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May 8-11: PARKFIELD BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Parkfield (15 mi north of Hwy 46, 23 mi east of Hwy 101) (805- 349-8397, http://www.parkfieldblue- grass.com) James King Band, Junior Sisk & Rambler’s Choice, Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen with Bill Bryson, Leroy Mack & the BG Gospel Band, Del Williams Band (with Paul Lee, Billy Moore, Danny Van Meter, James Judd), Eric Uglam & Sons, Bean Creek, Virtual Strangers, Whiskey Chimp, Southside, Wild River Ramblers, Baloney Creek, Better Late Than Never May 22-25: STRAWBERRY SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL - Yosemite (http://www.strawberrymusic.com) Ricky Skaggs, Tim O’Brien, Peter Rowan & the Free Mexican Airforce, Emmylou Harris, John Cowan Trio, So Austin Jug Band, Cadillac Sky, ... June 12-15: FATHER’S DAY BLUE- May - June Festivals See You There! Newgrass and Bluegrass, hot picking and original songs Friday, 9th May, 8pm, $15/$17 Mission City Coffee Roasting Company, 2221 The Alameda, Santa Clara, CA 95050 Eddie Adcock is a bonafide living legend – THE Patriarch of “new acoustic music” – a fusion of bluegrass, jazz and other styles, which eventually became “Newgrass”. As the original banjo sparkplug, baritone vocalist, and key arranger of the ground- breaking Country Gentlemen of the 60’s, he helped change bluegrass forever, taking it uptown and into Carnegie Hall. In addi- tion to his bold and original banjo style he is also an innovative fingerstyle guitarist and during lean times doubled as a jazz guitarist under a pseudonym out here on the West Coast. Eddie met Martha, a singer songwriter, in 1973. Married and performing together since 1976, they now concentrate entirely on duet shows, rather than full bands, fea- turing bluegrass, blues, country, folk, jazz, rockabilly and gospel influences. Martha takes much of the lead singing and backs up Eddie’s lead instrumentals on rhythm guitar. Other interesting facts are that in his native Virginia the state has an official “Eddie Adcock” day (June 14th), and Martha is a certified welder. Eddie is not in the best of health these days and cannot tour much now (though he recently managed a sold out tour of Japan!), so take this opportunity to listen to one of the great gentlemen of acoustic music. May 2008 VOLUME 27 - NUMBER 5 INSIDE: Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair Flyer The Annual San Francisco Free Folk Festival Slow Jams Classes Jim Hurst Guitar Workshop Review CD Review of Tim O’Brien’s Chameleon Concert/CD Review: Jim Hurst’s Box of Chocolates The Bluegrass Muse Atlas Cafe In San Francisco Bluegrass Schedule Parkfield BG Festival Flyer 2008 Good Old Fashioned BG Festival Flyer 2008 Good Old Fashioned Volunteer Form EVENTS CALENDAR ...and more! cont. on Page 4... Eddie and Martha Adcock to Play Mission City Coffee Company in Santa Clara By Dick Brundle The Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair will be held May 3rd, 2008, in San Lorenzo Park, across the river from downtown Santa Cruz, from noon until 5 PM. This event has become a staple of Santa Cruz culture for over 20 years, presented as a celebration of Bluegrass Music Month, that is, May. The Bluegrass Fair not only presents great music for the blue- grass initiated; it also serves as a vehicle to introduce your wider group of friends to good bluegrass music in a fun local set- ting. The music is presented from the Duck Island Stage, that (like it says) is situated right in the middle of a lovely duck pond. There you will find the Northern California Bluegrass Society with some snacks, cold drinks, and a bluegrass raffle featuring among its prizes two full passes to Strawberry Spring Music Festival and an instrument to pick or learn how to play. The performers include Eddy duCommun and his band Higher Ground, showcasing songs of Eddy's new CD which will soon be available, Also Harmony Grits, the Bluegrass Fair host band since 1987, and 2 of Santa Cruz's excellent newer bands, Jimmy Chickenpants and the Down Beets. The Bluegrass Fair is a long standing tra- dition that has done a good bit to solidify Santa Cruz's position as a bastion of blue- grass on the Central Coast. Bring a lawn chair and blanket to sit on, but do not bring dogs or alcohol, per park rules. See you at the 2008 Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair on May 3rd. Check out the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair poster on Page 3 of this paper, it has happy ducks on it! Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair Saturday, May 3, 2008! By Michael McKinley

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  • May 8-11: PARKFIELD BLUEGRASS

    FESTIVAL - Parkfield (15 mi north of

    Hwy 46, 23 mi east of Hwy 101) (805-

    349-8397, http://www.parkfieldblue-

    grass.com)

    James King Band, Junior Sisk &

    Rambler’s Choice, Chris Hillman &

    Herb Pedersen with Bill Bryson, Leroy

    Mack & the BG Gospel Band, Del

    Williams Band (with Paul Lee, Billy

    Moore, Danny Van Meter, James Judd),

    Eric Uglam & Sons, Bean Creek, Virtual

    Strangers, Whiskey Chimp, Southside,

    Wild River Ramblers, Baloney Creek,

    Better Late Than Never

    May 22-25: STRAWBERRY SPRING

    MUSIC FESTIVAL - Yosemite

    (http:/ /www.strawberrymusic.com)

    Ricky Skaggs, Tim O’Brien, Peter Rowan

    & the Free Mexican Airforce,

    Emmylou Harris, John Cowan Trio, So

    Austin Jug Band, Cadillac Sky, ...

