This is early notice that Tim Nolen will be hosting a jam at El Castillo
Saturday 11-21.  Plan now, official posting follow in a day or so.

'Hi
The Update:
The Badly Bent did a dandy SW Picker's show Friday night at Covenant. Nice guys,
great musicians and a good mix of originals, classic bluegrass and some "beyond
tunes.  Why, you ask, would you drive to the Q when the lads are playing at the
Brewing Company Saturday night. Well SW Pickers shows at Covenant are the
closest ting I've found to Chicago's Bluegrass Legends concerts...nice room,
attentive crowds who love the music and most important good to great sound.  The
good news for Santa Fe fans is that the boys are planning to use their own sound
system at the Brewing company rather than the house system, which usually sounds
like any band is playing through a broken pay phone.  So I'm hopeful that The
Badly Bent will sound good at the Brewing Company.

The
Bluegrass Virus
Don't worry, it's not the Swine Flu (or even the Whistle Pig Flu... a clever
tribute to my Chicago band).  What it is is a way to grow the bluegrass and
traditional music community in New Mexico.  Since you are reading this, you are
likely a member of Bluegrass New Mexico.  What's more you likely have friends
who are, or might be interested in this music. So what would be lovely if you
invited them to join us.  Two ways: you can go to the Bluegrass New Mexico home
page and click on invite in the upper left side of the page and enter your
friend's email addresses.  Or you can send them a personal email, tell them what
you like about Bluegrass New Mexico and invite them to visit
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Bluegrassnewmexico/ and click on the Join
link.  The more people who know about what's happening, the greater the chances
people will come out to hear the music and that means that eventually there will
be more music to hear.  And remember that any Bluegrass New Mexico member can
post events to the calendar, upload and share pictures and files and post
messages to the entire membership! (And check out the file drawer, there's some
cool stuff there.)

Dave Dillman
Moderator- but not very