Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association

Join us for a day of skiing and pickin’ the bluegrass music.

Skiers meet at the bottom of Griz at 9:30 if you want to ski together. Otherwise look for us on the hill. I’ll be wearing bright green ski jacket and red helmet.

Join us for a day of skiing at Snowbowl and a night of pickin’ the bluegrass music at Ruby’s.

Checkout our website for all the details.

www.mtbluegrass.com/jamski-2012/

This Saturday will be our final jam in the Ruby’s 2012 Winter Jam Series

Ruby’s event kicks off at 2pm
slow pitch starts at 3pm
potluck at 5:30
jammin’ will continue all day and all night

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Leftover Salmon will play at the Wilma in Missoula tomorrow night.

Warning, this video contains non-traditional band playing the non-traditional song Steam Powered Aeroplane by the non-traditional musician John Hartford with some non-traditional instruments like electric piano.

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Musicians wanted for this square dance.  This is a non-paying gig.

Event:  Lowell School PTA family fun night series – barn/contra/square dance

Location:

Time:  6:30-8pm

Date:  Friday, March 9th, 2012

Cost:  Free –  Donations will be accepted to help the PTA put on future events.

Contact:  Jennifer Slayden –  bigskylifecoach@gmail.com

We have a caller Bev Young, who has a vast wealth of experience
calling dances with mixed aged groups and with kids, as well as a
collection of fun sounding dances that are suitable for families with
school aged children.

There is a sound system and back-up sound system already at the school.

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Address:  Lone Rock School – 1112 Three Mile Creek

Directions:  5.5 miles north of Stevensville on East Side Highway, then 3 miles up Three Mile Creek

Time:  noon-10:35pm

Cost:  $5/$3 MRBA Members

Decription:  A family-friendly event with lots of pickin’ and grinnin’.  Good home cooked food.
Bring your instrument and join the parking lot and classroom jams.

Band Line-up for our Spring Festival

• 12:00-12:30 Kids in Bluegrass
• 12:35-1:05  Zylawy Brothers
• 1:10-1:40 Foggy Mtn Girls
• 1:45-2:15 Center Ridge /Ben Essary
• 2:20-2:50 Leftover Biscuits
• 2:55-3:25 Darby Sireens
• 3:30-4:00 Flat Grass /Ken Benson
• 4:05-4:35 Salmon Valley Stringband
• 4:40-5:10 Will Williams & Gravel RD
• 5:15-5:45 The Accousticals
• 5:50-6:20 The Alley Cats
• 6:25-6:55 Spring Thaw
• 7:00-7:30 New Mike & Tari Conroy Band
• 7:35-8:05 New South Fork
• 8:10-8:40 Blue To The Bone
• 8:45-9:15 Black Mountain Boys
• 9:20-9:50 Pinegrass
• 9:55-10:25 Gravely Mtn

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2012 MRBA Spring Festival Poster

Lone Rock School is located 5.5 miles north of Stevensville on East Side Highway, then 3 miles up Three Mile Creek.

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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’

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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 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 www.slowpitchjam.com/.   These books are packed full of standards songs that would be welcomed at any bluegrass jam.

•  I’ll Fly Away                                      A
• Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms           A
• Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin                     G
• I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky         A
• Gold Watch and Chain                       D
• Long Journey Home                           D
• Sitting Alone in the Moonlight             A
• Angeline the Baker                            D
• Long Journey Home                           G
• Blue Night                                         D
• Will the Circle Be UnBroken               G

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

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This year’s Grammy star Adele, who won 6 Grammy’s on Monday night, likes bluegrass music and here she is performing the Steel Drivers song if it hadn’t been for love.

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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!

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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”.

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