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July Jam

9th Annual July Jam,

To be held in the new

Bowie Community Center

Photo Courtesy, The Bowie News

This event is held each year during the month of July to raise funds for the prize money for the annual Chicken and Bread Days Fiddlers Contest. The event consists of fiddle music, a bake sale, a silent auction and a chicken dinner.

It has been held in the Methodist Church each year, but this year it will be held for the first time in Bowie's new Community Center. There will be a lot more room. Come out, enjoy and support The Chicken and Bread Days, Fiddle contest.

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July Jam

Bowie Community Center

Chicken and Bread Days Fiddle Contest

Bowie, Texas

Chicken and Bread Days Fiddlers Contest

Chicken and Bread Days Fiddle Contest:

Over $3,500 in cash prizes

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Jenny Mack was the headliner of the show
that preceded the annual Chicken and Bread Days

Fiddle Contest. She was accompanied by Austin Smith (outside photo to left) and Coleman Smith on fiddle. Not identified are the two rhythm guitar players at far right. (Note: They played rhythm guitar for most of the fiddle contestants.) Photo by Barbara Green, Photo courtesy of The Bowie News

Chicken and Bread Days is held the first Saturday of October from 10:00AM to 4:00PM each year in Downtown Bowie. One of the major events of this festival is the Fiddlers Contest. The Fiddlers Contest is held in the Bowie Fire Department Fire Hall. The most recent event was October 1, 2010 in Downtown Bowie. The Fiddlers Contest has six divisions.More than $3,500.00 in cash prizes were awarded. The event was reported to be a big success. Prizes for this contest are funded by the July Jam event, featured elsewhere on this web site as well as other sponsors. Sponsors include Sewell Usselton Insurance and Real Estate as well The Bowie Bank.



Marty Elmore of Bowie plays a few fiddle tunes between Divisions
while the judges are at work.



2010 headline pre-contest entertainer, Jenny Mack:
L to R: Austin Smith, Coleman Smith (on fiddles), Jenny Mack on accordion,
far right rhythm guitar players not identified

A few of the contestants are shown below:

If any viewers of this web site know the identity of any contestants or musicians pictured above, please email the information along with a copy of the photo or other identificaation of the photo to the email address listed at the top of home page of this web site. If anyone has any other photos of this contest, also please email them along with itentification of those pictured, if known.  

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Roenoak Senior Center - Pick'n and Grin'n

Roenoak Senior Center - Pick'n and Grinn'
Every Thursday, 7:00PM
 

                                   O.W. "Dub" Wheeler hosts Pickin' and Grinnin at Roanoke

Lyle Van Houten and Von Lawson

Come out and enjoy some great classic country music. A little bluegrass or western swing music may be thrown in from time to time. Come out for a great time. Musicians welcome.

Remember, Classic Country Music is good for you !

Lyle Van Houten and Von Lawson making Music, Music, Music !!!

Great Classic Country Music with a little Bluegrass Thrown in.

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2010 Roenoak Days at Roenoak, Texas

This is an annual event

Musical Concerts are held with the front poarch of a 100 year

 old historical house as a stage.

Lots of fun and music !

Arkie Tomlison

Bill Eaton

Dub Wheeleer "The Boss"

Dub Wheeler "The Boss"

Michael Eaton

Stacie Stevens

Von Lawson

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The Acoustic Guitar

By J. Bryan Wasson

You have heard the saying, “different strokes for different folks.” Everyone does not like the same things including music and musical instruments.

To me, as far as musical instruments go, there is no sweeter sound than that of a flat top acoustic guitar. There is a place for other musical instruments such as the banjo, the fiddle, the Dobro and the upright bass in the type of music that I like, but the acoustic guitar is central. A few bluegrass bands now use arched top acoustic guitars for their volume, but to me there is no sound like the flat top acoustic guitar.

