James King suffers a parent’s worst nightmare

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Shelby Ann King

Shelby Ann

Tragic news this morning from a bluegrass icon. James King’s 18 year old daughter, Shelby Ann, was killed last night in an automobile accident in Amelia County, VA.

According to Julie King, James’ wife and Shelby’s stepmother, Shelby was driving home from work last night around 6:00 p.m., and was involved in a single vehicle accident. She was the only occupant in the car, which rolled several times. Witnesses reported that Shelby climbed out of the car, and immediately collapsed. Attempts to revive her on the scene were unsuccessful.

Shelby was a talented bluegrass singer in her own right. Here is a brief clip of her on stage two years ago.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_l2y-HiTxj4&rel=0]

More information about arrangements will be forthcoming.

Messages can be sent to James at:

The James King Family
P.O. Box 10179
Danville, VA 24543

I’m sure that the entire bluegrass world joins us in extending sincerest condolences to James, Shelby’s mom, and all their many friends and family members.

Zoo Music Awards

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Zoo Music AwardsThe Zoo Music Awards (ZooMA) are designed to thank and celebrate the talented musicians and show support to local music in our community. Our goal is to provide a platform for local artists to gain recognition and exposure in Missoula’s music scenes and, hopefully, beyond!

The ZooMA program has many components to it: It starts with band submissions followed by public voting (it’s important to us… that the public is invested in this in order for it to truly be a community event), then a showcase on February 16, 2013 and, finally, an awards ceremony – red-carpet style – at the Wilma on March 22, 2013.

The Voting Process: The polls will open to the public on January 10, 2013. The voter can vote on one artist/band per category. The public votes will determine the top five in each category who will then move on to the Showcase. Voting will close on February 10, 2013.

The Showcase: The Showcase is planned for February 16, 2013 and will feature 45 bands at nine venues, representing nine genres, all in one night. The Showcase again encourages community involvement in the voting process. After the showcase night, each genre will be narrowed down to three finalist. A panel of judges from each venue will then be tasked with choosing a winner in each of the nine category. The nine venues and categories are:

  • Sunrise Saloon-Bluegrass and Country
  • Sean Kelly’s-Singer Songwriter and Folk
  • Dark Horse-Heavy Metal and Punk
  • Palace-Psychedelic and Jam Band
  • Monks-Funk, Soul, and Reggae
  • Ferquis-Hip-Hop and Spoken Word
  • Brooks and Browns-Jazz and Blues
  • The Broadway-Electronic and DJ
  • VFW-Indie Pop and Rock

The Awards Show: The Awards ceremony will be at the Wilma Theater on March 22, 2013. The top three artist and bands of each genre will be given free tickets to the award show. During the ceremony the winners will be announced. This must see event will feature local celebrity presenters, as well as live performances by national and local artists.

Prizes: The winner of EACH category will receive:

  • Zoo Music Awards Trophy
  • Recording Session
  • Photography Session
  • Personal Event Poster (To promote your future events)
  • Braggin’ rights

How to enter the ZOO MUSIC AWARDS:

  1. Pick up to two music categories:
    Bluegrass/Country, Singer/Songwriter/Folk, Jazz/Blues, Heavy Metal/Punk, Psychedelic/Jam Band, Indie/Pop/Rock, Funk/Soul/Reggae, Hip-Hop/Spoken Word, Electronic/DJ
  2. Submit a working MP3 (We can not accept any other format, any genre(s) you will be submitting in, artist bio, band photo (high res), link to website, Facebook, Soundcloud, etc.
  3. Submit at zoomusicawards@gmail.com
  4. Promote yourself! This is a public voting event and we encourage everyone to participate!

Zoo Music Awards Website

 

2012 Annual Meeting & Jam

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MRBA 2012 Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting Dec 8, 2pm at Ruby’s

Date: Saturday, Dec 8, 2012
Dinner:  MRBA will supply the Entree – sides will be potluck
Location:
Ruby’s Inn & Convention Center, 4825 North Reserve, Missoula, MT
Time: 2pm to midnight or later

We’ll kick off the meeting at 2pm.  The annual meeting includes the Treasurer’s and Presidents reports and election of officers for the coming year.  This is a great time to meet the leadership team and contribute your own ideas for how to continue to make this association better and better.