    June 12-15: FATHER’S DAY BLUE-

    May - June Festivals

    See You There!

    Newgrass and Bluegrass, hot picking

    and original songs

    Friday, 9th May, 8pm, $15/$17

    Mission City Coffee Roasting Company,

    2221 The Alameda, Santa Clara, CA

    95050

    Eddie Adcock is a bonafide living legend –THE Patriarch of “new acoustic music” –

    a fusion of bluegrass, jazz and other styles,

    which eventually became “Newgrass”. As

    the original banjo sparkplug, baritone

    vocalist, and key arranger of the ground-

    breaking Country Gentlemen of the 60’s,

    he helped change bluegrass forever, taking

    it uptown and into Carnegie Hall. In addi-

    tion to his bold and original banjo style he

    is also an innovative fingerstyle guitarist

    and during lean times doubled as a jazz

    guitarist under a pseudonym out here on

    the West Coast.

    Eddie met Martha, a singer songwriter, in

    1973. Married and performing together

    since 1976, they now concentrate entirely

    on duet shows, rather than full bands, fea-

    turing bluegrass, blues, country, folk, jazz,

    rockabilly and gospel influences. Martha

    takes much of the lead singing and backs

    up Eddie’s lead instrumentals on rhythm

    guitar. Other interesting facts are that in

    his native Virginia the state has an official

    “Eddie Adcock” day (June 14th), and

    Martha is a certified welder.

    Eddie is not in the best of health these days

    and cannot tour much now (though he

    recently managed a sold out tour of

    Japan!), so take this opportunity to listen

    to one of the great gentlemen of acoustic

    music.�

    M a y 2 0 0 8 VOLUME 27 - NUMBER 5

    INSIDE:�Santa Cruz Bluegrass FairFlyer �The Annual San Francisco FreeFolk Festival �Slow Jams Classes�Jim Hurst Guitar Workshop Review�CD Review of Tim O’Brien’sChameleon�Concert/CD Review: JimHurst’s Box of Chocolates�TThheeBBlluueeggrraassss MMuussee �Atlas Cafe In SanFrancisco Bluegrass Schedule �Parkfield BG Festival Flyer � 2008 GoodOld Fashioned BG Festival Flyer �2008Good Old Fashioned Volunteer Form

    �EEVVEENNTTSS CCAALLEENNDDAARR�...and more!

    cont. on Page 4...

    Eddie and Martha Adcock

    to Play Mission City Coffee

    Company in Santa Clara

    By Dick Brundle The Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair will be

    held May 3rd, 2008, in San Lorenzo Park,

    across the river from downtown Santa

    Cruz, from noon until 5 PM.

    This event has become a staple of Santa

    Cruz culture for over 20 years, presented

    as a celebration of Bluegrass Music

    Month, that is, May. The Bluegrass Fair

    not only presents great music for the blue-

    grass initiated; it also serves as a vehicle

    to introduce your wider group of friends to

    good bluegrass music in a fun local set-

    ting.

    The music is presented from the Duck

    Island Stage, that (like it says) is situated

    right in the middle of a lovely duck pond.

    There you will find the Northern

    California Bluegrass Society with some

    snacks, cold drinks, and a bluegrass raffle

    featuring among its prizes two full passes

    to Strawberry Spring Music Festival and

    an instrument to pick or learn how to play.

    The performers include Eddy duCommun

    and his band Higher Ground, showcasing

    songs of Eddy's new CD which will soon

    be available, Also Harmony Grits, the

    Bluegrass Fair host band since 1987, and

    2 of Santa Cruz's excellent newer bands,

    Jimmy Chickenpants and the Down Beets.

    The Bluegrass Fair is a long standing tra-

    dition that has done a good bit to solidify

    Santa Cruz's position as a bastion of blue-

    grass on the Central Coast.

    Bring a lawn chair and blanket to sit on,

    but do not bring dogs or alcohol, per park

    rules. See you at the 2008 Santa Cruz

    Bluegrass Fair on May 3rd. Check out the

    Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair poster on Page

    3 of this paper, it has happy ducks on it! �

    Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair Saturday, May 3, 2008!

    By Michael McKinley

  • Rick Cornish of the California Bluegrass Association is asking

    you to share your story of how you got hooked on bluegrass

    music. Go to the CBA website at www.cbaontheweb and look

    on the home page for the fish. Click on that to start typing!