From the 1930’s through the early 1950s, it was common to hear recordings and live radio programs with a singer and a flat top acoustic guitar, only – no band. I guess the first was Jimmy Rogers. When I was a kid, there were radio programs that I listened to every afternoon that were a singer and his guitar. My favorites included Dale Dunbar, Big Bill Lister, Sheb Woolley and Tom Snow. Big Bill Lister went on to tour with Hank Williams. Sheb Woolley became an actor and he was a sure enough real cowboy. He was in dozens of western movies, the most famous being, “High Noon.” He had a major role as the scout, Pete Nolan on the TV series, “Rawhide.” He also recorded under his own name as well as that of his Alter Ego, Ben Colder. One of his best known Ben Colder recordings was, “One Eyed Purple Eater.” As best as I can remember, Dale Dunbar and Bill Lister came on a Wichita Falls radio station. Sheb Wooley came on a Fort Worth Radio station and Tom Snow came on an Abilene station. I do not know what ever happened to Dale Dunbar and Tom Snow, but I sure loved to hear them with their guitars.

Burl Ives also had a radio program in those days. He sang folk songs with only a guitar; however his guitar was a nylon string classical guitar. The sound was not quiet up to par with those dreadnought sized steel string acoustic guitars. To me it was sometimes hard to hear Burl Ives’ guitar on those radio programs.

I am sure there is a name to the style of guitar playing these folks used, but I don’t know what it is called. It is a style that uses open chords, with lots of runs between the chords and a lot of playing individual strings.

There is a place for rhythm played using bar chords when there is a band, at least some types of bands. When there is only a single person singing with a guitar, there is nothing better than the open chords.

Hank Williams later made some recordings with his guitar and no band under his alter Ego, “Luke the Drifter.” Earnest Tubbs also had some early recordings using only his flat top Martin guitar.

I believe I was in the 3rd grade when my mother gave me my first guitar for Christmas. It was a second hand Harmony arched top guitar that had belonged to a soldier at Camp Barkley who had gone oversees and had sold it to Harry Goltz Army story when he shipped out to Europe. My mother paid $15.00 for the guitar and paid that out by the week.

I had an uncle by marriage that showed me a few chords when I received the guitar. I continued to pick up how to make various chords from anyone who would show me. For the most part, I listened to those radio shows mentioned above and tried to duplicate what I heard. By the time I was in the seventh grade, I asked my parents for guitar lessons. I took only a few lessons from a teenage girl who was only a few years older than me. It was not long before my self taught guitar lessons consisted of listening to those Earnest Tubbs records in which he accompanied himself with only a guitar. I played those records over and over until got to the point where I could duplicate the guitar sounds that I was hearing.

About a year later, I started taking guitar lessons again from a Mrs. Montgomery. She could play and gave lessons for about ever musical instrument that existed. I am not sure how long I took lessons from Mrs. Montgomery, but it was by far not long enough. At the time I did not like the style of guitar that she was teaching me. It was a style where both the melody and chords were played at the same time. She was also teaching me to read music. Like many “know it all” teenagers, I thought I had learned all that I needed to know. Many of the musicians that I admired played by ear, why in the world did I need to know how to read music? I stopped taking lessons from this great musician and teacher and went back to my self teaching by listening to records. Oh how I wish that I knew today the things that Mrs. Montgomery could have taught me.

I loved the style of acoustic guitar lead that Hank Snow was playing. I could listen to it for hours. On one occasion, while listening to a radio program in which Hank Snow was being interviewed, I heard him say that he did not like this style of guitar music that he was playing. I never understood why. His later recordings did not contain this acoustic lead.

The great Sonny James played acoustic guitar lead in most of his recordings. In his later years he used a style where the time of the guitar was double the time of the vocals. It sounded great. I once asked the Music Minister at my Church the name for that style of music. He told me, but my memory was short.

