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IBMA MemberVol. 34 No. 8August 1, 2012

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Texas BluegrassCopyright © 2012 by Central Texas Bluegrass Association

THE AUSTIN STEAMERS

The Listening Post is a forum established to monitor bluegrass musical recordings, live performances, or events in Texas. Our mailbox sometimes contains CDs for us to review.

Here is where you will find reviews of the CD’s Central Texas Bluegrass Association receives as well as reviews of live performances or workshops.

The Listening Post


CTBA has its Annual Band Scramble - Good fun!!

Nobody Knows You (2012), Rounder Records. Together for 12 years, the Steep Canyon Rangers are most noted in recent years for backing comedian Steve Martin. The Rangers stated goal for this CD was to “sep-arate themselves from the pack,” which they manage to do with their strong ar-rangements and top-notch production. Definitely con-temporary grass, nothing traditional here. Following in the Nickel Creek/Union Station vein, this collection of originals is full of rhyth-mic punches; time and me-ter shifts, which are com-monplace among today’s top groups. Their vocal har-monies are stellar. “Easy To Love” (Tr 3) has a nice Celtic 6/8 feel. Other songs have a swing feel (“Between Mid-night and the Dawn” Tr 4), a ballad (“Natural Disaster” Tr 6) and rocking acous-tic country groove (“Long Shot” Tr 12). All cuts are strong, so pick one and en-joy. -Eddie Collins

Steep Canyon Rangers

Rose in the Tall Grass: Elise Bright (fiddle), Russell Holley-Hart (mando), Tony Kamel (guitar), Lenny Nichols (bass), Greg Lowery (dobro), Lyndal Cannon (banjo)

The Lost Band: Sheryl Sultenfuss (fiddle), Roy Wilhite (mando), Georgia Canfield (guitar), Aaron Upham (bass), Ben-Sorrells (guitar), Lyndal Cannon (banjo)

Photos by Ken Brown


Carry Me Back-OCMS

Proving once again that they aren’t just one hit wonders known only for “Wagon Wheel”, the Old Crow Medicine Show re-leases Carry Me Back. This CD has a little more diver-sity than their last release as is proven by the vast differences between the waltz “Ain’t it Enough” and the hard driving drinking song “Mississippi Satur-day Night”. My personal favorites are “Levi”, “Ain’t it Enough”, and “Ways of Man”.

These New York boys were lucky enough be traveling around and while in North Carolina they were heard by Doc Watson who immediately signed them to play Mer-lefest. A year or so later they played the Cactus in front of Doyle Law-son & Quicksilver. Since then the band has played Austin City Limits, SXSW, Prairie Home Compan-ion, PBS’s American Roots Music Series, the Grand Ole Opry and they were part of the very cool Rail-road Revival Tour last year They’ll be back.

This year’s CTBA Fundraiser Gargage Sale/Band Scramble was tons of fun and will help CTBA send more young people to bluegrass camps in Texas. We’re sorry but there were two bands that we didn’t get photos of. The Water Lug-gers were Jacob Roberts (guitar), Steven Crow (bass), Alice Moore (mando), Jerry Rayburn (banjo), Jeff Robertson (guitar), Dale Albright (fiddle), and Rich-ard Rhinehart (guitar). Group 5 called themselves The Bullshippers, they were Josh Upham & Doug Taylor (guitar), Brian Wolker (mando), Steve Z (banjo), Flash (dobro), Jim Shaffer (fiddle) and Cara Cooke (harmonica). A very special thanks to Waterloo Ice House.

The Downing Family: John Downing (fiddle), Jay Del-Mier (mando), Chris Beine (dobro), Doug Sultenfuss (bass), Sharon Sandomirsky (guitar), Mat Downing (banjo)

Up, Up, & Away: Amy Collins (flute), Micah Upham (fiddle), Tracie Upham (mando), George Rios (guitar), Steve Man-gold (bass), Mike Hollern (guitar), Tracy Sloan (banjo)


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We don’t want you to miss what might just be the most educational, thrill-ing and unforgettable World of Bluegrass IBMA has produced so far. This year’s event is going to be filled with some of the most unique and delightful pairings and combinations ever seen at the World of Bluegrass or anywhere. Hurry and make your reservations today for World of Bluegrass September 24-30, 2012 in Nashville (the last one to be held in Nashville). Visit www.ibma.org/tickets or call 888-438-4262 or 615-256-3222.

