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TOWN OF PALISADE & RIVERBEND PARK MAP ..........

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WHAT IS ROOTS MUSIC? ....

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RIVERBEND PARK HISTORY ............

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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE .......

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WELCOME TO PALISADE The Town of Palisade was founded in 1904 following more than twenty years of growing interest in the agricultural potential of the eastern end of the Grand Valley. A perfect combination of sunshine, cool breeze, rich alluvial soils and water from the Colorado River has made Palisade, Colorado the Peach capital of the state as well as a wine producing region unparalleled throughout the Rocky Mountain west! The Town itself still enjoys a laid back atmosphere complete with friendly and welcoming residents. Although still under 3,500 souls, Palisade is home to some of the best restaurants in the valley, and a growing and popular arts and entertainment district. Don’t forget to stop by downtown Palisade for a look around at the shops and restaurants and the town’s brand new Civic Plaza on the corner of 3rd and Main. From there you can wander northwest across the railroad tracks for a closer look at the Palisade Brewery and Peach Street Distillers. If you’ve got time, take a drive around town to visit one of the many top notch wineries that call Palisade home.

Just beyond Palisade is quick access to some of the one and half million acres of public land in Mesa County where visitors can find excellent hiking, climbing, skiing, biking and boating. Palisade also enjoys its proximity to the downstream neighbors of Grand Junction and Fruita, both vibrant towns and well worth a visit. With a little luck and some perseverance, these three towns of the Grand Valley will one day soon be connected by a riverfront bike trail with Palisade’s Riverbend Park as its eastern anchor! And speaking of Riverbend Park: this stunning venue is over 110 acres of beautiful riverfront scenery, complete with pavilions, a playground, a boat launch, fishing ponds, a winding bike path and the valley’s premiere disc golf course. The park has already received a well deserved reputation as an ideal setting for popular events such as Peach Fest (August 13th-16th) and Wine Fest (Sept 17th- 20th), and should be a perfect fit for Bluegrass and Roots! Editorial by Nathan Boddy

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY - June 12th 5pm: Way Down Yonder 6pm: Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore

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TOWN OF PALISADE AND RIVERBEND PARK

SHUTTLE SERVICE

We will have a Town Shuttle that runs every 30 minutes between the Concert Park, The Town Park (for showers), Downtown Palisade and the Wine Country Inn: FRIDAY • 9am to 1:15am SATURDAY • 7am to 1:15am SUNDAY • 7am to 6pm

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EXPLORE PALISADE If

you need some last minute item s or have an itch to scratch, explore the Town of Pal isade! The free shuttle will depart from just outside the ma in entrance gate to the festival grounds every half hour and will make stops throughout town before returning to the festival . This is your chance to get to the grocery store, restaurant s, galleries, the Town Plaza, hardware store, wineries, a bre w pub, a distillery, downtown shops, etc.! These are busy days in Palisad e! Check out the ‘Palisade Plaza Party’ on the evening of the 11th from 7 to 8 pm. Jump on stage yourself at the ‘Op en Mike on The Plaza’ from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm on Friday the 12th, and 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday the 13th. Not only that, but ‘Merchant Specials and Sidewalk Sales’ will be going on this weekend, as will special events at the Blu e Pig Gallery and the Palisade Brewery! Finally, Sunday mornin g will usher in the year’s first ‘Palisade Farmer’s Market’ from 10 am to 2 pm at the Town Plaza on the corner of 3rd and Main. There’s a lot to see and do in this small town so take a break and check it out!

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WHAT IS ROOTS MUSIC ANYWAY...? American folk music, also known as roots music, is a broad category of music including Bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American music. The music is considered American either because it is native to the United States or because it developed there, out of foreign origins, to such a degree that it struck musicologists as something distinctly new. It is considered “roots music” because it served as the basis of music later developed in the United States, including rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and jazz. Many Roots musicians do not consider themselves to be folk musicians; the main difference between the American folk music revival and American “Roots music” is that Roots music seems to cover a slightly broader range, including blues and country. Roots musical forms reached their most expressive and varied forms in the first two to three decades of the 20th century. The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl were extremely important in disseminating these musical styles to the rest of the country, as Delta blues masters, itinerant honky tonk singers and Latino and Cajun musicians spread to cities like Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. The growth of the recording industry in the same approximate period was also important; increased possible profits from music placed pressure on artists, songwriters and label executives to replicate previous hit songs. This meant that fads like Hawaiian slack-key guitar never died out completely as rhythms or instruments

