2012 RockyGrass Festival program

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Welcome to the 40th Annual RockyGrass – the little Colorado festival that has grown up to become one of bluegrass music’s most special gatherings. The RockyGrass Academy, the contests, the campgrounds, and the world’s greatest pickers all would have made the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe, very proud to see what his seeds have sown as this festival’s founder. With bluegrass gold in the air of summer and the North St. Vrain River flowing gently by, we celebrate this anniversary with our very own Summer Bliss Lager – specially brewed for this community by our friends at New Belgium Brewing. And our celebration goes late into the night on Saturday with a special MoonGrass set from Greensky Bluegrass in the Wildflower Pavilion. Drink plenty of water, slather on the sunscreen, take comfort in the ancient tones, and have the time of your life. We’re so glad you’re here.

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4 1973: 1st Rocky Mtn. Bluegrass Festival held at Adams County Fairgrounds

There is no lifeguard watching your kids in the river. Please monitor your children carefully.

Climbing the hillsides or cliffs is strictly prohibited.

Feel free to sit in any open tarp until the tarp’s owners return.

Once placed on, wristbands are non-refundable and non-transferable. If you remove, tear, damage, or lose your wristband, we will not replace it.

Please use only low-backed chairs in designated areas. If we can roll a basketball under your chair, we will ask you to move it behind the sound booth. Umbrel-las, shade tents, and other view-obstructing items are allowed only along the river and back perimeter.

Please be respectful of others and do not stand in the festival seating areas.

Please do not smoke in the audi-ence. Wander over to the festival smoking tent near the river and deposit your butts in the proper receptacles. Please.

Lost and found is located at the festival box office.

No dogs are allowed at the festival, in the campground, or in the park-ing lots. If you leave your dog in your car, we will call Animal Control and safely remove your dog from the car by whatever means necessary.

Festival Line Policy:• Festivariansmay not begin assembling for the next day until midnight• At some unannounced time during the night Planet Blue- grass will randomly distribute numbers to everyone in the assembly area• The next morning, Festivar- ians will be admitted into the festival in this randomly- assigned order, followed by first-come first-served

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6 1974: Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys first play the Festival

Waste & ReuseLast year we took the next step toward “zero-waste” by removing all landfill trash containers from the inner festival grounds, allowing us to achieve an estimated 90% diversion rate. With all plates, cups and utensils from festival vendors compostable, we encourage you to pack-out any non-recyclable, non-compostable trash. The Sustainable Festi-vation crewmembers at each waste station (members of the Lyons High School band) will help you sort your waste and direct you to the appropriate waste containers.

Even better than compost and recy-cling is reuse. Collect a sticker each day you reuse your beer cup and you might win a cruiser bike from New Belgium Brewing. In partnership with Eco-Products, this summer we’re introducing the world’s first reusable cup made from 25% post-consumer recycled polypropylene. If you must dispose of your cup, please use the special beer cup recycling containers (by the beverage booth and festival exit) to help us close the loop on recycling.

Local Food & WaterTo draw attention to environmentally respon-sible food, we’re introducing our own Planet Burger food booth. The menu features beef from nearby Sylvan Dale Ranch, where cattle roam on 3,200 acres and are always grass-fed with no steroids, antibiotics, or GMOs. Our burger buns are baked fresh daily with organ-ic ingredients in Boulder, and all vegetables are organic and grown in Colorado. We encourage everyone to “drink local” using our free locally-filtered water stations

(next to the beverage booth and behind the box office). If you forgot to bring your reus-able bottle, we’ll be selling long-lasting Klean Kanteens at the Country Store. Backstage, where we serve over 350 meals per day to artists and staff, we continue to source most produce from Colorado farms. Our partnership with Colorado’s Red Bird Chicken allows us to offer chicken that is treated humanely and raised hormone- and antibiotic-free.

Energy & OffsetsOur festivals and offices have been 100% wind-powered since 2004. This year we’re again purchasing carbon offsets to neutral-ize the emissions created by all our artists’ travel and lodging as well as the shuttle buses in Lyons. Learn more at the Renew-able Choice Energy booth.

You’ll notice new solar-powered light-ing in the parking areas, campgrounds, and waste stations this year. Thanks to a grant from the 2012 Boulder County Community Outreach program, we’ve replaced 35 of our halogen lights with solar-powered LED lights.

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8 1975: Jim & Jesse debut at the Festival

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To nominate your campsite: 1. Visit the Leave No Trace booth to fill out the 1-page entry form – explaining how your campsite exhibits cleanliness, sustaina- bility, and creativity. 2. Stop by the Leave No Trace booth each day to view all the campsite entries and vote for your favorites.

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Planet Bluegrass will select the Grand Prize winner of 2013 on-site camping passes after the camp-ground pack-out on Monday.

