Southern Nevada Bluegrass Music Society

Our next Pick-Out and Pot Luck is set for February 13th at Morel Park at 500 Harris Street in Henderson. Picking starts at noon with lunch at 2:00 P.M. Bring your instrument and a dish to share with your bluegrass friends and we’ll see you there.

March will find us gathering north of Quartzsite, AZ. The All Association Jam will be held March 12, 13 and 14, 2010. It will be held at the same location ans the 2009 event.

Our next get together is on January 9th at 6:00 PM at the Joker’s Wild Casino for our annual meeting and elections. The address is 920 N. Boulder Highway in Henderson. This is the one occasion when we have an adults only meeting due to state laws that govern this location. This means no children are allowed, without exception. There will be a buffet served for your dining pleasure. We will have a short business meeting, the elections and then an open mic, so bring an instrument and join in the fun. The cost is $12.00 for Society members and $15.00 for non-members. Please call a board member if you have any questions.

Our 20th Annual Festival has come and gone with some great music. It featured one of the best line-ups we’ve ever had with the likes of James King, Lorraine Jordan, The Bluegrass Patriots, Trusting Heart, and Lonesome Otis. There were too many highlights to post here, but watching James King have to choose between a hundred dollar bill and the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup (or a Reesy Cup as Lorraine Jordan calls it) was fun to say the least. It didn’t take James long to grab the candy and put in his pocket.

We had a good crowd with many of our friends that traveled far and wide to enjoy the music, weather that was beautiful all weekend, and the company. Good jams every evening filled out long days of great music. If you missed this year, the next one is October 8-10, 2010. The line up is already looking good. See you then.

Hi everyone,

We’re listing upcoming performances and items of interest on our calender. Just look for it on the right of the screen and click on a highlighted dates to see what’s happening.

If you know of any events where one of our local bluegrass bands is playing, let us know by posting a comment and we’ll update the calendar and web site.

(702) 834-5872 is the number for a “NEW AND IMPROVED” Southern Nevada Bluegrass Music Society Hotline.

This number now has the option to leave a personal message after the obligatory “beep” if you so desire. Please refrain from using profanity. You never know who is picking up and transcribing the messages, it could be someone’s mother or grandmother.

If you want to check out the hotline or you have something to say, just call (702) 834-5872 and wait for the BEEP!

This is our new website. It includes a system that allows club officers to easily add, delete and change content. This article is called a “post” while the articles you see when you click one of the tabs above (currently “About Us”, “Jams” and “Join Us”) are each a “page.”

Once you get a login to the system, then you will have a menu that allows you to “write” or “manage” “posts” “pages” and “links.”

I forgot – a “link” is shown by example over there to the left – the Strawberry Festival. Click it and you’ll zip off to the festival website.

Hello everyone,
Our dear friend Billy B. Boren passed away this morning (12/14/07) at 7:04 a.m. At 8:11 a.m. I received the following article via e-mail. I am printing it just the way it was received. No one could say it better.

The gates swing open and as the fog parts you see the silhouette of a big white cowboy hat and hear the clunk of bright red Tony Lama’s. A tall, healthy, strong, sturdy man stands at the gates with one of those big wide grins on his face. He wears a white jacket with cut outs of cactus and rarin’ up horses sewn to it outlined by bright sparkling sequins. He looks 8′ tall. The crowd gathered there to meet him are smiling as well. JD, Curly, Big Ern, Terry Stanton, Don Lanning Sr., Cecil Vernon…..and countless others who have been wondering when this ol’ rounder was gonna slow down and give the world a break. There are onlookers too….those who have only heard about the legend of Billy B. They came to see if he was real. His head tilts back and lets go a laugh that could be picked out of a crowd of 10,000 people on a windy day. He is at once surrounded by his friends. Hugs, handshakes and slaps on the back soon give way to Billy sayin’ ” Hey JD……….did I ever tell you about the time me and Flakey Mayfield drove to Reno on Halloween night back in 1962……………….” It’s not long before you hear the sounds of guitars and banjos getting tuned up….someone is sent to look for a bass fiddle. It isn’t long before the reunion is in full swing….songs that haven’t been heard in a while are getting belted out in “fine style”…story after story is told one leading to the next. And above it all you hear that unmistakable laugh…and the onlookers know that he is in fact real. Billy has gone home.

Go Rest High Billy…keep the fire goin’.
Marty Warburton

This really says it all. Billy B. Boren your friends all miss you.