The reference was more to my jamming experience than any records I could cite. Maybe the banjo players are magnanimously coddling me wherever I go because my...
This deliberation goes back at least as far as the difference between "common time" (4/4) and "cut time" (2/2). They look the same on the printed page except...
Bluegrass Birthdays for Friday April 1, 2005. 5 string banjo invented on this day 1837, Johnny Young 1911, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith 1921, Kenny Townsend...
Hi, check out this CD/DVD combo product from James Reams, The Kentucky Songbird, The Father of Brooklyn Bluegrass. If your local music store doesn't have it or...
Fastest Finger Question: In 1962, working six nights a week, six shows a night at the Golden Nugget, who was the first bluegrass band to visit Las Vegas? Good...
I inquired because some of my favorite people to jam with are from Darby. I can't get together with them near as much as I'd like. Dale ... From: "Jessica...
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Another addition.... Stay Tuned will be performing a couple of times in the next week... Thursday, April 7 at 6:45PM Smokin' Pete's BBQ 1918 NW 65th St -...
Hey Rick, I'm from Billings too, though I now live in Seattle. I went to college in Missoula. I play fiddle, and teach classical. You guys are making me...
Congratulations Joe on breaking the "700" members number. I have been watching that number for quite a while wondering when that would happen. Quite a diverse...
This is to inform everyone that the Bob Carlin banjo concert and workshop at Cartwright's Music in Stayton Oregon scheduled for May 6th has been cancelled by...
I just posted my Easter gospel radio show on my website: www.sisqbluegrass.com Go to the radio show page and you can listen in. Listen To Segment #1 1)...
Listen To Segment #1 1) Preachin' Up A Storm.....The Silverado Bluegrass Band 2) I'm Going That Way.....New Tradition 3) The Old Crossroads.....Charlie Daniels...
Hi there, Jan, Well, aren't you sweet? Thanks for the kind words. I am enjoying the group. Hope to hear you sing again, soon. Thanks for the very nice...
Reminder: First Saturday of April.....must be the Maltby Jam ! Maltby Community Club, 1811 206th St. SE. Snohomish, Wa. Hope to see you there for a whole...
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Ric Siewert recently wrote about his experiences playing bluegrass at OSU in the 1960's. He mentioned Sawtooth as perhaps the first Oregon bluegrass band....
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Now, how many of these are really true, Ken? ;) ~Anna ... From: Ken Cartwright [mailto:kenc@...] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 6:37 AM To:...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Josh Cole Band at Boone's Treasury McMenamins in Salem Date: Friday, April 1, 2005 Time: 9:00PM - 12:00AM...
Rodney, I should have known an Okie would get that Trivia question. The first NW Bluegrass festival I ever went to was in Woodiville, WA in 1973, right after...
The "Rocky Coulee Ramblers" were playing bluegrass in eastern Wa by 1949. Some of the members were Bill Smith (mando), Stanley Oliver (banjo), Myron Walter...
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I remember Steve Waller saying he used to go to Rocky's in Scio and watch Don Brown, Karl Maerz Sr. and Jerry Moriarty's Dad playing bluegrass way back in the...
Hi Beth, What did you do that was so bad they made you go to Seattle from Billings, Montana? :-) Lord Bless, Rick __________________________________ Yahoo!...
Hi Rob and Rick, Karl Maerz the senior played dobro in a band with Don Brown on guitar and Jerry Moriarty's dad on banjo. I don't believe Jerry is on the list...
The Columbian had a death notice this morning for John Skaar of Stevenson, WA. Would that be the same fellow who used to run the bluegrass festival there? Bill...
I read the obit, 10 grandkids and several greatgrandkids, must be an uncle. -- Clyde Clevenger Just My Opinion, But It's Right! www.bluegrassboutique.com ...
The John Skaar of Stevenson whom we all know doesn't have an uncle John, so far as I know, and I've known most all of the Skaars most all of my life. But he ...
I checked with Vicki; she has heard from Sally Skaar of the very recent death of John's uncle Lawrence, so Clyde WAS right. Should have known that. He said...
I have been in jam sessions where there are several banjo players and they are all trying to play exactly what Scruggs played...guess what it doesn't work. Of...
