MN Bluegrass Magazine Aug 2016 by Minnesota Bluegrass

August 2016

Dick Kimmel Minnesota Bluegrass Ambassador Inside: From the Editor 3 | MBOTMA Board Elections 5 Grass Clippings 7 | Cover Story: Dick Kimmel 10 CD Review: Dick Kimmel 18 | CD Review: Hand Picked Bluegrass 20 Bluegrass Saturday Morning 25 | MBOTMA Calendar of Events 27 American Hornpipe Tab 29 | Coming Up 30

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MBOTMA Board of Directors President: Peter Albrecht, henrypeteralbrecht@gmail.com Vice President: Jana Metge, 952-996-6490, singdancesavetheworld@gmail.com Treasurer: Greg Landkamer Secretary: Mary DuShane Board Members: Term expires 2016: Kenneth Bloch, Alan Jesperson, Philip Nusbaum Term expires 2017: Marilyn Bergum, Sarah Cagley, Ann Iijima, Quillan Roe Youth Representative: Theo Hougen-Eitzman, 1 Seat vacant For meeting minutes and other Board business, go to: minnesotabluegrass.org/as_Board

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Minnesota Bluegrass Editor: Doug Lohman, editor@minnesotabluegrass.org Contributors: Bob Douglas, Adam Granger, Ann Iijima, Pam Longtine, Jana Metge, Philip Nusbaum, Tom Pietrs, Coming Up: Loretta Simonet, Pam Bowers, John Brandberg Y’All Come: Bill Lindroos Wordmark: Katryn Conlin Photography: Doug Lohman, Steve Tatum Cover image: Al Fack Back: Doug Lohman Deadline for submissions: The 1st of the month preceding publication Submit content or request advertising guidelines at: editor@minnesotabluegrass.org. Minnesota Bluegrass is published monthly by The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association™, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, P.O. Box 16408, Mpls, MN 55416. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for the loss or return of unsolicited photos, recordings, or manuscripts. ©2016 Minnesota Bluegrass. All rights reserved. ISBN 0891-0537. 2

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August 2016

From the Editor

What a month this will be! Just got done with the Coming Up calendar and it’s bigger and better! There is so much activity in August, that you may not be able to take it all in. But, I want to encourage you to try. It does wonders for the soul to get out and listen to music with friends or other MBOTMA members. Part of it is the State Fair at the end of the month, that is packed with the Minnesota Americana-Roots Music Contests (10 duos and 10 bands will compete for the top prize) and many other music performances. It starts on Thursday, August 25 and runs through Monday, September 4, Labor Day. There will be performances by the Sawtooth Brothers, Café Accordion Orchestra, Switched at Birth, Sherwin Linton & the Cotton Kings, the Okee Dokee Brothers, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, and Pushing Chain to name a few. Don’t forget the other festivals going on around the state. Of course, the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival at El Rancho Manana is the grand-daddy of them all. I’m not partial, am I? There are the Lakes Bluegrass Festival in Pine River, MN and the Bluegrass, Beef & Corn Festival up in Baudette, MN. The second sounds like the perfect recipe for a good time: Bluegrass and food! When you get to the Festival at El Rancho, don’t forget to check in to the headquarters of the Festival and sign up to volunteer. Many hands make the load light was something my mother always told me. There are lots of easy tasks that only take a couple of hours, so you’ll be able to schedule around your favorite artists. Take in the experience, soak it up. This one only happens once a year and there’s talent to please everyone. Hey, take some photos. Minnesota Bluegrass Magazine can always use photos of all aspects of the Festival; jams, workshops, dances, yoga, campground parties, people eating, people smiling. They will be plenty of folks doing all those things. Another way to help MBOTMA flourish is to be an ambassador. Tell all your friends about the great time you had last year and encourage them to come, participate and then, join MBOTMA. Don’t forget to jam. IBCNU, Doug Lohman

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The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association is open to everyone. Our members include people who love to listen to music and people who love to make music. As a member, you’ll be invited to participate in bluegrass and old-time music events and celebrations. You’ll receive discounted prices on admission to events and merchandise, and you’ll receive a subscription to Minnesota Bluegrass magazine. Becoming a member of MBOTMA is easy and affordable. Your membership will not only nurture your own interests, but help to ensure that the bluegrass and old-time music tradition is sustained and grows in Minnesota. Individual $35

Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, events discounts for one person, and a free classified ad.

Family $50

Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, up to four discounted tickets per event, and a free classified ad. Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, advance booking information for MBOTMA events, a free classified ad, and listings in the MBOTMA member band directory in print and on our website.

Band $75

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From the Editor 3 MBOTMA Board Elections 5 Grass Clippings 7 Cover Story: Dick Kimmel 10 CD Review: Dick Kimmel 18 CD Review: Hand Picked Bluegrass 20 Bluegrass Saturday Morning 25 MBOTMA Calendar of Events 27 American Hornpipe Tab 29 Coming Up 30

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Call 800-635-3037 or 612-285-9133 for details or if you would like to join by phone. Funding for MBOTMA provided in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and private donors

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FIRST PLACE: $500 cash prize, 5 hours of studio time at Wild Sound, a feature article in Minnesota Bluegrass, a short paid set at the 2017 AmericanaRoots Duet Contest, State Fair Ribbons

FIRST PLACE: $1000 cash prize, a set at the 2017 Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival, cover article in Minnesota Bluegrass, 5 hours of studio time at Wild Sound, video session at Baby Blue Arts

SECOND PLACE: $250 cash prize, State Fair Ribbons

SECOND PLACE: $500 cash prize, main stage set at the 2017 Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff festival, State Fair Ribbons

THIRD PLACE: $100 cash prize, State Fair Ribbons

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Americana-Roots Duet Contest Friday, September 2, 2016 3:00–5:45 PM West End Market Stage, Minnesota State Fair ENTRY FEE: $20 per duet, LIMIT 10 duets

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THIRD PLACE: $250 cash prize, State Fair Ribbons

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MBOTMA Board Election is coming up!! by Jana Metge

If you are interested in being a board member please contact MBOTMA, send an email, talk to any board member at the AUGUST Festival, or stop in and visit the Sept Board Meeting on the first TUESDAY. For a Time Commitment there is a 3 hour board meeting monthly and board members also participate with the events, fundraisers, write Magazine articles and Board Committees (like Finance or planning a Fundraiser’). To learn about the responsibility of being a non profit board member, you can pull up the Minnesota Council of Non Profits or the Minnesota Attorney General Charities Division websites. Many great details about the Roles & Responsibilities are on those sites. Basically, a board member:

• Takes care of and protects the Organization’s Assets • Monitors the work of those hired to work for MBOTMA • Oversees fiscal responsibility (makes sure bills are paid, monitors how funds are used, makes sure money comes into the organization, sets and monitors the budget, makes sure there is enough money to pay all the bills, and makes sure that standard accounting principles are utilized.) • Serves as an Ambassador for the Organization • Promotes the Work & Priorities of the Membership who gives the Board their Authority. MBOTMA needs you! Please consider running for the Board. Thanks!

MBOTMA’s competitions at the Minnesota State Fair will be bigger and better than ever. The 2016 Minnesota Americana-Roots Music Contests will feature a vocal duet contest again this year as well as a brand-new competition – a Battle of the Bands! Both contests are limited to acoustic groups playing Americana “Roots” music, including bluegrass, old-time, newgrass, and related music. Professional musicians will judge the duos and bands on material selection and arrangement, instrumental and vocal performance, stage presence, and audience response. On Friday, September 2nd, the Americana-Roots Duet Con-

test will award ribbons and cash prizes ($500/$250/$100) to the top three duos. On Saturday, September 3rd, the Americana-Roots Band Contest, emceed by Adam Granger, will award ribbons and cash prizes to the top three bands ($1,000/$500/$250). The first-place band also will receive a set at the 2017 Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival, a cover article in Minnesota Bluegrass, five hours of studio time at the Wild Sound Recording Studio, and a video session at Baby Blue Arts. Mark your calendars: September 2 and 3, 2016. Don’t miss these exciting contests.

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MBOTMA is celebrating Give to the Max Day Thursday November 17!

Mark this Date and Contribute to MBOTMA! Keep our programs & festivals going strong. August 2016

August 25-28, 2016

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Pine River, MN Cass County Fairgrounds Featuring the Best in National & Regional Bluegrass Bands! Plus camping, jamming, workshops, food & more!

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road

The Bluegrass Martins

NC • Fri. & Sat.

MO • Fri. & Sat.

Rebecca Frazier

Nashville, TN • Fri. & Sat.

