The Plowboys May Coleman Stephens Earl Scruggs Memorial June George Rios In Memory of Doug Dillard July Mary Conn Elliott & Janice Rogers August Jim Shaffer Austin Steamers

Scholarship Recipients 2004 - Finn Lynch, 2005 - Christopher Quinters, 2006 - Amy Bell, 2007 - Riley Mathews, Jill Corley, Tyler Colley and Erika Richardson, 2009 - Bethany Rankin and Brett Haw- thorne , 2010 - Adam Greer, John Peyton “JP” Shafer, and Devin Paynkewicz, 2011 - Josh, Aaron and Micah Upham & Susannah Armstrong , 2012 - Mandy Greer, Sam Armstrong 18 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION 19 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION 20 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

Blue Skyz Band CTBA Bluegrass Bands Mike Lester (210) 913-9597 The 145s www.blueskyzband.com David Diers www.the145smusic.com Bluebonnet Pickers 512-814-5145 Brooks Blake (830) 798-1087 512 Dave Seeman BuffaloGrass ([email protected]) Don Inbody (512) 557-2939 (512) 295-6977 [email protected] Air Cargo Ray Cargo Carper Family Band [email protected] Jenn Miori [email protected] Alan Munde Gazette Bill Honker Chasing Blue (214) 693-1620 (512) 963-7515 [email protected] [email protected] Allen Hurt & The Mountain Showmen Christy & the Plowboys Allen Hurt (Sherman, TX) Christy Foster (469) 236-4190 (512) 452-6071 www.allenhurt.com [email protected] Austin Steamers David & Barbara Brown Joe Sundell 361-985-9902 (Corpus Christi) (501)416-4640 [email protected] www.theaustinsteamers.com Dueling Hearts Bee Creek Boys Wil Wilson Jim Umbarger [email protected] (512) 922-5786 Eddie Collins [email protected] (512) 873-7803 Better Late Than Never www.eddiecollins.biz Duane Calvin [email protected] (512) 835-0342 Flatlander Folk Blacktop Bend Jay Littleton George Rios (512) 850-4362 (512) 619-8536 [email protected] [email protected] Four Fights Per Pint Blue Creek String Band Diana & Dan Ost Thomas Chapmond 512-848-1634 [email protected] [email protected] (512) 791-3411 21 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

Grazmatics [email protected] Wayne Ross 512-330-2188 The Sieker Band [email protected] Rolf & Beate Sieker (512) 733-2857 www.siekerband.com Hem & Haw Ben Hodges & Jenn Miori Shawn Spiars [email protected] (512 627-3921 www.banjohangout.org/my/sspiars Karen Abrahams [email protected] Babyhead Promotions (512) 659-5256 String Beans www.karenabrahams.com Mike Montgomery [email protected] The Lost Pines Talia Bryce (512) 814-5134 Joe Sundell & the Show & Tellers [email protected] Rebecca Patek www.lostpinesband.com 262-617-4152 ww.joesundellandtheshowandtellers.com/ Manchaca All-Stars Ben Buchanan Third Rail (512) 282-2756 Susannah Armstrong manchacaallstars@ email.com 936 870 7819 [email protected] Out of the Blue Jamie Stubblefield Steelhead String Band (512) 923-4288 Sharon Sandomirsky [email protected] [email protected] (512) 619-8705 Piney Grove Ramblers Wayne Brooks Upham Family Band (512) 699-8282 Tracie Upham www.pgramblers.com [email protected] Ragged Union The Wimberley Bunch Geoff Union Marilyn Lumia (512) 563-9821 (512) 557-2112 [email protected] gus@ vownet.net

Randy’s Rangers Wires and Wood Sigi Field David Dyer (512) 869-8076 (210) 680-1889 [email protected] Robertson County Line Woodstreet Bloodhounds Jeff Robertson Robert Becker (Oak Park, IL) (512) 629-5742 708-714-7206 [email protected] [email protected] Rod Moag and Texas Grass Rod Moag (512) 467-6825 22 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

LEAGUE CITY Jam & Show BLUEGRASS JAMS!!! 3rd Sat: Jam 5 PM (BABA Sponsored) Show 6:30 PM Jan- Nov. Contact: Rick Kirkland (President) (281) 488-2244

