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State of the Grass Greetings Bluegrass Aficionados: And so, like the sparrows of Capistrano, our beloved snowbirds, college students, and assorted wanderers return to the beautiful Southwest to once again infuse the Old Pueblo with greater color and vibrancy. Like cool water to a thirsty man, the hardy de- sert dwellers who stayed behind and endured a fiery summer greet them with open arms. And, of course, they bring with them all things bluegrass. Can you believe that our 12 th Annual Tucson Bluegrass Festival is almost upon us! Once again, Mike Headrick and the festival committee have faithfully dedicated them- selves to putting together an exciting lineup of performers that will have something for everyone. This in- cludes the popular Friday night band contest (free for the public), performances by Blue Highway, Steve Smith & Hard Road, Kickin Grass, Whistle Stop, Copper River, Titan Valley Warheads, Crucial Country, Jam Pak, Dusty River Boys, Manzanita Bluegrass, and Rincon Mountain Boys. There will also be instru- ment instruction, pick’n in the parking lot, and a variety of food and craft vendors. This will be our second year to return to the AVA center – a venue without equal. Mike Headrick, Geoff Fox, and Jack Arnold have done yeoman’s labor. A special ‘shout- out’ to Jim Sanchez and Dave Polson. Jim has initiated con- tact with numerous businesses and brought in remarkable business support this year. Dave has once again coordinated with a variety of vendors to ensure for great eating and shopping opportunities while folks lis- ten to live bluegrass. Make sure to mark your calendar for October 28 th – 30 th . Keep in mind there’s all kinds of happenings throughout the month. “Doc” Reifschneider has been ex- panding performances on 4 th Ave. James Sanchez has been working to create jam opportunities on the northwest side. The Bluegrass Workshop on Monday nights continues to go gangbusters. We now have Brian Davies and Evan Dain volunteering once a month to provide bass instruction. Plus, we have begun posting instructional materials at www.desertbluegrass.org so that students can print off various resources and songs. Speaking of our website, be sure to click on the calendar to track events at Udall Park, Thirsty’s, Rincon Market, 4 th Avenue, Pinnacle Peak, Emeritus Retirement Home, TMC’s Children’s Dia- mond Center, and 17 th Street Market (including free Saturday instrument workshops). During the months of October and November, pickers are invited to come early on Monday nights (5:45 pm) to the Bluegrass Workshop to practice Christmas Songs. In December we will be playing a mix of Christmas carols and bluegrass standards at Luminaria Nights (Tucson Botanical Gardens), UMC’s Chil- dren’s Center, the Ronald McDonald House, and Emeritus retirement home. So grab your Santa’s hat and join us for some festive jams. Go forth . . . do good, “Doc” Simpson Volume 16 Issue 4 October/November 2011 GRASS CLIPPINGS Desert Bluegrass Association
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State of the Grass Greetings Bluegrass Aficionados: And so, like the sparrows of Capistrano, our beloved snowbirds, college students, and assorted wanderers return to the beautiful Southwest to once again infuse the Old Pueblo with greater color and vibrancy. Like cool water to a thirsty man, the hardy de-sert dwellers who stayed behind and endured a fiery summer greet them with open arms. And, of course, they bring with them all things bluegrass. Can you believe that our 12th Annual Tucson Bluegrass Festival is almost upon us! Once again, Mike Headrick and the festival committee have faithfully dedicated them-selves to putting together an exciting lineup of performers that will have something for everyone. This in-cludes the popular Friday night band contest (free for the public), performances by Blue Highway, Steve Smith & Hard Road, Kickin Grass, Whistle Stop, Copper River, Titan Valley Warheads, Crucial Country, Jam Pak, Dusty River Boys, Manzanita Bluegrass, and Rincon Mountain Boys. There will also be instru-ment instruction, pick’n in the parking