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================================================= We'd like to welcome new subscriptions to this newsletter. Privacy policy: Welcome friends, to our "almost monthly" newsletter. We have several events of interest this month, and we'll hope you can join us for one or more of them. Please remember that we need your support in our effort of bringing the finest in acoustic American traditional music to this area. An appeal -- we're looking for a few volunteers to help with stage preparation, chair set-up and ticket sales. If you'd like to contribute a little time in exchange for free admission to our events, plese contact us. BLUEGRASS WEST PERFORMANCES Saturday, June 27th -- 8:00PM MOTHER'S BOYS SANTA YNEZ VALLEY GRANGE HALL Three veterans of the 1960s country-folk boom, Peter Feldmann (mandolin/guitar), Rick Cunha (guitar/slide guitar), and David Jackson (bass) will bring their vocal and instrumental dynamics to the SY Valley Grange Hall #644 on Saturday night. "All of us fell in love with the music of the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, The Delmore Brothers, and other country music greats years ago, and we still love performing those fine "old familiar tunes", as they used to be called" says Peter. "All together, we've probably got north of 120 years of experience on club and concert stages. Mother's Boys features tight harmonies, hot pickin', country humor "with the hair on it", and lots of plain musical fun. The group includes: Peter Feldmann: A singer and multi- instrumentalist with many years' performing experience throughout California and the West, Peter Feldmann has been presenting bluegrass, folk, string band, and related musics since the early 1960's, and is known as the founder of the Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddler's Convention, and the original Bluebird Café in Santa Barbara, a music club highly influential on the Southern California Music scene. Rick Cunha may truly be described as a guitar players' guitar player. He is also one of America's finest songwriters. Rick has performed in concert with Mason Williams (for whom he also produces), Emmy Lou Harris, John Stewart, Anne Murray, Jennifer Warnes, Buck Owens, and The Smothers Brothers, to name a few. His songs have been recorded by Ms. Warnes, Ian Matthews, The Smothers Brothers, Michael Johnson and many other artists. Mr. Cunha's solo recording career began in 1974 with an album for the GRC label, that included his song "Yo-Yo-Man" which has since been immortalized on television and in concert by Tom Smothers. Other solo albums include: "Cunha Tunes" and "Moving Pictures". David Jackson: Being in the right place at the right time and lucky, David Jackson's career began with 3 years on The Andy Williams show as a comedian and bassist and little has changed in the intervening years, if hair loss doesn't count. Writing "Joy To The World" (with Hoyt Axton for 3 Dog Night) and "The No, No Song" (Again, with Hoyt, for Ringo Starr) and playing with Jackson Brown, Glenn Campbell, Roger Miller and John Denver still left time to sandwich in a wide variety of musics over the years. Still, there is so much more playing to do. Tickets: $12.00, available in advance at The Book Loft, Solvang, on-line [ CLICK HERE ], and at the door (begining at 7:30 PM) as space permits. ================= The Songs Of Charlie Poole Banjoist and singer Charlie Poole enjoyed a brief but brilliant career as a musician and singer during what has been called the "Golden Age of String Band Music", the mid 1920s until the onset of the Great Depression. He was known for his stellar banjo picking, his ear for a good song or tune, and his drinking, which led to an early death, aged 39, in 1931. My friend Jerry Dallal has compiled a great website-based collection of the lyrics to Charlie's songs. This was no mean feat, as Charlies enunciation on his recordings was sometimes even purposefully dreadful. Check out his great songs here: ============= OTHER'S EVENTS Gayle Molitor wrote: thank you Peter for your attention gayla ------------- Our friend Evo Bluestein announces two shows in So. Calif: Evo Bluestein also Claremont Folk Center, Sun. June 14, 220 Yale Avenue, Claremont CA http://evobluestein.com ------------- BILL MONROE FIDDLE TUNES Here's news of a really fascinating project by my friend Stacy Phillips: Peter, I am in the midst of a project to collect all of Bill Monroe's fiddle tunes. Specifically I am trying to find live cuts of the many fiddle-featured instrumentals he wrote but never recorded. Over the years he occasionally performed these with his band at shows. Others he "gave" to musicians in the hopes that they would make his tune their own. There were many years that Decca did not want to record instrumentals, but Monroe kept writing them. Unfortunately, some of these pieces may have already been lost as old tapes wear with age. There are no current plans (or reasonable hopes) to publish this material. First comes finding, saving and transcribing the tunes. If nothing else, they will eventually be donated to an organization that is dedicated to this sort of cataloging. Thanks and please pass the word. ============ (NOTE: We have no connection with these, just passing the word along.) 2nd Sunday of the month TUCKER'S GROVE OLD TIME & BLUEGRASS JAM. Tucker's Grove County Park, near the intersection of Cathedral Oaks and Turnpike Roads, in "Noleta" (between Santa Barbara and Goleta CA -- take Turnpike Rd. off ramp from US 101). Second Sunday of the month, from Noon "until". After entering the park, keep going to your right about 1/3 mile to the Kiwanis Meadows section. Info: Alan Aleksander // constatty@aol.com ----------- Weekly Bluegrass/Old Time Music Circle Beginning Wednersday, April 15, 2009 ---------------- 3rd Sunday of the month 5:30pm to 8:30pm ----------- 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, ------------ 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month ------------------------------------------ 4th Sunday of the month Bluegrass Slow Jam (beginners), 5:30pm to 8:30pm ----------- PARADISE STORE WEEKLY BLUEGRASS/MOUNTAIN MUSIC JAMS California BG Association websites: ======================================================== Thank you for supporting old time and bluegrass music. -- |
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