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    Northern California Bluegrass Society BLUEGRASS BY THE BAY2

  • BLUEGRASS MUSICIN THE PARK

    THE SANTA CRUZ BLUEGRASS SOCIETY PRESENTS:

    THE BLUEGRASS FAIREDDIE DUCOMMUN & HIGHER GROUND

    HARMONY GRITS

    JIMMY CHICKENPANTS

    AND INTRODUCING THE DOWN BEETS

    2008 Banjo Venus Productions

    AUDIO BY CLARIFIED SOUND

    5/3/08SAN LORENZO

    PARK, SANTA CRUZ

    ALCOHOL, DOGS & SMOKING PROHIBITED IN THE PARK

    FREE EVENT! RAFFLE & PRIZES! FOOD!

    date location

    12-5

    time

  • Fiddling Cricket series. Dick formerly

    staged shows at the now closed Espresso

    Coffee in San Jose, and it is certainly good

    news that the South Bay has a new loca-

    tion for acoustic music and bluegrass

    shows. Be sure to check www.fid-

    dlingcricket.com or this newsletter for

    upcoming shows.

    Jim’s show was a lively mixture of blues,

    original compositions and entertaining

    chatter between songs. Jim’s own family

    came from Kentucky and he honored his

    home state with his own “Kentucky

    Sunrise Waltz” and the “Stevens Deep

    Coal Mines.” Jim played a crisp

    “Wildwood Flower” in the Mother

    Maybelle Carter style and a rumbling ver-

    sion of Doc Watson’s “Deep River Blues.”

    Jim can also put on fingerpicks and play

    very melodic guitar and his “Freight

    Train/Windy and Warm/Georgia on My

    Mind” medley was an inspiring highlight

    of the show.

    Be a part of our growing acoustic music

    scene – keep your membership in the

    Northern California Bluegrass Society

    current and come to the many concerts and

    shows in our area, and be sure to go to the

    Good Old Fashioned Festival in Hollister

    this August.�

    More about Jim Hurst and his newalbum, “Box of Chocolates.” See concertreview and new album download reviewon Page 8.

    Jim Hurst, premier guitarist of the Claire

    Lynch Band, toured Northern California

    recently and spent a busy day in the Palo

    Alto-Santa Clara area sharing his skills

    and talents with delighted fans.

    Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto

    is a favorite Bay Area source for guitars,

    mandolins, banjos, fiddles and basses.

    You can equip an entire bluegrass band at

    Gryphon, and if you don’t have a band,

    you can find band mates in one of the

    many classes that Gryphon offers through-

    out the year. Be sure to check their web

    site for instruments, music books and

    classes.

    Jim Hurst plays many styles of music on

    guitar and banjo, but his three-hour work-

    shop on March 22nd focused mainly on

    flatpick guitar playing. Jim immediately

    focused on each of the participants and

    asked about their skills, and learning goals

    for the afternoon. He then focused on sev-

    eral aspects of learning guitar so that each

    person had a chance to learn.

    He discussed skills in hearing a song and

    discerning the melody and chord patterns.

    Scales and identifying roots, IV and V

    chord positions in different musical keys

    are the foundation to songs and Jim

    encouraged the students to think beyond a

    single key and try playing a song in differ-

    ent keys. One exercise tried by the group

    was changing the “Happy Birthday” song

    into different keys. He played examples to

    demonstrate dynamics and timing in

    songs. The down-up picking patterns

    known as “crosspicking” to guitarists was

    dissected and the group practiced several

    patterns with tunes “Old Joe Clark” and

    “White Dove.” Practice techniques, use of

    a metronome or other timing device gave

    everyone a plan for future improvement.

    Practice makes perfect of course, and Jim

    demonstrated his own evolved talents in a

    show at Santa Clara’s Mission City Coffee

    Roasting Company.

    The Mission City Coffee Roasting

    Company is located at 2221 The Alameda

    in Santa Clara, and the Northern California

    Bluegrass Society has been cosponsoring

    several shows with Dick Brundle’s

    There are some great new opportunities in

    the Bay Area for folks that want to partici-

    pate in a Bluegrass jam session but find it

    hard to keep up with the tempos at which

    the songs are played.

    The Fifth String music store in Berkeley

    started hosting a Slow Jam Class on

    Tuesdays in April. This session will run

    eight weeks until Tuesday 27th of May.

    The class is open to beginning and inter-

    mediate musicians that want experience

    playing and singing Bluegrass standards at

    a moderately slow tempo in a supportive,

    fun jam setting. Instructors will include

    Megan Lynch, Bill Evans, Evie Ladin, Jim

    Nunally, Kathy Kallick, and others each

    week. After the Class sessions end, a slow

    jam will continue on Tuesdays in June to

    allow people to work on their jamming

    skills.�Another option is the "Take theStage" band workshop at the Freight and

    Jim Hurst Guitar Workshop Review by Brenda Hough

    Once again it is time for the annual San

    Francisco Free Folk Festival. We will cele-

    brate our 32nd year in the newly built

    Wellness Center at City college of San

    Francisco, 50 Phelan Ave, S.F. The festival

    will run Saturday and Sunday, June 21st -

    22nd, from noon -10p.m. Come join us for

    dance workshops, music workshops, and

    kids events during the day, then for dances

    and concerts in the evening. All events are

    free and open to the public.

    The San Francisco Free Folk Festival

    offers the public a wonderful opportunity

    to enjoy both traditional and contemporary

    dances and folk music. The festival is

    sponsored by the San Francisco Folk

    Music Club. This year it will feature a spe-

    cial performance by the club’s matriarch,

    Faith Petric, who will be celebrating her

    92nd birthday. There will be dance work-

    shops running all day, taught by some of

    the finest Bay Area dance instructors. With

    performances, crafts, and interactive con-

    certs for kids, the event always proves to be

    fun for the entire family.