With more than 2,000 campers in Lyons this weekend (more than doubling the size of the town!), it’s more important than ever to embrace the “leave no trace” camping philosophy. In

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10 1976: Bill Monroe’s 4th & final performance at the Festival

Bill Monroe’s FestivalWhen members of CBMS met Big Mon after a show at Boulder’s Tulagi’s in ‘72, Monroe was determined to join forces with the Society to pro-duce a Colorado festival. Monroe would book the national talent, and CBMS would organize and market the event. Monroe even offered to shoulder the Society’s financial burden by person-ally guaranteeing money to the bands and venue. Recalls David Little: “There wasn’t any pressure. Monroe had said you won’t lose anything.” With less than 6 months to prepare, CBMS made arrangements to rent the Adams County Fair-grounds in Henderson. Music would be presented in the rodeo arena (with Charles Sawtelle running sound), and camping was available nearby. As plans progressed, Monroe made a special trip to Colorado to coach CBMS members on marketing and publicity. “He taught us what to do. And it worked. We had a big crowd,”

remembers Little. An estimated 6,500 people attended the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival, with the first four years of the festival earning a total profit of over $20,000. The early lineups boasted major national talent including Lester Flatt, Ralph Stanley, and Jim & Jesse. But the highlight was Big Mon himself. “He’d park the Bluegrass Express someplace where people knew where he was,” recalls Little. “He liked to be seen and to talk to people. And he’d play a lot with people.“ “Also, we were reminded that you don‘t dance during the gos-pel numbers,” remembers CBMS boardmember George Watson.

County FairgroundsThe festival continued at Adams Coun-ty Fairgrounds under the leadership of CBMS. Musician and radio personality Jerry Mills recalls the impact of the festi-val: “The legends loved coming to Colo-rado. In their suits and ties, they’d brush the dust off from the fairgrounds and put on great shows. For a lot of us younger pickers, it was a good model to follow.”

Though musicians had been gathering to play music at the Denver Folklore Center since the early ‘60s, and the scene boasted a few local bands like Denver Grass, bluegrass remained largely unknown on the Front Range in the early ‘70s. So in ‘72, as a means of communicating with fellow bluegrass musicians and fans, a group of young pickers organized the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society. Founding CBMS member David Little recalls, “our only decision was to not have a festival, because they’re work.” At the time, multi-day bluegrass festivals were still young – originating in Fincastle, VA in ‘65. But by ’73 there were nearly 70 such festivals around the country, and Monroe wanted his own in Colorado.


Monroe ended his involvement with the festival in ‘77, but those early festivals achieved their goal of raising the profile of bluegrass music in Colorado. The Thursday night jams at Ralph’s Top Shop began in ’75; KGNU’s Old Grass Gnu Grass went on the air in ’78; Swallow Hill was founded in ’79. As well, Colorado began to pro-duce national bluegrass bands, most significantly: Hot Rize. Debuting at the festival in ’79, the Boulder quar-tet became the festival’s “host band” in the mid-‘80s, appearing 10 times before officially disbanding in ‘90. Another Colorado band, Left Hand String Band, began an 8-year festival run in ’83, only slowing down when bandmembers, led by Drew Emmitt, formed Leftover Salmon in ’89. Band and instrument contests were an integral part of the festival from the beginning. Banjo player Dennis Bailey smiles when recall-ing the judge recruitment process: “some official would be asking random attendees ‘Do you know anything about music? You don’t? Great! Would you like to judge the banjo contest?’” Booked by CBMS, the festival lineups remained strong, balanc-ing local talent with national acts, including memorable performances by Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson, and Seldom Scene. But the Adams County location was not without its shortcomings, including noise from overhead jets en route to Stapleton and dust. CBMS board-member Mike Dow recalls: “There was nothing but dirt and the west-ern winds to blow the dust into the crowd.”

With rising production costs in Adams County, CBMS moved the festival to Loveland’s Larimer County Fairgrounds in ‘88, to coincide with the Loveland Corn Roast. While the Corn Roast attracted large crowds on Saturday, Friday and Sunday proved problematic. Dow remembers the ’88 festival: “By the end of Sunday afternoon, the Virginia Squires were finishing up their set and they invited most of the audience up on stage to close the festival with them.“ The festival continued in Loveland for 4 years before Corn Roast organizers decided to book their own entertainment. The 20th annual festival was without a home.

The Move to LyonsThe headline of June ‘92’s issue of CBMS news-letter Pow’r Pick’n read: “20th Annual Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival Moved to L_____!” After a failed attempt to relocate to Winter Park, CBMS approached the organizers of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (the future Planet Bluegrass) to help find a new site for the festival. With less than 3 months until the festival’s 20th anniver-sary the site had not yet been chosen between Lake Eldora or a property in Lyons owned by the Center for Wildflower Preservation. Planet Bluegrass vice-president Steve Szyman-ski recounts their early motives: “I thought it was really a non-profit venture. We were going to assist and have a nice musical experience and cool community thing.”

