Montana at Wintergrass
Come by and visit with us at Wintergrass Feb 24-26 in Suite 355
Schedule of events in the Montana Hospitality Suite
Friday
noon-3pm: Montana meets Washington Jam
8:00pm: Showcase – Pickled Okra
11:00pm on: late night pickin’
Saturday
noon-3pm: Slow pitch jam (beginners welcome)
11:00pm on: late night pickin’
Hi Folks, Thanks so much for attending and participating MRBA’s slow pitch jam, you all are great! We were happy (again) for the super turnout. Our goal is to get LOTS more people playing live bluegrass here in Missoula. I had a chance to jam with some of you after the slow pitch and I know you guys rock (or grass)!
Here’s some follow-up info we promised:
The last jam in our winter jam series is at Ruby’s Sat March 10 same times (Meet and Greet at 2:00pm, Slow pitch at 3:00pm, Potluck 5:30, Jamming into the night). Please come, and invite a friend or two, and stick around for good food and more jamming.
Our spring festival will be Sat April 14th at Lone Rock School near Stevensville. Bands will play every half hour from noon to 10pm and there will be lots of jamming going on all day and into the night.
Details on our Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association Facebook Page (Like Us!), and website http://www.montanarockiesbluegrass.com/
For those of you who like to have practice material, this was our song list from Sat, we changed some things on the fly but it should be pretty close. Most of our songs came from Sue Malcolm slow pitch instructional books and CD’s. These are not required for our MRBA jams but they are available for purchase from http://www.slowpitchjam.com/. These books are packed full of standards songs that would be welcomed at any bluegrass jam.
Possible additions for next month are:
Jesse James C, Ain’t Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (C), Highway of Sorrow. (D)
Some other good bluegrass reference sites you might be interested in:
bluegrassguitar.com, Alltabs.com, Banjobenclark.com
See you next month.
Mark
Don’t forget the Ruby’s Jam this Saturday 2pm-?
Slow Pitch at 3
Potluck at 5:30
Come out and meet other pickers and grinners . A good time is always had by all!
Please join us for the 1st of our 2012 Winter Jam Series
Date: Saturday, Jan 14, 2012
Time: 2pm – midnight
Where: Ruby’s Inn & Convention Center – 4825 N Reserve, Missoula, Montana (406) 721-0990
Description: This is the first of our 2012 Second Saturday jams at Ruby’s. This is also going to be the premier of our Slow Pitch jams, for jam beginners. If you’ve been wanting to get started, pickin’ the bluegrass music with others, this is the perfect opportunity. The slow pitch jam provides a warm and fuzzy cocoon for incubating your pickin’ skills. (see Mark’s story).
Schedule of days events
2:00 – kick things off with shake and howdies
3-4:30 Slow Pitch Jam
5:30 Potluck (raffle giveaways)
6:30 – 1am Jamming at all levels. There’s room for 10 different jam circles.
Tell all your friends and come on out to help us in our mission “to preserve, perform and promote bluegrass music”.
Erin Snyder
When: Wed., Jan. 11
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Where:
Hangin Art Gallery and Coffee House
92555 US Highway 93, Arlee Missoula
phone 406-726-5005
Description:
Get you mid-week bluegrass fix with Erin Snyder at the Hangin Art Gallery in Arlee, where they’ll be passing the hat for the gal. 6–8 PM.
Date: Feb 16, 2012
Time: 9-midnight
Where: Top Hat Lounge in Missoula (18+)
Description:Seafarer Entertainment & Stonefly Productions Present:
The Emmitt-Nershi Band
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Price 16$ /$18 $5 surcharge for 18-21
Tickets Avail @ www.seafarerentertainment.
With New Country Blues (September 29th, SCI Fidelity Records), the Emmitt-Nershi Band has fully realized its potential. With Emmitt on mandolin & vocals, Nershi on acoustic guitar and vocals, Andy Thorn on banjo and Tyler Grant on bass. Dig it!
Joy Kills Sorrow
Date: Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012
Time: 8-11pm
Where: Missoula Winery and Event Center
Description: Some people prefer pop music that behaves like math: once a few familiar variables have been determined—female vocals or male? Acoustic guitar or electric? — the end result should be easy to predict, and always sound
the same. That’s not the Joy Kills Sorrow method. This Boston-based string band favors a more unpredictable approach relying on musical chemistry and improvisation. Hence the title of their sophomore album, This Unknown Science. All of the members have been touted as virtuosos, and the early twenty-somethings effortlessly hunt for unexpected outcomes and new discoveries.
Mark Vosburgh - photo by Krista Miller Larson, Montana Photojournalist
By MARK VOSBURGH from MakeitMissoula.com
Wanna Jam? Missoulians, You are SO in luck.
It’s a bit ironic that in the digital age you can learn old time bluegrass over the Internet. YouTube videos and Internet mandolin instruction kept me busy for the first year or so with my new instrument.
I practiced in my living room, learning chords and a batch of fiddle tunes. After that year, I started yearning to make live music with others. Trouble was, I didn’t have a clue how to go about it, and the Internet was no help.
Missoula’s the Place for Bluegrass.
Missoula has a great bluegrass scene. I can easily count 15 area bands playing bluegrass, and we have a ton of great musicians. The Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association (MRBA) is the hub for area bluegrass festivals, camp-outs and jams.
Everyone doesn’t have it so good. “Here in Idaho Falls there is no bluegrass scene. I usually tell people that there are only five people in our area who play bluegrass, and they are all in our band!” says Fred Frank of New South Fork. Fred, his wife Emily and fellow band-mates routinely make the long drive to Montana to jam with area bluegrass musicians.
| 4:00 | Derailed | UC Theatre |
| 5:00 | Britt Arnesen | Break Espresso |
| 6:30 | Acousticals | Break Espresso |
| 7:00 | Mike & Tari Conroy | UC Commons |
| 8:30 | Gravely Mountain Boys | UC Lounge |
| 9:00 | Pinegrass | Break Espresso |
