Subscribe, NCBS Volunteer Party Party, Dallas Dobro, Donner Mountain BG Band
Michael Hall
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8/4/06
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- NCBS Volunteer Party Set For August 19
- Dallas Dobro To Be Fired On Monday By KPIG Radio
- NCBS Presents Donner Mountain At The Sweetwater
Plus, Rodney Crowell 8/7 At The Rio, Santa Cruz
and the rest of this week's bluegrass news, below.
Always Thinkin' At The End: I Want My Old MTV!
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NCBS Volunteer Party Set For Saturday, August 19
Remember when this e-newsletter gave you the date for the 2006 NCBS
Volunteer Party? (Whew, thanks for forgetting!). The REAL date is
Saturday, August 19. We are carefully proofreading each one of your
exclusive personal invitations, over and over (and over) again. We
can't tell you where the party will be, but this year's gathering will
be held at a very unique, fun, cool place up in the mountains. You can
camp over if you like.
If you did any volunteer work for the Society over the past year, you
should receive one of the treasured invitations from your volunteer
"boss" SOON; if not, contact your boss, or Michael Hall
hal...@gmail.com . Thanks and we'll get you fixed up. This will be fun!
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KPIG Radio Morning Host, Dallas Dobro, Very Ill -- To Be Fired On
Monday
Dallas Dobro, popular morning show host on the
Americana/Bluegrass-programmed KPIG Radio, Freedom (plus, San Francisco
& San Luis Obispo), CA. has been very seriously ill for much of the
spring and summer. According to his son, Luke Dobro, he has received a
letter from the station's Los Angeles' owners terminating his
employment unless he is at work on Monday, August 7. We have it on good
authority that he won't able to be there.
Dobro was the sole main stage emcee in the decades-long history of the
Strawberry Music Festivals near Yosemite until he suddenly collapsed
and was airlifted from Camp Mather to a Modesto hospital. Strawberrians
were stunned when a substitute emcee appeared, but Dallas escaped
medical imprisonment, was driven back up the mountain to the festival
(by the mayor of Modesto, no less), and was back onstage in less than 8
hours.
The KPIG stations are for sale; we down here at the Hall Law Office
have no direct knowledge or involvement, but we guess the potential
buyer has perhaps asked the seller to fire Dallas, so that the seller
will have complete responsibility for that action --and the buyer can
avoid the difficult problem of having an incapacitated star morning DJ.
We don't actually know. We also don't know the fate of KPIG's current
musical format under possible new ownership. We think ALL of this
sounds pretty BAD. http://www.kpig.com
Our (sometimes) reliable sources tell us that Dallas feels he can climb
each and every one of the steps to the famed Strawberry main stage on
Labor Day weekend. We'll be in the front row center to greet you when
you make it, Dallas! Tell us the one about the government workers'
vacation time and we'll close our eyes and everything will be OK.
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NCBS Presents Donner Mountain At The Sweetwater, Mill Valley
The Donner Mountain Bluegrass Band will play its first gig ever in
Marin County on Wednesday, August 16. The NCBS-sponsored Bluegrass Gold
show is produced by our friends at Carltone Productions at The
Sweetwater in MIll Valley. Showtime is 8:30pm. These kids are one year
older, but advancing age has not slowed down their pickin' speed one
bit. Safety First: Fasten your barstool seatbelt before the DMBB
bluegrass ride begins! http://www.carltone.com
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This Week's Bluegrass News:
- Rodney Crowell
- Valerie Smith
- King's River BG
- Michael Stadler
- David Thom Band
- IBMA Registration 8/11
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- Rodney Crowell, a country singer and songwriter that is oft
appreciated in bluegrass circles, will perform Monday, August 7, 7:30pm
at the Rio Theater, a classic performance space in downtown Santa Cruz.
$21 adv./$24 door. http://www.snazzyproductions.com
- Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike from Bell Buckle, Tennessee play the
Black Oak Casino, Sonora on Friday, August 18, 9:00pm. FREE. The
fabulous Nevada bluegrass band The F-150s open. STILL FREE. The
gambling tables will be open all night. NOT FREE. The Black Oak has
become one of California's top bluegrass venues and deserves our full
support. STILL NOT FREE. http://www.blackoakcasino.com
- The King's River Bluegrass Association & The Fresno Folklore Society
will host the 7th King's River Bluegrass Festival at Sanger, CA.
September 23-24. It's at a nice place, Hobb's Grove, and it has a nice
line-up: Donner Mountain Bluegrass Band, The Mighty Crows, The Mill
Creek Boys, Barefoot Nellies, Stay Tuned, Heartland Harvest, Kenny Hall
and The Long Haul String Band, Boys in The Woods, The Kings River
Gospelairs, Baloney Creek, String Bandits, Blind Dog, and Sam Criswell
& Groundspeed. Advance ticket sales end Thursday August 17. Adults
$30/adv.. http://www.krblue.net
- Guitar/Banjo Wizard Michael Stadler will hold a workshop at 4:00pm
and a solo house concert at 7:00pm in Morgan Hill tomorrow, Saturday,
August 5. Info & reservations (required): (408) 778-2095. We know Mike
is great; we hear the location is stunning. So, be there. Don't want to
drive all the way to Morgan Hill? He offers a fine clawhammer lesson
online. http://www.michaelstadler.com
- The David Thom Band record release party is at The Freight & Salvage,
Berkeley, Saturday, August 5 at 8:00pm. http://www.thefreight.org
- Cheap Ticket Deadline for the IBMA World Of Bluegrass, September
25-October 1, is Friday, August 11. http://www.imba.org
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Always Thinkin' At The End: I Want My Old MTV
This week is the 25th anniversary of the Music Television Network --
MTV. Sadly, the cable channel had far more musical influence when it
started out with 2 million US subscribers than it now has with 400
million worldwide. Numbers are useful, but vision and focus are even
more important. In the early days, the network planted its flag on the
video moonscape, and (if it didn't actually kill) it severely
challenged the radio star. Certainly, the music was creative, but the
presentation was more so. Bands experimented with the technology and
enjoyed a lax (but not completely absent) MTV finger on the censorship
button. For a time, there existed a huge creative surge in music,
exclusively of, by and for MTV.
Then, the powers-that-be decided to make some serious money out of the
network. Music was shown the back seat and "lifestyle" programs filled
most MTV airtime. Today, the network informs the young on such matters
as first roommates, pimped up cars, and school popularity. There is
very little music content. Profits, so we hear, are excellent; but
musical creative influence, well, not so good. (We aren't sure CBS
shareholders really care.)
At least the demise of MTV as a musical tastemaker has somewhat leveled
the playing field between cutting edge rock and cutting edge bluegrass
bands.
Hey, turn off that TV -- and I'll see you where the (bluegrass!) music
is...mh
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