Tom Mindte's Pickin' Party, 2018

Tom Mindte and Tom Jarboe join the jam at Tom Mindte’s Pickin’ Party (10/6/18) – photo by Jeromie Stephens

Each year Tom Mindte, who runs Patuxent Records in Maryland, hosts a weekend-long pickin’ party with his friends, Rodger Nelson and Steve Benedik. This year’s event was held in Woodbine, MD this past weekend, and Jeromie Stephens was there with his camera on Saturday.

With the pastoral setting and the quaint country cabin, you might be fooled into thinking these are from a century ago, except for the modern instruments cases and automobiles.

Author: Jeromie Stephens

Jeromie Stephens has been photographing bluegrass musicians for a little over 30 years. In keeping with the photo-reportage styles of Jim Marshall, Carl Fleischauer and Les Leverett, he shoots in black and white and tries to always stay in close to his subjects. He was first published by FRETS! Magazine in 1986, his junior year of high school. He's illustrated articles for Bluegrass Unlimited, Rolling Stone, Guitar Player, The Washington Post, The Nashville Tennessean and Fretboard Journal. Additionally his photos have been used in CD packages for musicians like Tony Rice, Danny Gatton and Lou Pallo. Jeromie lives in Fredericksburg, VA with his wife, April and youngest son, JJ. You are likely to see JJ with his Dad taking photos at festivals. View all posts by Jeromie Stephens