The next Wednesday night jam will be held at the garage on the hill above the Cooper-Payne Tree Company building here in Hillsborough.
The physical address is: 3224 Old NC Hwy 86, Hillsborough, NC 27278.Here is a Mapquest map of the location:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/3224+Old+NC+Hwy+86+Hillsborough+NC+27278/
Take Churton Street South out of Hillsborough (It becomes Old NC Hwy 86). After you pass under I-40, look for the large rocking chair ~75 yards past the interstate on the left. Turn left into the gravel drive between the chair and the Cooper-Payne building/group of palm trees and follow it up the hill to the garage. This is exit 261 off of I-40.
The jam will be held from 7:30 until 10:30 as always.
As a reminder, this is a bluegrass jam and as such is acoustic only (no electric guitar, bass, drums, etc).
The calendar at the bottom of this window has entries for the jams and if you click on those entries, it will bring up the location and links to maps, etc.
See you this Wednesday night!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
5/20/09 Wednesday Night Jam
Just a reminder that the 5/20/09 jam will be at my house in Hillsborough starting at 7:30 pm. Many of you have been there already, but I'll include directions just in case...
I'm located at 908 Orange High School Road in Hillsborough, 27278.
Here is a link to a Mapquest.com map where you should be able to put your starting address in the field below the map and get door-to-door directions:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/908+Orange+High+School+Rd+Hillsborough+NC+27278-8481/
My phone number is (336) 684-2813 if you want to give me a call.
As a reminder, this is a bluegrass jam and as such is acoustic only (no electric guitar, bass, drums, etc).
I hope to see everyone there!
I'm located at 908 Orange High School Road in Hillsborough, 27278.
Here is a link to a Mapquest.com map where you should be able to put your starting address in the field below the map and get door-to-door directions:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/908+Orange+High+School+Rd+Hillsborough+NC+27278-8481/
My phone number is (336) 684-2813 if you want to give me a call.
As a reminder, this is a bluegrass jam and as such is acoustic only (no electric guitar, bass, drums, etc).
I hope to see everyone there!
Monday, May 11, 2009
1st Annual Lil' John's Mountain Music Festival (aka Bass Mtn.)
The 1st annual Lil' John's Mountain Music Festival will be held over Memorial Day weekend (May 21st-23rd) 2009. As many of you know, Lil' John's is the replacement festival for the now (sadly) defunct Bass Mountain festival that many of us attended for years.
John Maness took over the reins when the management of Bass Mountain was unable to continue with old festival (for various reasons) and started his own event. Other than being Thursday-Saturday this year, the other notable difference is the lower ticket prices across the board, which IMO is a welcome change. The lineup isn't bad either. There is also a band contest on Saturday, May 16th, which is something new as well. The band contest conflicts to some degree with the HLS Pickin' in the Park Festival, but does start right as the HLS event finishes (6:00 pm), so it may not present a problem for those interested in attending both events. The winners of the band contest get to perform as the starting group each night of the festival, with the 3rd place playing Thursday, 2nd place Friday and 1st place Saturday night. Pretty cool.
The gates open at 8:00 am, Saturday, May 16th if you're planning on camping and wish to take your RV and get a prime camping spot. Primitive camping is free with a paid weekend ticket.
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday May 21, 2009
2:00 – 3:00 3rd Place Contest Winner
3:00 – 4:00 Sweet Potato Pie
4:00 – 5:00 Bluegrass Brothers
5:00 – 6:00 Nu - Blu
6:00 – 7:00 Danny Paisley & Southern Grass
7:00 – 8:00 Sweet Potato Pie
8:00 – 9:00 Nu - Blu
9:00 – 10:00 Danny Paisley & Southern Grass
10:00 – 11:00 Bluegrass Brothers
Friday May 22, 2009
12:00 - 1:00 2nd Place Contest Winner
1:00 – 2:00 Broken Wire
2:00 – 3:00 Bluegrass Brothers
3:00 – 4:00 Town Mountain
4:00 – 5:00 Mountain Heart
5:00 – 6:00 Seldom Scene
6:00 – 7:00 Story telling at the museum
7:00 – 8:00 Broken Wire
8:00 – 9:00 Bluegrass Brothers
9:00 – 10:00 Town Mountain
10:00 – 11:00 Seldom Scene
11:00 – 12:00 Mountain Heart
Saturday May 23, 2009
12:00 – 1:00 1st Place Contest Winner
1:00 – 2:00 Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
2:00 – 3:00 Steep Canyon Rangers
3:00 – 4:00 Russell Moore & III Tyme Out
4:00 – 5:00 Lonesome River Band
5:00 – 6:00 Story telling at the museum
6:00 – 7:00 Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
7:00 – 8:00 Steep Canyon Rangers
8:00 – 9:00 Russell Moore & III Tyme Out
9:00 – 10:30 The Dan Tyminski Band
10:30 – 11:30 Lonesome River Band
Gate ticket prices are $65.00 for the weekend, $15.00 for Thursday and $30.00 for Friday or Saturday. Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult ticket.