Festival Schedule Gates Open Tues. at 3pm

Main Stage Thu. 5 - 11pm Fri. & Sat. 11am - 11pm Sun. 9am - 2pm

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers

Workshops Fri. & Sat. 10am -5pm

Monroe Crossing

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Also Playing: Po Ramblin’ Boys KY • Fri. & Sat.

The Bluegrass Express Dick Kimmel & Co. Shaffers Lost 40

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Grass Clippings... Member Illness From Denny O’Brien and Tom Schuveiller

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Laura Ingalls Wilder Days Fiddle Contest

The 25th Annual Laura Ingalls Wilder Days Fiddle Contest will be held on Saturday, September 10th in Pepin, Wisconsin on the “Laura Day” grounds (Hwy 35 and Elm Street). This event attracts dozens of fiddlers of all ages each year and is one of the largest fiddle contests in the area. Age categories are 9 & under, 10-15, and 16 and over as well as Trick and Fancy. The youngest fiddlers are only asked to play one tune; everyone 10 and older plays one waltz and one fast tune their of choice. The Laura Days committee awards a number of places in each division, totaling $800. New this year will be a Midwestern Old Time Jam held on Sunday, September 11th from 11:00a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the traditional crafts area. The music will focus on the old-time style of Midwestern tunes that Pa Ingalls and his neighbors might have played. The contest is part of a weekend family-oriented event featuring arts and educational entertainment based on the early American pioneer experience of storybook author Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s held annually (the second full weekend in September) in the village and surrounding hillsides of her birthplace - Pepin, Wisconsin. The entire event, including the fiddle contest, is free and open to the public. For more information, including a detailed schedule, contest rules and online registration, go to www. lauradays.org.

The 18th Annual Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival at

Minnehaha Park is looming large. The Festival began its life in 1999 when Alan Jesperson booked the brand new pavilion stage for The Middle Spunk Creek Boys to do a Labor Day Park Board concert. After thinking about it for a few days, Alan thought it might

be fun to do a mini-festival with some other local bands. The idea was okayed by the Park Board and it all began. Since the Park doesn’t pay performers, it seemed to make sense to go to local businesses to sponsor the program. Tewny-three sponsors came on board. The funds to pay the bands and event expenses come from their kind support. The first program featured The Platte Valley Boys, True Blue, The Christensen Sisters, The Middle Spunk Creek Boys and the Buffalo Gals. It was a great success and LW now has a life of its own after 18 years. We now have over 60 local sponsors and a great variety of food vendors to make the afternoon a great family experience. The festival is free and open to the public, beginning at 1pm on Labor Day, September 5. The audience area has lots of trees for comfortable park bench seating and plenty of room for picnic blankets. The Hiawatha Line trains stop at the park, so taking the train will solve any parking problems. This is a great community event and a fine way to wrap up the summer. We have already requested the weather committee to arrange for a perfect weather day! For more information go to http://mscb.com/minnehaha.htm 7

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Tom’s wife, Margaret, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on June 10th and their world has been turned on its head. Doctors and more doctors, it has just been a nightmare. Renee Anderson from Trackside Bluegrass Band, along with husband David, just went through the rigors of ovarian cancer and has won the fight. Tom has taken a page out of their playbook to help them fight this disease. When Tom posted on his Facebook page asking for prayers, he received a call from Tim Raybon, brother of Marty Raybon of Shenandoah and Full Circle fame, who offered prayers and condolences. Two days later Marty called him to offer prayers, not only once, but on three separate occasions. Tim was Marty’s bass player and sang harmony in Full Circle, but has now retired from the Music Business and still keeps in touch. Tom was overwhelmed that a national act like the Raybon’s would take the time to call and ask about his wife and pray for them. Marty and his brother Tim are a class act in their personal lives as well as their professional lives. Tom and I have often said there are no finer people in the world than “Bluegrass People.” They really care, and it not just theatrics and lip service. Tom and Margaret are very blessed to have so many people call, message, and give prayers for her recovery. Although their fight has just begun, the feeling of support is clearly there. Tom is very appreciative of the prayers for his wife Margaret and her fight with

this horrible disease.

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On Gratitude and Festivals by Tom Pietrs

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Will Kelley the stage shows, but if Will Kelley doesn’t show, he will be sorely missed. The next stop on my gratitude walk was the spot where we served up dinner for the past two nights. Eight years ago, I made up my mind that I would grill meats if the other guys in our foursome brought the fixin’s. We eat like kings. At our Saturday Homestead Pickin’ Parlor jam, someone commented on last month’s article by MBOTMA President Peter Albrecht on the future of MBOTMA events. This launched a discussion that ended with banjo player, Syd Nesbitt saying that “You have to

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On Sunday June 5th, I felt a wave of gratitude wash over me as I took to the Main Stage to introduce the final acts of the Homegrown Kickoff. I thanked the Minnesota Arts Board and sponsors like My Favorite Guitars and Nechville Banjoes. I lauded Matt Johnson, festival chairman and wearer of 3 other hats. I was like the guy who drank ‘Love Potion #9’ and started ‘kissing everything in sight.’ I made the pitch for membership. I also encouraged people to put MBOTMA in their wills and estate plans. I feel like I am making a difference when I see white-haired heads (like mine) nodding in agreement. I still recommend bequests to MBOTMA, but I advise directive language that kicks in if MBOTMA ceases operation or becomes a ukulele orchestra. Maybe the Minnesota State Arts Board would be such a choice. But I digress. My walk of gratitude from the Main Stage to my campsite took me past what hours before had been Kelley’s Korner, a jam mecca in rough camping. I pledged to Will Kelley that I would give him a shout-out in the next issue of Minnesota Bluegrass. That’s partly what this article is about. For 16 years, bass player Will Kelly has set up a shelter next to his camping trailer in a section of rough camping that everyone knows as Kelley’s Korner, because that’s what his sign says. He comes to the site a week early to set up. To say that this jam-site has international appeal is accurate. A group of Canadians always camps nearby. Kelley’s Korner is one of the things that make me keep coming to the festivals. You can scratch

bring something to the festival in order to get something out of it.” Syd also said, “You have to keep doing things every day to get better at playing your instrument.” Pretty profound – especially from a banjo guy. I am grateful for Syd. He comes to the festivals days early and leaves a day later than the rest, when the work is all done. My current read is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (sic.)(the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing) by Marie Kondo. I recommend this to anyone, especially MBOTMA leaders. In the big picture, if the purpose of our efforts is to boost attendance to build cash flow that supports second or third tier national bluegrass acts – forget it. Many who come to MBOTMA festivals don’t even recognize these names. But if folks with the spirit of Will Kelley and Syd Nesbitt stop coming, we may as well save our ticket and gas money and have one heck of a jam party at home. I hear music in the background of my mind. I feel like the Oscar winner that thanks everyone from God to his first grade teacher. I end saying, “If I didn’t mention your name, I am limited by time and space, but I am still grateful for what you bring to our festival-parties.”

Cover Story

Dick Kimmel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

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by Ann Iijima

Minnesota Bluegrass enjoys helping the members of the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association become better acquainted. In its November 2013 issue, it featured Craig Frailin Evans, who described learning clawhammer from master banjo player Dwight Diller. Did you know that another MBOTMA member gave Diller his first banjo lesson? Background: In an old photograph, threeyear-old Dick Kimmel is standing in front of a rose bush, holding an A-style mandolin and wearing an army helmet, apparently preparing for the unpredictable life of a professional musician. He grew up surrounded by music: his family members all played piano, his mother played banjo, his father fiddled, and his father and his brother Don were trained singers. In grade school, Kimmel added a 5th string to his mother’s Weymann tenor banjo and later bought a Vega Folk Wonder. Before the age of 10, he was playing traditional country duets with his brother Charles, and he started bluegrass and rock bands in high school. Kimmel continued to perform while obtaining a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in animal behavior. For the next seven years, he toured full-time throughout the United States with the West Virginia-based band, “Keen, Kimmel & Co.” After that, he earned a Ph.D. in wildlife biology, and then moved to Minnesota to work for the Department of Natural Resources. During his 30-year career with the 10

DNR, he continued a demanding schedule of performing, touring, and recording. In 2011, Kimmel retired from the DNR to return to being a full-time musician, perform-

ing solo; in duos with son Ian Kimmel, Pamela Longtime, Adam Granger, and Lori Jean; in the Alan Munde Trio; and in Dick Kimmel & Co. Kimmel has had “& Co” bands since the 1970s. He is a little embarrassed about having his name as the band name, but observes that “it certainly saves problems thinking of a ‘clever’ band name and in selling recordings with a defunct band name on them once the band dissolves, as they all eventually do.” Dick Kimmel & Co received the National

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Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys c 1975. Left to right Dwight Diller, Richard Hefner, Harley Carpenter, and Dick Kimmel. Photo by Steven Tatum.

the Couch (Dick Kimmel Music CD 2016-01). • Induction into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame, and America’s Traditional Country and Bluegrass Hall of Fame. • Nominated for SPBGMA’s 2014 Bluegrass Entertainer of the Year. • Named “West Virginia Ambassador of Good Will” by the West Virginia Legislature in 1978. • Chaired IBMA’s International Committee for 15 years.

