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Volume 37, No. 2 Copyright © Central Texas Bluegrass Association February, 2015
Lone Star Fest, Richardson, March 13-14
F or the last several years, usually in late February or early March, Alan Tompkins and the
Bluegrass Heritage Foundation have held an indoor “Bluegrass Heritage Festival” at South
Oaks Baptist Church in Arlington, an event that has brought some great touring acts to the
Metroplex and furnished a welcome respite to late-winter cabin fever. These are the same folks
who bring us the wonderful “Bloomin’ Bluegrass” festival in Farmers Branch each October.
Kicking off the spring festival season in Arlington, I’ve seen Kati Penn and Newtown, Balsam
Range, Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, Honi Deaton, Joe Mullins, Blue Highway, Special C,
Junior Sisk, the Gibson Brothers and others in the past.
Well, this year Alan and the Heritage folks have expanded the lineup, changed its name and its
focus somewhat, and moved the location. The Lone Star Fest (not to be confused with the Lone
Star Bluegrass Festival which the CTBA sponsored in Hallettsville last July) will take place
Friday and Saturday, March 13-14 at the DoubleTree Hotel (1981 N. Central Expressway) in
Richardson, northeast of Dallas. The lineup will include the Boxcars, Marty Raybon and Full
Circle, Suzy Bogguss, Gold Heart, and a couple of Texas bluegrass gospel bands (the Herrins
and In Achordance), along with Pearl stalwarts the Dueling Hearts. From this lineup, it looks as
though the musical focus will be a three-way mix of bluegrass, country, and bluegrass gospel,
and if you’ve been to the Farmers Branch festival, you’ll already be familiar with some of these
acts. Reserved seating ranges from $44 to $63.50.
Alan cautions that seating at the hotel is only about 50% of the capacity of the former location
at South Oaks Church, so he urges getting a ticket online early (these are two-day passes). Most
of the seating is reserved, but there is general admission seating at the back of the ballroom.
There is also a special festival rate of $89/night at the hotel. Jamming will be allowed in the
lobby Friday night and all day Saturday, and the first floor has been reserved as a jamming
floor for folks who want to jam in their hotel room. I believe there are plans for an instrument
checkroom as well. There is also a hotel restaurant, the Connected Cactus, and unlike the culi-
nary terrain in Arlington, many more restaurant options nearby. The DoubleTree is on the west
side of Highway 75, at Campbell Road, just over 4 miles northeast of IH-635. Check the web
site at www.LoneStarFest.com
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The Central Texas Bluegrass Bulletin is published by the Central Texas Bluegrass Association, a 501(c)(3) tax-
exempt Texas nonprofit corporation. Contributions are deductible as charitable and educational donations. Work
published in this Bulletin is used by permission of the writers, artists, and photographers, who retain all copy-
rights.
Jamie Stubblefield, president Central Texas Bluegrass Association
Jason Pratt, vice president Box 9816
Katherine Isgren, treasurer Austin, Texas 78766
Chuck Middleton, membership chair
Alice Moore, secretary www.centraltexasbluegrass.org/
Duane Calvin, board member
Rob Lifford, board member Jeff White, webmaster
Lenny Nichols, board member Ken Brown, newsletter editor
Kati Penn and Newtown at South Oaks Baptist Church, Arlington, Texas; March 1, 2013. Photo
by K. Brown. This late winter festival, sponsored in Arlington by Alan Tompkins and the Blue-
grass Heritage Foundation for the last several years, is the forerunner to the upcoming and newly
expanded festival in Richardson. Newtown has an engaging mix of bluegrass and classic country.
February births: Red Allen, Dudley Connell, Jack Cooke, David Davis, Pam Gadd, Tom Gray, Little
Roy Lewis, Rudy Lyle, Claire Lynch, Del McCoury, Jim McReynolds, Joe Meadows, David
Parmley, John Reischman, Dale and Don Wayne Reno, Brandon Rickman, Don Rigsby, Louise
Scruggs, Garland Shuping, Ralph Stanley, Donna Stoneman, Joe Stuart, Tater Tate, Chris Thile, Sean
Watkins, Howard Watts, Art Wooten. R.I.P. Bill Yates (April 30, 1936-January 26, 2015).