    For more information please visit us at our

    website: www.sffolkfest.org �

    The Annual San Francisco

    Free Folk Festival by Karen Imperial

    Slow Jams Classes by Ran Bush

    Northern California Bluegrass Society BLUEGRASS BY THE BAY4

    cont. on Page 10...

    GRASS FESTIVAL – Nevada County

    Fairgrounds, Grass Valley www.cbaon-

    theweb.org The Dan Tyminski Band, Blue

    Highway, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver,

    Grasstowne, Bradley Walker, The Wilders,

    Crooked Still, Goldwing Express, The

    Doerfel Family, The BladeRunners,

    Sidesaddle & Co., Natural Drift, Diana

    Donnelly & The Yes Ma'ams, Belle

    Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys, Mount

    Diablo String Band�

    ... May/June Festivals cont. from Page 1

  • The music on this album is not bluegrass. That

    is, there aren’t any trains steaming through

    Tim’s musical landscape on this cd. This is

    about a human and his relationship to what is

    in front of him, life and its many surprises, uni-

    versal themes such as love and loss, patriotism

    and fear, made intimate.

    I really like Tim’s song, “Red Dog in the

    Morning,” with its intense musical colors of

    red/black/yellow/blue and their color blends of

    brown and green. This song is in a minor key,

    but it isn’t lying down and playing dead or

    whining about circumstances. It’s moving over

    the land on foot while the moon rises in late

    afternoon. This song features Tim playing the

    banjo in an old time rhythm, as though he was

    born to it.

    This album has elements of the wandering

    bard/minstrel/old-time musician, and that

    musician has just been hired to play at the

    dance. Tim’s song, “Get Out There and

    Dance,“ is inviting you to do just that, but he

    isn’t directing you to do it in a crowd with

    subsonics vibrating your innards to mush and

    noise masquerading as music to mash your

    ears. He points you towards a

    more sprightly, yet freeing

    form of dance. This song’s

    style reminds me of Cole

    Porter’s “Let’s do it,” and

    “Ain’t Misbehaving” as sung

    by Fats Waller, very retro, and

    fun.

    Tim’s songs, “Chameleon,”

    “This World Was Made For

    Everyone,” and “While in

    Rome,” and “World of

    Trouble,” have a folk sensibili-

    ty about our very human

    response to things happening

    on the national level that many

    Americans fear confronting

    directly, preferring to hide or

    blend in with the crowd. As I

    listen to these songs, colonial

    imagery of Tim, wearing a

    homespun hempen shirt and

    knee breeches, strolling

    through the crowd singing,

    appears in my mind’s eye. Tim

    delivers a wry, witty, low-key

    political message to the folk

    with these great songs.

    Tim’s song, “Megna’s,” about

    a seller of fresh produce

    (strawberries, etc.) in the

    neighborhood he lived in when

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    Where’s Love Come From, Hoss Race, The

    Garden, Red Dog In the Morning, Phantom

    Phone Call, Megna’s, Chameleon, Father

    Forgive Me, The Only Way to Never Hurt,

    Get Out There and Dance, This World Was

    Made For Everyone, When In Rome, World

    of Trouble, Safe In Your Arms, Crooked

    Road, Nothing to Say.

    The production values are just right on Tim

    O’Brien’s new cd, Chameleon. There's verylittle noise in this cd. It sounds good on every-

    thing I play it on. Chameleon is actually thefirst cd ever to sound as good on my

    clock/radio/cd player in my kitchen, a good-

    looking but digitally sound-challenged device.

    Tim worked with award-winning engineer,

    Gary Paczosa, to create Chameleon, and thisalbum proves that Gary really knows how to

    record quality digital sound.

    Tim is generally known for his relaxed, easy-

    going personality, but this album is particular-

    ly free of distractions. Tim’s solo accompani-

    ment and singing on this album is fine and

    good. You could say that each song is a pattern

    with its own colors. Tim’s voice and musi-

    cianship blend to become a complete tapestry

    with a songscape that is seamless for each. Tim

    shows us all how to do it, how to play and sing

    as a solo artist with full, rich sound, and

    dynamic percussive elements to support it. His

    instrument is both his accompaniment and his

    back up singer as he sings melody to its har-

    mony along with it. He makes you forget that

    there is just one man and an instrument play-

    ing, the music and its patterns are all that you

    hear/feel.

    Tim plays many different instruments on this

    album, including a OME “minstrel” banjo, old

    Martin & old Gibson guitars, a 1924 Lloyd

    Loar mandola, a 1922 Carlo Micelli fiddle, and

    his Nugget mandolin (one song!), adopting

    their colors to his compositions and blending

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    Bluegrass and Related Forms of Music:CD Review of Tim O’Brien’s New CD, Chameleon

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    Northern California Bluegrass Society BLUEGRASS BY THE BAY 5

  • Red Level. They are one of the hottest new

    bands on the San Francisco Bay Area bluegrass

    scene. Named after the bandleader’s grandmoth-

    er and the little red clay crossroads town in south-

    ern Alabama where Nell’s family hails from, the

    band’s music is an entertaining mix of traditional

    bluegrass, country and alternative-folk as well as

    some original compositions. Singer Nell leads

    the band, Jacob Groopman adds guitar and

    vocals, Brian Judd play mandolin and sings,

    Jonathan Schiele picks the banjo and adds vocals,

    and Andrew Conklin plays standup bass.