‘‘Do you know anything about music? You don’t? Great! Would you like to

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12 1979: Hot Rize make first appearance at the Festival

Ultimately, the Lyons property won out. Within 2 months, Planet Bluegrass would negotiate a deal with the Town of Lyons, prepare the property for a festival, and book a 20th anniversary lineup that would ulti-mately include Alison Krauss & Union Sta-tion and Tony Rice & Norman Blake. Though some CBMS members were frustrated by new policies – notably, paid parking and higher camping fees – the festi-val was generally considered a success. “Let’s face it, folks, rodeo grounds are for horses; and mountains, trees and rivers are for blue-grassers!” wrote CBMS member Jeff Jeros. Planet Bluegrass lost $7,000 in that first year. “We’re not going to do this as vol-unteers,” said Planet Bluegrass president Craig Ferguson. “If we’re going to do this and get involved, then we’re going to take it over.” Ultimately, CBMS agreed to sell the festival for $10,000. And the festival’s momentum began anew. Over the next few years, the name infor-mally changed to RockyGrass – a name better suiting Planet Bluegrass’s style. Recordings from the third year in Lyons were released as the RockyGrass Live CD, and by ‘95 Planet Bluegrass had relocated its bluegrass academy from Telluride to Lyons. The festival’s once uncertain fate was now safe in its new home on the Planet Bluegrass Ranch. “In many ways RockyGrass became the soul of Planet Bluegrass,” says Ferguson.

Today’s RockyGrass“I remember giggling,” says Szymanski of the first single-day sellout in ’98. Yet within a few years the entire festival was reliably

selling-out in advance, with demand for onsite camping and Academy classes crip-pling the entire Lyons phone system when those went onsale in December. “More than any of our events it’s the community experience as a catalyst,” says Szymanski. This community spirit is man-ifest among the musicians: David Gris-man and Dan Tyminski stepping forward in 2010 to help the festival fill-in for an injured Tony Rice; Sam Bush bringing his only-at-RockyGrass “Bluegrass Band.” And this community experience is manifest among festivarians: enduring the infamous “Soggygrass” of ’04; hanging in there with the overly-progressive-Saturday of ’08; and continuing to create the country’s most open and virtuosic campground pickin’ circles. “You can stand in line for an ice cream and have a really intelligent conver-sation about bluegrass and banjo solos and tone rings,” laughs musician KC Groves. RockyGrass remains unique in the blue-grass world for its single main stage and pol-icy of limiting bands to a single set. Where many festivals now aspire toward a “big tent” musical philosophy, RockyGrass remains focused on traditional bluegrass even as its audience grows more musically progressive. So what would Monroe think of the 40th Anniversary of his Colorado festival? Ferguson reasons: “Some of the music he might not like, but he’d sure want to play it. Bill loved to play for a crowd. And I know he’d love the RockyGrass audience.”

Special thanks to Mike Dow and David Little. Historic photos courtesy of Suzie Solomon and Benko Photographics.

14 1983: Left Hand String Band debut at the Festival

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Swallow Hill Music AssociationVisit the Swallow Hill booth for hands-on music demonstrations

throughout the day. Get up-close with acoustic instruments in the music petting zoo. Record your own song in the mobile recording studio and instantly receive an mp3 of your tracks. Founded in 1979, Swallow Hill promotes the joy of learning and listening to roots music through classes and concerts throughout the year. www.swallowhillmusic.org

As the younger generation of festivarians continues to grow, we’ve expanded our family area (in the woods next to the Wildflower Pavilion) to include a variety of fun, planet-minded activities throughout the day – 10:30am ‘til 5pm.

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1984: Seldom Scene perform for the first time in Colorado

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1st Prize: Instrument (see below)

2nd Prize: $100 3rd Prize: $50

Once again the intimate set-ting of the Wildflower Pavilion will host both rounds of the band contest. Watch as 12 exciting young bluegrass bands from around the country gather around a single microphone to compete for a spot on the 2013 RockyGrass lineup. schedule

Prelims: Saturday, 1:30pm Wildflower Pavilion

Finals: Sunday, Noon Wildflower Pavilion

prizes

1st Prize: $750, strings and 2013 RockyGrass main stage performance

2nd Prize: $500 & strings

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Beginning with the first Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival in 1973, the band and instrument contests have been a vital part of the festival experience. Cheer on the next generation of musicians as they vie for new instruments and spots on the main stage. Past finalists have included Mark O’Connor (3rd place guitar and 2nd place fiddle in 1974) and Tim O’Brien (2nd place guitar and 2nd place fiddle in 1975); along with more recent band contest winners the Steep Canyon Rangers (2001) and Chatham County Line (2004).

