WYOMING

NEW WORLAND JAM ANNOUNCED BY TERRY COOK OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRAMING.

This was forwarded by Ed Capen. Thanks Ed. The jam will be held on the second Monday of each month at Rocky Mountain framing.  Genre will be "Country, Rock and Roll, Bluegrass, and Gospel."  That will likely turn off any dedicated bluegrassers, unless they are motivated to gradually convert all those other picker- singers to true bluegrass music. That seems to be the current attitude of the Yellowstone Bluegrass Association in it's Billings jams.  Actually as a co-founder of the original Billings bluegrass club I can testify that going back more than 20 years ago that was the situation back then in Billings, too. We had to tolerate a lot of general country music until local musicians caught onto how real bluegrass is performed.  I recall telling the second association president that "Bluegrass is based on old time mountain music. We don't have many hillbillies in Billings, but we  have lots of cowboys playing country-western music." We still don't have many genuine good old boys from the southern states, but bluegrass has made a definite foothold in this northern rocky-plains region. Hurrah!