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The Boxcars The Boxcars (Adam Steffey, mandolin; Ron Stewart, banjo and fiddle; Keith Garrett, guitar;
Harold Nixon, upright bass; and John Bowman, fiddle) have won IBMA Emerging Artist of the
Year in 2011, and Instrumental Group of the Year in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Adam Steffey prac-
tically owns the Mandolin Player of the Year award, having won it each year in 2002-2006,
2008, and 2010-2014. Only Jesse Brock and Sam Bush have managed to capture it in single
years. Ron Stewart tied Kristin Benson for Banjo Player of the Year, and won Fiddler of the
Year in 2000, so these guys probably have the instrumental aspect of their music figured out by
now. They’ve previously worked as band members with Alison Krauss, J. D. Crowe, Mountain
Heart, and Blue Moon Rising, and that ought to be worth some street cred, too.
In June, 2014, John Bowman left the band and was replaced by dobro picker Gary Hultman, an
East Tennessee State University music major from Minnesota. The Boxcars have released three
CDs and have a fourth one on the way this spring that will also feature Hultman.
The Boxcars in Farmers Branch on a sunny October 15, 2010. Left to right, Ron Stewart, Adam Steffey,
Harold Nixon (bass, partly hidden), Keith Garrett, and John Bowman (photo by K. Brown). Bowman
has since been replaced by dobro picker Gary Hultman (below, courtesy Bluegrass Heritage Foundation)
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Marty Raybon and Full Circle
After a productive career as a member of the country chart-riding band Shenandoah, Alabama
native Marty Raybon has gotten back into bluegrass the past few years (although he’s also re-
cently rejoined a revamped Shenandoah), releasing The Grass I Grew Up On in 2006. That al-
bum included Ashby Frank on mandolin and Andy Hall on dobro. His latest release (The Back
Forty, 2013, Rural Rhythm 1111) has a sizable cast that includes Zach Rambo on mandolin,
Daniel Grindstaff on banjo, Tim Crouch on fiddle, Tim Raybon on vocals, and John Bradley on
bass – but there are other supporting musicians as well, like Scott Napier on mandolin, and it’s
impossible to guess from web sites just how many pickers or who will appear at the festival in
Richardson.
It’s a safe bet that
he’ll recycle many of
his Shenandoah hits,
like The Church on
Cumberland Road, or
Ghost in This House
(a hit for Alison
Krauss, too) or Sun-
day in the South. What
kind of instrumenta-
tion will be used, and
how grassy the results
will be, I can’t guess.
You’ll have to show
up to find out, I reck-
on. As for these guys
to the right, outstand-
ing in their field? You
can’t find out who they are by going to Marty Raybon’s web site, I can tell you that.
Suzy Bogguss
Like Marty Raybon, Suzy Bogguss has had a productive career in commercial country music.
The last time I saw her perform, she was chiefly doing jazz and swing. In Richardson, I expect
she’ll use the same sort of sparse accompaniment she used on a recent Woodsongs appearance
with Chris Scruggs (steel, mandolin) and Charlie Chadwick (bass). Maybe she’ll bring guitarist
Pat Bergeson (Alison’s ex), too. In any case, we can expect to hear plenty of material from her
2014 release, Lucky, a Merle Haggard tribute album that includes standards like Silver Wings,
Sing Me Back Home and If We Make It Through December. And if we make it through the north
Dallas traffic, I hope she does Let’s Chase Each Other Around the Room.
If you’ve been to the Farmer’s Branch festival, you may have seen Gold Heart, featuring the
Gold sisters (Tori, Jocelyn, and Shelby) from Virginia, IBMA showcasers in 2009. The Herrins
(guitar, mandolin and banjo, with Alan Tompkins on bass) are a bluegrass gospel band from
Fort Worth. In Achordance is another bluegrass gospel band from the Corpus Christi area, with
similar instrumentation, winners of the Heritage Foundation’s “Battle of the Bands.”
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Meet a New CTBA Board Member: Lenny Nichols
by Bob Vestal
W e met Katherine Isgren last month, one of three new CTBA board members, and Jason
Pratt in January. This month, let’s meet the third new board member, Lenny Nichols.
Where were you born and reared? I was born in Galveston, Texas – BOI (Born On the Island),
as they say. I grew up in Hitchcock, Texas, on the Galveston County mainland. Went to Santa
Fe High School in what was then called Alta Loma, Texas (it's now Santa Fe).