or vocal stylings were incorporated into disparate genres. By the 1950s, all the forms of roots music had led to pop-oriented forms. Folk musicians like the Kingston Trio, pop-Tejano and Cuban-American fusions like boogaloo, chachacha and mambo, bluesderived rock and roll and rockabilly, pop-gospel, doo wop and R&B (later secularized further as soul music) and the Nashville sound in country music all modernized and expanded the musical palette of the country. The roots approach to music emphasizes the diversity of American musical traditions, the genealogy of creative lineages and communities, and the innovative contributions of musicians working in these traditions today. In recent years roots music has been the focus of popular media programs such as Garrison Keillor’s public radio program A Prairie Home Companion and the feature film by the same name. www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic

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RIVERBEND PARK HISTORY By Priscilla Mangnall and David Soker

From guitar pickers to peach pickers, people have always found a home at Riverbend. The Grand Valley is rich in history. The Colorado River (originally named the Grand River) has always attracted inhabitants. Riverbend Park in no exception. Here is a bit of its history. Prior to being forced to leave in 1881, the Grand Mesa Ute Indians called the Grand Valley home. They would winter in the lowlands and when the land told them it was time, they would spend their summers in the high country of Grand Mesa. Although no traces have been found, due to flooding and receding of the Colorado River, the Utes most likely camped beneath the Cottonwoods of what is now Riverbend Park. True speculation, but according to experts throughout the state, why wouldn’t they? Often called the “Roots of the American Environmental Movement”, FDR enacted the Emergency Work Progress Bill to bring the American people out of the deep economic and mental depression that was plaguing our country in the 1930s. From this “New Deal”, 5,000 Civilian Conservation Corps camps were established throughout the US and existed from 1933 to 1942.

The Palisade CCC Camp BR-59-C was one of in the Grand Valley. BR stood for Bureau of Reclamation, 55 designated which camp and C was for Colorado. The Palisade Camp was established in 1935 to help rehabilitate and develop the irrigation canals that were vital to the Grand Valley’s agriculture. It was located on the east end of Riverbend Park. Former member Morris Grodsky writes a lively memoir of what he calls “A program intended to salvage two valuable national resources of this country; its youth and its land.” He goes on to write: “Enrollees received a monthly salary of $30, and $25 had to be sent to the family. This money helped support the economies of communities across our country. Even the modest $5, which enrollees received each month helped support the economies of small towns located near the work camps. Our barracks were half wood and half canvas. We had a mess hall and a recreation hall with a pool table and ping pong table. There was a little store or canteen that sold candy bars, chewing tobacco, Bull Durham or Golden Grain tobacco, cigarette paper, etc. Once a month was payday and we lined up at a table to receive our five dollars. On payday, we could buy a coupon

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book with 5 cent tickets in it. These could be used in our little canteen during the month to buy a candy bar or whatever we needed. Our routine was simple. Five days a week we would rise up early, make up our cots, shave and clean up, have a hearty breakfast and head for the work trucks. The trucks trundled us up a mountain where other crews had blasted into shale deposits. We arrived with our tools, sledge hammers and chisels. We became expert at hitting those rocks with great precision, splitting them into flat rock slabs. Then we’d raise these over the head, march down the mountain and load them on the trucks. The trucks took our slabs to another camp group that was constructing irrigation canals, and those guys used our slabs to line the canals which nourished the peach orchards in the valley.” Many of these men and women remain in our community today. His memoirs can be viewed at www.geocities.com/oralbio/grodskymbio. A CCC Legacy Reunion will be Oct. 8 - 11, 2009 in Denver. During the first year of the war, 1942, another

camp was also built on the west end of what is now Riverbend Park. Since the early 1900s, as the number of peach trees increased in the Grand Valley so did the need for harvest labor. People have been coming to Palisade every year from around the world to help harvest peaches. There was never enough housing for the thousands of workers, and many of them camped along the river or canals for two weeks during harvest. Sanitary conditions were poor at best. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Services Administration tried to help solve this problem by building the Palisade Migratory Labor Camp to house workers for the peach harvests. Instead of barracks like the CCC Camp, 200 individual “cabins” were build with common latrines and showers. It could hold about 1,000 people. After WWII, the camp was turned over to the Peach Board of Control in 1948. They continued operating the camp until it was closed in 1961. At that time, the buildings were sold off and many were bought by local growers for labor housing or storage. About a third of the original concrete slab continued on page 12

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PERFORMER INFORMATION

CADILLAC SKY (TEXAS) This hot, young band does bluegrass their way. Creative arrangements and tempos with plenty of grit and drive caused the Chicago SunTimes to write, “This quintet offers a mountain of musical riches, close harmony singing, propulsive melodies with innovative tempo changes,

hot banjo picking from Matt Menefee and intriguing original material from the pen of the group’s lead singer and mandolin player, Bryan Simpson.” They are precise and reckless, controlled but spontaneous, happy yet lonesome, in other words, the perfect ingredients for a young, unique group - the best thing to come out of Texas since barbecue!