    Sweetwater Station is Marin County's premier

    nightclub as well as the home for bluegrass music

    in the North Bay. For more information call the

    club at (415) 924-6107, or go to www.sweetwa-

    terstation.net.

    There is some good pickin’ going on up in

    Sebastopol on the 27th. It is a gospel, bluegrass

    and old-time gathering, and it takes place from 2-

    5 p.m. at the Sebastopol Christian Church. Ed

    Neff and Friends pick bluegrass every

    Thursday at the Willowbrook Ale House in

    Petaluma from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Call (707) 775-

    4232 for info. No cover.

    Keep on pickin’!

    Comments? News? Send e-mail to carl-

    [email protected] or for more information

    go to www.carltone.com.�

    May 2008

    Music is

    brewing at

    the Iron

    Springs Pub

    & Brewery

    in Fairfax.

    Bands play

    on Wednesdays starting at 8 p.m. No

    cover, with great beer, food and

    music.

    Marin bluegrass jam. The dates for

    the jam this month are the 1st and the

    15th. The location is the Marin

    Lutheran Church in Corte Madera,

    and the time is 7:30-10 p.m.

    Murphy’s Irish Pub in the town of

    Sonoma is the place to go for good

    music in Sonoma County, with no

    cover charge. Jammin’ in

    Sebastopol. The place to be on

    Saturdays is the Coffee Catz, from 2-

    5 p.m.

    Bluegrass Gold. Bluegrass Gold is

    the longest running bluegrass series in the San

    Francisco Bay Area. The show began in April of

    1999 at Sweetwater Saloon in Mill Valley, 145

    shows have taken place since the series began,

    and over 12,500 people have attended the series.

    The show features both local and nationally

    touring acts, with such notables as Peter Rowan,

    David Grisman, Maria Muldaur, The Reeltime

    Travelers, Kathy Kallick, Bill Evans, Hot

    Buttered Rum, The Laurel Canyon Ramblers,

    and King Wilkie having played.

    In October of 2007 the show moved to Larkspur

    after the Sweetwater Saloon closed temporarily.

    The Saloon will reopen in June of this year.

    The headliner for this show will be Laurie

    Lewis & The Right Hands. She will return for

    a memorable evening showcasing songs new

    and old, including fabulous fiddling, and the

    awesome talents of her band: longtime partner

    Tom Rozum on mandolin, Todd Phillips on

    bass, Craig Smith on banjo and Scott Huffman

    on guitar.

    Laurie’s songwriting, fiddling, and singing have

    brought her national recognition, a Grammy,

    and two International Bluegrass Music

    Association Awards for Female Vocalist of the

    Year. She has become a key figure in bluegrass,

    traditional, and folk music circles.

    Opening the show will be Nell Robinson &

    TThhee BBlluueeggrraassss MMuussee -- MMuussiicc iinn aanndd aarroouunndd mmiillll VVaalllleeyy ttoo ,,SSoonnoommaabbyy LLaarrrryy CCaarrlliinn

    Nell Robinson & Red Level

    Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands

    he was a boy, has the neatest little dancing

    accompaniment played on Tim’s 1924 Lloyd

    Loar mandola. Tim lets his voice sustain and

    ring along with the mandola, his vocals are

    superb on this playful song. Tim’s vocals are

    expecially good on the song, “Safe In Your

    Arms,” where he starts it by singing acappella,that is, unaccompanied by an instrument. He

    gradually adds the fiddle to harmonize with his

    voice, very effectively.

    I first heard and saw Tim play his songs from

    Chameleon by downloading the WoodsongsRadio Hour (from out of Kentucky) on my

    computer. I recommend you go to the

    Woodsongs website (Michael Jonathon’s Old-

    time Radio Hour) at www.woodsongs.com, to

    download and watch the Woodsongs archive

    (#477) of his performance. That way, you can

    get a great perspective on just what Tim is

    doing to create each tuneful masterpiece. I’m

    positive your next click will be on the button to

    buy his cd Chameleon for yourself.

    I’m planning on hearing Tim sing Megna's

    (and the other fine songs from Chameleon) at

    this spring’s Strawberry Music Festival at

    Camp Mather in Yosemite, CA on May 25,

    2008 at 7:15 pm.

    Naturally, I plan to buy a box of fresh straw-

    berries from one of the many fruit stands along

    the roads to Camp Mather for feasting on dur-

    ing Tim’s performance. See You There! �

    ...Chameleon CD Review cont. from Page 5

    Northern California Bluegrass Society BLUEGRASS BY THE BAY6

    The Atlas Cafe presents the best in live

    bluegrass & old-time music every

    Thursday night from 8-10p.m. There is

    never a cover charge. The Atlas Cafe is

    located at 3049--20th St. at Alabama St in

    San Francisco's Mission District. 415-

    648-1047 www.atlascafe.net

    May 1 The Dark Hollow Band--1st

    Thursday every month!

