CTBA May 2017 Newsletter

CENTRAL ASSOCIATION Member IBMA <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">May 2017 </li><li style="flex:1">Volume 39, Number 5 </li></ul>© 2017 Central Texas Bluegrass Associaꢀon Sam Bush played Friday night on the Hill Country State of the 30th Anniversary Old Seꢁler’s Music Fesꢀval in Driﬅwood, TX. Sam and the guys played….well...that preꢁy much says it all. It was a more high-energy music than most ears are enꢀtled to hear in one siꢂng. Backing up Sam are Scoꢁ Vestal on banjo, Chris Brown on drums, Todd Parks on bass, and Stephen Mougin on guitar. Photos by Bob Vestal. INSTRUCTION FOR BANJO, GUITAR, AND MANDOLIN Private Lessons in North and South Ausꢀn Eddie Collins <a href="/goto?url=http://www.eddiecollins.biz" target="_blank">www.eddiecollins.biz </a> 512-873-7803 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2</li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul>CTBA Bands centraltexasbluegrass.org/bands.html Missing Tradition Dan & Diana Ost 512-845-8749 The Rusty Razors Patrick Davis Better Late Than Never Austin/Round Rock Duane Calvin 512-835-0342 <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a> 515-802-7438 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a></li></ul>One Eye Open Max Zimmet <a href="/goto?url=http://www.oneeyeopenband.com" target="_blank">www.oneeyeopenband.com </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>The Sieker Band Rolf & Beate Sieker 512-937-4496 Black Diamond Austin Chuck Middleton 512-203-4574 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.siekerband.com" target="_blank">www.siekerband.com </a>Out of the Blue Rob Lifford 512-422-7706 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.outoftheblue.ws" target="_blank">www.outoftheblue.ws </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Shawn Spiars Shawn Spiars 512-627-3921 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.banjohangout.org/my/" target="_blank">www.banjohangout.org/my/ </a>sspiars <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Eddie Collins Eddie Collins 512-873-7803 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.eddiecollins.biz" target="_blank">www.eddiecollins.biz </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Pearl and the Polka Dots Rachel Bates 817-239-5624 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/ </a>pearlandthepolkadots <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>The Texas Honeybees Leslie Collier 512-328-0144 Four Fights Per Pint Jay Littleton 512-- 848-1634 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/ </a>FourFightsPerPint <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>West of Waterloo Austin & Hill Country Michael Sanders 512-673-9095 <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Pine Island Station Gary & Janine Carter 936-520-2952 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.pineislandstation.com" target="_blank">www.pineislandstation.com </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Hot Pickin 57s Max Zimmet <a href="/goto?url=http://hotpickin.com/" target="_blank">http://hotpickin.com/ </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Wood Street Bloodhounds Oak Park, IL, Robert Becker 708-714-7206 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.woodstreetbloodhounds.com" target="_blank">www.woodstreetbloodhounds.com </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>The Piney Grove Ramblers Wayne Brooks 512-699-8282 877-899-8269 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.pgramblers.com" target="_blank">www.pgramblers.com </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>The Lost Pines Talia Bryce 512-814-5134 <a href="/goto?url=http://www.lostpinesband.com" target="_blank">www.lostpinesband.com </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4</li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>Peter Rowan played the Hill Country Stage at this year’s 30th Anniversary Old Seꢁlers Music Fesꢀval in Driﬅwood, TX. Rowan kept the crowd hoppin’ as he and the boys from Wood & Wire showed us what bluegrass is all about. Members of Wood & Wire are Billy Bright (mando), Tony Kamel (guitar), Dom Fisher (bass), and Trevor Smith (banjo). Photo by Bob Vestal. 6Not sure what this young feller is poinꢀn’ at unless he’s meaning to say that he thinks he’s found some really good bluegrass music or maybe he’s trying to tell me that his CTBA cap is about worn out and he needs a new one! Oh, wait, that’s Alan Munde, having a good ꢀme listening to Wood and Wire play on the Bluebonnet Stage at this year’s Old Seꢁlers Music Fesꢀval. But sꢀll, maybe it is ꢀme for a new cap. Just sayin’. Photo by Bob Vestal. 