AUSTIN LLANO Bluegrass Beginner/Intermediate JAM (CTBA Sponsored) Bluegrass All Levels JAM 4th Sat (except Nov. & Dec.): Jam 5:30 PM The 3418 North Lamar; 2nd & 4th Saturdays; slow jam, 2pm to 4pm; intermediate Badu House jam 4pm to 6 pm. Bluegrass Beginner/Intermediate 2nd & 4th Thu. Jam 7:00 PM First Presbyte- Also 1st & 3rd Thursdays 7pm at Bruce Mansbridge rian Church Call Steve Mangold (512) 345-6155 for info on all Austin jams Contact: Jeff White (325) 248-4114 Scholtz’s Garden every Sunday afternoon until ? MANCHACA BELLVILLE Manchaca Railroad Bar-B-Q, FM 1626, Every Thursday 6:30-9:00PM Jam & Show (Spring Creek Club Sponsored) Contact: Dave (512) 680-4433 Jan. thru Sept 4th Sat; 4pm JAM, 6:30 pm SHOW, Coushatte RV Ranch (979) 865-5250 [email protected] www.springcreekbluegrass.com MEDINA 2nd Tuesday - Each Month, All Gospel Jam 6: PM, BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION first Baptist Church - Medina, Tx, Call Linda Barton for info, 830 589 2486 Monday’s 6-9PM, JJ. Cody’s, 3610 S. College www.brazoscountrygrass.com PEARL JAM & SHOW, FAYETTEVILLE 1st Sat: Jam all day 2nd Sat, April—November, starts at 6 PM, on the Courthouse Square Contact: Ronald Medart (254) 865-6013 www.pearlbluegrass.com [email protected] www.texaspickinpark.com ROUND ROCK FIELD CREEK Danny Ray’s Music, 12 Chisholm Trail, RR, Third Saturday 2:00 PM 1st Sat each mo, Field Creek Music - 6: PM - Field Creek is between Llano and Brady on Hwy 71, Info call Bill Tuckness 325 SAN ANTONIO 247 3223 1st, 3rd, usually 5th Tuesday. 6:30 - 8:30, Grady’s BBQ on Nakoma @ 281. Contact: Sheryl - ssultenfuss(at)gmail.com GEORGETOWN every Thursday at Duke’s BBQ, 5:30 to 7:30pm, SHULENBURG 512-869-8076 or [email protected] (www.jrfnet.net/rr) RV Park Clubhouse 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 6:30-9:00PM Contact: Loretta Baumgarten (979) 743-4388 Camp@SchulenburgRVPark. GARLAND com Saturday, March- Nov, 7:30PM between Main & State St at 6th, WIMBERLEY GLEN ROSE Fri 8-12 PM, Rolling House Clubhouse every 3rd Sat. at Oakdale Park in Glen Rose Contact: Mike Bond

HARWOOD JAM & Stage Show (Pot Luck too!) 3rd Sat, 2-9 PM, 9 mi. E. of Luling, Hwy 90 Contact: Tony Conyers (512) 601-1510 or (512) 940-3731

HONDO 1st Friday each mo., Hondo Hootenanny, starts at 11 AM- Hondo Community Center, 1014 18th st, Hondo, Tx Info 830 426 2831

Multi-Educational The Austin Center for the Treatment Cross Cultural of Arts Association Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Bruce Mansbridge, PhD MECCA is a 501c(3) nonprofit educational organization that teaches music & Director dance to adults and children. We provide ethnic/cultural/patriotic music and dance groups for civic, schools, churches, and club programs events. 6633 Hwy 290 East, Ste 300 Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 254-526-9464 (512) 327-9494 e-mail: [email protected] Teaching the Children of the World to Dance, YouTube channel: mecatx Sing and Play Musical Instruments http://www.austinocd.com 23 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION Membership and Advertising Rates

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Board Members: CTBA provides a link between clubs, restaurants, and other Sam Dunn, President venues and Central Texas Bluegrass musicians. Eddie Collins, Vice President Gloria Brayshaw, Secretary CTBA sponsors jams, workshops, provides scholarships to Duane Calvin, Treasurer needy musicians, donates to other non-profit organizations, Rixi Rosenberg, Coleman Stephens, supports radio stations that promote bluegrass music & musi- Chuck Middleton , Tracie Upham, Joshua Upham cians, and provide festival venues for our listeners and fans of Past President - Jami Hampton bluegrass music to enjoy. KEEP ON PICKIN’ 16 COPYRIGHT © CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION

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Funds received through your purchase of the “Enjoy Texas Music” license plate will help make grants to benefit music-related educational and community programs sponsored by Texas non-profit organizations (like CTBA!!!).

Randall’s Good Neighbor Program The process to get this started is a bit of a pain, but it makes donating to CTBA, your local schools, or your favorite non-profit organizations very, very easy. Just go to the link below, print the form and fill it out, enter CTBA’s code 9735, and take to your local Randall’s store: http://shop.safeway.com/corporate/randalls/gn_houston_austin.pdf

Central Texas Bluegrass Association P.O. Box 9816 Austin, Texas 78766 [email protected]

Phone: (512) 415-3177