Pickin’ will commence immediately following the meeting followed by dinner at 5:30 or 6:00pm. After dinner we will pick into the wee hours of Sunday morning. As in years past we will have several different rooms available to have jams of all levels of players. Ruby’s Inn is offering their normal Bluegrass Rate for those who want to stay over on Saturday Night.

email annual meeting agenda items to mrba@mtbluegrass.com

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Billings Bluegrass news

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Roger, from Billings, writes

PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS: “JAM GRASS IN MONTANA” A strong following has developed around this region for a number of bands which might be categorized as playing a form of progressive bluegrass which has come to be called. “jam grass

They play a strong dance beat and have been filling the dance floors in venues like Bones, Manny’s, or the Garage Pub in Billings, the Emerson in Bozeman and the Top Hat in Missoula. They tend to play typical bluegrass instruments often with a full drum trap set. Some of them are acoustic while others may be electric and have keyboards or additional percussion. Groups include the Infamous Stringband, Leftover Salmon, Fruition, Greensky Bluegrass, the 23 Stringband, and Hot Buttered Rum. While this movement began back in the 1970s with the Grateful Dead, Newgrass Revival, Yonder Mountain Stringband, the String Cheese Incident and Rare Earth, it has continued to evolve into the jam grass bands of today. Others include Elephant Revival, Watertower Bucket Boys, the Quick and Easy Boys, and Dead Winter Carpenters. If any bluegrass traditionalists think these sound more like rock than bluegrass names it is no accident. There is plenty of rocking going on in these jam grass groups. The good aspect of their music for all of us has to do with developing their own fans and exposing more young people to bluegrass influenced music. That definitely ain’t all bad! …. read more in his newsletter

Billings BG Letter 10-31-2012

They play a strong dance beat and have been filling the dance floors in venues like Bones, Manny’s, or the Garage Pub in Billings, the Emerson in Bozeman and the Top Hat in Missoula. They tend to play typical bluegrass instruments often with a full drum trap set. Some of them are acoustic while others may be electric and have keyboards or additional percussion. Groups include the Infamous Stringband, Leftover Salmon, Fruition, Greensky Bluegrass, the 23 Stringband, and Hot Buttered Rum. While this movement began back in the 1970s with the Grateful Dead, Newgrass Revival, Yonder Mountain Stringband, the String Cheese Incident and Rare Earth, it has continued to evolve into the jam grass bands of today. Others include Elephant Revival, Watertower Bucket Boys, the Quick and Easy Boys, and Dead Winter Carpenters. If any bluegrass traditionalists think these sound more like rock than bluegrass names it is no accident. There is plenty of rocking going on in these jam grass groups. The good aspect of their music for all of us has to do with developing their own fans and exposing more young people to bluegrass influenced music. That definitely ain’t all bad!

The Infamous Stringdusters at Top Hat 10/31/2012

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INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS | HALLOWEEN NIGHT @ Top Hat - 10/31/12Seafarer Entertainment & Stonefly Productions Present:

THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
http://www.facebook.com/thestringdusters

OPENING ACTS TBA

@ THE TOP HAT
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31ST
HALLOWEEN NIGHT

AGES 18+

$18 ADV // $20 DOS
** $5 Surcharge for under 21 **

TICKETS @ www.seafarerentertainment.com , Ear Candy & Rockin Rudy’s

OFFICIAL EVENT PAGE (RSVP HERE!): https://www.facebook.com/events/432565000114986

INFAMOUS STRING DUSTERS BIO
The Infamous Stringdusters are at the forefront of a new movement in bluegrass music. Their unmatched virtuosity has enabled them to take acoustic music to a completely new level. They wield an expansive repertoire touching on masters from Jimmy Martin to John Hartford, but their strength lies in their original compositions. Dedication to arrangements sets them apart and extended improvisation makes every performance completely unique. The live Stringdusters experience is anti-formulaic, groove friendly, and mind‐expanding ‐ not your granddaddy’s bluegrass. Unless your granddaddy was Jerry Garcia.

Greensky Bluegrass at Top Hat 10/24/2012

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An Evening With GREENSKY BLUEGRASS @ The Top Hat - 10/24/12

Missoula Independent + Stonefly Productions Present…

An Evening With
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS
www.greenskybluegrass.com

https://www.facebook.com/greenskybluegrassWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012
@ THE TOP HAT ~ 134 WEST FRONT STREET, MISSOULA
AGES: 21+
TICKETS: $12 adv / $15 dos
ADVANCE TICKETS GO ON-SALE FRI AUG 3 at 10AM MST AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AT EAR CANDY MUSIC AND ONLINE AT WWW.STONEFLY-PRODUCTIONS.COM. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night of show.

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