When/why did you come to Austin? I graduated from HS on a Friday in 1970. The following
Sunday afternoon, I came to Austin to attend the UT summer semester. After my college expe-
rience, I moved back to Alta Loma in 1973, and then League City in Galveston County. In 1974
I went to work for IBM in Houston and transferred with them back to Austin in 1982.
Married? Kids? I played in a band with Marcia Ball while I was at UT. I met Kathy, her col-
lege roommate, through the band. We've been married for 43 years and have three grown kids.
The two older ones live here in Austin. The younger one lives near Boulder, Colorado. We have
three grandsons in Austin, and two granddaughters in Colorado.
Tell us a bit about what you do for a living. I worked for IBM for 39 years. I started out servic-
ing office equipment – mostly typewriters and word processors. After moving back to Austin, I
did software support and product development, and eventually retired as a project manager in
Client Care. I always worked in service related areas.
What instrument(s) do you play and for how long? I play bass. I started on bass guitar when I
was 13 in 1965. It was like one of those old Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland movies. Several of
the guys in my neighborhood said, “Let's start a band.” We each picked an instrument, and I
New CTBA Officers
A t the January board meeting, the newly constituted CTBA board of directors met for the
first time and elected officers for the coming term. They are:
Jamie Stubblefield, president Katherine Isgren, treasurer
Jason Pratt, vice president Alice Moore, secretary
Chuck Middleton continues to serve as membership poohbah, and Jeff White as webmaster. We
should be glad these folks are willing to serve (without pay!), and they all have important jobs.
The president takes the blame for everything that goes wrong. The vice president wears a dark
suit and attends the funerals of foreign dignitaries. The treasurer manages the vast CTBA slush
fund. And the secretary records the transgressions and digressions of the other board members.
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picked bass. We called ourselves Yesterday's Future. We learned popular songs of the day and
started out playing neighborhood dance parties. We progressed to HS dances in the Galveston
and South Houston area and put out a 45 record. One summer we opened a hamburger and soda
fountain shop and played there every Friday and Saturday night. We got a gig at the Allen's
Landing area in downtown Houston on weekend nights. It was one of the “hip” Houston areas
of the late 1960s.
I stopped playing for a few years after college. After moving back to Austin, a friend invited me
to a party. They knew I played bass and they told me I had to bring my instrument, as there
would be musicians jamming. When I got there, I think the only person I knew was Marcia Ball
and the person that invited me. The other musicians were all wonderful players. I met Sarah
Elizabeth Campbell, Walter Hyatt, Champ Hood, most of the Austin Lounge Lizards, Howard
Kalish and many others. I had such a great time, I decided I had to get back to playing music
again. We went to the Waterloo Ice House on 38th Street many Saturday nights to hear Walter
and Champ. That's where I first really heard someone (Roland Denny) playing upright bass.
The sound was so nice, that I knew I had to get one and learn to play it. That was probably in
the late 1980s. I also play a little bit of guitar, but I don't call myself a guitar player.
Any other musicians in your family? None when I was growing up. My son played bass guitar
for a while and his wife led a band. She currently teaches music to very young children through
the “Tunebugz, Music Together” program. I'm currently taking classical bass lessons with my
oldest grandson. His brother is learning drums. My two granddaughters each play piano. One is
also playing clarinet, and the other is playing guitar.
Who are your favorite artists/musicians? As a bass player, I have to start with bassists Edgar
Meyer and Gary Karr. Bluegrass or country bassists I like are Barry Bales, Todd Phillips, Mark
Fain, Jon Weisberger, Eric Thorin, Junior Huskey and Roy Huskey, Jr. What I'm listening to at
the moment seems to determine my favorite bands or artists. I've recently been enjoying the
Earls of Leicester, the Gibson Brothers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, and Kate Rusby.
Has bluegrass always been your focus? No. I started out playing popular songs from the late
'60s – Beatles, Stones, the Who, Steve Miller Band – whatever was popular for HS dance mu-
sic. Then I got into rock and blues. I was fortunate to have played blues with some of the last
WWII era Texas Jump Blues artists. I played every Friday night at the Continental Club for
about 10 years in the 1980s and 1990's with Erbie Bowser, T.D. Bell and the Blues Specialists.