    May 8 Pearson & the Jordanauts--old-

    time music

    May 15 The Saddlecats--western-swing

    May 22 Grizzly Peak--traditional blue-

    grass

    May 29 Bluegrass & old-time music jam-

    session--now in it's 10th year!

    Also every Saturday 4-6p.m. Craig

    Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod--ragtime

    and blues The booking and press release

    are done by JimBo Trout. He can be

    reached at www.jimbotrout.com

    Atlas Cafe In San FranciscoBluegrass Schedule

  • Northern California Bluegrass Society BLUEGRASS BY THE BAY 7

  • Box of Chocolates: Chocolate Chaise Lounge, Look Down Hannah, MandoBounce, I Ain't Gonna Cry For You,5 Wildcatter, Nine Pound Hammer, Kentucky

    Sunrise Waltz, Darlin' Tell Me Why, C5 a la Mode, Little Baby Child, Unlucky

    Seven, Mary Of The Wild Moor, Susie Q, 'til There Was You, Young At Heart

    © 2008 Jim Hurst

    Jim Hurst, a two-time IBMA guitarist of the year winner, is just as well-known for his

    vocal abilities, and as a past member of the Claire Lynch and The Front Porch band

    and for his duo collaborations with bassist, Missy Raines. On Saturday, March 22nd,

    Jim Hurst performed at the Mission City Coffee Roasting Company in Santa Clara as

    part of his tour for his solo CD release, Box Of Chocolates.

    Jim sang with passion and played with verve through 2 sets with a short intermission.

    Jim is such a fine singer and guitar player! I totally enjoyed his performance the entire

    length of his concert. His one man show was very well received by the audience. Jim has the consumate skills to

    entertain an audience on his own or as part of the Claire Lynch Band. His song selection is eclectic and interesting, from blues to

    bluegrass. His flat-picking guitar technique is stunning and satisfying. Go see Jim play solo or in a band every chance you get!

    Jim’s new album, Box of Chocolates has much to offer and is a very listenable album of songs of different tasty flavors and styles.As well as guitar, Jim also plays mandolin and banjo on the album. At The Mission, Jim was selling cds of Box of Chocolates aswell as offering download cards of the album for sale. The cards are from www.discrevolt.com Liner notes and album information

    are not available for the $10 price of the downloads of all the album tunes. Where I feel that it is always better to buy the whole cd

    if possible, the downloads cards do offer a quick way to get the songs on your iPod or mp3 player without paying full price for the

    album. However you choose to do it, whether online or local store, I recommend that you buy the very fine and delicious album,

    Box of Chocolates! �

    Jim Hurst - Box Of ChocolatesMission City Coffee Concert / Download Cards

    by Mary Munro Kennedy

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  • For Sale: BONMUSICA 4/4 shoulder rest

    for violin, $50.00, new, in box, warran-

    ty, never worn, only tried on. Mary

    Kennedy, ph:408-241-5920

    Barry Solomon available for private les-

    sons in Alameda. Formerly performed

    with Richard Greene and Pat Cloud.

    Complete tabs of Doc Watson and

    Clarence White arrangements, as well as

    Swing, Jazz, Country Blues and Folk

    styles. (510) 501-2876.

    Palo Alto luthier who specializes in fix-

    ing up old and damaged violins now has

    over twenty violins for sale. Mostly old,

    some newer, student models and higher

    quality. Some unique instruments with

    inlays and carving. $100 and up. I also

    buy broken violins.

    Steve Joynes (650) 575-1115 steve-

    [email protected]

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    Another option is the "Take the Stage"

    band workshop at the Freight and Salvage

    in Berkeley. This is a nine-week program

    designed to give musicians a chance to

    participate in a band of their peers, devel-

    op a sound of their own, and end with a

    live performance at the Freight. Bands are

    mentored each week by professional

    musicians, led by Laurie Lewis and Tom

    Rozum. While these workshops have been

    centered on bluegrass in the past, other

    music styles (country, western swing, old-

    time) are welcome, provided there are a

    sufficient number of participants to form a

    band.

    In San Francisco, there's a bluegrass jam

    at the Amnesia Bar on the third Monday of

    every month hosted by Dave Zimmerman.

    This jam is also meant for anyone who's

    just getting started picking and is looking

    for a supportive place to get better and

    learn more about bluegrass. Dave is also

    beginning a project he calls “The Pick”

    where players of similar levels and are

    grouped into bands that can practice

    together with coaching from more experi-

    enced musicians. For more information,

    go to http://thepicksf.com.

    And this Summer, just before the Fathers

    Day Festival in Grass Valley, the CBA

    Music Camp is offering Jamming 101

    with Sid Lewis. Sid gives everyone a fun

    way to participate on their own level—

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    BLUEGRASS BY THE BAY10

    whether a novice, a seasoned jammer, or

    anyone in between. For more information

    on this program, check out www.jam-

    ming101.com Check out the CBA Music

    Camp offerings at - http://www.cbamusic-

    camp.org/WhatsNew.html

    If you take advantage of some of these

    opportunities, after some “woodshedding”

    you’ll be able to join in at any of the jam

    sessions you come across, and experience

    the fun of playing music with others.

