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May 2020 Twenty Years of Monroe Crossing Inside: From the President 3 | MBOTMA Calendar of Events 4 From the Editor 4 | Meet the Board: Laura Cooper 7 Cover Story: Tweny Years of Monroe Crossing 8 | My MBOTMA Story 13 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 14 | Bluegrass Saturday Morning 19 CD Review: Hand Picked Bluegrass 21 | Token Creek Music 22 May 2020 Mission Statement: Vol. 46 To preserve and promote bluegrass and No. 4 old-time stringband music Newsstand: $3 in and around the state of Minnesota. Subscription: $35 www.minnesotabluegrass.org Thank you, MN Bluegrass members MBOTMA Hot Line 651-456-8919 Membership as of April 2020: 797 (to subscribe and for other information) [email protected] P.O. Box 16408, Mpls, MN 55416 Twitter: @mnbluegrass Facebook: minnesotabluegrass Welcome New Members Minnesota Bluegrass Board of Directors President: Laura Cooper - [email protected] Vice President: Nic Hentges Grant Bakken Treasurer: Robbi Podrug Mark Bridge Secretary: Shane Zack John Ely Term expires in 2020 - President and Vise President Carla Fahlin Term Expires in 2021 Treasurer and Secretary Adam Grams Board Members at Large: David Vincent Term expires 2020: Dale Gruber - [email protected] Brett Day, Wayne Hamilton Kathleen Wallace Term expires 2021: Bill Lindroos - [email protected] Marvin Cofer Rudy Marti - [email protected] Country Music Foundation Mark Anderson, Jason Juran Greg Gardner Board Meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month. Con- John Heine tact info@minnesotabluegrass or call for location George Hughes Board Meeting Minutes are available - [email protected] or Claude Kazanski call: 651-456-8919. John Meilner Minnesota Bluegrass Staff Rusty and Audrey Nelson Executive Director: Darcy Schatz Al O’Byrne [email protected] Sandi Pidel Events Manager: Dave Norell Ann Tessneer [email protected] David Tutje Minnesota Bluegrass Magazine Susan Wichmann Editor: Doug Lohman, [email protected] Contributors: Laura Cooper, Bob Douglas, Wayne Erbsen, Der- ek Johnson, Tracy Keibler, Phillip Nusbaum, Coming Up: Loretta Simonet, John Brandberg Wordmark: Katryn Conlin Photography: Cover: Jamey Guy Back: Tom Schrack Deadline for submissions: The 1st of the month preceding publication Submit content: [email protected] Advertising rates/sizes available at: www.minnesotabluegrass.org/Magazine Minnesota Bluegrass is published 11 times a year by The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association™, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, P.O. Box 16408, Mpls, MN 55416. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for the loss or return of unsolicited photos, recordings, or manuscripts. MinnesotaBluegrass.org ©2019 Minnesota Bluegrass. All rights reserved. ISBN 0891-0537. 2 May 2020 From the President Become a Member The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association is open to everyone. Our members include people who love to listen to music and people who love to make music. As a member, you’ll Like many others, I’m feeling rather disconnected these be invited to participate in bluegrass and old-time music events days. I missed the Winter Bluegrass Weekend (WBW) as I was and celebrations. You’ll receive discounted prices on admission on my way to Florida on what was supposed to be a month-long to events and merchandise, and you’ll receive a subscription to road trip. Speaking of the WBW, I understand it was a great Minnesota Bluegrass magazine. success with much improved attendance and great shows. A big Becoming a member of MBOTMA is easy and affordable. Your membership will not only nurture your own interests, thank you to the WBW committee for their dedication, talent, but will help to ensure that the bluegrass and old-time music and hard work. As you know, the concerns about Covid-19 esca- tradition is sustained and grows in Minnesota. lated significantly in the week following the WBW. As a result, the executive committee decided that the Flannel Fundraiser Individual Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, events dis- was a no-go, and we also cancelled the monthly board meeting. $35 counts for one person, and a free classified So far as we know, El Rancho intends to hold the Kick-Off ad. Jam, and it was announced as I write this that the shelter in place Family Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, events order is to be lifted on May 4. Like last year, MBOTMA does $50 discounts and a free classified ad. not put on the event. Since there isn’t a stage show, it seems las Band Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, advance though we could continue to practice social distancing if neces- $75 booking information for MBOTMA sary. We have not made a decision yet regarding whether we will events, a free classified ad, and