lot, and a variety of food and craft vendors. This will be our second year to return to the AVA center – a venue without equal. Mike Headrick, Geoff Fox, and Jack Arnold have done yeoman’s labor. A special ‘shout- out’ to Jim Sanchez and Dave Polson. Jim has initiated con-tact with numerous businesses and brought in remarkable business support this year. Dave has once again coordinated with a variety of vendors to ensure for great eating and shopping opportunities while folks lis-ten to live bluegrass. Make sure to mark your calendar for October 28th – 30th. Keep in mind there’s all kinds of happenings throughout the month. “Doc” Reifschneider has been ex-panding performances on 4th Ave. James Sanchez has been working to create jam opportunities on the northwest side. The Bluegrass Workshop on Monday nights continues to go gangbusters. We now have Brian Davies and Evan Dain volunteering once a month to provide bass instruction. Plus, we have begun posting instructional materials at www.desertbluegrass.org so that students can print off various resources and songs. Speaking of our website, be sure to click on the calendar to track events at Udall Park, Thirsty’s, Rincon Market, 4th Avenue, Pinnacle Peak, Emeritus Retirement Home, TMC’s Children’s Dia-mond Center, and 17th Street Market (including free Saturday instrument workshops). During the months of October and November, pickers are invited to come early on Monday nights (5:45 pm) to the Bluegrass Workshop to practice Christmas Songs. In December we will be playing a mix of Christmas carols and bluegrass standards at Luminaria Nights (Tucson Botanical Gardens), UMC’s Chil-dren’s Center, the Ronald McDonald House, and Emeritus retirement home. So grab your Santa’s hat and join us for some festive jams. Go forth . . . do good, “Doc” Simpson
Volume 16 Issue 4 October/November 2011
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Desert B luegrass Associa t ion
Newsletter Editor--Bonnie Lohman: For information concerning Letters to the Editor, Reviews, contributing newsletter articles, submitting Concert & Band Listing information
Webmaster--Andy MacLeod: For information concerning the DBA website www.desertbluegrass.org contact the webmaster at [email protected]
Membership Secretary--Mike Headrick: To join the DBA, renew a membership or submit an address change, contact Mike via phone at (520) 760-0745, email [email protected] or snail mail 13308 Placita el Algodon Tucson, AZ 85749
Publicity--Mike Headrick: Contact Mike at (520) 760-0745 or [email protected]
Booking Bands--Bonnie Lohman: To book a DBA band for an event, phone 520-296-1231 or email [email protected]
Advertising--Bonnie Lohman: To purchase advertising in our newsletter, contact by phone or email
How to Contact the DBA
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President: "Doc" Simpson (520) 298-9746 [email protected]
Vice President: Charlie Sides (520)579-5918 [email protected]
Secretary: Mike Headrick (520) 760-0745 [email protected]
Treasurer: Barbara Van Hoesen (520) 777-8841 [email protected]
-TRUSTEES-
Geoff Fox (520) 731-3601 [email protected] Bonnie Lohman (520) 349-4812 [email protected] Andy MacLeod (520) 237-9832 [email protected] Jim (Doc) Reifschneider (520) 290-6615 [email protected] Bill Trapp (520) 825-5890 [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP DISPLAY ADS PRICES
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Tucson’s 12th Annual Desert Bluegrass Festival
Presented by the Desert Bluegrass Association
Hi folks,
Fall is here, at least according to the calendar, and our 12th Annual festival is just around the corner. Mark your calendar now – October 28, 29 & 30 at AVA
Amphitheater. The weather should be perfect by then. Your festival committee has been hard at work and is very busy getting everything ready. You can help by volunteering – see Jack Arnold’s call for volunteers in this newsletter.
I am pleased to announce that we have some new sponsors for the festival. In addition to THE FOLK SHOP and Brooke Miner, MR K’S BBQ, ROADRUNNER
LOCK and FREEDOM RV have become sponsors. Please support our sponsors as they are supporting us.