Old-time Music and “The Lesson”: Although a Bluegrass Unlimited article about Kimmel gave him the title “the Ambassador of Bluegrass” because of his work on IBMA’s International Committee, Kimmel also has deep roots in old-time music, most recently evidenced in his newest album, Corbett on the Couch, reviewed elsewhere in this issue. Kimmel became deeply immersed in oldtime music during the 16 years he lived in West Virginia. He met and 11

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Traditional Country Music Association’s “Rising Legend Award” in 2008. The current configuration of the band has been together for three years and consists of Kimmel (mandolin), Graham Sones (banjo), Terry Johnson (bass), Tony Rook (guitar), with vocals by all four members. It plays mostly regionally but also in a few national shows, most notably the 2014 and 2015 SPBGMA (Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America) showcases in Nashville. The band plays straight-ahead bluegrass – bluegrass classics, originals that sound like classics, and bluegrass gospel – and old-time stringband music. A number of well-known Minnesota bluegrass musicians are Dick Kimmel & Co alumni, including Leo Rosenstein, Tim Roggenkamp, Jed Malischke, Jerilyn Kjellberg, Paul Horrisberger, Bill Liners, Bruce Bernhart, Darrell Fuhr, Tim O’Connor, and Gordy Abel. To date, Kimmel has played, recorded, and promoted bluegrass music nationally and internationally for more than 50 years with Dick Kimmel & Co and such artists as Del McCoury, Hazel Dickens, and Becky Buller. His musical accomplishments include: • Articles for music publications in the United States, Europe, and Asia. • More than two dozen recordings, including four solo albums: Dick Kimmel – 25 Year Collection (Copper Creek Records CD 0143), Dick Kimmel – Wild Turkey Rag (Copper Creek Records CD 0115), a clawhammer banjo release, Dick Kimmel – Fishin’ Creek Blues (Copper Creek Records CD 0173), and his 2016 mandolin recording, Dick Kimmel – Corbett on

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played with many old-time musicians, traveled to old-time festivals and fiddlers’ conventions throughout the Appalachians, and recorded with various old-time groups, including the Wild Turkey Stringband. When he moved to Minnesota in 1981, finding a community of old-time musicians was more challenging. He was lucky, however, to connect with a number of talented old-time musicians, all well known to the MBOTMA community. Bob Bovee and his late partner, Gail Heil, became wonderful inspirations for his music and worked with him on Dick Kimmel – Fishin’ Creek Blues. Fishin’ Creek Blues generated a cover story in the Banjo Newsletter as well as Fishin’ Creek Blues (Mel Bay, 2001), a book of clawhammer tablatures for all the tunes on the recording. He recently has been performing with Pamela Longtine in a range of musical styles, includ-

Contest band at Galax Fiddlers Convention c 1976. Hub Nitchie (banjo), Dick Kimmel (mandolin), Jozef Van Gool (bass), Wayne Erbsen (fiddle), and Tina Liza Jones (guitar). ing French-Canadian fiddle music and folk music, and covering many of the tunes and songs from Corbett on the Couch. He also has greatly enjoyed performing with Long-

tine’s old-time bands like “Trad and True” and with “Bob and Lynn Dixon.” Kimmel is perplexed by the tendency of the bluegrass and oldtime communities to stay separate from each other, sometimes disparaging the other genre, despite their common roots. He generally has included old-time music on his bluegrass recordings and believes that playing old-time music grounded his bluegrass in the face of pressure to modernize the sound. Conversely, bluegrass mandolin tunes and softer folk-style songs crept into his latest CD, which initially was to have been an old-time mandolin CD. One-half hour of Kimmel’s life, in particular, had an unforeseen and lasting impact on his life and on old-time music. When he was in graduate school in the late 60s, he supported himself by teaching banjo and guitar at the O.B. Fawley Music Store in Morgantown, West Virginia. One day, a beginning banjo player came to the store wanting August 2016

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was the most important $1.80 he’d ever spent and . . . set the stage for his being able to learn clawhammer. It taught him “the importance of a percussive, pulsating rhythm.” (Stern at pages 48-49) Dick is quick to downplay the impact he had on Diller’s banjo technique, giving “Dwight credit for being both a student of his–for this single lesson–and at the same time for being his inspiration, his single most important teacher [giving] him a musical trajectory.” (Stern at page 48) “I wasn’t playing clawhammer at the time–but knew the Seeger basic strum which is the same type of bump-ditty rhythm and I had read that clawhammer involved the two down strokes with the back of the finger. I showed Dwight that. He told me later that had I (someone) not told him the words ‘bump-ditty’ he wouldn’t have gotten the rhythm and thanked me for showing him that. . . . Dwight’s and my styles evolved quite differently–he is very big into heavy rhythm and using the entire forearm. I use

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to learn how to play clawhammer. That banjo player was Dwight Diller, and this encounter is detailed in “The Banjo Lesson,” a section in Dwight Diller: West Virginia Mountain Musician (Lewis M. Stern 2016). As Dwight told the story, Dick Kimmel gave him one banjo lesson, showed him the basics, though as Dwight thought back on the experience what he learned from Kimmel was not quite clawhammer. Decades later, Dwight could not remember with any precision what Dick Kimmel showed him with the right hand in that single lesson. . . . Whatever it was that Kimmel showed him, it had a rhythmic core that seized Dwight, and it reminded him of Grandpa Jones’ strong right hand attack. “I watched Dick Kimmel move his hand in a certain way. It was just so hard to teach me things . . .” And the way Dick Kimmel said it, he said “I showed you one thing and then you went to the woodshed and came out sometime later, came out flying. . . .” Dwight said that lesson

more wrist action and like to vary what I do in style–although I love rhythm, especially the lilt–and the principle Dwight called KISS–keep it simple stupid.” “Thus, the story is (1) Dwight was my student for 1 lesson and (2) he is one of my major influences. I hope we can just leave it at that. Dwight was from Pocahontas County and knew the Hammons (family) and had no doubt heard real old-time music for years or all his life. I had very little old-time exposure at the time. Dwight and I got together some months later and he played me many West Virginia tunes in grand fashion. I was glad to have had an influence on him, because getting together with him after “the lesson” taught me the beauty of and how to play clawhammer.” (Stern at pages 4849, quoting Kimmel). Something clicked for both Kimmel and Diller that day, and they later played together in the “Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys.” Kimmel learned to play mandolin for that band, and Diller played bass. Diller, however, already was showing signs of having a remarkable gift for the banjo. When Diller joined other musicians on the porch of Kimmel’s small cabin in the woods outside Morgantown, “Dwight and his banjo because the center of focus . . . because of the seriousness in which Dwight took his playing and the beauty and basic nature of his playing.” (Stern at 49, quoting Kimmel). Stern suspects that the jam sessions on Kimmel’s porch “may have been the first instances of Dwight’s public performances on the banjo; they could have been among the first experiences that signaled to Dwight that he could perform music in a manner that would become the central