Each instrument contestant performs 2 tunes in the preliminary round. The top 3 on each instrument advance to the final round where they perform 2 different tunes. Judged “in the blind,” pickers and fiddlers are scored using the following criteria:

banjo

1st Prize: Deering Eagle II BanjoPrelims: Friday, 11:30am Wildflower PavilionFinals: Saturday, 10:30am Main Stage

flatpick guitar

1st Prize: Gibson Advanced Jumbo GuitarPrelims: Friday, 1:00pm Wildflower PavilionFinals: Saturday, 10:15am Main Stage

fiddle

1st Prize: Electric Violin Lutherie (EVL) ViolinPrelims: Friday, 4:00pm Wildflower PavilionFinals: Saturday, 9:45am Main Stage

dobro

1st Prize: Gibson Hound Dog DobroPrelims: Friday, 5:30pm Wildflower PavilionFinals: Saturday, 9:30am Main Stage

Prelims: Friday, 2:30pm Wildflower PavilionFinals: Saturday, 10:00am Main Stage

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9:30 - 11:15amInstrument Contest Finals

11:30 - 12:30pmMonroeville

12:45 - 1:45pmRed Molly

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3:45 - 5:00pmBobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press

5:30 - 6:45pmThe Infamous Stringdusters

7:15 - 8:30pmDr. Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys

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11:00 - NoonThe Blue Canyon Boys featuring KC Groves

12:15 - 1:30pmJesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys

1:45 - 3:00pmMichael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Dale Ann Bradley

3:15 - 4:30pmEmmitt-Nershi Band

5:00 - 6:15pmPeter Rowan & The Travelin’ McCourys

6:45 - 8:00pmSeldom Scene

8:30 - 10:00pmTim O’Brien & Friends

9:00amGates Open

10:00 - 11:00am23 String Band

11:15 - 12:15pmNoam Pikelny & Friends

12:30 - 1:30pmBluegrass Etc.

1:45 - 3:00pmChris Thile & Michael Daves

3:30 - 4:45pmLonesome River Band

5:15 - 6:30pmTrampled by Turtles

7:00 - 8:30pmPunch Brothers

9:00 - 10:30pmSam Bush Bluegrass Band

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1988: Festival moves to Larimer County Fairgrounds


saturday july 28

sunday july 2911:15amSlackline Demo with Josh Beaudoin

NoonBand Competition: Final Round

1:15pmRed Molly

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22 1991: Lonesome River Band first play the Festival

Bluegrass Etc. performs a hard-hitting show of instrumental expertise, vocal precision, and

stage personality that never fails to entertain. The dynamic and electric group is well-known inter- nationally – touring dozens of countries per year, performing at festivals and concert halls. Forming the band as teenagers over 30 years ago, these three seasoned bluegrass greats once mentored the young

members of Nickel Creek. John Moore (mandolin, guitar, vocals) is also a mandolinist for the interna-tionally-acclaimed bluegrass band California. Dennis Caplinger (banjo, fiddle, vocals) is a sought-after studio musician both in California and Nashville, recording numerous soundtracks for movies, com-mercials, and television. Bill Bryson (bass, vocals) is one of the legendary bass players on the L.A. country/bluegrass music scene and a founding member of the Desert Rose Band and Laurel Canyon Ramblers.

Noam Pikelny is undeniably the next big thing to happen to the 5- string banjo. A player

of unparalleled technique, Noam inspires and confounds listeners with his mastery of the instru-ment. As a member of the Punch Brothers, he has helped to broaden the awareness of the banjo in the mainstream, earning the first annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music in

2010. Steve Martin describes Noam as “a player of unlimited range and astonishing precision.” Noam’s recent album, Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail, not only captures his technical prowess on the banjo, but reveals him as an assured and amiable musi-cian and composer. This astonishing banjo player, a one-time member of Leftover Salmon, takes the RockyGrass stage with Chris Eldridge (guitar), Sam Grisman (bass), Dominick Leslie (mando), Aoife O’Donovan (vocals), and Gabe Witcher (fiddle).

23 String Band, the 2011 RockyGrass band contest winners, play fuel-injected original

Americana powered by high-octane rock-n-roll and triple-distilled old-timey roots. With one eye on the vintage sounds and influences of the past, the band blends in modern influences to create a sound that is refreshing, current, and destined to make your feet hurt from dancing and your face hurt from grinning.