Picks, Happenings, and Releases

We’ve listed the Ham Jam House Concert Series many times in past issues of this newsletter. Any of you musicians interested in a great House Concert venue, here is the info. Just email Daren Appelt to get on the mailing list then ask to find an open night! Daren’s email is [email protected]. He also builds the Red-Eye series of acoustic instrument pre-amps. 08/04/12 Geoff Union & Billy Bright, 08/20/12 Kym Warner & Carl Miner. Both shows start at 7PM. Expect to pay to hear this great talent in a close setting. Get direc-tions at: http://www.fire-eye.com/_directions.htm

Aug 30, 31, Sept 1, 2 - Salmon Lake Park 36th Annual Bluegrass Festival Grapeland, TX This year’s festival features The Marksmen, The Tennessee Gentlemen, Nu-Blu, Bill Grant & Amy Patrick, Welch Mountain, David Davis & The Warrior River Boys, Gold Wing Express, Salt Grass, The Shady Grove Ramblers, Karl Shiflett, Tin Top Road, And The Coleman Brothers. The Sunday Afternoon Show has been added back. They previously adver-tised the show to end at noon on Sunday, but feedback from attendees has encouraged them to continue the Sunday afternoon show. The Marksmen and Tennessee Gentlemen have agreed to stay over and entertain folks, along with a few other bands to be announced. Weekend tickets remain at the advertised price of $50.00. There will be a $10 fee for drive-ins on Sunday.


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2012 Fire on the Strings Festival Review

By Joshua Upham

The 2012 Fire on the Strings festival in League City started Friday afternoon. It was held indoors in the South Shore Harbour Resort for the second year in a row. Before this venue, Fire on the Strings was held at a KOA campground. It was a great idea to have a festival indoors so that everyone could get away from the heat. Summer festivals are usually outdoors and hot, but everyone seemed to love the fact that this one was air-conditioned. Local bluegrass band Third Rail played twice over

the course of the weekend, and were, as usual, a big hit with the audience. Right after Third Rail, The James King Band took the stage and delivered an awesome performance, with lots of meaningful songs. Since I had never heard him before, I did not know what to expect, but I was very impressed with Mr. King’s singing and the overall sound of the band. About halfway thru the show, I realized why I liked his voice so much -- he sounded just like Carter Stan-ley!

Probably my favorite band of the night was Special Consensus. Their songs were all energetic, they had great vocal harmo-nies, and they all kept a very tight rhythm through-out the set. Several gospel songs they did in amazing four part harmony that blew me away. Greg Cahill, the leader of the band, is much older than the rest of the band, so they often poke fun at his age. Rick Ferris, the mandolin player, joked that the other origi-nal members of the band had tragically died in the

Civil War. They played well, but the sound was just too loud. I also noticed that all their singing


songs were in B. Literally, the first ten songs were all in B. I especially liked one of their instrumen-tals, “Danny’s Dance,” which sounds more like an Irish tune than bluegrass. Chris Jones and the Night-

drivers closed the festival both nights and did a great job. It was disappointing to see them perform for so few people on the last night. At-tendance in general wasn’t that great. The Nightdriv-ers did a good job of featur-ing each instrument/artist at some point during each set. Chris Jones did a 1970’s truck-er song called “Wolf Creek Pass.” The Nightdriver’s man-dolin player, Mark Stoffel, per-formed a bluegrass version of “Edelweiss,” from The Sound of Music. They also used humor very well. Most of it came from Ned Luberecki who sang several funny songs including a John Hart-ford song, “Boogie,” which he sang both forwards and backwards. Jamming on both nights was great, especially on Saturday night, when we stayed up until about