7OLD SETTLERS DOES IT AGAIN BY JEAN SPIVEY The 2017 edition of Old Settler’s Music Fes- tival was a resounding success. Old Settler’s started 30 years ago as a small, one-day bluegrass festival in Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock. This small festival has grown into a four-day, nationally-respected tradition, showcasing the best in bluegrass, Americana, and roots music. We proudly maintained our heritage with bona-fide bluegrass legends like Del McCoury and Peter Rowan, as well as the best new bluegrass in the genre like The Lil’ Smokies, Wood & Wire, and Billy Strings. And, we have broadened the scope to include artists like the Lone Bellow, the California Honeydrops, and Los Lobos. We are delighted to play a role in encouraging young artists with our youth competition, campfire jams, and performance workshops. I can’t tell the Old Settler’s story without mentioning Sarah Jarosz, who won our first youth competition in 2002 and won two Grammy awards this year, or Shakey Graves, who got his name around the Old Settler’s campfires and, at one time, served on our volunteer trash crew. We’re pretty lucky to have a strong, core group of volunteers. Judy Knopp in artist relations has been with the festival since its inception. Many other volunteers come back year after year. The sense of community among the volunteers is one of the festival’s strengths. We’re also blessed with a supportive group of sponsors and attentive, dedicated fans who love music. This year we had to rearrange the entire festival footprint because the Salt Lick had asked us to move our Bluebonnet Stage away from the lawn by the creek where they hold weddings and receptions. We have had several rain years and each time had torn up the grass – it was impossible to fix it by the next week when they needed it for a wedding. We moved the Bluebonnet to the back of the property and moved the larger stage across the field, giving us one big backstage area. That worked great – eliminating golf cart traffic between the two stages and making production so much more streamlined. We were also able to greatly improve the backstage experience for VIPs and Platinum ticket buyers. So, it was challenging, but it worked. All in all, it was one for the books, and even though I haven’t finished putting the festival to bed, I’ve already put out some offers for 2018! <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">8</li><li style="flex:1">9</li></ul>Talk about team work! Ten Bluegrass Associaꢀons and Bluegrass-supporꢀng groups across Texas worked together to compile the funds needed to put on the 2017 Bluegrass Instrument Contests for banjo, guitar, and mandolin and help conꢀnue the tradiꢀon of having Texas State Champions for each of those instruments this year. Those organizaꢀons generously agreed to contribute the funding that will provide for the Cash Prizes, Awards, Judges Compensaꢀon, the Winfield Accreditaꢀon, and the Texas Champ entries to the Naꢀonal Compeꢀꢀon and Fesꢀval. The venue this year is the Pearl, Texas Community Center, centrally located in the middle of the state (see <a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">hꢁp://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">-</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">Files/NEWMap/MAP</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">-</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">to</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">-</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">Pearl/n</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">-</a><a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/NEWSmugMug-Files/NEWMap/MAP-to-Pearl/n-VpCpWV" target="_blank">VpCpWV </a>) and will be provided for free. The contests will be held in conjuncꢀon with the Pearl Bluegrass Jam & Stage Shows held on the first Saturday of each month. Following is the schedule. ••••June 3rd – Texas State Mandolin Championship July 1st – Texas State Guitar Championship Aug 5th – Texas State Banjo Championship Sept 13-17 - Naꢀonal Compeꢀꢀon at Walnut Valley Fesꢀval in Winfield, Kansas The Cash prizes for the first three places in each of the contests (banjo, guitar, mandolin) will be: First Place: $500; Second Place: $350; Third Place: $200. 100% of the funds contributed will be used for the contest. No one except the contestants and judges will be paid. Volunteers from Pearl Bluegrass and Bay Area Bluegrass (BABA) will help run the contest, coordinated by Lynn Holbrook, the BABA Contest Chairman. Rick Kirkland, the BABA President, is maintaining the relaꢀonship with the Winfield Naꢀonal Compeꢀꢀon organizers and managing the incoming contribuꢀons and cash awards. Think about any musicians you know who may be interested in represenꢀng your area at the State Championship along with a fun ꢀme of jamming, free Stage Shows ,and “Bluegrass in the Country” at Pearl. See the flyer on the next page. Complete info is available on the Bay Area Bluegrass website at <a href="/goto?url=http://bayareabluegrass.org/Contest.php" target="_blank">hꢁp://bayareabluegrass.org/Contest.php </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10 </li><li style="flex:1">11 </li></ul>One of the hardest working bluegrass