Hailing from “all around Kentucky” the band consists of Chris Shouse (guitar), Curtis Wilson (banjo), Dave Howard (mandolin), Scott Moore (fiddle), and T. Martin Stam (bass). Their debut full-length Catch 23 showcases a youthful brand of music, dubbed

“original hillbilly music.” With engaging originals, off-the-wall covers, and distinctive arrangements, they’re sure to get our 40th anniversary off to an energetic start. Get your tarp situated; it’s time to see what the next 40 years has to offer…

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24 1992: Festival moves to current home in Lyons

Hailing from Duluth, MN, the members of Tram-pled by Turtles – Dave Simonett (guitar, vocals),

Tim Saxhaug (bass), Dave Carroll (flatpicked banjo), Erik Berry (mandolin) and Ryan Young (fiddle) – each paid their dues in punk and rock bands, brandishing their electricity proudly before switching to acoustic instruments. While they never set out to be a “blue-grass” band, TBT employ many of the traditional

techniques of the genre, while embracing the unique influences, attitudes, and attack that give them a unique sound. Named one of the top 25 live acts of 2011 by Paste Magazine, the fierce intensity of the band is as undeniable as the songs are good. And make no mistake: Simonett’s introspective songwrit-ing is undeniable in its brutal honesty, much like its vintage predecessors. We’re halfway through the first day; it’s time for a good ‘ol fashioned foot stompin’ hootenanny…prepare to be trampled.

Lonesome River Band continues their reputa-tion at this, their 6th Rockygrass appearance,

as one of the most respected names in bluegrass music. Although not a founding member, current bandleader Sammy Shelor, who joined the band shortly before the band’s first Rockygrass per-formance in 1991, is the driving force that keeps the 30-year-old band’s sound alive. As a four-time

winner of the IBMA Banjo Player of the Year and recipient of the 2011 Steve Martin Prize for Excel-lence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music, Sammy’s signature style is studied and emulated by pickers everywhere. Joined by the talented group of Brandon Rickman (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Mike Hartgrove (fiddle), Barry Reed (bass), and newest member Randy Jones (mandolin and vocals), LRB will be performing their distinctive hard bluegrass with a contemporary, driving edge that we all love.

Chris Thile describes Michael Daves as a gui-tarist who “is completely comfortable playing with

utter, reckless abandon – something I was attracted to immediately, as someone who naturally plays with a certain amount of self-consciousness.” Together Chris and Michael replace the lazy afternoon porch pickin’ duet aesthetic with an up-all-night adrenalin-fueled intensity. Their brilliant debut

Sleep With One Eye Open reinhabits bluegrass stan-dards as gutsy urban anthems. While the two share consistent moments of undeniable beauty and sophisticated musicality, their high-octane moxie will have you yelling “git it!” from your tarp. For as Michael digs into an aggressive guitar tremolo, his lonesome tenor reaching McCoury heights, and Chris supplants downstroked Monroe-isms with vertical virtuosity, these two are redefining the mandolin/guitar duo, making it uniquely their own.

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26 1994: Festival recorded for RockyGrass Live CD

In a scene where the same generic praises are often heaped upon up-and-coming blue-

grass bands, the exceptional young musicians of Monroeville have earned genuine accolades for their extremely accomplished talents. Bursting onto the scene in the past year, Monroeville is on the fast track to success. The sextet – vocalist and bass-ist Daniel Salyer, guitarist Eli Johnston, Grammy-

nominated and accomplished dobro sideman Travis Houck, Grammy-nominated banjo player Zane Petty, Grammy-nominated engineer and mandolinist Matt Munsey, and fiddler / multi-instrumentalist Matt Flake – create a sound that blends modern acous-tic country and progressive bluegrass with intensity, instrumental dexterity, and onstage synchronicity. In short, Monroeville create music for the modern-ist and the purist alike. Don’t be late on Saturday morning – this is one set not to miss.

Like RockyGrass itself, the Sam Bush Bluegrass Band happens but once a year. As the co-founder

of the genre-bending New Grass Revival and an in-demand musician who has played with everyone from Emmylou Harris to Lyle Lovett, Sam spends most of his year captivating audiences with high-energy live shows, renowned both for their joy-ously wide-ranging choice of material and searingly

in-the-pocket grooves. But for one night every summer, the Kentucky-born mandolin prodigy delves deeply into his love for bluegrass music. Together with Scott Vestal (banjo), Stephen Mougin (guitar), Todd Parks (bass), and Chris Brown (snare drum), Sam’s furi-ous full-forearm tremolo and spiralling single-note improvisations fuse with Monroe’s ancient tones. As the King of Newgrass trades his bejeweled crown for a Big Mon-style Stetson, it’s time to rise from our tarps – we’re going back to old Kentucky.

In 2006, former Nickel Creek member Chris Thile instigated the col-laboration that evolved

into Punch Brothers, one of our bands-in-residence at this year’s Rockygrass Academy. Thile, an undisputed genius of the mandolin, brought together award-winning instrumental powerhouses Chris Eldridge (guitar), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), and Paul Kowert (bass). Impossible though

the Punch Brothers’ sound is to quantify, critics have attempted to describe their style as “off-kilter, clas-sically-tinged pop songs that sound like absolutely no other band on the planet.” We just call it awesome. It is a pleasure to see what Thile describes as “a sense of real musical camaraderie” in action. With a setlist that can include blindingly-fast, yet soulfully-performed bluegrass, Bach concertos, and covers of ’80s pop hits, on this Friday evening we’ll all become believers in this quintet’s musical brotherhood.