2 AM. Throughout the weekend, there were jams all over the lower floor of the Resort. There were almost always at least 3 jams going, so pickers had plenty to choose from. The only workshop on Friday was a slow jam led by Scott Armstrong.On Saturday morning, the Texas State Banjo Championship started early at 9:00. Both the Banjo

and Guitar contests featured awesome picking and great entertainment. However, neither of the contests was well attended. The Banjo Championship had a total of four contestants, and the guitar contest only had three. One of the guitar contestants only played chords and entered the contest because no one else would. Anyone going to the festival next year should make an effort to enter the contest if possible. It not only increases the level of the competition, but it is a great experience, even if you do get last place as I did last year. Competing is a great experience for you and it makes the contest better for others as well. The Saturday workshops were great as well, with workshops on the bass, taught by John Weisberger; mandolin, taught by Mark Stoffel; guitar by Chris Jones; dobro, taught by Robert Duke; and banjo with Ned Luberecki. All the teachers except for Robert Duke are members of Chris Jones’ band, the Nightdrivers. I attended the Guitar workshop and Mr. Jones played songs and answered the audience’s questions. Overall, it was a great festival with good entertainment and great picking.

Photos by Ken Brown. By the way, Joshua Upham is 16 years old and currently serves on the Board of the Central Texas Bluegrass Association. He is also a former recipient of the CTBA Scholarship program, choosing to attend Camp Bluegrass. Josh is home schooled and picks a mighty good six string too! Thanks Josh! Thanks Ken! Thanks Bay Area Bluegrass Association!!!!

Meet a CTBA Member: Jim ShafferIntroduce yourself. Tell us your name, a little bit

about yourself, what city you live in, and why you joined CTBA.My name is Jim Shaffer. I’ve lived in Pflugerville with

my wife Lynn for 12 years now. Prior to that I lived in Austin since 1980. I’m originally from eastern Iowa. I’ve been retired from IBM for 4 years now. I worked for them for 30 years as a software engineer. I’ve al-ways liked bluegrass music, since we took a family vacation back in the ‘60’s and went to Branson, and saw the Bald Nobbers. They were just a bluegrass quartet back then, but they were good, funny, and I really enjoyed the show. However, there’s just not a lot of bluegrass in Iowa, so I didn’t get into playing for several years. Do you play an instrument? I have always liked the violin/fiddle. I took some vio-

lin lessons in college in the early ‘70’s, but then put the instrument down until 1990, when I started playing Texas Oldtime fiddle. I’d go to the fiddle club, as we called it, which was meeting at Captain Tom’s every Tuesday night back then. That group has continued, and as far as I know is still around, meeting in homes now since Artz has closed. I took my first fiddle lessons from Mike Henderson, a great guitar player who had also studied Texas fiddle. Let me say here though that it was Rod Moag who showed me my first fiddle tune, Red Haired Boy. Between oldtime and bluegrass I played with the Johnny Burnett Trio, a couple of singer-song writ-

ers and myself. We did produce a cd, and I have the mp3s from it if anyone’s interested. I was with Brian Byrne and Borrowed Time for about 4 years I guess, before joining the Piney Grove Ramblers, where I’ve been for 2 and a half years now, if I remember right.What bluegrass artists do you like to listen to most?Well, I love the fiddling of Michael Cleveland. He can really lay it down, and with excellent tone and

intonation. I think that a lot of fiddle players forget that they’re really playing the violin. Tone and intonation are very important to me, although admittedly I don’t always live up to the ideal. I’ve taken lessons from a classical musician just to straighten out some bad habbits I had, and feel that now I’m at least on the right track. I also like Megan Lynch, and have taken webcam lessons from her also, which has helped a lot. Those webcam lessons are a great deal.My wife and I enjoy going to festivals. We especially like those in Argyle and Farmers Branch. I’m re-

ally glad my wife Lynn likes bluegrass, and we in the Ramblers have to thank her for walking the tip jar around at shows. Lynn is very much involved with the animal shelter here in Pflugerville, and I’m glad to be able to provide music for their fund raisers.What’s your all time favorite bluegrass song?Oh now that’s a hard one! I suppose it’s The Old Home Place, that great Dillards song. I think that

captures the essence of bluegrass music as much as any song I can think of.



