Bean Blossom June 1979. Left to right: Kenny Baker, Butch Robins, Bill Monroe,  Randy Davis, Wayne Lewis.  Photo by Jim Moss Hanging out with Bill Monroe: An extended interview with  Bluegrass Boy Wayne Lewis (Part II) Bill Monroe & Frank Wakefield, Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys and more. Feature: A MUST READ FOR ALL BLUEGRASS FANS http://www.candlewater.com/interviews/WayneLewis_Part2/ Also,  Pictures from our readers of Bluegrass Days Long Past. http://www.candlewater.com/the70s/

Frank Wakefield's New DVD "Ultra Clear"  Mandolin Lesson Series  DVDs 1, 2 & 3 now complete

The Frank Wakefield Band, Adventures in Bluegrass III http://www.rentalfilm.com/AB3/ Adventures in Bluegrass II http://www.rentalfilm.com/rv12/ NEWS:  The Frank Wakefield Band  Tour 2004 The Frank Wakefield Band Featuring: The Master of the Mandolin  Frank Wakefield and  Bluegrass Fiddler  Jim Moss  _ The Mid West Tour Schedule Mandolin, Fiddle & Guitar Group Lessons are planned.  If you are in one of the following cities and wish to attend one, please email Jim Moss at FWB@candlewater.com ** Thursday Afternoon January 29, 2004 ** Mandolin, Fiddle & Guitar Group Lessons Chicago, Illinois ** Thursday January 29, 2004 ** Nevin's Live Chicago / Evanston, Illinois ** Friday Afternoon January 30, 2004 ** Mandolin, Fiddle & Guitar Group Lessons Dayton, Ohio ** Friday January 30, 2004 ** The Canal Street Tavern Dayton, Ohio ** Saturday January 31, 2004 ** Kraftbrau Kalamazoo, Michigan The West Coast Tour Schedule ** Saturday February 28, 2004 ** The Freight & Salvage Berkeley, California ** February 2004 ** Frank Wakefield 3 day Mandolin Instructional Extravaganza SF Bay Area, California For more information please email Jim Moss at FWB@candlewater.com Possible UK Tour In Works Mandolin, Fiddle & Guitar Group Lessons are planned.  If you wish to attend one, please email Jim Moss at FWB@candlewater.com   More To Come... More Photos: The Frank Wakefield Band at the Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival July 2003. Stage Photos:   http://www.candlewater.com/Columbia_Gorge_03/index.html Workshop Photos:  http://www.candlewater.com/Columbia_Gorge_03/index3.html Mossware LLC has produced the 3rd of the new Frank Wakefield DVD Series: Frank Wakefield's New DVD "Ultra Clear" Mandolin Lesson Series The Frank Wakefield Band's Tour de la Washington The Frank Wakefield Band at Columbia Gorge,Washington 2003 Left to Right:  Jim Moss, Frank Wakefield, James Lewin, Jason Lampel Camera-person: Linda Riha   The Frank Wakefield Band Columbia Gorge,Washington 2003  Frank Wakefield Camera-person: Linda Riha   The Frank Wakefield Band Columbia Gorge,Washington 2003  Jim Moss Camera-person: Linda Riha   The Frank Wakefield Band Columbia Gorge,Washington 2003  Jason Lampel Camera-person: Linda Riha   The Frank Wakefield Band  Columbia Gorge,Washington 2003  Frank Wakefield, Jim Moss, James Lewin Camera-person: Linda Riha   The Frank Wakefield Band  Columbia Gorge,Washington 2003  Frank Wakefield, James Lewin Camera-person: Linda Riha   The Frank Wakefield Band at Columbia Gorge,Washington 2003 The Jim Moss Fiddle Workshop Revealing the Zen.  The secret bow hand G spot. "ok, now listen up, this is important stuff" Camera-person: Linda Riha   Freight & Salvage, Berkeley CA, Feb. 2003. Frank Wakefield, Jim Moss, Jeff Harris,  David Nelson, Graham Murphy Camera-person: Linda Riha BASC Sell Out Concert at Encino  Southern California, Feb. 2003. Frank Wakefield, Jim Moss, Jeff Harris, Graham Murphy Camera-person: Linda Riha Final Notes: Jim Moss has been recording the next Wakefield/Moss Bluegrass Instrumental Project with the vacuum tube mic preamp / processor.  The tone of the F5 and the Fiddle when  passed through this amp, are just huge and extremely rich with warmth. In the studio Jim Moss, Frank Wakefield, Jeff Harris and Jim Lewin have been working  on the new "Jim Moss Fiddle Instructional DVD" series.  Also in the works is  "The Guitars of the Frank Wakefield Band" Instructional DVD.  Mandolin Camp-over: Jim Moss is taking reservations for The Frank Wakefield, February 2004  Three (3) day 5 student California Mandolin Instructional Extravaganza Camp-over.