Punch Brothers Friday, 7:00 - 8:30pm

Sam Bush Bluegrass Band Friday, 9:00 - 10:30pm

Monroeville Saturday, 11:30 - 12:30pm

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Sam Bush Bluegrass Band Friday, 9:00 - 10:30pm

Monroeville Saturday, 11:30 - 12:30pm

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28 1995: First RockyGrass Academy

IBMA Hall of Fame member Bobby Osborne was the first mandolin player/tenor singer to

create his own identity separate from the Bill Mon-roe model of bluegrass. Where Monroe’s mandolin playing was based on blues musicians and the fiddle styling of the ‘20s and ‘30s, Bobby invented a sound influenced by the ‘50s and ‘60s, featuring flowing fiddle tunes, cascades of fiddle-oriented

notes, and a right-hand technique based on fiddle bowings. As a vocalist with the Osborne Brothers, Bobby forged a distinctive approach to tenor vocals by singing high lead throughout the song, adding baritone and low tenor parts in the chorus. Though Bobby may still be best known as the singer of

“Rocky Top” (one of bluegrass’s all-time biggest hits), his musical innovations revolutionized the music for generations. We’re honored to welcome this legend back for his third RockyGrass.

Undeniably one of the hottest young bands on the scene, The Hillbend-ers have been winning

over audiences with their unique style, original compositions, and relentless drive. These buzz-worthy bluegrass wiz-kids – Mark Cassidy (banjo), Gary Rea (bass), Jim Rea (guitar), Nolan Lawrence (mandolin), and Chad “Gravy Boat” Graves (dobro)

– are quickly rising to the top of the bluegrass

world, gaining international recognition for their combination of contemporary influences with tradi-tional inspiration and instrumentation, as well as an infectiously energetic stage show. Winning the 2009 Telluride Band Competition helped put The Hillbenders on the map. Their victory at the 2010 National Single Microphone Championships confirmed The Hillbend-ers as a promising prospect. And their nomination for IBMA’s Emerging Artist of the Year solidified the fact that The Hillbenders are here to stay.

Red Molly’s trademark three-part harmonies, signature dobro licks, and inventive arrange-

ments catapulted them from NYC coffeehouses to the festival circuit in less than two years. The band’s fans, referred to as “RedHeads,” have always responded to the sense that the band is a group of friends, sharing songs in their living room. That’s exactly how it felt in 2004 when

Laurie MacAllister (guitar, banjo, bass), Abbie Gardner (dobro, guitar) and Carolann Solebello sat around a campfire at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. They soon formed Red Molly and spent the next seven years on the road. When found-ing member Carolann stepped down, Laurie and Abbie invited singer-songwriter-guitarist Molly Venter to join the band. Together, they continue to be at home with gorgeous a cappella ballads, bluegrass-tinged folk, and jazzy western swing.

Red Molly Saturday, 12:45 - 1:45pm

The Hillbenders Saturday, 2:00 - 3:15pm

Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press Saturday, 3:45 - 5:00pm

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The Hillbenders Saturday, 2:00 - 3:15pm

Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press Saturday, 3:45 - 5:00pm

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30 1996: Sam Bush, Nickel Creek first play the Festival

From classical banjo concertos to African duets to piano jazz, Béla Fleck’s endless musical

curiosity has led he and his banjo to unmapped musical vistas (and Grammy nominations in more categories than anyone in history). But ironically, the one musical world he has left relatively unexplored in recent years is that which originally brought him to the banjo: traditional bluegrass. As a young

New Yorker, Béla recalls the instant he first heard Scruggs’ banjo style – “It was like sparks going off in my head.” So when we suggested a special only-at-RockyGrass trad ‘grass set, Béla was excited. On this Saturday evening, Béla has gathered some of the bluegrass musicians who inspire him – In Béla’s words: “mandolin wizard Ronnie McCoury, fiddle fundamentalist Jason Carter, lock’er down bass-ist and singer Adam Bartram, and the intense and wonderful vocalist and guitar man Danny Paisley.”

Legendary tenor singer and creator of the

“Stanley Style” of banjo playing, Ralph Stanley

graces the RockyGrass stage this year for the sixth time. One-half of bluegrass pioneers the Stanley Brothers, Ralph defined a genre of music with his crisp and incredibly fast banjo rolls, as well as his distinctive vocal leads, featured famously in the Grammy-winning Appalachian dirge “Oh Death.” A

recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Library of Congress Living Legend, and member of the IBMA Hall of Honor, Ralph has performed continually since 1946 (including the 2nd Annual Rocky Mtn. Bluegrass Festival). The 85-year-old still plays over 100 dates a year with his band the Clinch Mountain Boys. With that work ethic, it’s no surprise that Dr. Stanley once commented, “I don’t listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!”