By the time I was in High School, I met a musician named Max Fletcher and later a guitar player named Smokey Donaldson. Max was the band leader for Slim Willett throughout Slims musical career. Smokey had a Martin guitar. He played a style of acoustic lead in which he played melody and chords at the same time on all of Slims recordings. He was great and I loved the sound of his guitar. Max Fletcher, Smokey Donaldson and others often came to our house while we lived at Potosi for jam sessions. Boy, I was in “hillbilly heaven” during those jam sessions!

Parkinson’s has taken away my ability to play guitar. The last public appearance I made while playing my guitar was in 2009 at ”Senior Focus,” an event sponsored by Bowie Memorial Hospital for senior citizens in the Bowie, Texas area. An exception to this statement was the fact that I attempted to play acoustic lead on “An Old Log Cabin for Sale” while singing at the Friday Night Jam Session at the Bowie Senior Citizens Center in July of 2010. It was a disaster as far as I am concerned.

I still sing at the Bowie Senior Citizens Center Friday Night Jam Session and try to play a little bit of guitar for physical therapy of my hands at home. That is now the extent of my guitar playing.

To me, there is nothing like the sound of a flat top acoustic guitar. I will always love that sound.


JBW, 04-15-2010

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Other Area Coming Musical Events:

24th Annual Legends of Western Swing

The 24th Annual Legends of Western Swing

June 16, 17 and 18 at the MPEC

In Wichita Falls, Texas

Tickets $30.00

Watch for Concerts by The Village Singers



The Village Singers
L to R: Kathy Goad ,Harold Goad, Jennifer (Duffin) Goad and Warren Goad



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County Line Cowboy Church

Sunset, Texas

Watch this site for coming special musical events at
County Line Cowboy Church, Sunset, Texas

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White House Harmony
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Russ Taff In Concert
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Bellevue, Clay County, Texas

This is an annual event to raise scholorship funds for North Texas State College, Bowie Campus.

The Duffin Family (Photo From Duffin Family Website)

The event this year is a Gospel Music event featuring The Duffin Family of Bowie, Texas. The event will be at the Bowie Junior High Auditorum on Feb. 19, 2010.  Advance Tickets are $10.00 and $12.00 at the door.

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Red River Bluegrass Club

The Red River Bluegrass Club holds an all acoustic  jam session every Thursday (with the exception of holidays) at the  Recreation Activities Center, 806 N. 3rd in Iowa Park.  It is always open to visitors. Soft drinks, coffee and snacks are provided by members.

Anyone who wishes to bring their instruments and join in are welcome.  Joy McCullough is President. Joy can be contacted at  940-692-9783

Come out and enjoy some good Bluegrass Music.

Above Photos taken at the 05-05-2010 Jam Session

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Forestburg Jam Session

Forestburg Jam Session

The 3rd Saturday of Each Month

A big Birthday Bash was held at the Forestburg Community Center
on 01-01-11 for Wassie Reynolds. Happy 80th Birthday Wassie !
Most of the Musicians in Montague County were there.
There was lots of good music, cake and punch as well as fellowship.

Entertainment at 80th Birthday Party for Wassie Reynolds:
At Forestburg Community Center

At Wassie's 80th Burthday Party; Carol and Ethel

RuthAnn, Darlene, Ronnie (Standing in background)
Bryan & Jon enjoying food, fellowship, and entertainment
atWassie's 80th Birthday Party

C.L. & wife, Ethel at 80th Birthday Party
For Wassie Reynolds at Forestburg Community Center

L to R: Sam Campbell, Wassie Reynolds, C.L. Griffith
Sam is a regular at Forestburg and occasionaly drops in at the Bowie Friday Night Jam Session. He is a top of the line lead guitar player. He also sings;
Wassie and C. L. are both regulars at Forestburg and at Bowie. Wassie plays acoustic guitar and sings. He also plays Bango and Dobro. C.L. plays rythm guitar and sings.

The Forestburg Jam Session is held the 3rd Saturday of each month. If you want to hear great country, bluegrass and gospel music, Forestburg is the place to come.


Remember, Music is Good for you. Come out and join us for some good classic country, bluegrass and gospel music.
















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