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With Summergrass, Pick’ In The Pines and several others postponed until 2021 and The Great 48 Hour Jam in Bakersfield canceled and postponed until 2022. The only festival that may still happen in the Southwest is Via Las Vegrass in October and Wickenburg in November. SWBA Super Jam / Fall Campout is still on for the 4th Hello Southwest Bluegrass Association weekend of October, but things need to change for this members and friends, I hope this to happen, Keep your fingers crossed. And if its not newsletter finds you safe and well. safe to gather we will postpone until it is, more info will I apologize for the delay of this newsletter be available in the next newsletter. as I was starting to put it together, I received an envelope in the mail from an anonymous member from Stay Safe and God Bless ~ Terry Brewer somewhere in San Bernardino county. PAUL HAAS MUSIC Enclosed was a copy of my last Presidents letter with circles on several misspelled words and a note saying paulhaasmusic.com how embarrassing this is for SWBA. Paul Haas writes songs influenced by And yes, sometimes there are misspelled words and at Country, Folk & Bluegrass music . His 3 am and spell check not working right and 20 pages, Debut album"Long Long Time" out now sometimes more, and only a few hours to get it to the on Teahouse Records. printer. And for whatever reason I guess there is no excuse. Country Singer-Songwriter Still this seem too push my button and I started to rethink 65-year-old Country/Folk/Bluegrass singer-songwriter all I do for SWBA and maybe I took on too much. It was very hard to get motivated to continue on this newsletter Paul Haas’ words and music pour out of the stereo and I didn’t enjoy working on it as much as past speakers like midnight waves crashing on the coastline newsletters. But I think it turned out ok. of his native California state. It’s also a metaphor of this brave man’s artistic journey. And like most If I am an embarrassment to our organization I will gladly pilgrimages, the making of his debut album LONG, step down and past on the newsletter and website to anyone who is interested. LONG TIME is ultimately a story of redemption and salvation. With a richness that only time, wisdom and The pandemic has made getting the newsletter to the pain can provide, Paul Haas’ new album provides a post office a real challenge and has caused delays for playlist for what it means to be human: joy, sadness, reasons out of our control. Special thanks go out to Paul Haas, Marc Nelissen, Missy Lyn Gibson, and Frank & love, loss, exuberance, confusion, and hope with a Patsy Abrahams for there time to make this happen over couple of beers and shots thrown in to wash it all down the past months. with. The Board of Directors election is now complete and will A bonafide true son of California (4th generation, still be approved by the board in August and officers will be living in his hometown of Covina, CA), Paul wrote songs selected and voted for at the upcoming board meeting. in his bedroom at night for 35 years and dreamed of being Special thank you to Tabitha Lievanos for her time an artist while being a single parent and working in the counting votes and receiving the ballots. trucking industry before making his first ever recording in the winter of 2019. With no write ins there will be a total of 8 Board members for the upcoming fiscal year. Looking forward to working Proudly and unabashedly carrying the musical DNA of with these fine folks and I truly appreciate their willingness his generation, you can clearly hear his influences: the to serve on the board. romance of country crooner George Jones, the Tony Pritchett is stepping down from the SWBA Board Americana grit of Waylon Jennings, the Grand Ole Opry and plans to relocate to Kentucky soon. Recently Tony simplicity of Hank Williams, the bluegrass moan of Bill spent several days in the hospital with covid-19 but is now Monroe, the Western swing charm of Bob Wills, the home recovering. I would like to thank Tony for all he has emotional purity of Buddy Holly, and the Zen haiku done for the Southwest Bluegrass Association and the minimalism of the late, great J.J. Cale. bluegrass music community, hosting house concerts and A lot of songwriters claim these serving on the Board for several years. Thanks Tony influences, fair enough, but Paul Not much going on due to the pandemic and all the has something that sets his work shutdowns, festivals are postponing until 2021, and large apart: the complete inability to gatherings are not allowed, can’t even sing in church. be anything but himself, Some small jams happening, but most are saying with 7 incapable or unwilling to mimic, or less. Mary Jane Cupp is doing a monthly Slow Jam copy or follow. This is how iconic over Zoom. and timeless art is created. It is very sad to say we have lost more of our Bluegrass family. Mike Nadolson passed away on June 4th, 2020 at his home in Lake Elsinore, California Born in Newark, Ohio, Mike had a passion for music of all kinds, especially Bluegrass. He was an accomplished musician for over 40 years and loved playing the guitar. Always laughing and smiling, Mike was a friend to all, and if he was sitting in a jam you knew it was going to be a good one. Well known in the Bluegrass community, not only for his singing, in 1980 & 1981 he won the Four Corners Regional Flatpicking Championship in Wickenburg, Arizona. As founder and owner of Tricopolis Records, Mike set up a traveling music store at several festivals for many years, helping introduce thousands to the world of bluegrass. With several instruments, cases, gig bags, CD's, how-to books, strings, picks, and tuners. Mike made available, to the first-time festival goer to the advanced picker the necessary supplies to ensure a great festival experience. Mike performed with several Southern California bands, including Shadow Mountain with Ron Block and Dennis Caplinger, Damascus Road, a gospel group, Circuit Riders, and Silverado.