listings in put on Ranch House Live. We will be monitoring developments the MBOTMA member band directory in regarding Covid-19 and keep you posted via email and on the print and on our website. website about the Kick-Off Jam and Ranch House Live. At this juncture we are moving ahead with plans for the Au- Bronze Level Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class gust Festival and encourage you to purchase early-bird tickets at $100 postage, events discounts, and a free clas- a reduced rate. If MBOTMA deems it unsafe to hold the festival, sified ad. all tickets and camping fees will be refunded. I sincerely hope Silver Level Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class that is not the case, as I am so ready to listen to fabulous live $150 postage, events discounts, and a free clas- music and spend time with my MBOTMA tribe. sified ad. Gold Level Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class Please stay safe and healthy. $500 postage, events discounts, a free classified ad, and more. Platinum Level Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class $1000 postage, events discounts, a free classified ad, and more. Add $18 for First Class or foreign postage to individual, family or band membership. Inside: Go to minnesotabluegrass.org From the President 3 and select the Membership tab to join online MBOTMA Calendar of Events 4 or download a membership form From the Editor 4 Call 651-456-8919 for details Meet the Board: Laura Cooper 7 or if you would like to join by phone. Cover Story: MinnesotaBluegrass.org Tweny Years of Monroe Crossing 8 Funding for Minnesota Bluegrass is pro- My MBOTMA Story 13 vided in part by a grant from the Minnesota I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 14 State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, a grant Bluegrass Saturday Morning 19 from the National Endowment for the Arts, CD Review: Hand Picked Bluegrass 21 and private donors Token Creek Music 22 May 2020 3 Minnesota Bluegrass Calendar of Events Concerts and events presented or supported by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association The following events are presented or supported in part by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association and made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Complete Info/Tickets at: www.minnesotabluegrass.org May 29-31 2020 - Friday-Sunday August 6-9, 2020 - Thursday-Sunday Minnesota Bluegrass Minnesota Bluegrass Kickoff Jam August Festival El Rancho Mañana El Rancho Mañana Richmond, MN Richmond, MN Supported by The MN Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Assn Presented by The MN Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Assn From the Editor Welcome. We live in an unprecedented and strange time. correctly, we have printed every one, well… the only one we have Minnesota Bluegrass Magazine will look a little different for the received in the last four years. The point: this is your magazine, next couple of months. The biggest change will be no Coming so we invite you to make the most of it. It will help us to stay Up, the listing of live music events. The “Stay at Home” directives connected. make this section obsolete as we social distance. We will be Another way you can support the magazine is to let the reassessing this as we go forward and will be reinstating the advertisers know you saw their ad in the magazine. We all music listings when the time is right. need strings, capos, and other accessories, and mail order is a The last couple of months we’ve been running new articles convenient way to get them, but, when the “Stay at Home” orders about your MBOTMA stories and Spotlight on MBOTMA are lifted, get out and support your local music store. Youth. If you have an idea about a story, let us know. The more It has been my pleasure to serve as editor for over four years. we know about the vitality of the music community, the more we I welcome your ideas, critiques, suggestions about how to make will feel connected to that community. this magazine even more relevant to all the members. I want This is your magazine and I invite you to make the most of to particularly thank Loretta Simonet and John Brandberg for it. We like to publish stories and articles about what’s happening their work compiling the Coming Up section. I would also like in bluegrass, old-time and string band music in the Upper to thank our faithful proofreaders, Loretta Simonet and Mary Midwest. If you are planning a new recording for your band, you DuShane. They have sharp eyes and minds. Volunteers make this can let us know ahead of time and we can run an article about Association work and they all work hard to keep you informed it. As bands learn how to connect to their listeners in new ways about upcoming events.
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