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Artist Profile: Austin SteamersBy Jami Hampton

Hey Austin! If you haven’t heard or heard of The Austin Steamers, here’s your chance to get a brief in-troduction to one of Austin’s new-est acoustic-instrument bands. Formed just over eight months ago, band members include Ben Hodges on vocals and mandolin; Joe Sundell on vocals and ban-jo; Sean Tracey on vocals, guitar, harmonica (and perhaps some-day soon on trumpet); and Daniel Zeh on vocals and bass. Perform-ing mostly-original music they de-scribe as a meld of traditional-roots-country-bluegrass, the band’s live performances serve up a rewarding combination of great tunes, well-crafted harmonies, excellent musicianship, high energy, fun, and obvious camaraderie. They even boast a perfect blend of lefties and righties--and I don’t mean politics--two of the band members are southpaws. All the band members have strong musi-cal roots--each began playing an instrument as a teen and most had fairly extensive stage experi-ence with other bands. As undeniably talented and seasoned as each member is individually, I believe the band exemplifies the true meaning of synergy---the band as a whole truly is greater than the sum of its parts. No need to take my word for it though. There will be ample opportunities this month to check them out for yourself since their just-being-finalized-as-you-read-this, self-titled CD will debut on Saturday, August 18 at their CD-release party being held at the White Horse honky-tonk in East Austin, where the White Ghost Shivers will also be performing. For those of you who may prefer to see them in a house-concert setting, stay tuned for a second CD-release date to be announced in the near future. The Austin Steamer’s CD was recorded at bass player Daniel Zeh’s house and was engineered by


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good friend Billy Myers, a former long-time engineer for Austin City Limits. Seven out of the ten tracks on the CD are originals. Sean Tracy wrote “Old Black Crow”, “Path of Least Resistance”, and “The Only Thing Wrong with You”. Joe Sundell wrote “Dollar Bill” and “The Way I Am”; Daniel Zeh wrote “Hang Dog”; and Silas Lowe wrote “Normand’s Folly”. The remaining cuts on the CD include “Last Let-ter Home”, “Freight Train Blues”, and “Prisoner’s Song” featuring the famously-falsetto vocals of Ben Hodges. Past and future performances include a wide-ranging variety of venues such as the The Cactus Cafe, Threadgill’s, the Mean-Eyed Cat, Central Mar-ket, and the Badu House in Llano. You can catch the band at one of two weekly residencies during August including the early show every Friday night at the White Horse (7:00 p.m.), and the late show every Monday night at the Hole in the Wall (10:00 p.m.). Check out their website for their

full schedule, samples of their new music and contact information at www.theaustinsteamers.com.And thanks, Austin, for sprouting forth another winning combination of musicians from your glori-

ously entangled network of Bluegrass, Old Time, Honky-tonk, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, and Country music scene!


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Songwriting Workshop with Louisa Branscomb

Louisa Branscomb will be in Austin for a songwriting workshop and house concert hosted by Austin Songwriters Group on Saturday, September 8, 2012. Louisa is a 4-time Grammy winning songwriter with over 120 recorded songs with hits by John Denver, Alison Krauss, Dale Ann Bradley, and Daughters of Bluegrass. Dubbed a pioneer for women in bluegrass, she was one of the first women to front a bluegrass band and play banjo. Also dubbed a pioneer of bluegrass songwriters, she made a profound impact on bluegrass music by penning a num-ber of powerful songs, including “Steel Rails”, the now classic song credited with bringing a whole generation into bluegrass. She was one of the original co-founders and the chair of IB-MA’s Songwriter Committee, making outstand-ing contributions for the benefit of bluegrass songwriters, previously unrecognized by IBMA. She currently chairs IBMA’s Bluebird in the Blue-grass songwriter showcases at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, which provides for promoting blue-grass songwriters on that venerable stage.Louisa directs Woodsong Writers Retreat in

the beautiful mountains of North Georgia for teaching the inspiration and craft of songwrit-ing. She also mentors writers and teaches songwriting across the country, specializing in experiential methods, creative expression, and application of transformational psychology to songwriting. She will be bringing her very unique teaching methodology to Austin for this one day special event.The workshop and house concert will be at The Mockingbird Cafe, Austin Songwriters

Group venue in South Austin. Louisa will also be available for 1:1 song critiques and mentor-ing in the afternoon after the workshop. Look for more details (fees, exact times, signup, directions) coming soon on the Austin Song-

writers Group website: http://austinsongwritersgroup.com/

Editor: We’ll run the details on this in next month’s “Picks, Happenings, Releases” . Louisa is one fine songwriter y’all. Try not to miss it.