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Ian Kimmel & the Heard, Dulono’s 2016 organizing dimension of his life.” (Stern at page 50) Harmony, Integration, Passing It On: Kimmel excels at creating harmony among his interests and integrating his passions. This is seen not only in his ability to gracefully combine bluegrass and old-time music, but also in his integration of music, education, and wildlife biology. For over 50 years, he has looked for opportunities to combine musical performance with lessons on wildlife biology or on the development of bluegrass music. He worked at the Farm and Wilderness camps in Vermont in the 60s, serving both as a naturalist and musician, playing for four dances a week and performing on The F & W Stringband album. He has given “History of Bluegrass Music” seminars at many bluegrass festivals. He also is in great demand at public libraries, which have been eager to have him perform and share his knowledge of wildlife biology or the history of bluegrass with their all-age audiences. Kimmel also has raised the profile of Minnesota’s bluegrass 14

and old-time music scene nationally and internationally through his teaching and writing. For example, he published an article in Bluegrass Unlimited about MBOTMA legend Lloyd LaPlant. For his part, LaPlant says that we are lucky that Kimmel moved to Minnesota, where his willingness to share a lifetime of work in music has been a boon to the community. Kimmel’s performance style also reflects his dual interests in music and the history of the music. “I like doing quality performances – well-practiced songs, the order of a set is very important, changing up the style of a song, the key, the tempo, the message in the lyrics. I also like being on with my ‘show.’ I don’t just play songs. I like to provide knowledge about the songs and bluegrass and old-time music. I like to make an audience comfortable in my ‘musical setting’ by both entertaining and providing information. I’m not one to play just song after song. The MC work is important to me.” Much closer to home, he has passed on his love of music to his son, Ian Kimmel. Ian had his first

banjo before he could walk (Kimmel admits to putting small banjos in Ian’s crib.) At four, Ian was mimicking other musicians on a cello outfitted like a stand-up bass. Kimmel was able to track his son’s musical interests as he grew based on which instruments were missing from Kimmel’s collection. Ian appeared on stage for the first time when he was eight and was hosting workshops and teaching classes for musicians twice his age as a teenager. Ian says, “It’s been nice always having him around for advice. It’s not too often you get to have a three-time hall-of-famer at your house.” Kimmel says that one of his greatest thrills has come from watching Ian’s progression as a musician. “Ian’s just a really neat performer. . . . People tend to get cynical with age, and he has such a fresh attitude and so much energy. I feel lucky to have such a great son.” This summer, Ian has been performing with “Ian Kimmel and The Heard” (Samuel Kalisch, Ben Ehrlich, and Max Etling) and promoting his new CD, Nothing to Say, Nothing to Tell. In August, he will be heading to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music and plans to focus on songwriting and performance. Although these days, he is focusing on rock and blues, in other ways, he is following a path similar to his father’s: “In the future I plan to tour around the world with my own band, spreading my music to as many ears as possible.” And so it goes – from teacher to student, friend to friend, father to son. Songs, tunes, techniques, and, more importantly, the love of music, spread from person to person in an unbroken circle, thanks to MBOTMA members like Dick Kimmel. August 2016

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CD Review :

Corbett on the Couch Dick Kimmel

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By Pamela Longtine

Dick Kimmel’s latest CD, Corbett on the Couch is a magical mix of old-time, bluegrass and vocals all played with the mastery that comes from his sixty years of experience. This is Dick’s 20-something recording and is his first mandolin recording. (Dick says he lost count of his recordings after a couple of dozen.) Each of the generous 18 cuts exhibits Dick’s love of this traditional art form as well as his deep understanding of traditional music. Nine of the cuts are originals that Dick wrote for the mandolin. The mandolin-infused CD has an amazing variety of tunes and songs that showcase his work with duos, trios, and in band form with such notable artists as Bob Bovee, Ian Kimmel, and Adam Granger just to name a few. In the liner notes, Dick states that his mandolin style comes from his heart through his improvisational style. One of the best examples of this is his original tune, “Really Reel,” which he performs with his son Ian Kimmel on just two mandolins. The musical conversation between these two mandolins is powerful and joyous. The intertwining of the mandolins is so exciting and expressive as they improvise and play off of each other. “Really Reel” is a musical expression of pure adventure and wild abandon and highlights talents that have been shared between father and son. “Love of the Mountain” is a song written by Allen Mills who has per18

formed at MBOTMA events with “Lost and Found.” Originally this song was a fast-paced bluegrass piece that Dick slowed down creating a rolling, haunting tribute to parents who are long gone. This piece is the first vocal on the album and I was instantly struck with Dick’s deep emotion for this song and an instant love of Dick’s vocal abilities. This is truly a deeply beautiful and moving piece. Ian Kimmel joins Dick adding his exceptional vocal harmonies. “Walkin’ Through Your Town in

the Snow” is a hidden gem written by Utah Phillips. The song is performed as a duet with Bob Bovee on lead vocals, guitar, and harmonica and Dick on tenor vocals and mandolin. This song speaks of the hardship of a transient person who can’t find a warm place to rest on his lonely walk through a small wintery town. Done in a perfect style, this song spins a story about finding oneself cast out of society. The song feels like it was written for Bob and Dick to sing as a duo. Bob and his beloved musical partner August 2016

the late Gail Heil have been long time friends and an inspirational force in Dick’s playing and love of old-time music. Bob and Gail are also featured on Dick’s old-time banjo album, “Dick Kimmel - Fishin’ Creek Blues” (Copper Creek Records CCCD 0173). Dick follows with a very danceable “Mississippi Sawyer” made extra lively with the fabulous Bovee harmonica/guitar playing (played at the same time!). Dick Kimmel and Bob Bovee are definitely two of the best old-time musicians around. Dick’s high spirited mandolin styling of fiddle tunes shows him to be a true master of this genre. Dick is also a master of bluegrass music and his original bluegrass instrumental “Road to Braemar” is inspirational and exciting. Whenever I hear this tune I always feel like I have entered some kind of spy chase scene. It literally makes

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mental conversation that goes on a fanciful journey. Dick Kimmel’s latest CD, Corbett on the Couch, is a must have for lovers of old-time fiddle tunes featuring mandolin, driving bluegrass numbers, and of deep-felt traditional songs. The CD showcases Dick’s ability to masterfully express this living art form. He is backed by sixty years of music-making. His deep love and respect of traditional music is expressed in each tune and song. His ability to make each piece his own and add new works to the traditional repertoire shows how completely he is immersed in carrying on the music traditions that he holds so dear. This is the work of a true master. (This CD is currently only available through www.dickkimmel. com. Dick Kimmel Music 2016-01)

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the best travel tune--just don’t get caught speeding! The tune was previously recorded on the CD “Dick Kimmel & Leo Rosenstein – Road to Braemar” Copper Creek Records CCCD-1032. There is a lot of hot picking on this cut featuring Kevin Barnes on banjo, Paul Horrisberger on bass, Leo Rosenstein on guitar, and Brian Wicklund on fiddle, with Dick on mandolin. Another great Kimmel-original mandolin tune is “Sand Lake Rag.” This is performed with Dick’s longtime musical partners Adam Granger and Alan Munde. Dick has performed with Adam for over 30 years and the group has performed internationally and at festivals across the United States as the “Alan Munde Trio.” The trio recorded together for the first time on this CD. “Sand Lake Rag” sounds as authentic as any old-time fiddle (mandolin) rag played off an old 78 rpm record. “Kababeka Falls Waltz” is a gorgeous piece written by Dick in honor of the Kakabeka Falls Bluegrass Festival in Ontario where he has been a performer. The waltz is deeply influenced by Dick’s love of nature; the piece gives the feeling of awe and beauty that nature can bring. One of the things I enjoy most about Dick’s playing is his ability to bring the aesthetic natural world into his music. “Kababeka Falls Waltz” clearly gives the listener this experience. “Corbett on the Couch,” which is the title track for this CD, is also a Kimmel original written for mandolin. Dick wrote this for his faithful English Setter, Corbett. This is a playful and lively piece that cannot help but put a smile on your face. Accompanying Dick is the masterful back-up guitar work of Bob Bovee. The two create a perfect instru-

CD Review:

Lonesome Moonshine Man The Hand-Picked Bluegrass Band

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by Adam Granger

I won’t keep you in suspense: “The Hand-Picked Bluegrass Band,” ramrodded by Joe and Sue Cronick, have recorded a dandy new album, and it’s going to be fun talking about it. Lonesome Moonshine Man is a perfect bluegrass storm: well-written, well-crafted and well-performed. The Hand-Pickeds have achieved the, well, not impossible, but difficult: bringing new ideas, fresh sounds and innovative arrangements to a genre that, honestly, often runs on bald tires. It’s every bit as good as their excellent third album, Sweet Virginia, released in 2009, and that’s saying something. (I got a copy of that album when I met Joe and Sue at a concert Alan Munde, Dick Kimmel and I played in Wausau, Wisconsin a few years back.) Of late, Joe has been a busy boy. The streets of Tomahawk, Wisconsin are quieter because he’s been inside his house writing songs. He penned ten of the twelve cuts on this album, and pretty darned nice songs they are, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Joe, his better half, Sue, guitarist Eddie Bieber and bassist Brian Cate are all good singers and players and prove it over and over again on Lonesome Mountain Man. Sue Cronick sings with a conviction and an authenticity which animate her hubby’s lyrics. My old buddy Dale Reichert plays banjo on nine of the cuts, with 5-stringer Steve Cooley playing with equal inspira20