This is a great chance to see some of the top bands in the business right here in our back yards and participate in some of the best campground jamming anywhere. It's also a great opportunity to attend the very first in what will hopefully be a lone line of successful festivals in the spirit of the former Bass Mountain.
Festival Information with directions:
Website (turn down your sound first): http://www.littlejohnsmountainmusic.com/index.php
Cane Creek Campground and RV Park
1256 Longest Acre Rd.
Snow Camp, NC 27349
Contact: John D. Maness
336-376-8324
John Maness took over the reins when the management of Bass Mountain was unable to continue with old festival (for various reasons) and started his own event. Other than being Thursday-Saturday this year, the other notable difference is the lower ticket prices across the board, which IMO is a welcome change. The lineup isn't bad either. There is also a band contest on Saturday, May 16th, which is something new as well. The band contest conflicts to some degree with the HLS Pickin' in the Park Festival, but does start right as the HLS event finishes (6:00 pm), so it may not present a problem for those interested in attending both events. The winners of the band contest get to perform as the starting group each night of the festival, with the 3rd place playing Thursday, 2nd place Friday and 1st place Saturday night. Pretty cool.
The gates open at 8:00 am, Saturday, May 16th if you're planning on camping and wish to take your RV and get a prime camping spot. Primitive camping is free with a paid weekend ticket.
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday May 21, 2009
2:00 – 3:00 3rd Place Contest Winner
3:00 – 4:00 Sweet Potato Pie
4:00 – 5:00 Bluegrass Brothers
5:00 – 6:00 Nu - Blu
6:00 – 7:00 Danny Paisley & Southern Grass
7:00 – 8:00 Sweet Potato Pie
8:00 – 9:00 Nu - Blu
9:00 – 10:00 Danny Paisley & Southern Grass
10:00 – 11:00 Bluegrass Brothers
Friday May 22, 2009
12:00 - 1:00 2nd Place Contest Winner
1:00 – 2:00 Broken Wire
2:00 – 3:00 Bluegrass Brothers
3:00 – 4:00 Town Mountain
4:00 – 5:00 Mountain Heart
5:00 – 6:00 Seldom Scene
6:00 – 7:00 Story telling at the museum
7:00 – 8:00 Broken Wire
8:00 – 9:00 Bluegrass Brothers
9:00 – 10:00 Town Mountain
10:00 – 11:00 Seldom Scene
11:00 – 12:00 Mountain Heart
Saturday May 23, 2009
12:00 – 1:00 1st Place Contest Winner
1:00 – 2:00 Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
2:00 – 3:00 Steep Canyon Rangers
3:00 – 4:00 Russell Moore & III Tyme Out
4:00 – 5:00 Lonesome River Band
5:00 – 6:00 Story telling at the museum
6:00 – 7:00 Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
7:00 – 8:00 Steep Canyon Rangers
8:00 – 9:00 Russell Moore & III Tyme Out
9:00 – 10:30 The Dan Tyminski Band
10:30 – 11:30 Lonesome River Band
Gate ticket prices are $65.00 for the weekend, $15.00 for Thursday and $30.00 for Friday or Saturday. Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult ticket.
This is a great chance to see some of the top bands in the business right here in our back yards and participate in some of the best campground jamming anywhere. It's also a great opportunity to attend the very first in what will hopefully be a lone line of successful festivals in the spirit of the former Bass Mountain.
Festival Information with directions:
Website (turn down your sound first): http://www.littlejohnsmountainmusic.com/index.php
Cane Creek Campground and RV Park
1256 Longest Acre Rd.
Snow Camp, NC 27349
Contact: John D. Maness
336-376-8324
Thursday, May 7, 2009
High Lonesome Strings 12th Annual Pickin' in the Park Festival
The High Lonesome Strings 12th Annual Pickin' in the Park is scheduled for Saturday, May 16th at Hagen-Stone Park in Pleasant Garden, NC (near Greensboro). The times are set from 9:30 am - 6:00 pm.
As may of you know, the High Lonesome Strings is a great bluegrass association based in Greensboro, NC. They have a 1 day festival each May in lovely Hagen-Stone Park, in Pleasant Garden featuring local bluegrass bands, food, free instrument workshops and lots of picking.
The day starts at 9:30 am with a dobro/song writing workshop, followed by a banjo/fiddle workshop at 10:00 and a guitar/mandolin workshop at 10:30. The bands start at 11:00 on the main stage and are as follows:
- Boys From Carolina 11:00 am
- Coyote Ridge 11:50 am
- The Circuit Riders 12:40 pm
- Sweet Potato Pie 1:40 pm
- Story Teller 2:30 pm
- Movin' On Bluegrass 2:40 pm
- Second Chance 3:30 pm
- John Hofmann's Acoustics 4:20 pm
- The Circuit Riders 5:10 pm
Hagen-Stone Park
5920 Hagen-Stone Park Road
Pleasant Garden, NC 27313
336-674-0472
3 miles off I-85 off Hwy 421
Festival Info: 336-202-1536
Email: highlonesomestrings@triad.rr.com
Web Site: www.highlonesomestrings.org
Rain date: Sunday, May 17, 2009.
