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Award winning guitarist/vocalist Hiroya Tsukamoto will be our May, 2019 meeting performer on Monday May 13, 2019 at 7 pm at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.

Guests and Visitors $10 at the door. 
Admission is free to current SJARMS members. 
Info on membership: please see the membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com

For more information on the performance/meeting please email southjerseyarms@gmail.com.

Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.

Of course, we will have our usual all-level acoustic jams after Hiroya performs until 9:25 pm. 
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.

About Hiroya:

Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and composer fuses folk,jazz, and world music. Born and raised in Japan, in 2000 he received a scholarship to Berklee College of music and came to the U.S.

“In terms of musicianship, Tsukamoto’s guitar work was just ridiculous. Right from the beginning of his first song, it was obvious that the folks in Bernunzio’s were in for a treat. His brand of finger style guitar is so intricate, and so blazingly fast at the same time, I kept imagining how many clones I would need to make of myself to accurately replicate his sound. One song that drove that point home was his set opener, “From Coast to Coast,” a song that had some of the fastest harmonic runs I’ve heard,” wrote Trevor Lewis of the Rochester City News.

Tsukamoto’s instrumental abilities are indeed breathtaking and astounding, but his performances are so much more than that. He has the unique capability of engaging an audience thru a personable and genuine approach that transfixes his audience and almost transcends his capabilities as a guitarist. Audience members will be mesmerized; Tsukamoto plays with an effortless skill on the guitar and a repertoire that will have you traveling the world, not to mention experiencing new sounds with his own compositions.

Tsukamoto headlines concerts throughout the U.S. as well as internationally including Blue Note in NYC and Japanese National Television. Most recently, Hiroya won 2nd place in International Finger-Style Guitar Championship in 2018.

Quotes:
“…chops, passion and warmth. Zealously recommended!” -Jazz Review.com

“HiroyaTsukamoto plays with fluid mastery, pristine tone, and great
warmth. ” -Celine Keating (author / Acoustic Guitar Magazine /minor 7th)

“HiroyaTsukamoto takes us to an impressionistic journey ” -Boston Herald

Website: www.hiroyatsukamoto.com

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/HiroyaMusic

Check out some of Hiroya’s music by clicking on the links below:

1. Soledad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POGNMdMKYo4

2. Gemini Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aEhApYFtWg

SJARMS member Donna Feldman has arranged for our friends Mike Compton and Joe Newberry to perform again at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ on Monday, May 6, 2019 at 7:00 pm. 

Cost is $20, cash only, at the door. 

No advance tickets

Doors open at 6:30 pm. No reserved seating.  

45 seats available only.

Mike and Joe will also have CDs for sale at the performance.

Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.

For more information:  dzan1@aol.com.

Also see our Facebook page: South Jersey Acoustic Roots Music Society (SJARMS)

Info about Compton & Newberry:

A Return to the Roots of Bluegrass!
Mike Compton and Joe Newberry mine one of the more neglected segments of country music history: the period during the ‘30s and ’40s when brother duet music was transitioning into, what is now known today as, bluegrass. Both masters of the bedrock instruments of old-time music, they collaborate with a vision that is both modern and ageless. As virtuosos of old-time mandolin, banjo & guitar, they dig deep into early country music and blues. With a seemingly limitless library of brother duets, audiences can expect to hear their favorite tunes along with traditional instrumentals, mother ballads and award-reaping originals. Their combined pedigree has enabled them to reach millions of people, including the more than 4 million regular listeners of A Prairie Home Companion, and also the of devoted fans of the Grammy Award-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou and Cold Mountain soundtracks.

“There are powerful people in every walk of life. Mike Compton is the General George Patton of the mandolin.” – CyberGrass.com

Mike Compton is a Grammy Award-winning, IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year nominee, mandolinist for the Nashville Bluegrass Band and longtime steady sideman to the late John Hartford. He has entertained from Carnegie Hall to the White House — and lots of good folks’ houses in between. The New York Times calls him “a new bluegrass instrumental hero.” He has made music with such diverse notables as the iconic Dr. Ralph Stanley, British rock legend Elvis Costello, guitar virtuoso David Grier and producer T-Bone Burnett. He has performed on 100+ CDs in a variety of genres with some of the most beloved artists of our day. At heart, Mike Compton is a preservationist, continuing the music that Bill Monroe innovated on the mandolin and which set the standard for two generations of bluegrass mandolin players.


“His lyrics read like a cross between Longfellow and Johnny Cash…The muse is sometimes gentle and other times rough. But she never strays too far from Joe Newberry’s side.” – Indyweek

Joe Newberry is a prizewinning guitarist, songwriter and vocalist known far and wide for his powerful banjo playing. He won the songwriting prize for “Gospel Recorded Performance” at the 2012 IBMA Awards for his song “Singing As We Rise”, and was co-writer [with Eric Gibson] of the 2013 IBMA “Song of the Year,” “They Called It Music.” A longtime guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he was a featured singer on the Transatlantic Sessions 2016 tour of the U.K., and at the Transatlantic Session’s debut at Merlefest in 2017. Growing up in a family full of singers and dancers, he took up the guitar and banjo as a teenager and learned fiddle tunes from great Missouri fiddlers. He moved to North Carolina as a young man and quickly became an anchor of the incredible music scene in the state.


More Quotes About Compton & Newberry


“It’s not about the number of notes with Compton & Newberry. It’s about telling the truth and paying homage to the song. There is no pretense here, no slick arrangements and no after-the-fact overdubs. Just honest, real music performed by artists with a deep appreciation for the folk traditions that came before them… They pull off what’s almost impossible these days: honest, genuine music that will get your soul dancing.” – Bluegrass Today

Compton & Newberry don’t slavishly recreate brother duets, but evoke that era within their decidedly contemporary approach. They’ve been part of great bands, but their duo has all the electricity and entertainment of a larger group. They’re wonderful players and singers, but never let their dazzling technique obscure the power and heart of the song. And…they’re Big Fun!”
– Peter Thompson, Artistic Director, Redwood Bluegrass Associates

 


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We are beyond thrilled to have two incredible old-time performers play for us at our next meeting on Monday, March 11, 2019 at 7: 00 pm at our usual spot: the lovely Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ: Kellie Allen and Pete Peterson.

Guests and Visitors $10 at the door. 
Admission is free to current SJARMS members. 
Info on membership: please see the membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.

Of course we will have an all-level acoustic jam after Kellie and Pete perform until 9:25 pm. 
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.

About Kellie Allen and Pete Peterson:

Kellie and Pete have been harmonizing and making music together since 2000. They both enjoy deconstructing a old-time or early bluegrass song or tune from the original recording and turning it into their own music. They can be found during festival season in the middle of jams at Mt. Airy, Clifftop, Lake Genero and other festivals, and hosting parties at their house in Oxford, PA.

Since 2003 they have been members of a five-piece band, the Orpheus Supertones (with Walt Koken, Clare Milliner and Hilary Dirlam), which has traveled extensively in the United States, Australia and Europe. Additionally, the Supertones run a local concert series in Oxford, PA, the Fiddlers’ Follies. http://www.mudthumper.com/orpheus-supertones.html

They also play regularly with Jane Rothfield as two-thirds of the Jane Rothfield Trio and are a sought-after back-up duo for fiddlers and singers from all over the U.S. and beyond.

In addition to performing, they really enjoy showing other how to play and sing in the styles they have learned in individual lessons, short workshops, and week-long classes at music camps.

They believe that the second Golden Age of old-time music is right NOW.

Their duet CD, “I’ll Never Forsake You,” is available for sale or download on Amazon, iTunes & CDBaby

Here is a partial list of larger venues at which Pete and Kellie have taught and performed: Philadelphia Folk Festival (PA), Clifftop (WV), Wheatlands (MI), the MBOTMA Bluegrass Festival (MN), Mars Hill Old-Time Music Week (NC), Rockbridge (VA), the Florida Folk Festival (FL), Sonoma County Bluegrass Festival (CA), Gainsborough Old-Time Music Festival (UK), Maldon Folk Festival (AU), Mountaingrass (AU), LEAF (NC), Cornish Bluegrass Festival (UK), Blackwood Festival of Arts and Music (US), Stephen Foster Old-Time Music Weekend (FL), Augusta Old-Time and Vocal week (WV), Southwest Pickers Festival (NM), Charlotte Folk Music Society Concert Series (NC), Brandywine Friends of Old-Time Music Concert Series (DE), Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival (NJ), Portland Old-Time Music Gathering (OR)

About Kellie Allen:

Kellie grew up listening to her grandma’s piano playing, her dad’s barbershop quartet singing, her mom’s tales of playing the snare drum in the ladies’ USO band in Victoria, TX, her five siblings’ vocal harmonies, and the beginning days of brother Greg’s old time banjo playing and fiddling, which led to his persistent requests for guitar backup from Kellie. She responded by using her guitar skills to form an alternative rock band, Pay Attention. The Allen family still spends time singing whenever they get together.

Kellie has developed a driving backup guitar style with bass runs, listening extensively to guitar heroes such as Roy Harvey, Riley Puckett and Charlie Monroe. She has adapted that to the upright bass, and in recent years has been playing mandolin. Her vocal influences start with Maybelle Carter, Julia Mainer, and gospel great Jeanette Cooke, and include the tenor singers of the great brother duets such as Ira Louvin and Bill Monroe. She is also an excellent lead singer, having won a number of singing prizes at festivals.

Some Of Kellie’s past workshop topics and classes have been:
Introduction to Backup Guitar
Bass Runs for the Guitar
Playing Guitar in a String Band
Introduction to Upright Bass
Bass Runs for the Upright Bass
Finding Your Vocal Range (with Pete)
Duet/Harmony Singing (with Pete)
Lesser Known Old-Time Gospel Songs (with Pete)

About Pete Peterson:

Pete’s earliest musical memories are singing songs from the “Fireside Book of American Folk Songs” to his mother’s piano accompaniment. Although she taught piano professionally, he resisted learning, and was given a guitar at Christmas 1959. Four months later, he was singing a Tom Lehrer song in his high school’s talent show. A banjo followed several months later, which led to the New Lost City Ramblers and, eventually, to County Records reissues and reel-to-reel tapes and to a lifelong interest in the music of the Carter Family, Uncle Dave Macon, the Skillet Lickers and most of all, Charlie Poole. In fact, Pete owns and plays one of Charlie Poole’s banjos, presented to him him in a midnight seance organized by the late Ray Alden, where “a long-distance call to Hell” informed him that Poole himself wanted him to have that banjo. He has used this banjo to win a number of banjo contests (including the Charlie Poole Festival’s Grand Prize for fingerstyle banjo) and have a great deal of fun along the line, playing in the pre-Bluegrass three-finger banjo styles of Poole, Macon and others.

Some of Pete’s past workshop topics and classes have been:
Introduction to Fingerstyle Banjo
Maybelle Carter’s Guitar Style
Music of the Carter Family
Finding Your Vocal Range (with Kellie)
Duet/Harmony Singing (with Kellie) 
Lesser Known Old-Time Gospel Songs (with Kellie)

Link to Kellie and Pete’s Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/GnarlyDuets/?modal=admin_todo_tour

 

 

 

SJARMS MEETING FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019 IS CANCELLED DUE TO PREDICTED SNOW AND SLEET

Hi SJARMS members and friends,

This is the National Weather Service prediction for tomorrow night for Medford, NJ:
Monday Night:
Snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain and sleet. Low around 30. East wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Because of this forecast I conferred with Steve earlier tonight and his advice I agree with: to err on the side of safety and caution and cancel tomorrow night’s meeting.
I spoke to Marc and we will schedule him for another date in the future.
I just don’t want to take a chance on anyone driving in hazardous conditions.
Stay safe,
Thanks,
Karen

Our February performer is a fabulous entertainer: Marc Sengin. 

He will perform for us on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 7 pm at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door. 
Admission is free to current SJARMS members. 
Info on membership: please see the membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
Of course we will have an all-level acoustic jam after Marc performs until 9:25 pm. 
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.

Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.

Some information about Marc:

In 1974 Marc Sengin graduated from the University of Hartford HARTT COLLEGE OF MUSIC (now The Hartt School) with a degree in Music Ed, as a clarinet major. After graduating, he performed full-time in nightclub & disco bands on sax, flute, clarinet, and vocals, later followed by years of performing in “wedding” bands while maintaining a day job.

Following a revelation in 1987, Marc became passionately involved with fine wine. His quest for knowledge and experience was insatiable. In 1999 he began to recork “Old & Rare” wines for collectors. His tasting experience includes several thousand bottles of these wines, some dating back as far as the mid-19th century. This experience is unique and unequaled and his knowledge is extensive. For over ten years, he represented importers & distributors of very high quality small-production wineries from France, Italy, Australia, Germany, Austria, Portugal, and the US. He has visited many of these wineries, frequently staying at the homes of winemakers. He is available for consultation.

Marc’s love of musical performance was re-initiated in 1995 after years of absence, only now it was something different altogether. He combined his eternal love for singing with self-taught acoustic guitar accompaniment. The selections are the “Folk & Pop Songs of the 60′s & 70′s”, some of the greatest songs ever written in this genre. You know… the songs of Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Beatles, John Denver, Crosby-Stills-and Nash, etc. The addition of a vocal harmony pedal in 2016 has produced extraordinary results, sounding more like an acoustic group with very tight vocals than a soloist.

These songs need to remembered and kept alive through performance. In addition to the music, the messages can be profound.

Marc now performs as a solo artist and his musical services are available for private parties, restaurants, events of every kind, concert performances, background music, retirement communities, coffee houses, etc.

For those interested tonight @ SJARMS…

SPECS:

Martin HD-28V (“V”intage Series structurally unique) with factory Fishman Ellipse Matrix Blend electronics.

Bose L1 Compact PA

Mackie ProFX8v2 mixing board

Sennheiser e935 mic

TC Helicon “Harmony Singer”

 

Dear SJARMS friends and members,


Happy New Year to all of you! Hope you all had wonderful Holidays!

We will have our January 2019 meeting on Monday, January 14, 2019 from 7 pm to 9:30 pm at our usual location: Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ. 
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door. 
Admission is free to current SJARMS members. 
Info on membership: please see the membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com.
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
This month’s format is Open Mic. 
Sign-ups start at 6:45 pm. 
Open Mic is limited to current members (you can bring up others to perform with you if you want). 
We usually have to limit the number of performers to about 8 or 9 (to do 2 songs each) so that the Open Mic part of the night doesn’t run too long. 
If we have more than 9 people interested in performing we can have each performer do 1 song each.
That will be determined that night when we see how many people sign up.
 
Of course we will have an all-level acoustic jam after the Open Mic until 9:25 pm. 
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.
 
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
 
February 11, 2019– we will have SJARMS member Marc Sengin as our featured performer. More info about Marc is forthcoming very soon.
We have some great performers for March, May, and the rest of the year. More info to come soon. 
It looks like April, 2019 will be the next Open Mic after January.
 
Hope to see you on Monday January 14, 2019!
Karen
for SJARMS

Janie Rothfield is our performer, with special guests, for our November meeting on Monday, 11/12/18 at 7pm. Location: Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ. She will play one set.
All-level acoustic jams to follow Jane’s performance, until 9:25 pm.
Visitors: $10 payable at the door. Free for current SJARMS members.
Info on membership in SJARMS can be found at www.SJARMS.com.

 

https://youtu.be/IwhKbXTS0Ig

 

About Janie:Old Time Music with Janie Rothfield:
Janie Rothfield is an internationally known old time fiddler, clawhammer banjo player, tune composer, dance musician, band leader who has been playing music since “forever.”She began playing professionally over 30 years ago, and has made eleven recordings featuring her lively, spirited and soulful playing and singing. Whether it be traditional Old Time Stringband and fiddle music, or traditional Scottish songs and tunes, music for Contra or Square Dances or tight harmony singing, Janie plays from her her heart and musical soul with great technique and expression! During the concert you will hear a lovely combination of old time tunes and songs performed by Janie on fiddle, banjo and guitar. She will also be joined by her musical partner and husband Allan Carr adding in tight harmonies and fine back up guitar. SJARMS members Donna Feldman and Joe Jones will join Janie and Allan for the finale!

 

Videos

Cumberland Gap https://youtu.be/k-6Pvb4d0_k

 

.Free Little Bird 
https://youtu.be/UfTgB7v6m7o

 

Hell Broke Loose in Georgia (Fiddle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BllDgHZ-BRM

 

Buck Mountain (Banjo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZW6NbBw1kI

 
YOUTUBE.COM
Jane Rothfield and daughter Shona Carr perform at a concert at Loomis Chaffee in Windsor, CT November 6, 2015 
 

We are so lucky to catch these two before they hit the road! 
Lou and Jim Connell will perform for SJARMS on Monday, October 8, 2018 at 7 pm at our October member meeting at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ. They will play one set and, as usual, we will have time for refreshments then set up multiple rooms to have small acoustic jams until about 9:30 pm.
The meeting is no charge if you are an SJARMS member and $10 if you are a visitor. See the Membership tab above for more information on membership.


So come out and hear some fantastic music- it will be a fun night!

Bio for Lou and Jim Connell:
Music brought them together, and it’s what makes them happiest. They met at Albert Hall, thanks to Jackie Truster-Sperl, and have been together ever since; in November, they’ll celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. Jim is from the mountains of North Carolina, where he grew up singing gospel harmony with his five sisters, in a musical family. Gospel is still his favorite genre, although his guitar style is heavily influenced by Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. Lou was born in northwest Maryland, and has been singing religious and “hillbilly” music all her life. Together, they travel the country from Cracker Barrel to Cracker Barrel, hitting about 8 bluegrass festivals each year, and finding local jams wherever they stop. They are one of the luckiest couples alive, and feel a little guilty about being able to go wherever they like and do the thing they love best.

Our September SJARMS meeting is coming up soon: we are thrilled to be hosting The Bob Andrews Trio (Peter Hagen on bass, Dave Sherman on guitar and Bob Andrews on guitar and harmonica) on Monday, September 10, 2018 at 7 pm at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford.
Parking is behind the Center in the gravel area at the back. Please access the Center by the back entrance (where the porch is) 
Doors open at about 6:45 pm. We will do our best to start at 7 pm so we have plenty of time to hear Bob and his trio and have time to jam afterward.

If you are not already a member of SJARMS and want to to come on September 10th there is a $10 guest fee. If you want to join SJARMS you can do so at the meeting, or you can join online by going on the www.sjarms.com

 site and click on the membership tab at the top. The cost for membership in SJARMS is $45 for a single or $60 for couple/family.As usual we will have some refreshments and fellowship with other musicians and friends after the performers then have our usual acoustic jam until 9:25 pm. The jams are all-level and lately we have been able to run 3 rooms for jamming so that everyone gets multiple chances to lead a song. It has been a blessing to have the entire downstairs of the lovely Medford Memorial Community Center to use for our meetings- well worth the added expense for SJARMS!

We have Lou and Jim Connell scheduled for October, 2018.

Jane Rothfield will be performing for us in November, 2018.

Hope to see you there on September 10th!

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT BOB ANDREWS:

“ Bob Andrews is a talented songwriter with a captivating stage presence. It’s great to hear his songs. They are wonderfully clever, well constructed and a joy to listen to. He’s one of those writers whose songs will be picked up by groups all over the country.”

            Dick Pleasants, 91.9 FM WUMB Boston

“It’s not just Bob’s songs – they’re well crafted and written from the heart for sure. But there’s more…it’s the delivery that carries the music. Bob’s voice and instrumentation bring a powerful emotional element to the listener. Whether on the back porch or concert hall, Bob will touch you with the depth of his compelling songs. Each tells a story, and each will draw you in.”

            David Broida, presenter, Concerts Under the Stars, King of Prussia, PA

“ Another powerful voice has been added to the acoustic music fray. Bob Andrews writes songs that speak to the universal experience of living in the late twentieth and early twenty first century. He has the eloquence of Bob Franke, the evocative imagery of Dave Mallet, and the soul of Pete Seeger. We’ll be singing Bob’s music for a long time.”

                                                Tom Rowe, Schooner Fare

“ Bob Andrews has a wonderful gift for painting a lyrical landscape that leads us right to the heart of whatever emotional situation he wishes to explore. His work is focused and tightly woven….hearing his songs for the first time made me want to go back and hear them again and again.”

            Eric Behr, Boston based singer/songwriter

“ In Bob’s song there is a complexity, a subtlety and refinement that only comes with time and careful attention.”

 

                        Joe Bretschneider, Mainstage Center for the Arts

 

“ Bob draws his audience in like a magnet. He delights the heart without being sentimental; they have an edge without being callous. He’s a great new talent…”

 

            Margo Hennebach, Mad Agnes

 

“ Like a writer of great short stories, Bob Andrews excels in telling moving stories in taut detail. His craftsmanship as a songwriter is impeccable; if his songs were hospital beds, you could bounce a quarter off of each of them. Bob Andrews’ songs are fresh, surprising and yet maintain an immediate familiarity. I can still hear the chorus to Lovers in Love even though it’s been sometime since I heard it. I’m a songwriter, and pride myself on being a good one, but Bob’s songs make me say, Damn, I wish I wrote that.”

 

Butch Ross, dulcimer/ singer-songwriter, Chattanoga, TN

 

“ Sometimes artists are terrific performers and sometimes they’re wonderful storytellers. In Bob Andrews you have the perfect marriage. His manner will delight you. His songs will move you. Memories, love, loss and happiness all combining to celebrate life; all performed with the ease of one who cares. After hearing Bob’s work, you will too. “

Richard Kushinsky, President, Ocean County Artist Guild, Island Heights, NJ

 “Bob Andrews and his trio played for the Folk Project Acoustic Getaway and we became absolute fans. He is a gifted performer who delivered a dynamic set that our audience loved, loved, loved. His core material consists of insightful originals, delivered with an integrity and polish that we rarely find outside of national touring acts. It’s a gift to find such rare and precious talent in our backyard. A great performance is like a great song. It takes you on an exciting journey and you wind up in a new place when it’s over. Bob and his trio does that. His music transported all of us. They got a well-deserved standing ovation.”

                        Mark Schaffer, Co-chair The Folk Project Acoustic Getaway

 

We are thrilled to have some of the finest musicians in our area perform for us (with whom many of you are well acquainted): Jackie Truster-Sperl and Bernie Sperl and their band Homemade Jam, for our August meeting on Monday, August 13, 2018 at 7pm!!! (always the second Monday of the month) 
at the Medford Memorial Community Center at 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.

Homemade Jam which is Jackie Truster-Sperl on guitar, vocals, and mandolin, Bernie Sperl on harmonica and guitar, Linda Truster (Jackie’s sister-in-law) on upright bass and vocals and Karla Iverson on banjo.

They have been playing together as Homemade Jam for about 4 years.
They do bluegrass, country, gospel, and standards with a swing.
They have played at several Wilmington Winter Bluegrass Festivals, Wells Mills County Park Festivals, Albert Hall numerous times, and at many open mics and local jams over the years.

Parking is behind the Center in the gravel area at the back. Please access the Center by the back entrance (where the back porch is.) 
Doors open at about 6:45 pm. We will do our best to start at 7 pm so we have plenty of time to hear Homemade jam and have time for our all-level acoustic jam.

If you are not already a member of SJARMS and want to to come on August 13th there is a $10 guest fee. If you want to join SJARMS you can do so at the meeting, or you can join online by going on the www.sjarms.com

site and click on the membership tab at the top. The cost for membership in SJARMS is $45 for a single or $60 for couple/family.As usual we will have some refreshments and fellowship with other musicians and friends after the performers then have our usual acoustic jam until 9:25 pm. The jams are all-level and lately we have been able to run 3 rooms for jamming so that everyone gets multiple chances to lead a song. It has been a blessing to have the entire downstairs of the lovely Medford Memorial Community Center to use for our meetings- well worth the added expense for SJARMS!For more information: southjerseyarms@gmail.com.

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