BLUFF COUNTRY GATHERING      
Lanesboro, MN

     May 16-19, 2013   Registration Form at the bottom.

      Currently we are approaching capacity registration with less than 20 slots still open. If you want to register you should do it soon; if we are already filled we'll put you on a waiting list in case of a cancellation.

       Remember that this is a great event, even if you don't register for workshops. The concert and dance are public events and there is jamming all around town throughout the weekend. This is going to be a terrific year!

                                    2013 Staff

Simply put, Alice Gerrard is a talent of legendary status. In a career spanning some 40 years, she has known, learned from, and performed with many of the old-time and bluegrass greats and has in turn earned worldwide respect for her own important contributions to the music. She is well-known for her performances and recordings with Hazel Dickens, the Strange Creek Singers, and Tom, Brad and Alice. Her powerful, hard-edged vocals and her instrumental mastery on rhythm guitar, banjo, and old-time fiddle make her one of the most revered old time musicians today. A tireless advocate of traditional music, Alice has won numerous honors, including an International Bluegrass Association (IBMA) Distinguished Achievement Award, a Virginia Arts Commission Award, the North Carolina Folklore Society’s Tommy Jarrell Award. In 1987 she founded The Old Time Herald and served as editor-in-chief from 1987 till 2003. www.alicegerrard.com/

The Mostly Mountain Boys are Paul Brown, Terri McMurray, and John Schwab. Their concert will be packed with fabulous old songs from the Southern mountains and Piedmont. You’ll hear haunting banjo tunes, entertaining string band numbers, and rare fiddle classics learned in person from old timers famous and obscure. Paul Brown is a musician and NPR correspondent who started playing banjo when he was a kid. Today, in addition to banjo, Brown plays guitar and fiddle. He learned his core collection of Virginia and North Carolina songs directly from his mother and great singers including Fields Ward and Paul Sutphin. His fiddle tunes come from icons including Robert Sykes, Tommy Jarrell, Benton Flippen and Luther Davis. Brown studied banjo intensively with Jarrell, one of the greats of old time southern fiddle and banjo. Terri McMurray started banjo uke and banjo when she was pint-sized and later studied clawhammer banjo with Tommy Jarrell in North Carolina. John Schwab is a powerhouse old time guitar player of singular style, long experience and unmatched enthusiasm. He plays with The Hoover Uprights as well as The Mostly Mountain Boys. www.brownpaul.net/

Fiddler Magazine has called Dan Gellert “a commanding and uncompromising talent“. Growing up in New Jersey, he was influenced by the 60s “Folk Revival” and began to master the banjo, guitar, and fiddle, and sing. He discovered the importance of taking the time to understand the music in a complete and detailed way, giving a lot of thought to what it takes to make the music sound and feel like the field recordings and old 78 rpm records he has listened to. He has made traditional music his own, performing it in an intense and personal style. http://orphonon.utopiandesign.com/

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CONCERT:　　　　　   Friday May, 17 at 8:00 PM　　　$12.00 Tickets available at the door only.

BARN DANCE:　             Saturday May 18 at 8:00 PM　　  $8.00 Tickets available at the door only.

             WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  (subject to change)