Tanyards CD, recorded in 1983
With Special Introduction
 http://www.candlewater.com/albums/BB145.html
Fiddle Jim Moss,
Mandolin Jesse McReynolds,
Banjo Bob Black,
Guitar Dave Thompson.

Red Allen & Frank Wakefield Smithsonian Folkways
http://www.candlewater.com/wolfmtn/SIFOLK.html
Email: FWB@candlewater.com

2 New Banjo Tab Books:

"Through The Windshield" Banjo Tab Book.
Through The Windshield Banjo Tab Book
For the CD of the same name with 
Jim Moss, Bob Black, Jeff Smith, David Thompson, Paul Squyres
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"Tanyards" Banjo Tab Book.
Tanyards Banjo Tab Book
For the CD of the same name with 
Jim Moss, Bob Black, Jesse McReynolds, Kenny Baker, David Thompson, Roy Husky Jr.
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Encore Links
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Free mandolin lesson with Frank Wakefield
Click here to hear Frank Wakefield Teach You Catnip

Learn "Cattle In The Cane" (Jim Moss)
 http://www.candlewater.com/ra3/cattlein.html

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BACK IN TIME
So, you think that you have been to jam sessions?
Try this one on for size, its 1957...
Joe Stuart, Joe Meadows and a few friends come over...
to your house...  hear it now on mp3.
http://www.mossware.com/music0.html

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Early pictures of Bean Blossom:
 http://www.mossware.com/music02.html

 http://www.mossware.com/music03.html

 http://www.mossware.com/music05.html

 http://www.mossware.com/music06.html

 http://www.mossware.com/music12.html

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 http://www.mossware.com/music16.html

1975 Bean Blossom photos of  Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Tex Logan,
The Bluegrass Alliance, Marshall Family, McClain Family,
and Lester Flatt with Marty Stuart.
 http://www.candlewater.com/BB1975FilmClips/

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FRANK WAKEFIELD: Frank Improves His Lloyd Loar( with epoxy paint)
http://www.mossware.com/story006.html

Frank Wakefield's Walk Through Time
http://www.candlewater.com/ra2/FrankWak.html

JESSE McREYNOLDS TALKS!  (PART I) (an interview by Jim Moss)
About Developing His Style and His Band's Early Years.

JESSE McREYNOLDS TALKS!  (PART II) (an interview by Jim Moss)
About Developing His Style and His Band's Early Years.

The Making of Tanyards, 
Memories of Recording with Jesse McReynolds
http://www.candlewater.com/albums/BB_145.html

JIMMY MARTIN INTERVIEW
Jimmy Martin Tells It Like It Is! (Part 1)
An amazing and understandable insight into the world of Jimmy Martin.
http://www.candlewater.com/interviews/story007.html

RICHARD GREENE: (Part 1)
 http://www.candlewater.com/interviews/story009a.html

Bob Black: (recording Kenny Baker's Dry & Dusty album 1973)
http://www.candlewater.com/interviews/story001.html

Frank Wakefield: (Bluegrass in the 1950's)
http://www.candlewater.com/interviews/story002.html
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Upcoming Interviews yet to be transcribed:
"Richard Greene, Bluegrass Fiddle with Bill Monroe: Parts 1-8"
"Jimmy Martin Part 2"
"Jesse McReynolds"
"Wayne Lewis"
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Frank Wakefield / Jim Moss Web Site a Mossware LLC Production
http://www.candlewater.com/

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