    Fifth String music store Slow Jam Class

    Tues 4-8-08 until 5-27-08. Take the Stage

    Band workshop 4-28-08 until 6-30-08.

    Note: The folks in the Fifth String and atthe Freight do not have informationabout these events. For more information,contact Ran Bush directly about theseevents, at 510 525 8156. �

    ... Slow Jam Classes cont. from Page 4

  • May 1: Eric Thompson & Kleptograss –

    Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

    May 2-3: Ralph Stanley & the Clinch

    Mountain Boys – Freight & Salvage,

    Berkeley (ticket = $50)

    May 3: 49 Special - Connecticut Yankee, SF

    May 3: Earl Brothers - Cafe Du Nord, 2170

    Market St., SF

    May 3: Houston Jones - Armando's, 707

    Marina Vista Ave., Martinez

    May 4: Cherryholmes - Palace Of Fine Arts,

    SF (www.sfjazz.org)

    May 5: The Greencards - Little Fox Theatre,

    Redwood City

    May 7: Steve Smith and Bill Evans - Freight

    and Salvage, Berkeley

    May 8: Jerry Douglas Band - Villa Montalvo,

    Saratoga

    May 9: Steve Smith - Sebastopol Center for

    the Arts (707-824-1858, [email protected])

    May 10: "Chojo Mojo With Hojo" - Chojo

    Jacques & Houston Jones - Mission City

    Coffee Roasting Co., 2221 The Alameda, Santa

    Clara

    May 10: square dance - The Knuckle

    Knockers (music) w/ Evie Ladin (caller) -

    Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland (arrive

    in bride/groom/prom attire and get half-off

    admission ... in honor of Stephanie's wedding)

    May 11 (1 pm): Kathy Kallick’s 19th annual

    Mother’s Day celebration – Freight &

    Salvage, Berkeley

    May 11: Steve Smith - house concert in Santa

    Cruz ([email protected], 831-335-8110)

    May 15 (5-9 pm): Jeanie & Chuck’s Country

    Roundup, Gayle Lynn & the Hired Hands,

    Devil's Slide, Las Bomberas de la Bahia –

    El Rio, 3158 Mission St., SF, www.elriosf.com

    (benefit for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer)

    May 16: The Stairwell Sisters – Freight &

    Salvage, Berkeley

    May 16: 49 Special - McGrath’s Pub, Alameda

    May 17: alt-bluegrass show w/ Rancho

    Deluxe, Pine Box Boys, The Cowlicks -

    Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley

    May 18: The Waybacks - Little Fox Theatre,

    Redwood City

    May 25: Cadillac Sky – Don Quixote’s, Felton

    at Park Ave, San Jose. 1-5pm.

    1st & 3rd SundaysAlameda School of Music, 1307 High St.,

    Alameda, 510-769-0195, www.alamusic.co, 6 pm

    2nd & 4th Sundays-Old-time jam, Progressive Grounds Cafe, 400

    Cortland Ave. (Bernal Heights), SF, 3-6pm.

    -4th Sunday-Bluegrass jam, California State Old Time

    Fiddlers Association, United Methodist Church,

    Castro Valley, 925-455-4970, 1:30-5pm.

    EEVVEENNTTSS CCAALLEENNDDAARR RReeppeeaattiinngg SShhoowwss && JJaammss AAllwwaayyss CCaallll AAhheeaadd ttoo CCoonnffiirrmm!!

    MMOONNDDAAYYSSBluegrass jam, Fandango Pizza, 3163

    Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, 7-10 pm. Contact info:

    650-969-9038 or Fandango Pizza 650-494-2928.

    [email protected]

    McGrath's Bluegrass jam, McGrath's Pub,

    1539 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda, 510-522-6263,

    7:30-10:30pm.

    Baja Bluegrass jam (invitational), Baja

    Taqueria, 4070 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, (510-

    547-2252, 8pm. Contact [email protected] to

    play.

    Open mic, Red Rock Cafe, 201 Castro St. Mtn.

    View,(650-967-4473, 7:00 pm.

    -1st & 3rd Mondays-Bean Creek band, Phil's Bluegrass series, Phil's

    Fish Market. 7600 Sandholdt Road, Moss

    Landing. 831-633-2152, 6:30-8:30pm.

    Amnesia Bluegrass series, Amnesia, 853

    Valencia St. (at 20th), SF, 415-970-8336, 7pm.

    -2nd & 4th Mondays-Courthouse Ramblers band, Phil's Fish Market,

    7600 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, 831-633-

    2152, 7-9pm.

    TTUUEESSDDAAYYSSSam's Bluegrass series, Sam's BBQ, 1110 S.

    Bascom, San Jose, 408-297-9151, 6-9pm: Bean

    Creek (1st Tues), Carolina Special (2nd Tues),

    Cabin Fever (3rd Tues),Larry Lynch and Sunshine

    Mountain (4th Tues.), Extreme Country (5th Tues.)