Instructor List Update


October 19-21, 2012

Concerts, Camping,Jamming, Dancing,

Workshops, Good EatsThe Canote Brothers

GumboJet Anna & Elizabeth

Bayou SecoEast Mountain Serenaders

Hem and HawSawmill VagrantsSawmill Vagrants

… and more!

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for more info, check out: www.aftm.us

7th Annual Austin String Band Festival

A few years ago, I put together a list of local bluegrass instructors. The list has sort of lan-guished (on the CTBA web site), and hasn’t been updated in quite some time. I want to make sure everyone’s aware of its existence.

Also, if you’re an instructor, please email me with your information:Name:What you teach:Contact information: (phone, email, webpage) Teaching location: (studio location or “will

come to your home) Ages taught: Experience levels taught and a short descrip-

tion of your experience, (e.g.) “10 years experi-ence in a bluegrass band, have been teaching for 15 years.” Please keep it brief.

I can be contacted at [email protected], or by phone at (512) 699-9251.

Don’t forget about Fiddler’s Green’s great group of instructors. Here’s a list of August events at Fiddler’s Green. Sunday 8/5 Ukulele Bootcamp with Jessica

Graves 1-3pm $30Sunday 8/5 Irish Tune Learning Session

8-11pmSunday 8/12 Mandolin Bootcamp with Billy

Bright 1-3pm $35Sunday 8/29 Vocal Workshop with Jenn Miori

3-4;30pm $30Sunday 8/19 Irish Session 8-11pmSunday 8/26 “Learning Traditional Tunes by

Ear” with Jonathan Milton 1-3pm $30


Listing of Newsletter “Artist Profiles”, “Meet A Member”, & “Scholarship Recipients”

2010 Meet a Member Artist Profile March Danny Barnes April Dan HuckabeeMay Thomas Chapmond The Carper FamilyJune Stacy Holt The Lost PinesJuly Barbara & David Brown Jeff RobertsonAugust Eddie & Pat Zihlman Gerald JonesSeptember Ray Cargo Chasing BlueOctober Al James Jim HurstNovember Tracy Sloan The Upham FamilyDecember Rixi Rosenberg Chris Hirsch2011January Keith Davis David HamburgerFebruary Gloria Brashaw Billy BrightMarch Jeff White MilkDriveApril Bruce Mansbridge & Elaine Kant Sierra HullMay Jerry & Carol Rabun Tom EllisJune Doug & Sheryl Sultenfuss Dennis McDanielJuly Bryce Koslan Rolf & Beate SiekerAugust Chuck Middleton Doc HamiltonSeptember Alan Corlew Steve SmithOctober Tom Duplissey Phil ElliottNovember Jay Blincoe James SheltonDecember The Schuttger Family Eddie Collins2012January Mike Moore The Lost PinesFebruary Duane Calvin Piney Grove RamblersMarch Bob Bourgeois Karen AbrahamsApril Mike Stroup Christy & The PlowboysMay Coleman Stephens Earl Scruggs MemorialJune George Rios In Memory of Doug DillardJuly Mary Conn Elliott & Janice RogersAugust Jim Shaffer Austin Steamers

Scholarship Recipients 2004 - Finn Lynch, 2005 - Christopher Quinters, 2006 - Amy Bell, 2007 - Riley Mathews, Jill Corley, Tyler Colley and Erika Richardson, 2009 - Bethany Rankin and Brett Haw-thorne , 2010 - Adam Greer, John Peyton “JP” Shafer, and Devin Paynkewicz, 2011 - Josh, Aaron and Micah Upham & Susannah Armstrong , 2012 - Mandy Greer, Sam Armstrong

The 145s David Dierswww.the145smusic.com512-814-5145

512 Dave Seeman ([email protected])(512) 557-2939

Air CargoRay [email protected]

Alan Munde GazetteBill Honker(214) [email protected]

Allen Hurt & The Mountain ShowmenAllen Hurt (Sherman, TX)(469) 236-4190www.allenhurt.com