We released a CD that was voted the best Austin Blues album of 1992 and nominated for a
W.C. Handy award as best traditional blues album of 1993. The CD was popular in Europe and
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Instruction for Banjo,
Guitar, and mandolin Private Lessons in North and South Austin
Eddie Collinswww.eddiecollins.biz
512-873-7803
we played a blues festival in Utrecht, Netherlands. We also played on the NPR show
“American Routes,” recorded at Wolf Trap Farms in Virginia.
I didn't get familiar with bluegrass until sometime in the last 8-10 years. I met Alice Moore and
Duane Calvin through church and we started playing together. At about the same time, a back-
packing friend insisted that we go to the High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival in
Westcliffe, Colorado, on our way to backpacking. I had a great time and decided to learn more
about bluegrass music and started going to jams. I found that bluegrass people are pretty great
everywhere I went. I like the people associated with bluegrass music as much as the music it-
self.
With your work responsibilities, what do you do to stay in shape, musically? How do you prac-
tice/jam, etc.? I was blessed to be able to retire when I was laid off from IBM after 39 years.
Otherwise, I would probably still be employed. I've enjoyed retirement and it gives me more
time to work on my music, go to the gym and goof off around the house. I'm currently between
bands, but I've been doing a fair amount of fill-in work when local bands' bass players have
been unavailable. It's been a crash course in learning bluegrass songs. I'll get a list of 30-60
songs to learn fairly quickly and then play one or two gigs. I try to get all of the songs onto my
iPod. I listen in the car and work on them in my music room. I'll get the basics of each song,
and make notes on intros, outros, and rests or anything unusual in each song. I find that if I can
get into a song cleanly, I can usually play the rest of it okay.
How/when did you get involved in CTBA? My introduction was through the jams at ArtZ Rib
House. I started attending the Saturday intermediate jams to help me learn songs. I went to
some Sunday jams at ArtZ, then at Scholz Garten, and now Hill's Cafe. I don't get out to these
jams as often as I would like. I played for a while with Mike Hurlbut, Duane Calvin and Alice
Moore who are (or were) on the CTBA Board. I heard more about CTBA from them. I also found that the annual band scramble was a lot of fun.
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Events calendar: February, 2015
Note: For a more complete and up–to-date listing, with web links to venues.
See the CTBA web page at www.centraltexasbluegrass.org/
It’s the first page to appear on the web site.
Sunday, Feb. 1 11 AM-1 PM: Pine Island Station at Threadgill’s North, 6416 N. Lamar; (512) 451-5440
Thursday, Feb 5 3:30 PM: Sieker Band at Ray Benson Stage, Austin-Bergstorm International Airport
Saturday, Feb. 7 10 AM-12 PM: Out of the Blue at SFC Farmers’ Market Downtown, Republic Square
Park, 4th and Guadalupe
Sunday, Feb. 8 11 AM-1 PM: Four Fights Per Pint at Threadgill’s North, 6416 N. Lamar; (512) 451-5440
11 AM: Sieker Band at Threadgill’s South Gospel Brunch
Thursday, Feb. 12 6:30-8:30 PM: Bluegrass open mike at New World Deli, 4101 Guadalupe; (512) 451-7170
Friday, Feb. 13 9 PM: Wood and Wire at The Parish (album release, $13; doors open 8 PM); 214 E. 6th St.