    -1st Tuesday-Sicilito's Restaurant, Garberville (707-923-2814)

    -2nd & 4th Tuesdays-NCBS Bluegrass jam, Dublin Heritage Center

    Park, 6600 Donlon, Dublin, 7-9pm.

    - 4th Thursday-Sixteen Mile House, 448 Broadway, Millbrae

    (650-697-6118)

    WWEEDDNNEESSDDAAYYSSBluegrass jam, Fandango Pizza, 3163

    Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, 7-10 pm Contact info:

    650-969-9038 or Fandango Pizza 650-494-2928.

    [email protected]

    Sam's Bluegrass series, Sam's BBQ, 1110 S.

    Bascom, San Jose, 408-297-9151, 6-9pm:

    Sidesaddle (1st Wed), Diana and The Yes Ma’ams

    (2nd Wed), Sidesaddle (3rd Wed), Diana & the Yes

    Ma’ams (4thWed), Sidesaddle & Co. (1st and 3rd

    Wed), Diana & the Yes Ma'ams (2nd & 4th Wed).

    -1st Wednesday-Jeanie & Chuck's Bluegrass country jam, The

    Plough and Stars, 116 Clement (at 2nd Ave.), SF,

    415-751-1122, 8-10:30pm.

    -1st & 3rd Wednesdays-Bluegrass jam, hosted by Tom Sours, Murphy's

    Irish Pub, 464 First St., Sonoma, 707-935-0660,

    8-10pm.

    Whiskey Brothers Band, Albatross Pub, 1822

    San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, 510-843-2473, 9pm.Mountain Drive Bluegrass jam at theTrout

    Farm Inn at Lompico, Felton, CA, 831-335-4317.

    Contact Mike Baroni 831- 338-62022

    TTHHUURRSSDDAAYYSSAtlas Bluegrass series, Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St.

    (at Alabama), SF, 415-648-1047, 8-10pm. Dark

    Hollow (1st Thurs), Jam (Last Thurs), Other shows

    TBA at www.bluegrasssociety.org/calendrix.

    Now held every Thursday-- Open Jam, El Toro

    Brew Pub, NW corner of Monterey & Main Street,

    Morgan Hill, CA. Contact: Larry Phegley,

    [email protected], 831-373-7043, or

    Dick Simunic, email: [email protected], 6-

    10pm

    Open Mic, Blue Rock Shoot, 14523 Big Basin

    Way, Saratoga,, 408-872-0309

    Fifth String Music Store Bluegrass Jam, 3051

    Adeline St, Berkeley, 510-548-8282, 8pm.

    Ed Neff and Friends jam,Willowbrook Ale

    House, 3600 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma, 707-

    775-4232, 6:30-9:30pm.

    Open Mike - South Bay Folks Club, Mission

    City Coffee Roasting Company, 2221 The

    Alameda, Santa Clara, 408-261-2221

    -1st Thursday-The NCBS’ “First Thursdays” bluegrass series,

    Prince of Wales Pub, 106 East 25th Avenue, San

    Mateo (near the entrance to Bay Meadows, 1 block

    east of El Camino Real), 8:00pm-11:00pm

    -1st & 3rd Thursdays-Marin Bluegrass jam, Marin Lutheran Church,

    649 Meadowsweet, Corte Madera, 7:30-10pm.

    -3rd Thursday-Café Amsterdam, 23 Broadway, Fairfax,415-256-

    8020, 8:30pm-11:00pm

    FFRRIIDDAAYYSS-1st Friday-

    1st Friday series, Murphy's Irish Pub, 464 First

    St., Sonoma, 707-935-0660, 8-10pm.

    -SSAATTUURRDDAAYYSS--Americana, Roots Music series, Atlas Cafe,

    3049 20th St. (at Alabama), SF, 415-648-1047,

    4-7pm.

    (Also Sunday) Bluegrass and acoustic series,

    San Gregorio General Store, Highway 84 (at

    Stage Road), San Gregorio, 650-726-0565, 11am-

    5pm.

    Bluegrass and acoustic jam, CoffeeCatz

    Roastery, 6761 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol, 707-

    829-6600, 2-5pm.

    -2nd Saturday-Hootenanny Night folk and acoustic series, Cafe

    International, 508 Haight St., SF, 415-775-0221,

    7-10:30pm.

    -3rd Saturday-Bluegrass Jam w/ Jennifer Kitchen, Bob’s

    Courthouse Coffee Shop& Resturant, 2198

    Broadway, Redwood City, 12-3pm

    -2nd & 4th Saturdays-Murphy's Irish Pub Bluegrass series, , 464 First

    St., Sonoma, 707-935-0660, 8pm.

    SSUUNNDDAAYYSSAmerican Roots Music Show series, The Music

    Store, 66 W. Portal Ave, SF, 415-664-2044, 3-6pm.

    Jupiter old-time jam, 7pm

    Americana Unplugged Series, Jupiter Brewpub,

    2181 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, 5pm

    1st SundaySCVFA jam, Hoover Middle School, Naglee Ave.

    �� CONCERTS ��

    Concert Info Thanks to Peter Thompson

    [email protected]

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