Austin SteamersJoe Sundell(501)416-4640 www.theaustinsteamers.com

Bee Creek BoysJim Umbarger(512) [email protected]

Better Late Than NeverDuane Calvin(512) 835-0342

Blacktop BendGeorge Rios (512) [email protected]

Blue Creek String BandThomas Chapmond [email protected](512) 791-3411

Blue Skyz BandMike Lester(210) 913-9597www.blueskyzband.com

Bluebonnet PickersBrooks Blake(830) 798-1087

BuffaloGrass Don Inbody (512) [email protected]

Carper Family BandJenn [email protected]

Chasing Blue(512) [email protected]

Christy & the PlowboysChristy Foster(512) [email protected]

David & Barbara Brown361-985-9902 (Corpus Christi)[email protected]

Dueling HeartsWil [email protected]

Eddie Collins (512) [email protected]

Flatlander FolkJay Littleton(512) [email protected]

Four Fights Per Pint Diana & Dan [email protected]

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GrazmaticsWayne [email protected]

Hem & HawBen Hodges & Jenn [email protected]

Karen AbrahamsBabyhead Promotions(512) 659-5256www.karenabrahams.com

The Lost Pines Talia Bryce (512) [email protected] www.lostpinesband.com

Manchaca All-StarsBen Buchanan(512) 282-2756manchacaallstars@ email.com Out of the BlueJamie Stubblefield(512) [email protected]

Piney Grove Ramblers Wayne Brooks(512) 699-8282www.pgramblers.com

Ragged Union Geoff Union(512) [email protected]

Randy’s Rangers Sigi Field (512) 869-8076

Robertson County LineJeff Robertson(512) [email protected]

Rod Moag and Texas GrassRod Moag (512) 467-6825

[email protected]

The Sieker BandRolf & Beate Sieker(512) 733-2857www.siekerband.com

Shawn Spiars(512 627-3921 www.banjohangout.org/my/[email protected]

String BeansMike [email protected]

Joe Sundell & the Show & TellersRebecca Patek 262-617-4152ww.joesundellandtheshowandtellers.com/

Third RailSusannah Armstrong936 870 [email protected]

Steelhead String Band Sharon Sandomirsky [email protected] (512) 619-8705

Upham Family Band Tracie Upham [email protected]

The Wimberley BunchMarilyn Lumia (512) 557-2112gus@ vownet.net

Wires and Wood David Dyer (210) [email protected]

Woodstreet BloodhoundsRobert Becker (Oak Park, IL)[email protected]

LEAGUE CITYJam & Show 3rd Sat: Jam 5 PM (BABA Sponsored) Show 6:30 PM Jan- Nov. Contact: Rick Kirkland (President) (281) 488-2244

LLANOBluegrass All Levels JAM 4th Sat (except Nov. & Dec.): Jam 5:30 PM The Badu HouseBluegrass Beginner/Intermediate 2nd & 4th Thu. Jam 7:00 PM First Presbyte-rian ChurchContact: Jeff White (325) 248-4114

MANCHACAManchaca Railroad Bar-B-Q, FM 1626, Every Thursday 6:30-9:00PMContact: Dave (512) 680-4433

MEDINA2nd Tuesday - Each Month, All Gospel Jam 6: PM, first Baptist Church - Medina, Tx, Call Linda Barton for info, 830 589 2486

PEARL JAM & SHOW, 1st Sat: Jam all dayContact: Ronald Medart (254) 865-6013 www.pearlbluegrass.com

ROUND ROCKDanny Ray’s Music, 12 Chisholm Trail, RR, Third Saturday 2:00 PM

SAN ANTONIO1st, 3rd, usually 5th Tuesday. 6:30 - 8:30, Grady’s BBQ on Nakoma @ 281. Contact: Sheryl - ssultenfuss(at)gmail.com SHULENBURGRV Park Clubhouse 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 6:30-9:00PMContact: Loretta Baumgarten (979) 743-4388 [email protected]

WIMBERLEYFri 8-12 PM, Rolling House ClubhouseContact: Mike Bond

BLUEGRASS JAMS!!!AUSTIN Bluegrass Beginner/Intermediate JAM (CTBA Sponsored)3418 North Lamar; 2nd & 4th Saturdays; slow jam, 2pm to 4pm; intermediate jam 4pm to 6 pm. Also 1st & 3rd Thursdays 7pm at Bruce MansbridgeCall Steve Mangold (512) 345-6155 for info on all Austin jamsScholtz’s Garden every Sunday afternoon until ?

