The Doylestown Jam Started in October 2003 as an Open Acoustic Bluegrass Jam.
Pickers of all playing levels are encouraged to join in every Wednesday Evening at the German Hungarian Sportsman's Club in Hilltown, Bucks County, PA, starting usually around 7:30 PM for a fun, and entertaining evening.
Karl Fehrenbach, banjoist extraordinairre sums it up like this "We are all very fortunate to have the Doylestown Jam to be the soundboard for our picking and learning endeavors. What a safe environment to try new things out. No one ridicules you for botching the melody or missing the tag ending. You can really let loose and play things you never played before with all of the train wrecks and derailments that inevitably follow. We all just shrug it off and try again the next time. For all of the newcomers, I hope you take to heart that this group is very supportive and we all were beginners at one time. We all had trouble finding the chords, We all had the forward roll sound like it was in a state of seizure, We all have capoed up at the wrong fret. We have all gone stone dead blank when it was our turn to kick off a song. We just kept playing and playing until some of the more obvious clams have been exorcised. “Will The Circle Be Unbroken?” You bet.
Thanks Karl.....
For additional information on our group, please visit our Web Page at http://www.doylestownjam.org
MEETING OF THE MINDS II September 11-13, 2009 Mountain View Park Wind Gap, PA (20 miles North of Bethlehem) 17 Bands $30 Presale A full weekend of camping & music
ARTISTS:
Juggling Suns Cabinet Jimkata Bohemian Sunrise Hexbelt The Big Dirty Backwoods Experiment Dakini Herbie Agent Moosehead Fellswoop Chester River Runoff UZO Displaced Peoples The Backroad South Mountain Pass Trippin on Nothing Tomm Dunn * Kyle Morgan * Mike Miz Erik From Baltimore * Will Bowers * Amanda Penecale
Meeting of the Minds II will be a full weekend musical extravaganza featuring 17 bands, late-night jams, fire performances, numerous solo artists, light shows, kids activities, food & craft vendors, camping, and music. The site, located just 20 miles north of Allentown, is a beautiful 30-acre, privately owned property in Wind Gap, PA. Our new venue features plenty of woodsy camping, permanent stage, showers, and electricity access for RV’s.
Presale tickets are just $30 for this event and include a full weekend of camping & music. <br
Terita and I are playing at the Bucks County Bluegrass Festival with our new band BOULEVARD EXPRESS on Sept 12th. Boulevard Express features Fred Moore and other attendees of the Holmesburg Bluegrass Jam in NE Philly. www.holmesburgjam.com
Ben and Gayle, thanks for the great time at Benfest VI!! You always put on a great event and are so welcoming to all. I wish there were more people in the world like you. I can't wait for next year!!
We are so happy to have you as a friend and we encourage you all to become friends. Once you become a friend of the club you will receive updates and up coming event notices.
God Bless your friend that was in the accident and we pray for his quick recovery!!!
Thanks guys for sharing your music! Fred told me I wouldn't meet a nicer bunch of people than you all. I look forward to that day, hopefully this spring.