5/13/09 Wednesday Night Jam
The next Wednesday night jam will be held at the garage on the hill above the Cooper-Payne Tree Company building here in Hillsborough.
The physical address is: 3224 Old NC Hwy 86, Hillsborough, NC 27278.
Here is a Mapquest map of the location:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/3224+Old+NC+Hwy+86+Hillsborough+NC+27278/
Take Churton Street South out of Hillsborough (It becomes Old NC Hwy 86). After you pass under I-40, look for the large rocking chair ~75 yards past the interstate on the left. Turn left into the gravel drive between the chair and the Cooper-Payne building/group of palm trees and follow it up the hill to the garage. This is exit 261 off of I-40.
The jam will be held from 7:30 until 10:30 as always.
The calendar at the bottom of this window has entries for the jams and if you click on those entries, it will bring up the location and links to maps, etc.
See you this Wednesday night!
The physical address is: 3224 Old NC Hwy 86, Hillsborough, NC 27278.
Here is a Mapquest map of the location:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/3224+Old+NC+Hwy+86+Hillsborough+NC+27278/
Take Churton Street South out of Hillsborough (It becomes Old NC Hwy 86). After you pass under I-40, look for the large rocking chair ~75 yards past the interstate on the left. Turn left into the gravel drive between the chair and the Cooper-Payne building/group of palm trees and follow it up the hill to the garage. This is exit 261 off of I-40.
The jam will be held from 7:30 until 10:30 as always.
The calendar at the bottom of this window has entries for the jams and if you click on those entries, it will bring up the location and links to maps, etc.
See you this Wednesday night!
Monday, May 4, 2009
29th Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Festival This Weekend
The 29th Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver festival is this weekend (Thursday, May 7th-Sunday, May 10th) at the Denton Farm Park in Denton, NC. The lineup looks to be especially good this year with the following groups on the schedule:
Thursday, May 7th
Thursday, May 7th
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Cumberland Highlanders
- The Grascals
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Dailey & Vincent
Friday, May 8th
- Barry Scott & Second Wind
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Saturday, May 9th
- Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
- Dale Ann Bradley
- Lonesome River Band
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- James King Band
Sunday, May 10th
- 9:00 am Church Service
The Denton Farm Park is a wonderful venue, easily one of the best I've been to anywhere. The 100 acre grounds are clean and safe and the stage area is covered with fixed seating in a stadium pattern, so there are no bad seats. There is room on the outside of the covered area for lawn chairs and also for golf carts in the back. The food is also quite good for what it is and there are a number of vendors selling instruments and other items. The camping facilities are excellent, with clearly defined spaces with over 500 camping hookups and 5 bathhouses with 30 showers. Day visitors will find parking plentiful with a little bit of a walk to the stage area, depending on when you arrive in the day.
Denton hasn't quite cultivated the same reputation for jamming that Bass Mtn. had, but last year, there were lots of opportunities to jam and I went from circle to circle and found that folks were very receptive to my joining in without fail. It is my understanding that the jamming improves each year, so if this is your primary reason for going to a festival, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Tickets are also reasonable considering the quality of the park and the lineup. All prices are the "Gate" price, since we are past the deadline (April 24th) for purchasing advanced tickets.
- 3 Day Weekend $85.00
- 2 Day Weekend $65.00
- 1 Day $35
- Children under 15 free with parent
- Childrem 15-17 half price with parent
Please visit the festival web site for more information.
http://www.dentonbluegrass.com/farmpark/bluegrass/index.html
Is anyone from our weekly jam planning on attending?
5/6/09 Wednesday Night Jam
Just a reminder that the 5/6/09 jam will be at my house in Hillsborough starting at 7:30 pm.
Many of you have been there already, but I'll include directions just in case...
I'm located at 908 Orange High School Road in Hillsborough, 27278. Here is a link to a Mapquest.com map. You should be able to put your starting addressin the field below the map and get door-to-door directions.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/908+Orange+High+School+Rd+Hillsborough+NC+27278-8481/
My phone number is (336) 684-2813 if you want to give me a call.
I hope to see everyone there!
Many of you have been there already, but I'll include directions just in case...
I'm located at 908 Orange High School Road in Hillsborough, 27278. Here is a link to a Mapquest.com map. You should be able to put your starting addressin the field below the map and get door-to-door directions.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/908+Orange+High+School+Rd+Hillsborough+NC+27278-8481/
My phone number is (336) 684-2813 if you want to give me a call.
I hope to see everyone there!
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