Category Archives: History

The Bluebird Café – 50 Years

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Peter Feldmann

the Bluebird Café’s real mission was to form a center and school for acoustic music of all types on the central coast. Folk, Cajun, blues and bluegrass all found a home there, along with early country and a smattering of classical, jazz, eastern, and experimental musics. Continue reading →

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CONVERSATION: Rodney Dillard

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Peter Feldmann

I was contacted recently by a publicist for Rodney Dillard, who has released a new digital album on Pinecastle titled Old Road New Again.  Rodney’s band for the project includes the current Dillards, plus Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Herb Pederson, … Continue reading →

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Kernville CA: Whiskey Flat Days Fiddle Contest!

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Peter Feldmann

“A friend in Los Angeles told me about a fiddle contest being staged near the end of February in the mountain region known as Kernville, up highway 178 from Bakersfield CA. Always seeking the music, I decided to drive up there to record the event on tape if I could get permission.” Continue reading →

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The Folk Music Revival (Monterey, CA 1963)

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Peter Feldmann

“I always wanted to play different from anybody else . . . and it turned out to be bluegrass music.”
-Bill Monroe,
Monterey California, May 18, 1963 Continue reading →

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Musical Meetings: Rocky Adamson

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Peter Feldmann

Rocky Adamson, town constable of Dayton NV, recorded at Sutro Saloon in 1967. Continue reading →

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