Dave Evans suffers heart attack.

On July 28, 2011 Dave had a heart attack. He is resting in the St. Joseph hospital in London, KY as of 7/30. 


He came through surgery but due to his diabetes, he may have to have one or both legs amputated.

Shady Side Park Bluegrass Festival 7/30/11

Shady Side Park Bluegrass Festival
Sponsored By: White River Folk & Bluegrass Association
1112 Broadway Street
Anderson, IN 46012

Date: Saturday July 30th, 2011
Contact: White River Folk & Bluegrass Assoc.
Dennis Niccum (765) 606-0761

Lake Diane jam, Camden, MI July 30

You are invited to Jack & Marilyn's Lake Diane Jam Saturday, July 30th

• 2 PM Jammin' starts (please bring own chair/stool)
• 6 PM Supper (hot dogs & hamburgers and beverages provided)
• 8 PM Homemade Ice-Cream 

      Jam ends when last note fades or all strings are out of tune!

• Pontoon Boat rides and Paddle Boat Rides;  Capt. Dave (aka Lady Daveeta) giving lake tours (see sign-up sheet at info table)
• Beach open for swimming
• Multiple Jam areas will be provided

GPS Address: 14509 Tyson Trail, Camden, MI

Phone 517 254 4828 or 517 270 2554 (Jack's cell)

Driving Directions: 

• Territorial Road west from US127 or east from M49 to Easy Street (east side of lake) Follow Easy Street to asphalt Tyson Trail (first house on east side)  or 
• Hillsdale Highway south to Cellars - turn west, go 1/2 mile and turn on E Diane Drive, go 1/2 mi - then turn onto Tyson Trail.

• Limited overnight accommodations available – call or e-mail for reservation
• Parking Directions: Park on east side of asphalt Tyson Trail (or where directed by parking attendance)
• Valet Service/Golf Cart pickup available 
• Any ????????????     call 517 254 4828 or email Marilyn

Church with Bluegrass - where?

Do you know of a church in the Northeast Indiana/southern Mich/western Ohio area that uses bluegrass/bluegrass gospel as a part of its services?

Thank you,

Melani Middaugh

Sunday, Sept. 4, breakfast special

Kendallville American Legion will be serving an open to the public all you can eat breakfast from 6 to 9 a.m. on Sunday September 4th for just $7.00 a person...kids under 12 are $4.00.  The American Legion is located at 322 South Main street in Kendallville.


Don Moore

Catch Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen at Tri-State

Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen Soundly Emerges As One Of The Best New Bluegrass Band of 2011

"Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen helped me remember why I love bluegrass: the pure adrenaline of lightning-fast picking and wickedly complex arrangements. Alan Lomax famously called bluegrass "folk music on overdrive" and after Frank Solivan's performance, I'd have to whole-heartedly agree."   Devon Leger, Hearth Music

With tracks from their self-titled release still at the top of all the Bluegrass Charts, and Nine Considerations for Nomination for IBMA Awards this year, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen continues to emerge as one of the hottest new bluegrass act on the scene today.

This summer you'll see them on such prestigious stages as Grey Fox, the 50th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Watermelon Park Fest and more.  Winter takes Dirty Kitchen to Alaska to headline the Anchorage Folk Festival and to one of Frank's favorite fests, Wintergrass, where he'll be teaching a cooking class! 

This fall and winter Dirty Kitchen will be touring Colorado, Up East, California, and Alaska.

4H Dinner Sept. 1 at Tri-State

     

Ya’ll Come to…

A Dinner to Benefit

Sparta Township

4-H Program

September 1, 2011

5:00 to 7:30 PM

4-H Exhibit Hall

Noble County Community Fairgrounds, Kendallville

!!!  FREE ADMISSION TO THE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL!!!

MENU:                                                   DONATION:

Bar-B-Q Chicken or Pork Chop            $7.00 – Full Meal Deal

Green Beans or Corn                           $4.50–Children 3 thru 12

Applesauce                                           Children 2 & under - Free

Bread & Butter                                      $4.50–Chicken Half Only

Ice Cream                                              $4.50- Extra Pork Chop

Drink

                                  CARRY OUTS AVAILABLE

Sponsored by Sparta Township 4-H Committee, in cooperation with the Noble County Community Fair Board and the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Festival

Need info on Moore Brothers

I'm looking (and so is Tom Ewing, at work on a new biography of Bill Monroe) for basic historic information about the band "The Moore Brothers," who played many times at Bean Blossom in the 1960s and 1970s, with Jim Cornell on banjo.

Does anyone at the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Music Assn. know the history and personnel of this band?  Who would know?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

   -- Tom Adler  (author of Bean Blossom: The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals)
   t.adler1@insightbb.com 

Kenny Baker, 85, died July 8, 2011

Kenny suffered a stroke earlier that week. He played with Bill Monroe and was a respected and admired fiddle player.
During a package show with Don Gibson, Baker met Monroe and was offered a job. He cut his first recordings with Monroe's Bluegrass Boys on December 15, 1957.
Kenny Baker served more years in Monroe's band than any other musician and was selected by Monroe to record the fiddle tunes passed down from Uncle Pen Vandiver.



An extended obituary can be found in the Tennessean.