We also have five FESTIVAL PATRONS so far: Jim Sanchez, Geoff Fox, Bonnie &
Jim Lohman, Jim Click Automotive Group, Eisenhuth Insurance Agency and Mike & Betty Headrick. You too may become a Patron with a $100 contribution and you get 10 guest tickets to the Saturday evening show to share with friends and family. Contact me for details.
So the work will soon be behind us and we will have a weekend of GREAT bluegrass music in front of us. The bands (listed on our flyer) include fantastic national bands, great regional bands and wonderful local talent. The Friday night band contest is always a highlight. Five bands have already signed-up but there is still time for you to enter your band. (Details are on our website.) The workshops will be taught by some of the best performers in the business. What a great place to learn a few new licks. There will be great vendors to check out and some great food to sample. Should be lots of good jamming in the camping area and the camping is FREE. Make sure to bring your DBA membership card because that gets you up to two $5 discounts on weekend passes.
So tune up your instruments, get your camping gear packed and get ready for a great weekend.
Mike Headrick
Welcome to Our New Members New Members:
Fran Winckel Pensacola, FL Jill Sooy Tucson, AZ Jim DeVon Tucson, AZ Terry Meeks Farmington, NM Scott Simmons Tucson, AZ Ronald Pandy Tucson, AZ M.E. Moldenhauer Oro Valley, AZ Bonnie Montgomery Vail, AZ Cliff Madison Tucson, AZ
Instruction
Bill Breen Scruggs style banjo by ear. 520-544-2418 www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/music.asp Corrine Cortese Fiddle lessons 520-235-3199 Rudy Cortese Banjo lessons 520-954-2103 Nick Coventry Fiddle lessons 805-252-1851 Greg Morton Bluegrass Guitar lessons 520-682-2558 Peter McLaughlin Flatpick & bluegrass guitar: Beginner & advanced 520-529-2992 Mike Purdy Guitar & mandolin 520-318-0659 Jeff Sanders Guitar & banjo Chicago Store Eastside 850-9802 J.P. Thom-Gronachan Banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, theory 520-682-6201
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Great Websites
Desert Bluegrass Associatiom www/desertbluegrass/org Bluegrass Arizona Blog: www.bluegrassarizona.blogspot.com Banjo: www.banjohangout.org Fiddle: wwwlfiddlehangout.com Dobro: www.reso-nation.org or www.resohangout.com Bass: www.bluegrassbassplace.com Mandolin:http://www.mandohangout.com/ Daily Dose of Bluegrass;www.bluegrassonthetube.com
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A Bluegrass Band
You have to have a banjo
To get that Bluegrass sound
The bass is a necessity
To nail the rhythm down
When the fiddler plays a lead
It shoots tingles up your spine
A guitar helps to keep the beat
Or pick the melody line
The Mandolin’s offbeat chop
Makes the Bluegrass whole
Greater than the sum of the parts
This music's solid gold
Charlie Sides
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Associations
Arizona Bluegrass Association 7257 N. 50th Dr. Glendale, AZ 85301 Rick Rhodes--Chair 623-435-8406 [email protected] www.azbluegrass.org International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) 207 E. Second Street
Owensboro, KY 42303 502-926-7891 So. Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Association 3020 W. Avenida Cresta Tucson, AZ 85745 Info: Wilbur 520-743-7086 Tucson Friends of Traditional Music Info: 520-408-6181 www.tftm.org Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association PO Box 26531 Tucson, AZ 85726 www.tkma.org Tucson Old Time Music Circle [email protected] Brad 520-818-0260
Bands
Bear Canyon Ramblers Marilyn 520-760-0479 [email protected] www.bearcanyonramblers.com
Crystal Ridge Bluegrass Band Brian Davies 520-349-9497 www.MusicTucson.com