Every once in awhile, a band comes together to become a musical force of nature. Such are the

Infamous Stringdusters, who after performing here (and instructing at the Bluegrass Academy) every other year since 2006 continue to hone their progressive take on bluegrass. Together, Travis Book (bass), Andy Falco (guitar), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), Andy Hall (dobro), and Chris Pandolfi

(banjo) have been on a steady uphill climb since being named IBMA’s 2007 Emerging Artist of the Year (their debut, Fork in the Road, also snagged top honors that year for best song and album). Their newest release is Silver Sky, produced with the help of Billy Hume, better known for his work in hip-hop. Get ready for a virtuosic performance grounded in what Pandolfi calls “the Nashville pedigree,” but loaded with a healthy dose of rock and jazz fusion.

The Infamous Stringdusters Saturday, 5:30 - 6:45pm

Dr. Ralph Stanley Saturday, 7:15 - 8:30pm

Bela Fleck Saturday, 9:00 - 10:30pm

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with Alan Bartram, Jason Carter, Ronnie McCoury & Danny Paisley

& His Clinch Mountain Boys

Dr. Ralph Stanley Saturday, 7:15 - 8:30pm

Bela Fleck Saturday, 9:00 - 10:30pm

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The Gibson Brothers 2011 IBMA Award Winners

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Dan and Rayna Gellert Soda Rock Ramblers

Deming Fusiliers

Lost Howlin’ Coyotes Railyard Reunion Last Minute Bluegrass Kitty Jo Creek Chokecherry Jam East Mountain Serenaders Out of No Where Paw Coal and the Clinkers

32 1998: Osborne Brothers finally play RockyGrass

Michael Cleveland is like no other fiddler. He holds his bow like a club, attacking the

strings with a blood-pumping passion; he has been named IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year a record 9 times; he is blind since birth. A native of Indiana, Michael picked up the fiddle at age 4, and within a few years he was serenading the U.S. Congress and playing the Grand Ole Opry as a guest

of Alison Krauss. Though his band Flamekeeper have been dubbed “the most exciting band in bluegrass” by the Wall Street Journal, the undeni-able core of that excitement is Michael’s blistering and unconventional fiddle style – a cloud of rosin kicked up by a double-stop kick-off or bowhairs flying on a fast shuffle. As a special 40th Anni-versary treat, we also welcome the long-awaited RockyGrass debut of 3-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Dale Ann Bradley.

Jesse McReynolds regards it as a matter of pride that he approached the mandolin differently from

Monroe. “I try to be original. I have an urge to be that way, to be different.” The IBMA Hall of Honor member’s freethinking creativity opened up new ways to play the mandolin: a crosspicking style that mimicked the syncopated banjo roll; and a split string technique that used the little finger to

hammer a string like a pedal steel. In spirit and in practice these innovations helped the mandolin fit into yet unexplored musical spaces. Jesse’s unflinching originality was also the force behind Jim & Jesse, the longest running brother duo in country music. The first-generation bluegrass band con-tinually challenged boundaries – recording a 1965 album of Chuck Berry covers, backing Jim Morrison in 1969, donning electric instruments in the 1970s, and collecting a wall of hit country singles.

A sense of sacredness overtakes the Ranch on this RockyGrass Sunday morning as the rhythm

of the St. Vrain gentles us into a celebration of the spiritual life of bluegrass. For this historic 40th Anniversary, we’re thrilled to welcome the Blue Canyon Boys, winners of the 2008 Telluride Band Competi-tion, for the always beloved gospel set. Co-founders Gary Dark (mandolin) and Jason Hicks (guitar) share

a deep love of great vocal harmonies, a hallmark of bluegrass gospel. “Some of the most beautiful blue-grass songs are gospel songs,” says Jason. “Artists put their creativity and soul into making songs of faith.” With bandmates Drew Garrett (bass), 2007 Rockygrass banjo contest winner Chris Elliott, and special guest KC Groves, the Colorado band will unearth gospel rarities, a few sacred originals, and some breathtaking quartet harmonies to bring peace and joy to this final 40th RockyGrass morning.

The Blue Canyon Boys featuring KC Groves Sunday, 11:00 - Noon

Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys Sunday, 12:15 - 1:30pm

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper Sunday, 1:45 - 3:00pm

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The Blue Canyon Boys featuring KC Groves Sunday, 11:00 - Noon

Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys Sunday, 12:15 - 1:30pm

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper Sunday, 1:45 - 3:00pm

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34 2005: RockyGrass nominated for IBMA’s Event of the Year

“We try to find material that’s a little bit differ-ent, and approach the music in a little bit

broader way than most bluegrass bands do,” says The Seldom Scene’s Dudley Connell. Since its in-ception as a Monday night card game in 1971, The Seldom Scene has thrived on playing bluegrass a little differently than everyone else. If other bands used a fiddler, The Scene used a dobro; if others

relied on old standards, The Seldom Scene played rock classics. Through skilled musicianship and an urban approach to bluegrass, The Scene defined the Washington D.C. sound for decades. With their current lineup – Ben Eldridge (banjo, and at 73 the only founding member still with The Scene), Dudley Connell (guitar), Fred Travers (dobro), Ronnie Simpkins (bass), Lou Reid (mandolin) – they still perform with the same fire and enthusiasm that characterized the band’s early days.