tion on two. Brian Cate is bassist for all selections, and newest band member Eddie Bieber gets in a couple of nice, fresh, hot flatpick guitar solos that make us look forward to hearing more from him. Indiana-born fiddler Mike Cleveland is featured throughout this album with predictably wonderful results. On several of the cuts, he plays overdubbed triple fiddle parts which channel the Dale Potter/Gordon Terry/Joe Stuart fiddle trios of Bill Monroe’s 1957era band. They make me wish I was eight again. All right, introductions are over; let’s get back to Joe’s compo-

sitions. It isn’t easy to write a good bluegrass song, folks. Perhaps ironically, the relative simplicity of structure and syntax in the genre can make the conveyance of substantial and meaningful lyrics all the more difficult, because one can’t hide behind eccentric progressions, meters and verse forms. Cronick pulls this off, and covers the gamut, topic-wise, in the process. Let’s take a look: The first selection—Why Am I Always Wrong—gets things off on the right foot and lets you know your CD-buying dollars were wellspent. The second cut, You Can’t Outrun the Wind, gets a delightful August 2016

phrase-by-phrase back-and-forth lyrical treatment by Joe and Sue. They sound like a comfortably married couple finishing each others’ sentences and thoughts. In the third number, Last Message Goodbye, we discover that the message to which Cronick is referring is a text message! My first response was, “Wait. What? Aw, heck no!” But then I started thinking of earlier country and bluegrass songs which referenced the latest technology of their day—songs of sending telegrams and receiving phone calls and of Great Atomic Powers—and I thought, “Sure, why not? Good on ya Joe.” (Spoiler alert: the singer dies on a mountaintop, only able to read his beloved’s last text message, because his phone won’t get reception.) A favorite of mine is When I Grow Up, an incisive narrative

Mr Cleveland plays those triple fiddles. This album is jam-packed with little musical Cracker Jack prizes, like fiddle-mandolin pas de deux, call-and-response solos and mini-instrumental harmonies. These devices require more work and commitment on the part of the players, but they’re noticed and appreciated, especially by other musicians. My only beef with this album is not with the performances, but with the vocal mix. In the classic bluegrass trio, the baritone is the voice which brings and holds the blend together and, unfortunately, the baritone parts on this album are mixed down so far as to have made me think at first that I was hearing duets. Also, the vocal mix on the chorus of the title cut is actually quieter than Sue Cronick’s sung verses, which robs the piece of its natural verse-into-chorus dynamic build. It’s almost like they’re whispering. These things may well be the result of conscious decisions on the part of Mr. Cronick, who is credited as producer, and that’s the fun of music and music production: you can have it any way you want it. That they don’t work so well for me doesn’t mean they’re bad choices and shouldn’t make anyone lose any sleep. And, make no mistake, these criticisms are nowhere close to being deal breakers. In fact, heck, buy the CD and see if you agree with me or not. “The Hand-Picked Bluegrass Band” will be appearing at the MBOTMA Festival at El Rancho Manana this year on August 13th and 14th, so catch their sets, and then, afterward, step up and buy a copy of Lonesome Moonshine Man. Or two. 21

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about. . .growing up. And then, because every bluegrass album needs a femme fatale vehicle and a moonshine song, we have Web of Deceit and Lonesome Moonshine Man. These are followed by the album’s only instrumental, Bill Monroe’s Ashland Breakdown, and another engaging Cronick composition, Good News, wherein, in the space of two minutes and forty-nine seconds, the arc of the singer’s life gets yanked back and forth like a yo-yo. In the home stretch come I Can’t Stop Myself from Loving You, The Carter Family’s You’re Gonna Be Sorry, and then, as a closer, a dandy Monroe encomium, Tribute to the Man. There can’t be too many songs written about “the man who started it all,” and I mean that. I love the chord changes in the chorus, and how appropriate that this is one of the selections on which

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Cameron 11th Annual Bluegrass Festival September 9, 10, 11, 2016 Pioneer Village Museum 1866 121⁄2 Ave. (Cty. Hwy. W) Cameron, WI

Featuring: • Purdy River Band • River City Ramblers • Hand Picked Bluegrass • Porcupine Creek • Sara Mae and the Birkeland Boys • The Stringsmiths • High View • Midnight Coal Company • John and Rose Band • Gospel Notes • Kings Countrymen • More bands to be announced

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Bluegrass Saturday Morning By Phil Nusbaum

Bluegrass Music and our August Festival Many years ago, a friend of mine and I made the drive to Bean Blossom, Indiana to attend the bluegrass festival hosted by Bill Monroe. For about five days, we had no waking moments without banjo rolls sounding somewhere. People were talking about old timers such as the Goins brothers, and Bill’s fiddler, Kenny Baker, and about young upstart groups such as the Bluegrass Alliance. The air seemed electric with all of the music being played. But there also was a peacefulness stemming from the common purpose shared by everyone at the event. I bring this up because Minnesota’s big bluegrass festival occurs August 11-14, 2016 at El Rancho Manaña Campground near Richmond, MN, which is near Saint Cloud. As long as you stay, you’ll be able to disconnect from things as usual, and drop into an alternative setting that is pleasurable and fulfilling. Those create a mood that is main draw of the festival. But if you happen to go to the stage, it’s good to know that we’ll be listening to great groups such as the Travelin’ McCourys, the Clay Hess band, the Horsenecks, the Canote Brothers and Minnesota’s own Monroe Crossing. And those names are just the tip of the iceberg.

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The Passing of Ralph Stanley This is being written about a week after learning of the death of bluegrass icon Ralph Stanley. Over time, Ralph came to represent traditional Appalachian music. His early musical learning came from his mother who was a banjoist. Later he teamed with his brother Carter to form a singing duet that fronted a group known as the Clinch Mountain Boys. The style of singing and song types came from popular groups at the time such as the Carter Family, as well as the Primitive Baptist church. They were also greatly affected by Bill Monroe’s bluegrass music which was causing quite a stir. While Ralph was known as an icon of traditional bluegrass, he was also an innovator. Several tunes that he made up are being played in bluegrass stage shows and jam sessions. In response to the business of music, he changed the sound of the band, at one point featuring, and later de-emphasizing, lead guitar. A CD of Ralph’s that was the result of a collaboration with music producer T-Bone Burnett reached an aesthetic high point and also introduced many to traditional bluegrass. Ralph will be missed by the bluegrass music community. But because others have emulated his style, we’ll be affected by Ralph’s music for years to come.

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August 11-14, 2016 - El Rancho Mañana

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THE TRAVELING MCCOURYS – CLAY HESS BAND

THE HORSENECKS – CANOTE BROTHERS – PERT’ NEAR SANDSTONE plus The Revelers, Hogslop Stringband, Monroe Crossing, Bob & Lynn Dixon, Poor Benny, Pushing Chain, Sarah Mae & The Birkeland Boys, Hand Picked Bluegrass, Dick Kimmel & Co, Long Time Gone, King Wilkie’s Dream, Halvorson Family Band, No Man’s Stringband, More TBA Beautiful Main Stage  Shaded Seating Area  35 Hours of Concerts  Nightly Dances  Instrument Showcases Children’s Activities  Over 20 Workshops  Plenty of Campground Jam Sessions  30 Merchant & Food Booths Campground with Showers & Beach  Shuttle Transportation  A Welcome & Safe Environment  Kids Are Free!

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MBOTMA Calendar of Events Concerts and events presented or supported by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association

The following events are presented by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA) or supported in part by MBOTMA, and made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Thursday through Sunday, August 11-14, 2016, Richmond MN: The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival, El Rancho Mañana Campground & Riding

Stable (27302B Ranch Rd 56368, 20 mi W of St Cloud, I-94 exit #153 at Avon, 9 mi S on Cty 9, L on Mañana Rd). Four-day outdoor music and camping festival with stage shows, dances, workshops, showcases, children’s shows, demonstrations, crafts, and good food in five stage areas. Five time IBMA Event of the Year nominee. 2016 performers will include The Clay Hess Band, Monroe Crossing, The Revelers, The Horsenecks, Canote Brothers, Pert Near Sandstone, and many more TBA. Mainstage showtimes are 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM Thursday, 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM Friday, 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM Saturday, and 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Sunday. $20 to $30 daily at gate or $85 for all four days in advance including camping ($79 before March 1). Teens are only $10 and kids are free. For information or tickets call 800-6353037 or visit www.MinnesotaBluegrass.org. Presented by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association

Friday and Saturday, September 2 and 3, 2016, St. Paul MN: 2016 Minnesota Americana-Roots Music Contests

at the Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN. For more information 800-635-3037 or www.MinnesotaBluegrass.org. Presented by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA).

