Big GOF Festival Changes, JEDD, IBMM, Brown Barn & More Bluegrass News
Michael Hall
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7/28/06
- Call For Comments: The Future of the GOF Festival
- JEDD Record Release Party Sunday In Felton
- Join The International Bluegrass Music Museum
- Brown Barn Festival Band Schedule Announced
Plus, Mighty Crows At Prince of Wales Pub, San Mateo
.....and the rest of this week's bluegrass news, below.....
Always Thinkin' At The End: The Bluegrass We Don't Cover
(Also: Complete NCBS BOARD E-MAIL LIST at the bottom)
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Your Turn: NCBS Board Seeks Comments On GOF Future
For the past 13 years, the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival has
been organized as a "no headliner" moderate-sized event featuring local
California bands. It has been consistently, but modestly, profitable.
The NCBS Board will consider suggestions and proposals to
*significantly change* the festival for 2007 and later years. The board
will begin consideration of this important matter at its August 8
meeting and will likely continue the debate at its September meeting.
Beginning in October, the GOF Committee will organize the 2007 event.
Among the proposals: adding headliners from California, adding
headliners from out of state, significantly reducing the number of
performing bands, limiting the number of 'tweener stage performances,
significantly increasing attendance, attracting more non-jamming fans,
and enhancing profitability. Other ideas will be entertained.
Alternatively, the Board could decide to make no major GOF changes.
Comments are invited from all NCBS members, from Good Old Fashioned
Festival attendees, and from other interested persons. A list of NCBS
board members and their e-mail addresses is at the end of this
newsletter. The public forum is the NCBS Message Board on the NCBS
website http://ncbs.us . Letters To The Editor for the September issue
of Bluegrass By The Bay magazine must be submitted by August 15 to Mary
Kennedy, BBB editor, kenn...@comcast.net . This is an important issue
and we would love to hear from you.
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JEDD To Release New CD "JEDD Reckoning" This Sunday In Felton
JEDD -- America's favorite 100% non-bluegrass bluegrass band -- will
hold a record release party at Don Quixote's, 6275 Highway 9, Felton,
on Sunday, July 30 at 7:00pm, $8 adv./$10 door. "JEDD Reckoning" will
be available by the truckload, the case, or even one-by-one -- strictly
up to YOU, the loyal JEDD customer. Good Mexican food at DQ's is a good
reason to come early. Got a half hour or so? Well, yes, the band CAN
actually explain how they came up with the name, but do you really want
to know? Just go and enjoy the music. http://www.jeddmusic.com
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International Bluegrass Music Museum -- Membership Drive On Now
The IBMM, in Owensboro, Kentucky, is the worldwide depositary for
serious bluegrass history and scholarship. It is also a major force
behind bluegrass education. A big part of its support comes from
California. You can join the Museum for $40. Your thank-you gift:
"Legends In Concert" 90 minute DVD, with Kenny Baker, Josh Graves,
Jesse McReynolds, Curly Seckler and many more!
http://www.bluegrass-museum.org . What your dues pay for: The IBMM's
Video History Team was in Morgan Hill this week, interviewing MaCrae
Brother and CBA founder Jake Quisenberry. Nuff said.
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Brown Barn Festival Schedule Announced For July 29-30
The Brown Barn Bluegrass Festival this weekend at the Country Park in
San Martin has announced the following band schedule:
Saturday, July 29
1:00pm - Sidesaddle & Co.
1:50 - MaCrae Brothers
2:35 - Carl Pagter & Friends
3:25 - The Mighty Crows
4:15 - The Three Stoolies
- Dinner -
6-6:45 - Open Mic
6:50 - The MaCrae Brothers
7:40 - Lone Prairie
8:30 - Carl Pagter & Friends
9:20 - Sidesaddle & Co.
10:30 - MaCrae Brothers
Sunday, July 30
9:00am - Sidesaddle & Co. (Gospel)
9:50 - MaCrae Brothers (Gospel)
10:35 - Carl Pagter & Friends
11:20 - Lone Prairie
- Lunch -
1pm - Lone Prairie
1:45 - Carl Pagter & Friends
2:35 - MaCrae Brothers
3:20 - The Three Stoolies
Grand Finale - All Bands
Camping is Saturday night only. NCBS will be there. Stop by and say
hello!
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This Week's Bluegrass News:
- Mighty Crows
- Bluegrass Intentions
- Jeanie Poling
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- The Mighty Crows will perform at the NCBS "First Thursdays" Bluegrass
Series at the Prince of Wales Pub on Thursday, August 3rd, 8-11:00pm,
106 East 25th Ave., San Mateo. (650) 574-9723. FREE.
- The Bluegrass Intentions play TONIGHT at 8:00pm at the Freight &
Salvage Coffeehouse, 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley. Their solemn
pledge: "Music Older Than Dirt." We say be there and hold 'em to it!
http://www.freightandsalvage.org
- DON'T GO TO THIS (Contains insufficient bluegrass content; just good
music): Jeanie Poling, a once virtuous but now fallen bluegrasser,
plays Western Swing with the Hepcats (no, wait), the Bob (Wills) Cats
(no, wait), the Saddlecats (Yeah, that's it!) on Sunday night, July 30
at The Riptide, 3639 Taraval at 47th, San Francisco. FREE. 6:00pm.
http://www.saddlecats.com/ http://www.riptidesf.com/
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Always Thinkin' At The End: All The Area Bluegrass We Don't Cover
There is a lot of bluegrass music in Northern California. How much?
Well, about 5% of the weekly offerings are covered by this
e-newsletter. That leaves 95% of the perfectly wonderful bluegrass
events to be discovered on the NCBS website calendar, on the CBA
website calendar, or in the two organizations' excellent publications:
Bluegrass By The Bay and Bluegrass Breakdown. This little e-newsletter
seeks to be fun, not comprehensive. So, check the websites and join the
clubs: http://ncbs.us and http://cbaontheweb.org .
Bluegrass Pilgrim: Seek yer ooooooom accordingly. Until next time...mh
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Michael Hall hal...@gmail.com Discover Bluegrass!
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Complete E-Mail List of NCBS Board of Directors:
"Michael Hall" <hal...@gmail.com>,
"Brenda Hough" <hufstu...@yahoo.com>,
"Gary Mansperger" <ga...@mansperger.ws>,
"Jim Cossey" <jimc...@comcast.net>,
"Mary Kennedy" <kenn...@comcast.net>,
"Michael McKinley" <mckinley...@sbcglobal.net>,
"Mike Fisher" <bubb...@sbcglobal.net>,
"Penny Godlis" <penn...@gte.net>,
"Susy Varian" <susyvari...@sbcglobal.net>
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