The first-ever bluegrass festival – a 1965 event that included then Blue Grass Boy Peter Rowan

– culminated in a special Sunday afternoon set called “The Story of Blue Grass Music.” On this Sunday of the 40th RockyGrass we gather more than a century of bluegrass experience for an inspiring tribute to Big Mon. As the sons of blue-grass legend Del McCoury, Ronnie (mandolin) and

Rob (banjo) carry on their father’s work alongside Jason Carter (fiddle) and Alan Bartram (bass) as the musical pilgrims of the Travelin’ McCourys. The legendary Peter Rowan has left his mark on the walls of time for over 5 decades, curating his own bluegrass songbook rich in midnight moon-lights, Gypsys and Navajos, and high tenor yodels. Together on the RockyGrass stage we are taken for a ride on the Bluegrass Express, back to that little Kentucky cabin on the hill where it all began.

With years of collective experience under their belts, Drew Emmitt (mandolin) and Bill Ner-

shi (guitar) exemplify the forward-thinking modern bluegrass musician. Both have years of experience leading genre-bending rock&roll-infused bands (Drew: Leftover Salmon and Bill: String Cheese Incident), giving each the time and experience to hone their songwriting and performance crafts.

Though the idea for the collaboration had been in the works for years as the two crossed paths all over the world, it was finally put into motion in 2007 when they both found themselves with time off from their main projects. With Leftover Salmon’s newest member Andy Thorn (banjo) and Railroad Earth alum Johnny Grubb (bass), these four musi-cians have played all across the globe, but today they bring their musical expertise to you, and they bring it in the form of Colorado bluegrass.

Emmitt-Nershi Band Sunday, 3:15 - 4:30pm

Peter Rowan & The Travelin’ McCourys Sunday, 5:00 - 6:15pm

Seldom Scene Sunday, 6:45 - 8:00pm

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Peter Rowan & The Travelin’ McCourys Sunday, 5:00 - 6:15pm

Seldom Scene Sunday, 6:45 - 8:00pm

*Children sixteen and under admitted free with accompanying adult ticketholder.

Band Contest • WorkshopsContra Dancing

Jamming • Camping Kids’ Activities

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Featuring:

Hot Rizewith Special Guests,

Red Knuckles and The Trail BlazersPLuS:

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FoGHoRn STRinGBAnDBurnett Family Bluegrass

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CoCks o’ the north

the knoCkaBouts ZaZu

BaCkwater opera

tony norris & Friends

ChuCk Cheesman and More!

Free admission for children age 16 & under*

36 2012: 40th Annual Festival sells out in February

The Song SchoolAugust 12-16, 2012 sold-out

22nd Annual

Rocky Mountain Folks FestivalAugust 17-19, 2012

Kinfolk Celebration Featuring Yonder Mountain String Band & Friends

August 24-25, 2012

40th Annual

Telluride BluegrassJune 20-23, 2013

RockyGrass AcademyJuly 21-25, 2013

41st Annual

RockyGrassJuly 26-28, 2013

Visit bluegrass.com in October for details about purchasing 2013 tickets through our online lotteries, including RockyGrass Academy, RockyGrass On-Site Camping, and Telluride Bluegrass camping in Town Park and Warner Field.

Sierra Hull & Highway 111September 9

Adam Aijala & Ben KaufmannSeptember 22

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With a total of 28 years on the main stage (including 16 with Hot Rize), no musician has

meant more to this festival than Tim O’Brien. Through the uncanny intersection of traditional and contemporary elements in his songwriting, his tireless dedication to a vast and still-expanding array of instruments, and his ongoing commitment to place himself in as many unique and challenging

musical scenarios as possible, the Grammy-winner is the ideal person to summon the last ancient tones of our 40th Annual gathering. Tim will be joined this Sunday evening by longtime collabora-tors Bryan Sutton (guitar), Casey Driessen (fiddle), and Mike Bub (bass). “We’ll be remembering Doc and Earl, not to mention Everett Lilly and Levon Helm when we hit the stage. Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday will have just happened so we’ll remember him and all of you as well.”

Tim O’Brien & Friends Sunday, 8:30 - 10:00pm

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dates to remember

wildflower concert series

2013 ticket lotteries

Grant FarmOctober 19

Jesse WinchesterOctober 20

Abigail WashburnOctober 26

Pert Near SandstoneNovember 2

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The one you’re about to enjoy in Shift. Canning this Nelson

Sauvin hopped pale lager means everyone gets to reward their

work. Or play. Or, if you’re like us, combine the two

and surround yourself with drinking buddies. Clock out

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