Chad Manning is a Berkeley, California-based fiddler of numerous styles including bluegrass, old-time, and swing. He has played with regional and national acts including David Grisman, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, Peter Rowan, and Bill Evens, and has toured
Author: Dave Berry
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California Report: Lisa Berman from the Crooked Jades
Bay Area based Lisa Berman is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, known as a pioneer in bringing the Hawaiian slide guitar back to old-time music, and redefining its sound. She also performs on clawhammer banjo, dobro, guitar, harmonium, and baritone ukulele.
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California Report: Butch Waller on High Country and Bill Monroe
The history of California bluegrass runs right through Butch Waller, and the award-winning band High Country he has lead for over half a century. Butch has played his Monroe-style mandolin in many influential bands, and alongside friends and bluegrass legends
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California Report: Tessa Schwartz, North Country Blue and CBA Youth Ambassador
I received this email from CBA Youth Coordinator/Honorary President Emerita and Darby Brandi which describes Tessa better than I can. "Dave, a great interview subject would be the young fiddle phenom, Tessa Schwartz, who is stepping down as Youth Ambassador in
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California Report: Kathy Kallick on songwriting and the Kathy Kallick Band
Kathy Kallick has won a Grammy, two IBMA Awards, and is a recipient of a Lifetime Membership from the California Bluegrass Association. She co-founded the internationally acclaimed Good Ol' Persons, and has released twenty-two albums. She's played with many of the country's top roots musicians – including her
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Charles Sawtelle Memorial Bench rededication – July 27, 2021
Last month, Dave Berry shared a lovely story about the Memorial Bench in Boulder, CO erected to honor the life and music of original Hot Rize guitarist, Charles Sawtelle, who passed away after a bout with cancer in 1999. The
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Charles Sawtelle Memorial Bench gets a much needed tidying up
A local San Francisco Bay Area pickin' buddy friend, Scott Dailey, from the Stoney Mountain Ramblers, reached out to me about a project he initiated to spruce up the Charles Sawtelle Memorial Bench in Boulder, Colorado. The original bench was
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California Report: Kathy Kallick on the Chicago years and the Good Ol’ Persons
Photos of Kathy Kallick and The Kathy Kallick Band by Irene Young Kathy Kallick has won a Grammy, two IBMA Awards, and is a recipient of a Lifetime Membership from the California Bluegrass Association. She co-founded the internationally acclaimed Good Ol' Persons and has released twenty-two
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California Report: Scott Gates, CBA success story
Scott Gates with Get Down Boys - photos © Robin Frenette Described as a fun-loving and remarkable musician, Scott Gates is yet another product of the California Bluegrass youth movement. He has been playing mandolin, guitar, and singing hard core bluegrass
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California Report: Peter Thompson’s Bluegrass Signal benefit CD
IBMA 2020 Broadcaster of the Year nominee and syndicated broadcaster of Bluegrass Country, Peter Thompson, has announced his next CD compilation benefiting KALW in San Francisco and Bluegrass Country. Turn Your Radio On is a 2-CD compilation of music recorded live