Friday through Sunday November 18-20, 2016, St Louis Park MN: Harvest Jam Acoustic Music Experience,

Marriott Minneapolis West Hotel (9960 Wayzata Blvd). This

Help Wanted: T-shirt team

The MBOTMA T-shirt team is looking for new members. They are in extreme need of volunteers to take charge of the merchandise booth at the Winter Bluegrass Weekend and the Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff. Working at the t-shirt booth is a great way to meet people and support MBOTMA. If you’d like to coordinate the booth at a festival or co-run it with a teammate, please let us know. The team will gather in January to plan for the coming year. And thanks to the current committee members: MBTOMA August Festival booth coordinator Barb Schommer, volunteer recruiter Maggie Jorgenson, and Bea Flaming who oversees it all. Email Bea at bea@minnesotabluegrass.org or call 800-6353037 if you’d like more information or would like to volunteer.

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11th annual event will feature stage shows Friday night, all day Saturday, and Sunday morning featuring top-notch bands to be announced. Plus the Race For A Place Band Contest on Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, the Saturday Banquet Dinner (get the best seats for the evening concert), Kip’s Live Open Mic in Kip’s Irish Pub throughout the weekend, workshops, musical exhibitors, a Sunday morning gospel show, and lots of jam sessions. For more information 800-635-3037 or www. MinnesotaBluegrass.org. To book lodging contact the Marriott at 952-544-4400 and ask for the special Minnesota Bluegrass rate. Presented by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA).

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Bluegrass, Beef & Corn Festival

Sponsored by: The Baudette Depot

Saturday - August 6 The Baudette Depot, Baudette, MN Music 4-9pm / Beef & Corn Feed: 5-8pm

The Sloughgrass Band

Originating in Birchdale, MN, these eight family members can get the crowd off their seats with the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich blend of bluegrass, gospel, country, folk and scandinavian music.

Sarah Mae & the Birkeland Boys

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please audiences of all musical tatstes, mixing the sweet sound of bluegrass with engaging harmonies, skilful instrumentation, a kidred spirit and a dry twist of humor.

$2 Entry / Free will offering for the meal.

Meal includes: Smoked beef, all you can eat corn on the cob, coleslaw, watermelon, coffee or lemonade. All funds raised will go towards the preservation of the Depot.

Porcupine Creek

is an award winning group inspired by the legends of bluegrass, with subtle influence from the new grass sounds of today. Porcupine Creek is made up of talented young musicians. The band covers bluegrass and gospel favorites and mixes in a few original songs, which pleases cowds of all ages.

The Halvorson Family Band

from Mankato, Minnesota plays a family friendly variety of bluegrass, old-time and gospel music. They carry on the tradition of the family band.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota, through a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Ciltural Heritage Fund.

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The American Hornpipe by Bob Douglas

This a fine tune from the Ryan’s Mammoth Collection. Its inclusion would mean it dates back to at least the middle of the nineteenth century. I learned the tune from Alabama fiddler, James Bryan. He recorded it on his 1986 Rounder recording, The First of May. About ten years ago, Bryan also taught the tune during his workshop at the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro. It’s difficult to come away from that annual festival without having grabbed a handful of great, “newold” tunes. If you are a tune-ster, old-time or bluegrass, you’re likely already aware of James Bryan. If not, you

should become acquainted. Bryan was a fiddle prodigy who won his first competition at the age of 12. He apprenticed with bluegrass master Kenny Baker, and took the title of Tennessee Valley Fiddle King when 17. He became part of Norman Blake’s Rising Fawn String Ensemble and continued playing for a number of years with both Norman and Nancy Blake. Bryan has also played and recorded with mandolinist and guitarist Carl Jones. Besides his CD recordings, there are numerous recordings of Bryan’s playing on the Digital Library of Appalachia, a great resource for both bluegrass and old time players. More recent-

ly Bryan has performed with his daughter, Rachel, backing him up on guitar. The tune is almost entirely 16th notes in the key of D but should not prove too difficult for intermediate mandolin or fiddle players. It has a great title and certainly deserves to be played more often in the USA. If you already know the American Hornpipe, next time you see me with a mandolin in my hand, ask me and I’ll play it with you. It’s a favorite. -Bob Douglas 651-778-1395

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Coming Up Venue abbreviations 318: The 318 Café, 318 Water Street, Excelsior, 952-401-7902, www.three-eighteen.com 331C: 331 Club, 331 13th Ave NE, Mpls, 612-331-1746, www.331.mn AGr: Amazing Grace Bakery & Cafe, 394 S Lake Ave, Duluth, 218-723-0075, www.amazinggraceduluth.com APHC: “A Prairie Home Companion,” Minnesota Public Radio AST: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main St, Mpls, 612-379-3138, www. astercafe.com BSC: Black Sheep Coffee Cafe, 705 Southview Blvd., South St. Paul, www.blacksheepcoffee.com BTC: Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua, Bayfield, WI, 888-244-8368, www.bigtop.org BoDD: BoDiddley’s Pub and Deli, 129 25th Ave S, St. Cloud, 320-252-9475 CED: Cedar Cultural Center, 415 Cedar Ave S, Mpls, 612-3382674, www.thecedar.org CJ: Celtic Junction, 836 Prior Ave, St Paul, 651-330-4685, www. thecelticjunction.com CrH: Creek House Concerts, www.creekhouseconcerts.com, 651-633-5353. MUST call and reserve for these events. DAK: Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Mall, Mpls, 612-332-1010, www. dakotacooks.com DUL: Dulono’s Pizza, 607 W Lake St, Mpls, 612-827-1726, www. dulonos.com DuG: Dunn Brothers on Grand, 1569 Grand Ave, St. Paul EAG: Eagles Club, 2507 E 25th St, Mpls, 612-729-4469, www.Mplseagles34.org

FITZ: Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E Exchange St, St Paul, 651-2901200, www.fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org GINK: Ginkgo Coffeehouse, 721 N Snelling Ave, St Paul, 651-645-2647, www.ginkgocoffee.com GKb: Grand Kabaret, 210 N Minnesota St, New Ulm, 507-3599222, www.thegrandnewulm.com HB: Harriet Brewing, 3036 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis HOB: The Loft at Hobgoblin Music, 920 State Hwy 19, Red Wing, 877-866-3936, www.stoneyend.com MER: Merlins Rest, 3601 E Lake St, Mpls, 612-216-2419 OAK: Oak Center General Store, 67011 Hwy 63, Lake City, 507-753-2080, www.oakcentergeneralstore.com RIV: Riverview Café & Wine Bar, 3747 42nd Ave S, Mpls, 612-7294200, theriverview.com ROCK: Rockwoods, 9100 Quaday Ave NE, Elk River, 763-2224353, www.nograsslimit.com/RockwoodsCalendar.html SHL: Sheldon Theatre, 443 W 3rd St, Red Wing, 800-899-5759, www.sheldontheatre.org TAP: Tapestry Folkdance Center, 3748 Minnehaha Ave S, Mpls, 612-722-2914, www.tapestryfolkdance.org UMC: Underground Music Café, 1579 Hamline Ave N, Falcon Hts, 651-644-9959, undergroundmusiccafe.com VC: Vieux Carre, 408 St Peter St, St Paul, 651-291-2715, vieuxcarre.com WmH: The Warming House, 4001 Bryant Ave S, lower level, Minneapolis, 877-987-6487, thewarminghouse.net ZUM: Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, 507-7327616, www.crossingsatcarnegie.com

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Baudette, MN 218-590-6407 See AD page 28

7/30 – Saturday • Recfest Bluegrass Festival, Historic

Recfest Bandshell, Milaca, www.milacarecfest.com • Alternate Route, BSC,10am • Curtis & Loretta, Tin Bins, 413 E Nelson St, Stillwater, 6pm • Joel Zoxx, ZUM, 8pm • Roe Family Singers, St Paul Farmers Market, 290 5th St E, St Paul, 9am • Dan Rumsey, DuG, 7:30pm

August 11-14 Thursday - Sunday

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El Rancho Manana, Richmond, MN See AD page 26

7/31 – Sunday • Recfest Bluegrass Festival, Historic

Recfest Bandshell, Milaca, www.milacarecfest.com • Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle, BTC, 7:30pm • The Flemming Fold, Lincoln County Fair, Tyler

8/1 – Monday • Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra,

Como Dockside, 1360 Lexington

August 25-28 Thursday-Sunday

Lakes Bluegrass Festival Pine River, MN www.lakesbluegrassfestival.com See AD page 4

Pkwy, St Paul, 7pm

• Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm • Doug Otto and Friends, 331C, 10pm • Monroe Crossing, Harmony for Mayo Program, Peace Plaza 1st St SW and 1st Ave SW, Rochester, 12pm

8/2 – Tuesday • The Fish Heads, Gary Community

Center, 801 - 101st Ave. W., Duluth, 6:30pm • Middle Spunk Creek Boys, NormanAugust 2016

dale Lake Bandshell, 5904 W 84th St, Bloomington, 7pm • Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle, Minnesota Zoo, 13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, 952-431-9200, • St Dominic’s Trio, Driftwood Char Bar, 4415 Nicollet Ave, Mpls, 9pm • Jugg Sluggers, RIV, 7pm • Roe Family Singers, St Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave, St Paul, 10:30am

8/3 – Wednesday • Roe Family Singers, Dakota County

Historical Soc. Library, 130 3rd Ave No, So St Paul, 6:30pm • Jugsluggers, DuG, 7:30pm • Bob & Lynn Dixon, Nokomis Farmers Market, 5167 Chicago Ave S, Mpls, 4pm • The Flemming Fold, Wood-Fired Pizza Summer Concert Series, at Zwingli UCC, 23148 Co. Hwy 24, Berne, 6:30pm

8/4 – Thursday • Carver Creek, Sibley County Fair, 801 W Chandler St, Arlington, 6:30pm

• Dennis Warner, Salo Park, St Anthony Village, 7pm

• Lehto & Wright and The Galactic

Cowboy Orchestra, Mears Park, 221 5th St E, St Paul, 651-248-0857, 6pm • Swamp Poppas, EAG, 8pm • Roe Family Singers, Eidem Homestead, 4345 101st Ave No, Brooklyn Park, 7pm

8/5 – Friday • The Sioux River Folk Festival, Newton

Hills State Park, Canton, SD, www. fotm.org • California Guitar Trio, CED, 8pm • Sarah Morris, Doug Collins, WmH, 8pm • Roe Family Singers, St Croix Falls, Music on the Overlook, St Croix Falls, 6:30pm

8/6 – Saturday • The Sioux River Folk Festival, Newton

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CED, 8pm

• Contra Dance with Pat O’Louglin & Friends, TAP, 7:30pm

• Monroe Crossing, Benton County Fair, Sauk Rapids, 12pm

• Roe Family Singers, Bloomington

Farmers Market, 1800 W Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington, 10am • Roe Family Singers, Sea Salt Eatery, Minnehaha Falls Park, Mpls, 6pm • Bob & Lynn Dixon, Prior Lake Farmers Market, Hwy 13 & Eagle Creek (185th St), Prior Lake, 9am • The Flemming Fold, Sibley County Fair, 801 Chandler St, Arlington, 4pm • Lowertown Guitar Festival with Peter Lang, Bo Ramsey and more - VC

8/7 - Sunday • The Sioux River Folk Festival, Newton Hills State Park, Canton, SD, www. fotm.org • Gloryland Gospel Band, Spilled Grain Brewhouse, 300 Elm St. Annandale, 1pm • No Man’s String Band, Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 E Lake Harriet Blvd, Mpls, 2pm • Okee Dokee Brothers, BTC, 1pm • Jim Madison and Ron Koivisto, AGr, 10am • Sierra Hull, DAK, 7pm • The Flemming Fold, Scott Carver Threshers, 6305 190th St, Jordan, 2:30pm

8/8 – Monday • Jesse Lege, Edward Poullard & Friends at Monday Night Cajun Dance, EAG, 7:30pm • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm • Doug Otto and Friends, 331C, 10pm

8/9 – Tuesday • Jugg Sluggers, RIV, 7pm • Roe Family Singers, Victoria Library,

1670 Stieger Lake Ln, Victoria, 6:30pm

• Matt Yetter, DuG, 7:30pm 8/10 – Wednesday • Cathie English, Minnehaha Park, 4801

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Hills State Park, Canton, SD, www. fotm.org • Bluegrass, Beef & Corn Festival, Baudette, 218,590,6407, See AD page 28 • Chuck Lahr & The Purdy River Band, South Troy City Park, Robins, IA, 10am • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am • Carver Creek, Scott-Carver Threshers 53rd Annual Old Time Harvest Festival, 19375 Fairview Lane Jordan, 9pm • Curtis & Loretta, Farmstead Creamery

& Cafe, Hayward, WI, 6pm

• Hackensaw Boys with Tin Can Gin,

S Minnehaha Dr, Mpls, 7pm

• Patchouli, Concerts in the Park, 615 5th St SW, Red Wing 7pm

• Cooker John, DuG, 7:30pm 8/11 - Thursday • Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time

Music Festival, El Rancho Manana, Richmond, See AD page 26 • Everett Smithson Band, Salo Park, St Anthony Village, 7pm 31

Friends, TAP, 7:30pm

• Dean Magraw and Tim Sparks, ZUM, 8pm

• Roe Family Singers, Grand Oak Opry, 273 Goodhue St, St Paul, 7:30pm

• Minnesota Blue, DuG, 7:30pm • Gaelic Storm, Eileen Ivers, Ann &

Charlie Heymann, more, Irish Fair of Minnesota, Harriet Island, St Paul, www.irishfair.com, 651-645-0221, • The Flemming Fold, Stevens County Fair, 177 Co Rd 22, Morris, TBA

8/14 – Sunday • Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time

Music Festival, El Rancho Manana, Richmond, See AD page 26 • Bob Bovee, Riverside on the Root, Lanesboro, MN, 8pm • Hot Tuna, CED, 7:30pm • The Willis Clan, BTC, 7:30pm • Curtis & Loretta, Barley Jacks, & more, Old Wadena Rendezvous, Old Wadena Historical County Park, near Staples • Scythian, DAK, 7pm • Lonnie Knight, Falconer Vineyard, 3572 Old Tyler Rd, Red Wing, 2pm

• Gaelic Storm, BTC, 7:30pm • South Side Aces, EAG, 8pm • Greenwood Tree, Centennial Lakes

Farmers Market, 7499 France Ave, Edina, 3:45pm • Kim Richey, WmH, 8pm • Carrie Rodriguez and Luke Jacobs, DAK, 7pm • Martin Zellar, Falconer Vineyard, 3572 Old Tyler Rd, Red Wing, 7pm

8/12 – Friday • Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time

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Music Festival, El Rancho Manana, Richmond, See AD page 26 • Acoustic Idlewheel, CrH, 7pm • Dan Rumsey, DuG, 7:30pm • Gaelic Storm, Eileen Ivers, Ann & Charlie Heymann, more, Irish Fair of Minnesota, Harriet Island, St Paul, www.irishfair.com, 651-645-0221,

8/13 – Saturday • Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time

Music Festival, El Rancho Manana, Richmond, See AD page 26 • Kris Kristofferson, BTC, 7:30pm • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am • Michael Monroe, Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, 7:30pm • Contra Dance with Pat O’Louglin &

8/15 – Monday • Hula Peppers, Como Dockside, 1360 Lexington Pkwy, St Paul, 7pm

• Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm • Doug Otto and Friends, 331C, 10pm 8/16 – Tuesday • Bluegrass Camp for Kids with Barefoot Movement, BTC, Some scholarships available - call 715-373-5552, • St Dominic’s Trio, Driftwood Char Bar, 4415 Nicollet Ave, Mpls, 9pm • Jugg Sluggers, RIV, 7pm

8/17 – Wednesday • Bluegrass Camp for Kids with Bare-

foot Movement, BTC, Some scholarships available - call 715-373-5552, • Stringdingers, 331C, 9:30pm • Bill Cagley, DuG, 7:30pm

8/18 – Thursday • Erik Kosinen and RogueValley, Mears

Park, 221 5th St E, St Paul, 651-2480857, 6pm • Ukulele Drive, Minnehaha Park, 4801 S Minnehaha Dr, Mpls, 7pm • Bluegrass Camp for Kids with Barefoot Movement, BTC, Some scholarships available - call 715-373-5552, • Dick Kimmel, Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm, Waseca, • Monroe Crossing, Murray County Fair, Slayton, 5pm • Roe Family Singers, 100th Anniver-

sary, Glenwood MN, Glenwood City Park, 7pm • Singleton Street, SEMBA Bluegrass Festival, Cushon’s Peak Camp, Houston MN,

8/19 – Friday • The Middle Spunk Creek Boys, 318, 8pm

• Broken Spoke, Charlie’s Irish Pub, 101 Water St S, Stillwater, 7:30pm

• Patchouli, Falconer Vineyard, 3572 Old Tyler Rd, Red Wing, 6pm

• Blue Groove, Chaska Concerts in the •

Park, Chaska City Square, 300 Chestnut St, 7pm Singleton Street, SEMBA Bluegrass Festival, Cushon’s Peak Camp, Houston MN,