BELLVILLE Jam & Show (Spring Creek Club Sponsored) Jan. thru Sept 4th Sat; 4pm JAM, 6:30 pm SHOW, Coushatte RV Ranch(979) 865-5250 [email protected] www.springcreekbluegrass.com

BRYAN/COLLEGE STATIONMonday’s 6-9PM, JJ. Cody’s, 3610 S. Collegewww.brazoscountrygrass.com

FAYETTEVILLE2nd Sat, April—November, starts at 6 PM, on the Courthouse Square [email protected] www.texaspickinpark.com

FIELD CREEK1st Sat each mo, Field Creek Music - 6: PM - Field Creek is between Llano and Brady on Hwy 71, Info call Bill Tuckness 325 247 3223

GEORGETOWNevery Thursday at Duke’s BBQ, 5:30 to 7:30pm,512-869-8076 or [email protected] (www.jrfnet.net/rr)

GARLANDSaturday, March- Nov, 7:30PM between Main & State St at 6th,

GLEN ROSEevery 3rd Sat. at Oakdale Park in Glen Rose

HARWOOD JAM & Stage Show (Pot Luck too!)3rd Sat, 2-9 PM, 9 mi. E. of Luling, Hwy 90Contact: Tony Conyers (512) 601-1510 or (512) 940-3731

HONDO1st Friday each mo., Hondo Hootenanny, starts at 11 AM- Hondo Community Center, 1014 18th st, Hondo, Tx Info 830 426 2831


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Central Texas Bluegrass Association Bluegrass Newsletter is published by the Central Texas Bluegrass Association, a 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Texas Non-profit Corporation. Contributions are deductible as charitable and educa-tional donations. Work published in this Bulletin is used by permission of the writers, artists, and photographers, who retain all copyrights. Tom Duplissey, Editor

Board Members: Sam Dunn, President Eddie Collins, Vice President Gloria Brayshaw, Secretary Duane Calvin, Treasurer Rixi Rosenberg, Coleman Stephens, Chuck Middleton , Tracie Upham, Joshua UphamPast President - Jami Hampton

THE CENTRAL TEXAS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE BLUEGRASS MUSIC IN CENTRAL TEXAS. Our members range from listeners and lovers of bluegrass music to world-class professional musicians who all have the same desire: to promote the music. CTBA provides a link between clubs, restaurants, and other venues and Central Texas Bluegrass musicians.

CTBA sponsors jams, workshops, provides scholarships to needy musicians, donates to other non-profit organizations, supports radio stations that promote bluegrass music & musi-cians, and provide festival venues for our listeners and fans of bluegrass music to enjoy. KEEP ON PICKIN’

CTBA’s Volume 2

$10.00

(includes shipping costs to anywhere in the United States)

http://www.centraltexasbluegrass.org/merchandise.html

Central Texas Bluegrass has T-shirts in a new color. They are 100% pre-shrunk cotton, high quality shirts with CTBA’s logo on the front. Available in Black and White. Sizes are S, M, L, XL, and XXL. Only $15.00

Central Texas Bluegrass AssociationP.O. Box 9816Austin, Texas 78766

[email protected]

Phone: (512) 415-3177


Support Texas music and get an “Enjoy Texas Music” license plate!

Funds received through your purchase of the “Enjoy Texas Music” license plate will help make grants to benefit music-related educational and community pro-grams sponsored by Texas non-profit organizations (like CTBA!!!).

Randall’s Good Neighbor ProgramThe process to get this started is a bit of a pain, but it makes donating to CTBA, your local schools, or

your favorite non-profit organizations very, very easy. Just go to the link below, print the form and fill it

out, enter CTBA’s code 9735, and take to your local Randall’s store:

http://shop.safeway.com/corporate/randalls/gn_houston_austin.pdf

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