Sunday, Feb. 15 3 PM: CTBA board meeting at Hill’s Café (open to all CTBA members)
Sunday, Feb. 22
1 PM: Sieker Band at Black’s BBQ, Lockhart, 215 N. Main; (888) 632-8225
February Residencies
Sunday, February 1, 8, 15, 22 10 AM-2 PM: The Prime Time Ramblers at The Westin at the Domain
3-5 PM: David Diers and the #910 Train at Sweetwater Bar
Monday, February 2, 9, 16, 23 8-11:30 PM, The Bluegrass Outfit at Radio Coffee & Beer
Second Tuesday, February 10 7-9 PM, Rob Lifford Trio (non-bluegrass, but good!) at the Barber Shop Bar, 207 Mercer St.,
Dripping Springs; (512) 829-4636
Fourth Tuesday, February 24 7-9 PM, Out of the Blue at the Barber Shop Bar, 207 Mercer St., Dripping Springs;
(512) 829-4636
Wednesday, February 4, 11, 18, 25
9 PM-midnight: The Bluegrass Outfit at Tantra Coffehouse, San Marcos
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CTBA Artists and Bands Karen Abrahams Band (512) 484-0751 [email protected] www.karenabrahsms.com
Alan Munde Gazette Bill Honker [email protected]
The Austin Steamers Joe Sundell (501) 416-4640 www.theaustinsteamers.com
Bee Creek Boys Jim Umbarger (512) 922-5786 [email protected]
Better Late Than Never Duane Calvin (512) 835-0342 [email protected]
Blacktop Bend George Rios (512) 619-8536 [email protected]
Blazing Bows Cara Cooke (512) 280-9104 [email protected]
Bluebonnet Pickers Brooks Blake (830) 798-1087 [email protected]
Blue Creek Bluegrass Gospel Band Bing Rice (830) 253-7708 bluecreekbg.com [email protected]
Blue Creek String Band Thomas Chapmond (512) 791-3411 [email protected]
Blue Skyz Band Mike Lester (210) 913-9597 www.blueskyzband.com
Bottom Dollar String Band John Ohlinger (512) 431-5150 Bottomdollarstringband @gmail.com
David & Barbara Brown
(361) 985-9902 [email protected]
BuffaloGrass Don Inbody (512) 923-0704 [email protected] buffalograssmusic.com
Carper Family Band Jenn Miori [email protected]
Chasing Blue (512) 963-7515 [email protected] www.chasingblueband.com
Christy & the Plowboys Dan Foster (512) 452-6071 [email protected]
Eddie Collins (512) 836-8255 www.eddiecollins.biz [email protected]
David Diers & #910 Train (512) 814-5145
Four Fights Per Pint Jay Littleton (512) 848-1634 [email protected]
The Grazmatics Wayne Ross (512) 303-2188 [email protected]
Hard to Make a Living [email protected]
Allen Hurt & the Mountain Showmen Allen Hurt (Sherman, Texas) www.allenhurt.com
The Ledbetters Spencer Drake (830) 660-2533 [email protected]
Lone Star Swing Gary Harman (979) 378-2753 [email protected]
Los Bluegrass Vatos Danny Santos [email protected]
The Lost Pines Talia Bryce (512) 814-5134 [email protected] www.lostpinesband.com
Missing Tradition Diana & Dan Ost (512) 850-4362 [email protected]
Rod Moag & Texas Grass (512) 467-6825 [email protected]
Out of the Blue Jamie Stubblefield (512) 923-4288 [email protected] www.outoftheblue.ws
The Pickin’ Ranch Ramblers Richie Mintz [email protected]
Pine Island Station Gary & Janine Carter (936) 520-2952 [email protected] www.pineislandstation.com
The Piney Grove Ramblers Wayne Brooks (512) 699-8282 877-899-8269 www.pgramblers.com
The Prime Time Ramblers Jacob Roberts [email protected]
Ragged Union Geoff Union (512) 563-9821 [email protected]
James Reams & the Barnstormers (718) 374-1086 [email protected] www.jamesreams.com
Redfire String Band Molly Johnson
Robertson County Line Jeff Robertson (512) 629-5742 [email protected]
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band Dave Walser [email protected]
Shawn Spiars (512) 627-3921 [email protected]
The Showmen Bluegrass Band Ben Buchanan [email protected]
The Sieker Band Rolf & Beate Sieker (512) 733-2857 www.siekerband.com [email protected]
The Stray Bullets Bob Cartwright (512) 415-8080 [email protected]
String Beans Mike Montgomery [email protected]
Upham Family Band Tracie Upham [email protected]
White Dove Angie Beauboef [email protected]
Wires and Wood David Dyer (210) 680-1889 wiresandwood.net [email protected]
Woodstreet Blood-hounds (Oak Park, Illinois) Robert Becker (708) 714-7206 robertbecker1755 @sbcglobal.net
Yellowgrass Brett Morgan (512) 745-0671 [email protected]
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CTBA Area Jams and Events AUSTIN AREA, CTBA
Every Sunday, 2 PM-??, CTBA Sunday jam
at Hill’s Café, 4700 S. Congress; (512) 851-
9300.
2nd and 4th Saturday, 3-5 PM, beg./int. jam
at Wildflower Terrace, 3801 Berkman Drive; Steve Mangold (512) 345-6155.
1st and 3rd Thursday, 7-9 PM, beg./int. jam,
Northwest Hills area; Steve Mangold (512)
345-6155.