8/20 – Saturday • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am • Ruthie Foster, BTC, 7:30pm • Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures

and more, New London Music Festival, Neer Park, New London, MN, www.newlondonmusicfestival.com • Contra Dance with Compass Rose, TAP, 7:30pm • Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer, ZUM, 8pm • Andrea Lynn with Bonita & The Gringos, GKb, 7:30pm • Monroe Crossing, Ulen Turkey Days, Ulen, 2pm • Joel and Jim, DuG, 7:30pm • Broken Heartland String Band, Fulton Farmers Market, 4901 Chowen Ave S, Mpls, 10am

8/21 – Sunday • The Fish Heads, Clyde Iron Works,

2920 W Michigan St., Duluth, (218) 727-1150, 1pm • Andy McKee with Owen Campbell, CED, 7:30pm • The Flemming Fold, Steele County

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Free Fair, 1525 S Cedar Ave, Owatonna, 5:30pm

8/22 – Monday • New Riverside Ramblers & Bone

Tones, EAG - Eagles Club (Minneapolis), 7:30 p.m. • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm • Doug Otto and Friends, 331C, 10pm

8/23 – Tuesday • St Dominic’s Trio, Driftwood Char Bar, 4415 Nicollet Ave, Mpls, 9pm

• Jugg Sluggers, RIV, 7pm • Barley Jacks, Osseo City Park, 416 Central Ave, Osseo, 7pm

• Roe Family Singers, Forest Lake

Farmers Market, 95 E Broadway, Forest Lake, 6:30pm • Sarah Cagley, UMC, 7pm

8/24 – Wednesday • Barley Jacks, Tally’s Dockside, 4440

Lake Ave So, White Bear Lake, 6pm

• Roe Family Singers, George Latimer

Central Library, 90 W 4th St, St Paul, 10:30am • Paul Jones, DuG, 7:30pm

8/25 – Thursday • Lakes Bluegrass Festival, Pine River,

www.lakesbluegrassfestival.com, See AD page 4 • The Platte Valley Boys, Douglas County Courthouse Lawn, Alexandria, 7pm • The Fish Heads, Ecumen Lakeshore Home, 40th Ave. E. and London Rd, Duluth, 218-625-7822, 1:30 pm • Sawtooth Brothers, West End Market, State Fair, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm • Everett Smithson Band, West End Market, State Fair, 3pm, 4pm 5pm • Lonnie Knight, DuG, 7:30pm

8/26 – Friday • Lakes Bluegrass Festival, Pine River,

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8/27 – Saturday • Lakes Bluegrass Festival, Pine River,

www.lakesbluegrassfestival.com, See AD page 4 • Bob Bovee, Mountain Rails Concert, Alamosa, CO, 9:30am • Alternate Route, BSC, 10am • Buffy Sainte-Marie with Annie Humphrey, BTC, 7:30pm • Jerry Jeff Walker, Minnesota Zoo, 13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, 952-431-9200, 7:30pm • Greenwood Tree, Prior Lake Farmers Market, Main St, downtown Prior Lake, 9am • Marty Stuart, Bandshell Tonight, State Fair, 8:30pm • Teddy Bear Band, Family Fair Stage, State Fair, 10:30am, 11:30am, 3pm • Ashley Campbell (Glen Campbell’s daughter), Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 1pm, 2:30pm • The Bros Landreth, Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 3:30pm, 4:45pm • Minnesota State Fiddle Contest, West End Market, State Fair, www.fiddlemn. com, 3:00pm • Contra Dance with Greenwood Tree, TAP, 7:30pm • Open Folk Jam, WmH, 10am • Betty and Ocho, GKb, 7:30pm • Roe Family Singers, Turtle River Days, Turtle River, 1:30pm • Lonesome Dan Kase, DuG, 7:30 • Steve West, Fulton Farmers Market, 4901 Chowen Ave S, Mpls, 612-2077893, 10am • Ivory Bridge, UMC, 8pm

8/28 - Sunday • Lakes Bluegrass Festival, Pine River,

www.lakesbluegrassfestival.com, See AD page 4 • Bob Bovee, Mountain Rails Concert, Alamosa, CO, 9:30am • Teddy Bear Band, Family Fair Stage, State Fair, 10:30am, 11:30am, 3pm • Ashley Campbell (Glen Campbell’s daughter), Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 1pm, 2:30pm • The Bros Landreth, Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 3:30pm, 4:45pm • Barley Jacks, Brookside Bar and Grill, 140 Judd St, Marine on St Croix, 3pm • May North, Minnesota State Fair, DNR Volunteer Stage, 10am • Roe Family Singers, Kingfield Farmers

Market, 4310 Nicollet Ave So, Mpls, 9:30am • Roe Family Singers, Music in The Parks, Dakota County, 17100 Station Park, Farmington, 6pm

8/29 – Monday • Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra, Lake

Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, 7:30pm • Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson, Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 1pm, 2:30pm • We Banjo 3, Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 3:30pm, 4:45pm • Cafe Accordion Orchestra, International Bazaar Stage, State Fair, 3:15pm, 4:30pm, 5:45pm • Sherwin Linton & the Cotton Kings, West End Market, State Fair, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm • Switched at Birth, Ramberg Senior Center, State Fair, 10:30am, 11:45am, 1pm • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 8pm • Doug Otto and Friends, 331C, 10pm

8/30 – Tuesday • St Dominic’s Trio, Driftwood Char Bar, 4415 Nicollet Ave, Mpls, 9pm

• Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson, Lei-

nie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 1pm, 2:30pm • We Banjo 3, Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 3:30pm, 4:45pm • Cafe Accordion Orchestra, International Bazaar Stage, State Fair, 3:15pm, 4:30pm, 5:45pm • Sherwin Linton & the Cotton Kings, West End Market, State Fair, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm • Switched at Birth, Ramberg Senior Center, State Fair, 3:15pm, 4:30pm, 5:45pm • Wild Colonial Bhoys, Minnesota History Center, 345 W Kellogg, St Paul, 6:30pm • Jugg Sluggers, RIV, 7pm

8/31 – Wednesday • Yonder Mountain String Band, BTC, 7:30pm

• Mother Banjo, Minnehaha Park, 4801 S Minnehaha Dr, Mpls, 7pm

• The Quebe Sisters, Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 1pm, 2:30pm

• The Irish Brigade, International Ba-

zaar Stage, State Fair, 10:45am, 12pm, 1:15pm • Sourdough Slim, West End Market, State Fair, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm

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www.lakesbluegrassfestival.com, See AD page 4 • The Fish Heads, Sir Benedicts Tavern, 805 E Superior St, Duluth, 218-7281192, 6pm • John Anderson & Marty Stuart, BTC, 7:30pm • Broken Spoke, Norm’s Wayside, 2448 Minnesota Hwy 55, Buffalo, 8pm • Sawtooth Brothers, West End Market, State Fair, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm • Everett Smithson Band, West End Market, State Fair, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm • Buffy Sainte-Marie, DAK, 7:30pm • Blue Groove, Juniors Bar & Restaurant, River Falls WI, 414 South Main St, 8pm

• The Flemming Fold, LeSueur Pio-

• Barefoot Becky & The Ivanhoe Dutchmen, West End Market, State Fair, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm • Lenz and Frenz, 331C, 9:30pm

9/1 – Thursday • Swamp Poppas, EAG, 7:30pm • The Quebe Sisters, Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 1pm, 2:30pm

• The Irish Brigade, International Ba-

zaar Stage, State Fair, 10:45am, 12pm, 1:15pm • Sourdough Slim, West End Market, State Fair, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm • Barefoot Becky & The Ivanhoe Dutchmen, West End Market, State Fair, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm • Bob & Lynn Dixon, The Tiny Diner Farmers Market, 1024 E 38th St, Mpls, 5pm

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• Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet,

Leinie Lodge Bandshell, State Fair, 3:30pm, 4:45pm • Dominic Gaudious, International Bazaar Stage, State Fair, 3:15pm, 4:30pm, 5:45pm • The Okee Dokee Brothers, West End Market, State Fair, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1pm • Americana-Roots Duet Contest, presented by MBOTMA, West End Market, State Fair, 3pm • Pert Near Sandstone, West End Market, State Fair, 8pm • Pushing Chain, Ramberg Senior Center, State Fair, 10:30am, 11:45am, 1pm • The Minnesota Show-Garrison Keillor, Grandstand, State Fair, 7:45pm

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