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Father’s Day Festival
So very excited to bring my stringband to the mainstage at the 50th Anniversary Father’s Day Festival organized by the California Bluegrass Association. Join us this June in beautiful Grass Valley, CA and enjoy three stages of music, workshops, square dances and 24/7 jamming! Today the roster of Headliners and CA Showcase Bands have been announced, and tickets are on sale. Tickets are moving very quickly, so pick up a pair and join your friends June 12-15 in Grass Valley, CA.
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Patreon for Guitarists
I’m proud to announce I’ve launched a Patreon page dedicated to ragtime and fingerpicking guitar. I’ll be posting performances, tabs, and lessons twice monthly. Check it out here and consider subscribing!
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Shows in Reno & Bishop
My stringband is giving a special performance on March 8th 2025 in Reno, sponsored by the Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association. Full details here. We’ll be following it up with a concert the next day, March 9th, in beautiful Bishop, California at the C5 Community Arts Center, sponsored by Yodel Tone.
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Teaching at Julian Family Fiddle Camp
I’ll be teaching classes on clawhammer banjo and ragtime guitar at the 2025 Julian Family Fiddle Camp in the mountains of San Diego County, California. Camp runs from May 7-11. Find the full details and registration here.
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3rd Ever North Park Square Dance
We’re back, baby. Grab a ticket for our next square dance at San Diego’s Verbatim Books. Dance is November 17th. Caller is Jeremy Horton. I’ll be joined by Ryan Finch and members of By The Lee for the tunes. . A small number of tickets will be held for purchase at the door, so don’t lose hope if we sell out!
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Texas Tour with Skillet Licorice
This October I’ll be playing a string of shows in Texas and Louisiana with my stringband friends in Skillet Licorice. This band has been a years-long exploration and celebration of the fiddle music of the East Texas Serenaders. ETS was a stringband from Mineola and Lindale, Texas that played sophisticated fiddle music that bridged the sounds of hillbilly, ragtime, classical, and early jazz music in the 1920s. We’ll be playing festivals, concerts, and square dances, and traveling through many of the same towns they would frequent. In an unbelievable stroke of serendipity, on Oct. 21st we will perform in Mineola for the unveiling of
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June Stringband Tour
6.1 San Diego North Park Music Festival Noon TICKETS 6.7 Poway Templar’s Hall, Presented by San Diego Folk Heritage 7:30pm TICKETS 6.8 Jacumba Hot Springs The Old Bath House 8pm MAP 6.13 Mammoth Hot Springs Mammoth Museum at Hayden Cabin 7:30pm 6.14 Fiddletown Fiddletown Community Center 7pm 6.15 Grass Valley California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Festival 2:20pm TICKETS 6.16 Lee Vining Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center 5pm
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March Solo Tour
Get the full details here.
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Weeklong Clawhammer Banjo Workshop in NC
I’m teaching a weeklong clawhammer banjo workshop in Brasstown, North Carolina at the John C Campbell Folk School April 28th-May 3rd. This will be a workshop for all skill levels focusing on right hand rhythms. A lot of players get by using just one, two, or maybe three rhythms in their right hand (like the ‘bum-ditty,’ the drop-thumb, the double-thumb). We’ll start by reviewing these fundamentals, and then explore rarely-heard rhythms used by clawhammer legends like Wade Ward, Hobart Smith, and Kyle Creed. Our goal will be to understand how and why these players would use these rhythms, and how you can use their techniques in any
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North Park Square Dance
Southern Pacific Sessions is proud to present its second-ever SQUARE DANCE right in the heart of North Park, San Diego at Verbatim Books on Sunday February 25th at 7pm. All ages and experience levels welcome! All dances taught from scratch and all moves prompted – no experience necessary. Live fiddle music from yours truly, Ryan Finch, and members of By The Lee. Evie Ladin(Oakland, CA) calls the dances. It’s an old time dance party! Details here