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Vol. 38 No. 1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE! Jayson Jan, Feb, Mar Bowerman interview, Park Blocks Festival is Back, Local Music and 2018 more... $500 Oregon Bluegrass Association Oregon Bluegrass Association www.oregonbluegrass.org Interview: Giving Back, Paying Forward By Claire Levine Jayson Bowerman believes in music and community his interview with Jayson “Throughout my life, dad would produce Bowerman came out of a concerts and fundraisers for different Tconversation about national nonprofits, including the Sunriver Music electoral politics. Jayson said he felt he Festival and his environmental projects,” could be most effective working locally, Jayson said. outside the political process. He then reeled off a list of volunteer activities and Misty River played at one of these projects that address fundamental needs concerts, and it was there that Jay and in his Central Oregon community. Jayson learned about Bluegrass at the Beach from Carol Harley. (Those of you Jayson’s got his hands full even before who know her can imagine Carol stating, dedicating hours to his community. “You have to go!” You can’t ignore Carol.) But he pursues everything he does with optimism, good cheer and gratitude. At So both Bowermans attended the five-day 43, Jayson is a model for those of us at all bluegrass workshop at Nehalem, Oregon. ages. There Jayson, who had been playing around with the mandolin under the All in the family on the hill. It actually was an 800 square influence of Sam Bush, was introduced to the roots of bluegrass and to mandolin as Jayson inherited a legacy of helping, foot A-frame with a hand-dug foundation, played by the Father of Bluegrass. innovation and community participation because the young Bowerman parents couldn’t afford to pay an excavator. going back generations. “I studied with Tom Rozum, and David Grisman was there too.” Exposure to these His great-grandfather served a stint as Enter bluegrass! experts gave Jayson a new view of music. Oregon’s acting governor. His granddad Jay had been determined that Jayson “It was a turning point, for sure.” was legendary University of Oregon would learn a musical instrument. So track coach and Nike co-founder Bill when the little boy rejected piano, father The camp also fueled Jay’s passion for Bowerman. As a coach, Bill was known and son took violin classes together. music and turned him into a bluegrass for the help and encouragement he gave The fiddle led Jayson to Irish music and addict. He now plays and performs on young athletes and for supporting U of eventually to the mandolin. guitar, banjo, Dobro and Weissenborn- O’s track and scholarship programs. But it was Jay’s dedication to community events that led to a bad case of the style slide guitar. Jayson’s father, Jay, is noted for his bluegrass bug. energy and community-based activities Woodworking as a way of life —including establishing the Jayson had always been a annual Wheeler County Bluegrass tinkerer. As a teenager, he started Festival. A dedicated naturalist, he Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in building bicycle parts and donates his time to the Sunriver elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day frames. Nature Center. about the kind of community you want to live in. Early on in his college career, – Majorie Moore Jayson realized that a strict Jayson grew up in Oregon’s equivalent of a little cabin home Continued on page 6 OBA Membership & Ad Information Membership Information Website The OBA Board of Directors invites you Features include an interactive calendar The OBA Board to join the OBA and to participate in its that allows you to post your own events, www.oregonbluegrass.org many activities. Our membership benefits excerpts from past issues of the Bluegrass include a subscription to the quarterly Express, and links for local bands. Come Tony McCormick - President Bluegrass Express, frequent mailings visit us online! Visit the OBA web page [email protected] about events, and ticket discounts to today! northwest bluegrass events. 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OBA Bluegrass Express -Winter 2018 2 Table of Contents Jan/ Feb/ Mar 2018 Volume 38 / Number 1 Newsletter of the Oregon Bluegrass Association www.oregonbluegrass.org Th is Issue Features Cover Story Giving Back, Paying Forward ...............1 Vol. 38 No. 1 By Claire Levine Articles Oregon Bluegrass Association Oregon Bluegrass Association www.oregonbluegrass.org Portland’s Park Blocks Bluegrass Festival is Back ...................................5 By Steve Eggers Bluegrass Express is a quarterly newsletter OBA Steve Waller dedicated to informing members of the Oregon Memorial Fund ...................................12 Bluegrass Association about local, regional Deliberate Practice .......................... 16 and national bluegrass issues, events and By Tim Dawdy opportunities. 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