Cadillac Mountain Corrine 520-235-3199
Crucial County Corrine 520-235-3199
Desert Sun String Band Charlie Sides 520-579-5918 www.myspace.com/desertsunstringband
Drops in the River Ky Brown 520-664-5125 [email protected] www.myspace.com/dropsintheriver
Dusty River Boys Rich Errico 520 818 0358 [email protected]
Greg Morton 520-682-2558
Los Hombres Kenny Erickson 520-235-7473
Manzanita Bluegrass Reid Griffin 520-349-4321
Peter Mc Laughlin 520-529-2992
Rincon Mountain Boys www.rinconmountainboys.com Mike Masters 520-403-8865 [email protected]
The Bost Family Tradition Jeff Bost 520-432-5053 [email protected]
Titan Valley Warheads Ed Davenport 520-622-3699
Jams & Open Mics DBA sponsored jams are listed at www.DesertBluegrass.org & on the enclosed calendar
Emeritus Retirement Center Jam 8151 S. Speedway Blvd October 12 then 3rd Wednesday 5:30-6:30 PM Info: JoAnn [email protected] 520-647-4496
Southern AZ Old Time Fiddlers Assn. Southwest Community Center Cardinal Ave, Tucson, AZ Tuesday 7 PM Info: Wilbur 520-743-7086
Tradition Acoustic Bluegrass Jam Sessions Tempe, AZ Wednesday 7-10 PM Call for confirmation of dates Info: Howard or Susan 480-897-7425
Catalina Mountain Chapter of the AZ Old Time Fiddlers Association 3rd Monday at 7 PM Info: Laura 520-743-9491
Autoharp jam Glass Onion Café 1990 W. River Road Monday 1-4 PM Info: Bonnie 520-349-4812
Saddlebrooke Jam 38759 S Mountain View Blvd Workshop at 2:30 pm Jam 4-6 pm Info: Rich 520-881-0358
O'Shaughnessy's Steakhouse 2200 N Camino Principal First Tuesday at 7 PM Info: Bill Paul 520-256-4592
Open Mic at The Hut on 4th Ave Every other Monday 6:30 PM Info: Rudy [email protected]
Canyon's Crown Open Mic 6958 E Tanque Verde Road Third Tuesday at 7 PM Info: Phil 520-885-8277
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Bands
Way Out West Emmy Creigh 520-323-0704
Whistle Stop
Carol Pearse 623-780-8414 [email protected] http://www.myspace.com/whistlestopbluegrass
One or more players must be a member of the DBA to list your jam or band.
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Hi Guys, Our annual festival is just around the corner with a great lineup of bands as well as a great venue. This year’s festival will be October 28, 29, 30. For the first time, we will also have a Saturday evening show. We need all of you to volunteer to make this festival a success. We will need folks to setup, teardown, work the entry gates, man the DBA booth, assist with camping, and other tasks. Attending the Volunteer Meeting and working four hours will gain you a pass to the festival. We have
scheduled the Volunteer Meeting for 6:00 PM on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Udall Recreation Center, 7200 E Tanque Verde Rd. Please plan to attend and sign up for your favorite assignment. You can contact me at 520-820-6654 or email at [email protected] to volunteer. Thanks to all the past volunteers and thanks in advance for your help at this years festival. I know that we can count on your help this year. Jack Arnold
VOLUNTEER MEETING
OCTOBER 12, 2011, 6 PM
UDALL RECREATION CENTER
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Dale Ann Bradley "Somewhere South of Crazy" Compass Records Group www.compassrecords.com review by Marilyn Ryan Hulbert
