The Picker’s Rag, Issue #29 – 2 June 2009

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The Picker’s Rag, Issue #29 – 2 June 2009

Welcome to the Pickers' Rag, the Goldmine Pickers newsletter that
keeps you up to date on all of our latest comings and goings, news and
new music.
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Bad Joke of the Week: What will you never say about a banjo player?

June is the start of festival season!! We will be kicking off our
summer festival appearances with a Thursday night spot at Appalachian
Uprising in Scottown, Ohio! On Friday night we will be in Bowling
Green, Ohio at Grounds For Thought and then we will be back in
southern Michigan on Saturday for the Niles Bluegrass Festival! Also
listed below are some side project items as well as GMP sponsored
shows. Check them out and we hope to see you out there stomping your
feet, shaking your booty (bluegrass style of course!), waving your
glowsticks or whatever else you feel best expresses your love of down-
home, homegrown roots music!!

UPCOMING SHOWS!

June 4 at 9:30 – 11:30pm Goldmine Pickers @ Appalachian Uprising 1175
Township Road 225 Scottown, Ohio 45678 http://www.
appalachianuprising. Goldmine Pickers will be starting out the set and
then Trent Wagler will be joining us for the second half. More
information on the complete festival lineup and ticket info at
www.appalachianuprising.net

June 4th, 9pm - Lukas Simpson Presents - The Sisters Grimm @ Fiddlers
Hearth. 127 N Main St. South Bend, IN 46601. Ph: 574 232 2853 Web:
www.fiddlershearth.com These two girls from Nashville, TN will also be
playing at the Niles Bluegrass Festival so catch them early in your
favorite Irish pub. Check out their music at www.sistersgrimm.net

June 5 at 9 pm Goldmine Pickers @ Grounds For Thought
174 South Main Street Bowling Green Ohio 43403 http://www.groundsforthought.com
Phone: (419) 354-3266 This is a free concert and is part of a concert
series featuring headline performers for the Black Swamp Arts festival
that we will be playing in September!

June 6 w/ sets at 3pm, 5pm & 10pm Goldmine Pickers @ The Niles
Bluegrass Festival 220 Front Street Niles, Michigan 49120
http://www.nilesbluegrass.com/ We will be playing two sets during the
course of the afternoon and evening and then hosting a late night jam
along with The Waybacks! Not to be missed!

Friday June 12 @ 9pm Goldmine Pickers @ Fiddlers Hearth. 127 N Main
St. South Bend, IN 46601. Ph: 574 232 2853 Web: www.fiddlershearth.com

Saturday June 13th @ Players Pub. 424 S Walnut St. Bloomington, IN
Ph: 812 334 2080 Web: www.theplayerspub.com We will be returning to
Players Pub, one of our favorite spots to play in Bloomington. Come
out for a great night of music, food and drinks!

Full schedule at www.goldminepickers.com or www.myspace.com/goldminepickers

See you there!

The Pickers

Promotional Stuff:
The Web: www.goldminepickers.com
The Myspace: www.myspace.com/goldminepickers
The Sonicbids: www.sonicbids.com/goldminepickers
The JamBase: http://www.jambase.com/Artists/Artist.aspx?ArtistID=30547&a=GoldminePickers

Side Projects:
Jay Lapp & Trent Wagler: www.trentwagler.com
Sean Hoffman & Soltre: www.myspace.com/soltre
)Lukas Simpson w/ The Hard Travelin’ Boys: http://www.myspace.com/hardtravelinboys

Discography:
“Goldmine Pickers”: 2004 release. Available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/goldmine

“Goldmine Pickers – Lonesome Gone” 2007 release. Available at
www.cdbaby.com/cd/goldmine2

“Adrienna Valentine” 2008 release. Jay Lapp & Trent Wagler. Pioneering
Americana roots music, neo-traditional country singer-songwriter, a
raucous, tangled, soaked in sweat, kind of embrace. Available at
www.cdbaby.com/cd/waglerlapp
Web: www.trentwagler.com

“The Steps to Home” 2008 release. Sean Hoffman & Nolan Ladewski w/
joHn Kennedy. Original compositions of Irish dance music on penny
whistle, fiddle & guitar. Available at www.cdbaby.com/shanlwjk or
iTunes.

“Soltre” 2005 release. Soltre is: Sean Hoffman w/ Autumn Rhodes and
Kevin Joiner. Fiery fiddle and flute, soaring vocals and inspired
playing all around!! Available upon request. Email:
sean.m....@gmail.com
Web: www.myspace.com/soltre
Sonicbids: www.sonicbids.com/soltre

Bad Joke of the Week Answer: "That's the banjo player's Porsche!"

Send us your Bad Joke of the Week and we will feature it in a future
newsletter!
goldmin...@gmail.com
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