THE KRUGER BROTHERS (NORTH CAROLINA VIA SWITZERLAND) Get ready for stellar, worldclass musicianship. This trio delivers tunes from Appalachia

to Broadway with elegance and grace. They recently performed with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra as winners of a National Endowment for the Arts Artistic Excellence Award. Jens Kruger is considered one of the finest banjo players in the world. Uwe Kruger flatpicks a mean guitar while Joel Landsberg lays down intricate bass lines – when all three combine, the result is amazing. These folks are unforgettable!

KANE, WELCH, KAPLIN (TENNESSEE) This collaborative effort provides original acoustic music steeped in tradition but with tones of the 21st Century - freestyle Americana with a groove. Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch are prolific songwriters, excellent vocalists and fine instrumentalists – add PERFORMER INFORMATION CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Join some of your favorite artists for an intimate hour of hints, practice tips and insight. Instrument, Vocals and Clogging Workshops are part of Festival Saturday & Sunday morning tradition. Artisan glass blowing and alpaca wool felting are also scheduled. Bring your own chair - instruments optional.

SATURDAY - JUNE 13 9:45-10:45AM • GUITAR (In Front of Starr’s Guitar Booth) – Clay Ross, Rich Moore

• RESONATOR/SLIDE/BLUES GUITAR (Backstage Hospitality Area) Catfish Keith • FIDDLE/DANCE (Front of Hemstrom’s Fiddles Booth) – April Verch

• BASS (Kid’s Play Area))– Cody Walters, Tony Raddell

• BANJO (Front of Beverage Tent) – Danny Barnes

• CLOGGING (In Front of Stage) – Andrea Earley

• GLASS BLOWING Meet in front of Palisade Glass Booth Vendor

• ALPACA WOOL FELTING Meet in front of Suncrest Orchard Alpacas Vendor

SUNDAY - JUNE 14 9:45-10:45AM • VOCALS (Behind Sound Booth) Mollie O’Brien, Brandi Hart, Mary Huckins

• GUITAR (In Front of Starr’s Guitar Booth) – Uwe Kruger • FIDDLE (Front of Hemstrom’s Fiddles Booth) – Fats Kaplin, Rachael Renee Johnson

• BASS (Kid’s Play Area))– Joel Landsberg, Jeremy Darrow

• BANJO (Merchandise Tent) – Jens Kruger, Sam Morrow

• MANDOLIN (In Front of Stage) – Buddy Woodward, Jonathan Maness

• SONGWRITING (Behind Sound Booth) – Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane

• GLASS BLOWING Meet in front of Palisade Glass Booth Vendor

• ALPACA WOOL FELTING Meet in front of Suncrest Orchard Alpacas Vendor

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the talent of multiinstrumentalist of Fats Kaplin and the tasteful percussion of Lucas Kane and the result is a sound that is original and unique. These guys are regularly nominated for Group of the Year by the Americana Music Association and have had all the three of their CD’s go to the top of the Americana charts. They defy categorization.

CATFISH KEITH (IOWA) The Catfish delivers spectacular acoustic blues done with foot-stompin’ energy. He is a two-time W.C. Handy Award nominee who

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does amazing things with a resophonic guitar. Great fingerpicking, hot slide work and blues-soaked vocals make for a one-man blues cruise straight to the heart of a style that is so uniquely American. The tones and textures he gets out of his instruments is incredible and the rhythms he conjures up will get your toes tapping

(COLORADO) Be prepared for soulful music that goes from delicate to powerful. This long time Colorado favorite weaves wonderful arrangements of their own material and some cover tunes – covers that often surpass the originals. The trio performs many of their own compositions and features the wonderful voice of Mary Huckins whose vocals will leave you smiling. If you’ve never heard them before, you’ll be an instant fan of these talented folks.

THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS (VIRGINIA) This band is creating quite a buzz with their high-octane harmonies and beautiful original songs. They are coming to Palisade from Merlefest and on their way to Bean Blossom afterwards. Just honored by The Roots Music Association as “Best Bluegrass Band of 2008”, these folks play their own brand of music. Their critically album, “Ripe”, is a chart-topper and the song, “Down the Crooked Road” stayed on the singles charts for months. Lead singer

RIVERBEND PARK CONTINUED foundations for the cabins still exist in the Park and there is an effort underway to restore two of those buildings and move them back onto the site. The camping area for the Palisade Bluegrass Festival is located toward the Migratory Labor Camp site where thousands of people have camped over the last 100 years. Harvest time in Palisade has been described by old timers as “unbelievable,” “insane” or “beyond description”. In 1949, there were nearly 1 million peach trees in the Grand Valley and all of them ripened at the same time. An estimated 6,000 people came for two weeks to Palisade to harvest peaches. The population of Palisade at that time was 1,202 people. Even with the labor camp, there were still 5,000 people that camped in the East Valley Once World War II started, the Civilian Conservation Corps Camps were closed down because most of the men joined the military or contributed to the war effort in other ways. The Palisade CCC Camp was only reopened for a short period of time during 1944, to house 250 German Prisoners of War that were brought in to pick peaches. They originally were part of Rommel’s Afrika Corps, had been captured in Africa and shipped to the POW camp in Trinidad.

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Since there was very little available labor during the war the Peach growers were desperate to find harvest labor. The Germans were brought in under guard to help out. Many of them had never had a peach and a number of them got sick because they ate green peaches. Still yet another enterprise sprang up at Riverbend Park. Previously held in Forte’s apple orchards, the 8th Annual Apple Jam took place in the same spot the Bluegrass Festival is being held. Producer Karen McCarty remembers how her staff, crew and volunteers labored to remove Russian Olives and Tamarisk to turn the long abandoned migrant farm into a festival venue. Over the years, several ideas took root. The Grand River Golf Course was planned — as was a campground. The Hilltop Renaissance Faire was held there one year and a Disc Golf Course is laid out between the two festival grounds. Riverbend Park is used now for Wildlife Heritage Day, Palisade Peach Festival, Colorado Mountain Winefest, the Renaissance Faire and many a family picnic.

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– she has a voice that is smoky, smooth and powerful. Mollie rocks ‘em or croons ‘em while Rich provides tasty guitar licks and rhythms. This duo is one of Colorado’s finest musical acts and we are thrilled to have them perform.

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MOIRA SMILEY & VOCO (CALIFORNIA) These ladies deliver everything from ’ rebel-harmony with cello and banjo to ethereal renditions of old Americana. And how are their vocals? They were voted America’s #1 a cappella band (that’s when they don’t feel like playing instruments and just sing). Throw in some body percussion and the result is a blend of voice and sound that is a treat for the ears. We are excited to have them here as part of their western states tour.

(WASHINGTON) Ol’ Danny Barnes exemplifies fearless creativity in a union between folk music & technology that he calls ‘Folktronics”. His original songs are poignant yet flavored with a strong dose of humor. A master banjo and guitar player, Danny has performed with Tim O’Brien, Yonder Mountain String Band and Dave Matthews (and don’t forget The Bad Livers). Be sure to catch his performances to experience something new and refreshing.

MOLLIE O’BRIEN & RICH MOORE (COLORADO) Once a regular on “Prairie Home Companion”, Mollie is one of Roots music’s finest song interpreters and singers

THE APRIL VERCH BAND (CANADA) April is a Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion

and Canadian Open Fiddle Champion as well as a champion Ottawa Valley stepdancer – she sings too. You will be treated to some mainstay Americana, fiddle tunes of the Ottawa Valley and some sparkling originals done in a contemporary bluegrass style. Singing, dancing, fiddling all at the same time - a dynamic and entertaining stage show!

Veterans of many concerts and contra-dances they also throw in a bit of Celtic music to mix it up. Check out this fun group and don’t be surprised if you end up hopping up and doing a little clogging yourself!

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CATHARSIS (COLORADO) This established regional string band serves up some great old-time fiddling and clogging.

(COLORADO) These guys are a local bluegrass band gone good. They had to because the local police chief is in the band. They are band contest winners and veterans of regional festivals who pick traditional bluegrass and a bit more. We couldn’t think of a better bunch of guys to open up the show!

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