Tag Archives: Folk Music

A Lobero Theater Program from 2012

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Peter Feldmann

Waking down the brick alleyway from the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara to the parking garage, the last studio one passes on the left has a large window, fronted by wrought iron grill-work. It is a dentist’s office now, but … Continue reading →

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Whiskey Flat – Jam Session 1965

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Peter Feldmann

We both agreed that Art Chambers, a two-finger stylist on the five string banjo was a special gem among the people there. Art had accompanied Fiddlin’ Van Cunningham in the contest, and he was rarin’ to go to demonstrate some of his  banjo showpieces. 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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