Bluegrass Music - October 7, 8 & 9, 2011

Oct. 7th - Friday Night Concert 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 8th - Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Oct. 9th - Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Concert on Friday, October 7, 2011:

An Evening with Lincoln Crockett featuring Peter Schwimmer, Nicolas Miranda and Jason Mellow performing at Ridgefield's Old Liberty Theater. 7:00 pm $18 in advance $20 at the door. Tickets sold seperately from the Old Liberty Theater box office.
(360) 887-7260.

Bluegrass Buttons are on sale now

Saturday and Sunday entry to all Bluegrass locations. Cost: $10 a button.
Children 12 and under FREE! All proceeds go to the Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Click here to view / print a map of downtown Ridgefield

Music on Saturday, October 8, 2011:

Old Liberty Theater - 115 N Main Ave.

Pickled Heron Gallery - 418 Pioneer St.

Workshop - Maintenance Building (304 Pioneer St.)

Jamming in Ridgefield.

Bring your instruments and join in the fun. Indoor and outdoor jamming locations both days throughout Ridgefield. To enter all Bluegrass events on Saturday and Sunday, purchase your Bluegrass at BirdFest commemorative button for just $10 at businesses throughout downtown and at the Friends Information Tent in Davis Park.

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Band Bios

Lincoln Crockett
A young man with a knack for soothing harmonies and bluegrassy picking, his fluid themes and chords play to those private places only music can, where we are best expressed in melody and harmony. Earthy, grungy, acoustic prog-rock, new-grass, pop-folk with the social consciousness of Michael Franti, the clean honesty of James Taylor, the backward longing of Gillian Welch and grooves that are simultaneously upbeat and behind the beat.
www.lincolncrockett.com

Countryside Ride
Countryside Ride is a three piece Country/Americana/Rockabilly band from La Center, WA. Bret Ervin leads the band vocally, with a lot of help from lead guitar, Josh Todd. Bret also plays acoustic guitar on most of the band's work. Jessica Marugg completes the threesome on upright bass. While the band currently has no percussionist, it doesn't hold them back from playing long sets on small stages all over southwest Washington and Portland, OR.
www.myspace.com/countrysideride

Misty Mamas
This band – together since 2005 – has made a real name for itself in the Vancouver/Portland acoustic music scene. Collectively these women have decades of experience playing and singing in harmony. MISTY MAMAS serve up Home-Style bluegrass filled with powerful harmonies, traditional and original songs as well as tasty instrumentals combining the American genres of bluegrass, old time, gospel, folk and country music. Family friendly, the band can include interactive songs that engage the younger set. The MISTY MAMAS are Carol Harley (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin), Katherine Nitsch (vocals & guitar), April Parker (vocals, mandolin, accordion) and Eileen Rocci (vocals & upright bass).
www.mistymamas.com

Whiskey Puppy
Whiskey Puppy strives to preserve and continue bluegrass and old time music, specializing in finding the old songs that no one else covers. With almost five years as a band, Whiskey Puppy's material spans from jug band music of the early 1900's to bluegrass both old and new. 2004 was Whiskey Puppy's busiest year yet with appearances at Tillamook's MooGrass Festival and in Ridgefield Washington for the Birds and Bluegrass Festival. They also won the "Not quite bluegrass" band contest at the Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival in Stevenson, Washington! Quite a busy year for such a small dog. 2005 promises to be busier still, with recording their soon-to-be released third album "The Fate of Man (Before the Dawn of Pants)" and their first ever cross-country tour in July!
www.whiskeypuppy.com

Brian Oberlin
Brian Oberlin is a singing multi-instrumentalist from Portland, Oregon. Although he spends much of his time teaching mandolin workshops and leading a three-piece western swing and bluegrass band (Ida Viper), he returns to the stage as a solo act to satisfy his passion for music and the challenge only a solo gig can offer.
www.reverbnation.com/brianoberlin

Urban Monroes
Fashioned from the heart of tradition and infused with adrenaline, the Urban Monroes' bluegrass style combines the skills of some of the Pacific Northwest's finest talent. Fast-paced and highly energetic, the band performs both original and traditional bluegrass with a style and delivery uniquely its own. As individuals the Urban Monroes have earned bluegrass instrument championships, a National Endowment for the Arts award and songwriting accolades. They have been featured on the Emmy award winning PBS series Art Beat and their musical experiences have taken them around the world. As a band they have excited audiences from some of bluegrass' biggest venues with a fully charged stage presence and an intricate delivery. With Jason Mellow on bass,Fran Kent on guitar and vocals, Matt Gray on banjo and Jess Kieras on fiddle, the Urban Monroes are a new tradition in contemporary bluegrass.
www.urbanmonroes.com

Lost Creek
From Portland, Oregon, Lost Creek delivers a driving blend of bluegrass and old time standards with terrific vocal harmonies and tasteful instrumentation. For years they've delighted audiences at festivals, pubs, parks, dances, markets, and weddings throughout Oregon and Washington. Ed Stiner- Guitar, Vocals, Rick Fielden- Mandolin, Fiddle, Vocals, Phil Clear- Percussion, Vocals, Rick Flynn- Banjo, Dobro, Guitar, Tim Carpenter- Upright Bass, Vocals
www.lostcreekmusic.com

GTM String Band
The GTM String Band is a three-piece acoustic band whose members come from the Portland-Vancouver area. The band's musical style is essentially bluegrass-based, using two guitars and a bass fiddle. Fiddle tunes comprise most of the band's instrumental numbers while members Greg Stone, Tony Rocci and Marty Henick all contribute vocally to deliver solid and varied vocal arrangements.
www.gtmstringband.com

Never Strangers
Never Strangers formed at the Slab Creek Music Festival in September 2006. We play a mix of original and traditional music.... Ben Davis: Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Tom Koehler: Vocals, Guitar, Peter Hayes: Vocals, Fiddle, Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Ken Chamberlain: Bass
home.comcast.net/~neverstrangers

Whistlin Rufus
Whistlin' Rufus musicians bring a lot of experience to the stage and have roots in Classical, Irish, Folk, Bluegrass, Rock and Roll and Jazz music. When you stir it all together combining their exciting knack for arrangements, their three and four part vocal harmonies, original ballads and toe tapping fiddle tunes, well, you end up with Whistlin' Rufus. Pat Connell- Mandolin, Guitar, Vocals, Ritchie Wernick- Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, Vocals, John Hubbard - Cello, Irish Tenor Banjo, Vocals, Nat O'Neal - Fiddle, Vocals, Greg Paul - Bass, Vocals
www.whistlinrufus.com

Martin Brothers
The Martin Brothers first performed as a band in 2007. However, the boys have been around the block. Tom and Joe have been members of The Puddletown Ramblers bluegrass band for several years. Bill plays old-time music with Uncle Wiggily and is a prominent Northwest old-fashioned square dance caller and editor of Old-Time Music in Portland. Our lives pulled us in different directions but we have finally reached the point where, if we don't become an official band now, we'll soon be too danged old to do it. We love the old bluegrass and country sound a la The Stanley Brothers, Carl Smith, The Watson Family, Hank Williams, The Carter Family and the like. It ain't pretty but it rocks.
www.bubbaguitar.com

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