Every Thursday, 6-9 PM, beg./int. jam,
Texican Café, 11940 Manchaca Road; Dave
Stritzinger, (512)689-4433.
Every Tuesday, 8-10 PM, Texas Old Time
Fiddling, Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto; (512) 474-1958.
BANDERA
4th Friday of each month at Silver Sage
Corral– east of Bandera. Starts at 6:30 pm. For more info call (830)796-4969 (Not on
Good Friday)
BELLVILLE
Texas Bluegrass Music jam/show Jan. through September, 4th Sat; 4pm jam, 6:30 pm show.
Coushatte Recreation Ranch, 2812 Nelius Rd.
(936) 697-5949 [email protected] Plenty of RV camping, restrooms, showers.
BURNET
2nd Saturday, 5 PM, Café 2300, Hwy 29
west
CORPUS CHRISTI
2nd Sunday, 2 PM, jam at Her itage Park,
1581 N. Chaparral St. Bill Davis (361) 387-
4552, [email protected]
DALLAS
1st Tuesday, 7-9 PM, Charley’s Guitar Shop,
2720 Royal Lane #100. (972) 243-4187
www.charleysguitar.com/Events.asp
DICKINSON
Every Friday, 7-9 PM, Dickinson BBQ and Steakhouse, 2111 FM 517 East.
FAYETTEVILLE:
Texas Pickin’ Park: Jam 2nd Saturday, Apr.-
Nov. beginning at 6 PM on the courthouse
square. Acoustic instruments only. For info: [email protected]
www.texaspickinpark.com
GARLAND
Bluegrass on the Square: Every Saturday,
March- November between Main and State Sts. At 6th, 7:30 PM to 1 AM
GLEN ROSE
3rd Saturday, Oakdale Park, Paluxy River
Bluegrass Association, free stage show and
jam; John Scott (817) 525-0558.
HOUSTON
1st Tuesday, Fuddruckers, 2040 NASA Rd 1
JOHNSON CITY 3rd Saturday, 2-6 PM, jam at The Dome, 706
W. Main St., Hwy 290 W; Charlene Crump,
(512) 632-5999. Potluck at 6 PM, optional
jamming afterward.
LEAGUE CITY (BABA)
3rd Saturday: J am 5 PM, Stage show 6:30 PM Jan- Nov., League City Civic Center, 300
W. Walker St. (281) 636-9419. Sponsored by
Bay Area Bluegrass Association.
LLANO
4th Saturday (Jan.-Oct.), 5:30-10:30 PM, Bluegrass in the Hill Country jam at the Badu
House, 601 Bessemer Ave.; (325) 247-2238;
www.bluegrassinthe hillcountry.org
PEARL
1st Saturday: Jam all day, stage show,
11:30 AM-5:30 PM; food and RV hookups
available. Pearl Community Center, on FM 183, 7 mi. south of Purmela; contact Ronald
Medart (254) 865-6013. Check web site for
show schedule:
www.pearlbluegrass.com
ROUND ROCK
3rd Saturday, 2-5 PM, jam at Danny Ray’s
Music, 12 Chisholm Trail; (512) 671-8663.
www.dannyraysmusic.com
SAN ANTONIO
Every Monday, 6:30-8:30 PM, at The Barbe-
cue Station, 1610 NE Loop 410 at Harry
Wurzbach exit; (210) 824-9191.
Every Tuesday, 6-8 PM, bluegrass jam (up
the hill) and country jam (to the left) at Home-
wood Residence at Castle Hills, 1207 Jackson Keller Rd.
SCHULENBERG
1st and 3rd Tuesday, 6:0-9 PM, jam at Schu-
lenberg RV Park Community Center, 65 N.
Kessler Ave. Laretta Baumgarten (979) 743-4388; [email protected]
TOMBALL
Saturday, noon–4 PM, bluegrass jam at
Kleb Woods Nature Center and Preserve,
20301 Mueschke Road, Tomball. (281) 373-1777 or
(281) 910-4396.
Editor’s note: this list of jams
hasn’t been verified in a long
time. Call ahead before check-
ing out an unfamiliar jam, to
make sure it’s still active.
Central Texas Bluegrass Association P.O. Box 9816
Austin, Texas 78766
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Earl Scruggs design T-shirt $20
Mona Lisa design T-shirt $20