Last Show of the Season
Proudly Presents our Monthly Bluegrass Review
“PICKIN IN PARADISE”
Sunday May 6, 2012 2 – 5pm
Bonita Springs Elks Lodge
2pm Frank Corso (delta blues)
3pm Captain Joe & the Bottom Feeders
4pm Bugtussle Ramblers with Guest
Find AMS on the web at www.PALMGRASS.ORG
or call Bob Shea at 239-248-8906
The Bonita Springs Elks Lodge is located at
3231 Coconut Road, Bonita Springs, FL 34134
PALMGRASS.COM
The Acoustic Music Society of Southwest Florida is a community supported Music organization. We host events on the first Sunday of each month at the lovely and great sounding auditorium at the Estero/Bonita Springs Elks' Lodge, 3231 Coconut Road in Estero.
April 2012
The AMS Board met after the March 2012 election to reorganize and to discuss how to move the organization forward. It was decided that for the coming year Doug Gerdon would be the president and also continue as treasurer, Dick Spottswood will serve as vice president and Linda Teelon accepted the position as secretary. Bob Shea and Karen Batten will continue to serve as board members.
The board is discussing the future of the AMS. The current board would like to keep the organization functioning and is looking for a new partner and place to keep a bluegrass music stage open to the public while shedding some of the jobs that we are not able to do due to lack of time and volunteers. A decision has been made to operate the AMS under the name Palmgrass. We will transition to the Palmgrass and Palmgrass.org identity as we move forward. Legally, we are still the AMS of SWFL. We will remain a 501c3 non-profit organization. A decision was also make to remake the website under the Palmgrass.org name. A new website host has been contacted and work is being done to get a new website constructed. We will use the old website until the new one is functioning.
The board meets again on April 11 and will continue to discuss options for the future. Shows will go on as usual on April 15 and May 6 at the Bonita Springs Elks Lodge.
We will keep you posted.Welcome to Palmgrass
The Annual Festival was a big success. If you were there
tell us what you liked and did not like. Send your thoughts to
info@acousticmusicsociety.org
SENECA ROCKS
This dazzling bunch includes some stellar figures, and will bring back
the celebrated sound of the original Johnson Mountain Boys.
Dudley Connell’s guitar and
trademark vocal leads defined their appeal from 1978 to 1988, even then
reviving and revitalizing the honesty and energy of bluegrass’s early
years. Since 1995
David McLaughlin was a Johnson Mountain Boy in the late 70s and beyond,
playing mandolin, singing harmony, and later becoming a sought-after
instructor. A sudden and
severe hearing loss in 2006 put a halt to his music until he discovered
some advanced technology that has helped him regain much of his hearing.
The supremely gifted Richard Underwood was the JMB’s first and
most distinctive banjo player.
He
comes closer to Ralph Stanley’s 1950s sound than anyone we
know.
Texas-born Marshall Wilborn has played bass with (yes!) the Johnson
Mountain Boys, with his wife in the award-winning Lynn Morris Band,
ERNIE EVANS AND THE FLORIDA STATE
BLUEGRASS BAND
Ernie Evans is a celebrated bluegrass radio and internet host and, until
recently, a featured soloist with Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike,
playing mandolin, banjo or guitar as the music required. Ernie and Debi
Evans bring their talented ensemble all the way from Jacksonville, on
what they call the “first coast.” Isaac Taylor (banjo) and
Lamont Goff (mandolin) round out the ensemble—and they’re both first
rate musicians. A packed touring schedule has taken the band all the
way through Canada and eastern United States this year, and their
bookings extend all the way through 2012.
Everyone who enjoyed them at Fred’s last Friday will want to be on hand
to see them again in Estero.
BUG
TUSSLE RAMBLERS
Southwest Florida’s pre-eminent bluegrass band blends traditional style
and songs with the inspirations that guide bluegrass today.
Bob Shea’s guitar-assisted good humor and Karen Batten’s banjo
virtuosity are matched by Doug Gerdon’s creative mandolin, Doug
Yaehrling’s solid bass, and great singing from their four blended voices
in varying combinations.
The Ramblers also double as hard working, unpaid members of the
team that organizes and presents great events like this one, creating
forums for resident and visiting performers, and ensuring that support
for great music continues.
Close trio vocal harmonies can enhance even the best country, bluegrass
or gospel. When Mickie and
Roli Scholl add daughter Sharon’s golden voice or Dan O’Connell’s
tasteful baritone to a hurtin’ country heart song, you’ll remember what
the music’s really all about and come back for more.
Resophonic Roli triples on Dobro, mandolin and lead guitar to add
instrumental variety.
BEAN PICKERS
As the name suggests, the Pickers keep their music close to the ground,
blending informal home-grown vocal harmony with Linda Kallinger’s
versatile fiddling, Leslie Weidenhammer’s supportive electric bass, and
Scott Ritter’s flat-picked electric and acoustic guitars.
Pop, country, western and bluegrass tunes all fit into their
extensive song bag, and each Picker has special songs of her/his own
that have keep their audiences coming back for more.
Most of us don’t know what a harp guitar is, but that doesn’t apply to
us
SKEETERLAND BAND
Skeeterland travels all the way from
LAZY B PICKERS
When Lazy B founder Joyce Beecroft arrives from eastern Canada each
fall, good music and good times begin. She's long been a supporter,
performer and promoter of great old time music, and good musicians
gather around her to enjoy the energy and artistry she radiates.
CAPTAIN JOE AND
THE BOTTOM FEEDERS
Joe McNichols navigates a fishing boat through south
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Click on this link
for:
Skeeterland Band - Upcoming Appearances
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IRISH MUSIC SESSIONS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
We are pleased to report on yet another SWFL Irish Music Session location,
The Dublin Ale House will be opening soon in Cape Coral, FL:
http://www.dublinalehousepub.com
So the local schedule looks like this:
Sundays, 2 PM, The Celtic Ray,
Punta Gorda, FL
http://celticray.net/
Tuesdays, 7 PM, Ballyorney (formerly Dwyer's), Fort Myers, FLhttp://ballyorney.com/
Wednesdays, 7 PM, Dublin Ale House, Cape Coral, FL
http://www.dublinalehousepub.com/
Hope to see you soon, and with three
locations three times a week, what excuse could you possible have?
Your fiddler,
Ian Barksdale
Trina & Ian:
Appalachian Celtic
The Boys
of County Lee
(239) 878 0403
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