BLUFF COUNTRY GATHERING        May 20-23, 2010
Lanesboro, MN

STAFF

Dwight “Red” Lamb of Onawa, IA is one of the finest of the Missouri Valley fiddlers, having learned from the legendary Uncle Bob Walters. In addition Dwight is also an excellent squeezebox player with a huge repertoire, including the Danish tunes passed down in his family. He has performed from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC to the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, WA. His two CDs for Rounder Records are part of the  "North American Traditions" series.
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Big Medicine is a four-piece band that straddles the boundary of old time music and bluegrass. Their solid harmonies and expert musicianship on fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass make them one of the outstanding bands on the scene today. Joe Newberry, Ken Jackson, Jim Collier and Bobb Head, learned the roots of the music by ear and by heart from old folks who grew up playing old-time music, from relatives and friends, from field recordings made in the depths of the Great Depression, and old commercial “hillbilly” records. They are past winners of the traditional stringband title at the Appalachian Stringband Festival in Clifftop, WV and have released three fine recordings on the Yodel-Ay-Hee label.

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Phil Jamison lives in North Carolina and is nationally-known as a dance caller, musician, and flatfoot dancer. For more than thirty years he has been calling dances and performing and teaching at music festivals and dance events throughout the U.S. and overseas, including nearly thirty years as a member of the Green Grass Cloggers. Founding coordinator of the Swannanoa Gathering Old-Time Music & Dance Week, Phil teaches mathematics and Appalachian music at Warren Wilson College. He plays guitar, banjo and fiddle.

Rafe and Clelia Stefanini. Originally from Italy, Rafe has established himself as one of the finest interpreters of old time music on fiddle, banjo and guitar for the past three decades. His daughter Clelia is following in his footsteps. Together they perform lovely fiddle duets, banjo tunes, and Appalachian ballads and songs. Rafe's numerous recordings on County, Rounder, Five String, Marimac and other labels, plus the new CD with Clelia on Yodel-Ay-Hee, have received much well-earned praise.    

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Meghan Dudle from St. Paul, MN is a veteran of several bands, most notably The Ditchlillies, where her strong fiddling helped make them favorites around the upper Midwest. She’s also an accomplished dancer and member of the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers.