Eric Rice
Eric Rice
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KVMR-FM The County Line Bluegrass Show
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59 years old
GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
United States
Last Login: 12/22/2009
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| General | I love the Strawberry Music festival in Yosemite. Check out strawberrymusic.com In fact I'm the Strawberry Music festival electrican.
World Music Festival.
KVMR Celtic Music Festival
California Bluegrass Assc. Bluegrass Festival
Hardly Stricty Bluegrass Festival.
Kate Wolf Music Festival
Bluegrass and acoustic music. Would like to take a whole summer just traveling to music festivals all over the country. Camping in Yosemite. Swimming in any white water river. Hiking and would like to try biking. Just being outdoors. Traveling. Cannons.
I like stage lighting. EL Wire and lighting. Would like to have a stage lighting company. Nevada City Light Opera.
I would like to have enough money to produce music shows in Nevada County without fear. Bring music to Nevada County that does not get a chance up here in the foothills.
Maybe not make money on the shows but do it for the music. Like what a great feeling it must be to do the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass shows in SF. Thats got to be the best. | | Music | Music is LIFE! New Grass Revival
Old and in the Way, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, John Cowan, Peter Rowan, Seldom Scene, Nahville Bluegrass Band, Tony Rice and or any of the Rice brothers. Sarah Campbell, John Prine, Arlo, Greg Brown, Allison Krauss, Alison Brown Joe Craven, David Gisman, Herb Peterson, Chris Hillman, Laurie Lewis, Lonesome River Band, 3rd Time Out, Doc Watson, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Jerry and most any "Dead" stuff, Reel Time Travelers, Brian Bowers, Waybacks, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, NRPS, Santana, Mason Profit, South Loomis Quickstep, Railroad Earth, Infamous String Dusters, Gibson Brothers, Grascals, Tony Furtado, Laurie Lewis, Blue Highway, Tim O'Brien, Rhonda Vincent, Cheeyholmes, Ricky Skaggs, Tony Trischka, Del, Steve Earl, Larry Sparks, Bryon Bowers, Don Reno, Bill Monroe, is there anyone I missed? | | Television | The commericals so I can buy lots plastic stuff to "fix" me so I'll be like normal people
favorite is 60 Minutes,
Austin City Limits, F-1 racing, Speed & Fuel channel,
| | Books | Hunt for Red October, 2008 National Electric Code | | Heroes | JFK |
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Eric Rice's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Grass Valley | | Body type: | 6' 5" / Athletic | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Zodiac Sign: | Aquarius | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | Some college | | Occupation: | Electrican / DJ |
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Eric Rice's Schools
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Golden West College
Huntington Beach, CA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Associate's Degree
Major: architecture
Minor: surfing
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Eric Rice Electric
Grass Valley, California US
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About me:
Born and raised in California. Bounced around the country a little. Went to Golden West College in Huntington Beach studying girls and surfing. Did not and would not go to Vietnam. Child of the 60's lived for a time in the Haight. Rented a big house in SF and one of the roomates was Norm Davis KSAN disc jockey. My brother was a "roadie" for Quicksilver and I got to tag along to their gig's. Became a Dead head and had friends that worked for the Dead. Saw lots of Dead and Quick shows from back stage. Traded in
my 56 corvette for a Harley. Lived and loved in Marin County. But moved to the Sierra Foothills to get away from the "fast lane". Saved my life.
Settled down in Grass Valley but still wanted to be around music. Got involved with KVMR-FM went to the broadcaster training class in 1982. Started my first show from 4 to 7am. I called it the "County Line" because my friends from the bay area kept calling and asking why I did not keep in touch and drive back there. It was different when I crossed that County line and found myself in the pines instead of the concrete forests of the SF bay area.
I bought some land on a ridge top about 10 miles from town.
Became a electrican and started my own business in 1990.
It's all about the music! Its all about acoutic and BLUEGRASS music.
But radio is what I love, started doing the bluegrass show on Saturday mornings in 1985. The show was posted for almost 6 months and no one wanted to do it. I thought it would be cool to do my radio thing on Saturday at 10 am instead of Friday mornings at 4 am. So I went to the program committee and told them I would do the bluegrass show but I wanted the freedom to do a little "Americana" with it. They gave me the show, but the listeners would not let me play anything but bluegrass and would call me right away and tell me "that's not bluegrass".
Awards given to me for the County Line Bluegrass Show on KVMR.
1. Volunteer of the Year 1996, 2006
2. KVMR Special Projects "Bluegrass Live Remote" 1990
3. Broadcaster of the Year 1998
4. Bill Tuttle Life Time 2006
5. KVMR John Nichols Music Award 1995
Well here I M 22 years later still doing the bluegrass show on Saturday morning and still getting phone calls.....
I also pioneered the first "live remote" broadcast on KVMR. I broadcast, produce and direct the California Bluegrass Ass. Fathersday Weekend Bluegrass Festival for KVMR. Now in its 22nd year!
For KVMR I also did the very first satilite downlink broadcast of the Grateful Dead New Years Eve concerts from Oakland, CA in the 80's.
I have been on the program Commitee for KVMR and served on the board of Directors one term as the board President.
Community Radio is the best, and its the only place to get Bluegrass music. And live remote broadcasting is the best radio you can get.
It's all about the music. This site is a chance for me to hear from people whom want to get their music heard on the radio in northern California, send me music. KVMR is a great radio station you got to check out the web site
www.kvmr.org
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Who I'd like to meet:
George Lucas, and would love a tour of Dream Works.
I would like to sit and talk with the promoter of the Hardly Strickly Bluegrass festival in SF. He has got to be interesting. Well I can cross this one off, He camped next to me at the last fall 2007 Strawberry music festival.
Doc Watson
Jerry Douglas
Bela Fleck
Sam Bush
John McEuen
Emmy Lou Harris
John Prine
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Kelly LeBrock
John Madden
Lester Hayes
Bill Gates
Bob Dylan
Bluegrass and Acoustic Music folks and or bands.
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