Three time winner of the IBMA Award for Female vocalist of the year - 2007, 2008, 2009! Dale Ann Bradley is forever a bluegrass darling! In this album we find 3 songs written by Dale Ann. She is not only a talented interpreter of traditional music, contemporary bluegrass music, a bit of old rock n roll, but also a writer of beautiful songs. "Somewhere South of Crazy" (written by Dale Ann)- Steve Gully and Pam Tillis sing harmony, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Sierra Hull playing the mandolin, Andy Hall on dobro, Alison Brown playing Banjo, and Mike Bub keeping it all together on bass. "Round and Round" - Dale Ann wrote this one too - Kim Fox sings harmony along with Steve Gully. Stuart Duncan makes the fiddly cry. "Summer Breeze" Seals and Crofts - I danced to this song every morning in the 70's - we played the record until we just about wore it out. Beautiful rendition by Dale Ann on this album! "Come Home Good Boy" A Sarah Pirkle song - a timely and heart rending song about a young boy sent to war. "In Despair" bluegrass! Matt Combs on fiddle. David Long on mandolin. Banjo played Mike Summer. Dale Ann has the energy and pipes to sing the fast ones with the kick they require and still keep her smoothe angelic vocal quality. "Restoring the Love" a Steve Gulley song. Sweet sentiments about being a good man! "New Shoes" - I've made my reservation for my final destination, I'm changing my location to my mansion in the sky - walking around in new shoes - getting ready to move. Gorgeous one! "Leaving Kentucky" - another Dale Ann Bradley song, written with Jeff White and Kim Fox. "Next to Nothing" - written by Russell Dale Johnson. Fast bluegrass - just like I like!!! "Will You Visit me on Sundays" - Steve Gulley begins this heartbreaker - amazing duet with Dale Ann. "I Pressed Though the Crowd" - a beautiful gospel song in three quarter time. "Old Southern Porches" - One of Dale Ann's best from years ago, recorded live at Grass Valley, California 2007. I know some of you have met Dale Ann, and lots of you have seen and heard her at the Tucson Bluegrass Festival or other festivals across the country. She is about the loveliest person you can shake and howdy with. Her talent is boundless. She is a soulful angel. The announcer at Grass Valley says it all when he tells the audience "If this doesn't turn you on, you ain't got no switches! See you all in November - meanwhile pick one for me! Marilyn
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17th STREET MARKET WORKSHOPS
October 17, Saturday 2-4 PM,
Mandolin Clinic with Mike Purdy
No workshop in November
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Festival Schedule Sunday
Performances
9:45 am Opening Ceremony
10:00 am Manzanita Bluegrass (gospel)
10:45 am Blue Highway
11:30 am Kickin Grass Band
12:15 pm Whistle Stop
1:00 pm Steve Smith & Hard Road
1:45 pm Band Contest Winner #1
2:30 pm Dusty River Boys
3:15 pm Rincon Mountain Boys
4:00 pm End of Festival
Workshops
11:00 am Harmony – Steve Smith &
Chris Sanders
12:00 am Bass – Anne Luna (Hard Road)
(shortened to allow Anne time to
prepare for 1 pm performance)
1:00 pm Fiddle – Doug Bartlett (Copper
River)
2:00 pm Flat Picking Guitar – Dan
Miller (owner/editor of flatpicking guitar
Magazine)
Festival Schedule Saturday
Performances
9:45 am Opening ceremony
10:00 am Jam Pak Blues 'n' Grass Neighborhood
Band
10:45 am Band Contest Winners #2 & #3
11:30 am Whistle Stop
12:15 pm Steve Smith & Hard Road
1:00 pm Blue Highway
2:00 pm Kickin Grass Band
3:00 pm Crucial County
3:45 pm Titan Valley Warheads
4:30 pm Steve Smith & Hard Road
5:15 pm Dinner Break
7:00 pm Copper River
7:45 pm Kickin Grass Band
8:30 pm Blue Highway
Instrument Petting Zoo
All day - Jam Pak Blues "n" Grass Neighborhood
Band
Workshops
11:00 am Autoharp - Barbara Giamalvo
12:00 pm Song Writing – Kickin Grass Band
1:00 pm Banjo – Bill Evans (Hard Road) (Start
delayed until Bill arrives following his performance.)
2:00 pm Mandolin – Steve Smith (Hard Road)
3:00 pm Dobro – Rob Ickes (Blue Highway)
4:00 pm Guitar – Tim Stafford (Blue
Highway)
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