groups in Central Texas, Hot Pickin Bluegrass, has officially changed its name to Hot Pickin 57s. The group started out as a pure bluegrass group, but has morphed into a band that at any given moment might break into Texas Swing, Classic Country, Americana, Gypsy Jazz or Old-Time Rock 'n Roll. The 57 part of the name is a reference to the variety of music they play, like the old Heinz slogan that idenꢀfied the total number of products they sold, Heinz 57. It also harkens back to one of the greatest years ever of classic American-made cars, 1957, which makes sense, since just about all of their music is American made, including their many originals. Bluegrass fans seem to love the variety of the group. All the music is performed on acousꢀc instruments - Max Zimmet on guitar and mandolin, Eddie Collins on banjo, guitar, and mandolin, Mike Montgomery on fiddle, and Vance Hazen on upright bass. You can find all the info and show schedule on their website at <a href="/goto?url=http://hotpickin.com/" target="_blank">hꢁp://hotpickin.com </a>Photo by Lisa Rich. Got word from Dave Moore that the Boerne Pickers jam is alive and well. Dave says, “We are an acousꢀc jam focusing on tradiꢀonal bluegrass and fiddle music, Gospel, Irish tunes, and a smaꢁering of other styles. Our purpose is to play awesome music, introduce and exchange new songs, and learn together. We welcome musicians from the NW side of San Antonio, Boerne, Comfort, and surrounding areas and all others willing to brave the traffic and construcꢀon on I-10. Friends, family, spouses, significant others, onlookers, and coffee drinkers are welcome!” You can bring your instrument(s), music stand (opꢀonal), and a few copies of any music you'd like to share with the group. The jam happens the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:30 PM at Electric Coffee, 215 W. Bandera Road (aka Hwy 46) in Boerne. From I-10, take Exit 540 and go east about two blocks to the shopping center on the right. Electric Coffee is the furthest right shop in the strip mall. 12 The Texas Blueberry Fesꢀval kicks off Friday night, June 9th, with the Blueberry Bluegrass Concert in the Park, from 6 to 10 p.m. June 9 at Fesꢀval Plaza in downtown Nacogdo- ches. Rex Perry Autoplex is sponsoring the family-friendly event that will feature four musical acts: The Purple Hulls, The Baker Family, The Blake Brothers and The Sabine River Bend Band. The concert will also feature food vendors, including some local farmer's market favorites selling homemade items, as well as caꢃish, barbecue, snowcones, blueberry lemonade and lots of water. Organizers encourage aꢁendees to bring blankets and lawn chairs. The event is family-friendly, so no coolers or alcohol will be allowed. Parking will be available downtown; however, some downtown streets will be closed, so concert-goers are urged to visit <a href="/goto?url=http://www.Facebook.com/bluegrassnac" target="_blank">www.Facebook.com/bluegrassnac </a>or <a href="/goto?url=http://www.tbf.nacogdoches.org/page.php?id=60" target="_blank">www.tbf.nacogdoches.org/page.php?id=60 </a>for parking instrucꢀons. Parking with free shuꢁle service to the concert venue will be available at First Bapꢀst Church, 411 North St. Handicapped parking will be available behind Regions Bank, accessed via S. Mound St. to E. Pilar St. Van and RV parking will be at the Nacogdoches City Garage locaꢀon at 114 W. Cox St. Organizers are grateful for the enthusiasꢀc partners that make the concert possible, especially Rex Perry Autoplex and the City of Nacogdoches. A NEW PLACE TO PLAY Word from Gene Varley by way of Dave Stritzinger that a new Monday night jam is trying to get formed at 300 Bluff Springs Drive, behind the First Bapꢀst Church in Buda. Some folks have been there twice when the Texican was being used for a banquet. Now, the facility is available to them every Monday night for all. Hope you can make it. They love to play and usually start around 6:30 pm. Note that this does not replace the Texican jam; just a new jam hoping to get folks who live in the area to come and play. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">13 </li><li style="flex:1">14 </li></ul>Membership and Advertising Rates Join the CTBA: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.centraltexasbluegrass.org/join.html" target="_blank">www.centraltexasbluegrass.org/join.html </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Memberships </li><li style="flex:1">Adverꢀsing rates </li></ul>Individual Band $25 $35 $15 $35 $50 $300 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Ad size </li><li style="flex:1">Price </li></ul>Full page 1/2 page 1/4 page 1/8 page $30 $15 $12 $10 Student Family Business Lifeꢀme Take $5 off the adverꢀsing rates if you are already a business member. Copy deadline is the 15th of the month. Adverꢀsers assume liability for ad content and any claims arising therefrom. Send ad copy as .jpg, .png, .docx, or .pdf file to <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>and send payment to: Merchandise ATTN: Treasurer Compilaꢀon CD of member bands, vol 2 CTBA logo T-shirt (black, white, orange) Earl Scruggs design T-shirt $10 $15 $20 $20 Central Texas Bluegrass Associaꢀon Box 9816 Ausꢀn, Texas 78766-9816 Mona Lisa design T-shirt Join today. Help keep bluegrass going strong in Central texas! <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">15 </li><li style="flex:1">16 </li></ul>CTBA Area Jams <a href="/goto?url=http://centraltexasbluegrass.org/jams.html" target="_blank">centraltexasbluegrass.org/jams.html </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">AUSTIN </li><li style="flex:1">FAYETTEVILLE </li><li style="flex:1">LLANO </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Every Sunday, 3 PM-??, CTBA Sunday 2nd Saturday, Fayeꢁeville Picking </li><li style="flex:1">4th Saturday, 2:00 PM, jam at Fuel </li></ul>Coffee House, 106 East Main St.; 325- 247-<a href="/goto?url=http://www.fuelcoffeehouse.org" target="_blank">5272; www.fuelcoffeehouse.org </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">jam at Hill’s Café, 4700 S. Congress; </li><li style="flex:1">Park jam Jan.-Nov. beginning at 1:00 </li></ul>PM on the courthouse square. Acousꢀc only. 512-851-9300. <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>MAGNOLIA 2nd and 4th Saturday, 3-5 PM, beg./ int. jam at Wildflower Terrace, 3801 Berkman Drive; Steve Mangold, 512-345-6155. 1st Saturday, West Montgomery County Community Development Center on Friendship Drive, 5:00 PM. Info: Bill Ingram, GARLAND Every Saturday, Bluegrass on the Square, March- November, between Main and State Sts. at 6th, 7:30 PM to 1:00 AM. <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>1st Thursday, 7-9 PM, beg./int. jam, Northwest Hills area; Steve Mangold, 512-345-6155. MEDINA <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">GLEN ROSE </li><li style="flex:1">2nd Tuesday, all gospel jam, 6 PM at </li></ul>First Bapꢀst Church; contact Linda Barton, 830-589-2486. 2nd Friday, jam at 6 PM, Masonic Lodge; Maude Arnold, 830-796-8422. Every Thursday, 6-9 PM, beg./int. jam, 3rd Saturday, Oakdale Park, Paluxy Texican Café, 11940 Manchaca Road; River Bluegrass Associaꢀon, free stage show, jam; and potluck Friday night before. Jim Chapman 469-231-6616, <a href="/goto?url=http://www.paluxybluegrass.com" target="_blank">www.paluxybluegrass.com </a> Dave Stritzinger, 512-689-4433. 2nd Thursday, bluegrass jam at Texas Barber Services, 2301 E. Riverside Dr, #400A; Kurt Phillips, 512-330-4895. PEARL HOUSTON 1st Tuesday, Fuddruckers, 2040 NASA Rd 1, 281-333-1598 1st Saturday: Jam all day/night, stage show, 12:15 PM-6:15 PM; food and RV hookups available. Pearl Community Center, on FM 183, 7 mi. south of Purmela; [email protected]. Check website for show schedule: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.pearlbluegrass.com" target="_blank">www.pearlbluegrass.com </a>Every Tuesday, 8-10 PM, Texas Old Time Fiddling, Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto; 512-474-1958. JOHNSON CITY 3rd Saturday except in December, 2-6 PM, jam at The Dome, 706 W. Main St., Hwy 290 W; Charlene Crump, 512-632-5999. BANDERA 4th Friday of each month except Good Friday, November, and December at Silver Sage Corral – east of Bandera. Starts at 6 PM. For more info call 830-796-4969, ROUND ROCK 3rd Saturday, 2-5 PM except Novem- ber and December, jam at Danny Ray’s Music, 12 Chisholm Trail; 512- 671-<a href="/goto?url=http://www.dannyraysmusic.com" target="_blank">8663. www.dannyraysmusic.com </a>Last Saturday of each month, 2:00 PM, Dally’s Down Under 9097 US-290, Johnson City. Info: Cliff Robbins 701-770-8962 or telecliff@hotmail.com <a href="/goto?url=http://www.silversagecorral.org" target="_blank">www.silversagecorral.org. </a>SAN ANTONIO BELLVILLE Every Monday, 6:30-8:30 PM, at The Barbecue Staꢀon, 1610 NE Loop 410 at Harry Wurzbach exit; 4th Sat., Texas Bluegrass Music jam/ show Jan. through September, 4pm jam, 6:30 pm show. Coushaꢁe Recreaꢀon Ranch, 2812 Nelius Rd. 936-697- 5949, [email protected], LEAGUE CITY (BABA) 3rd Saturday: Jam 5:00 PM, Stage show 6:30 PM Jan- Nov., League City Civic Center, 300 W. Walker St. 281- 636-9419. Sponsored by Bay Area Bluegrass Associaꢀon. 210-824-9191. <a href="/goto?url=http://www.TXBluegrassMusic.com" target="_blank">www.TXBluegrassMusic.com. Plenty </a>of RV camping, restrooms, showers. SCHULENBERG 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 6 :00 PM, jam at Schulenberg RV Park Community Center, 65 N. Kessler Ave. Lareꢁa Baumgarten, 979-743-4388, BLANCO LEANDER First Saturday, 2-5 PM at Buggy Barn Museum, 1915 Hwy 281 N; contact Deanna Dosser, 830-554-0006 1st Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00 PM, CTBA Be- ginner/Intermediate Bluegrass Jam, at Leander Public Library, 1011 South Bagdad Road. Bob Vestal, <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>

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