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Uhl Segraves, the late Leon Wrona, Ev Burkard
The Fruit Jar Pickers play music every Sunday in a small gold mining town called Rough & Ready, in Northern California. |
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Left side, circling around to the right
Ev Burkard, the late Al "Bones" Baker, (unknown one-man audience), Chris Dabis, the late Leon Wrona, and the late Dave Amaro.They started just for the simple joy of playing music with other musicians, a jam is what it's called. They sat on the front porch of a small General Store and played from 10 am until noon on Sundays.
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The band grew to fill the porch, and the
audience grew to fill the store's parking lot.
Sometimes the customers going into the store, or leaving it, would linger around and listen to the music. Eventually, there were more listeners than musicians, and it became a performance and ceased being a musician's jam.
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Young prospective fiddler with Chris Dabis
Often I would invited a youngster to "play the fiddle" with me. Taking their small hand, I placed it onto the bow, and then put my hand over theirs so they could "PLAY FIDDLE" with me. I played with them for five years, until 2006. They accept musicans that stop by, and everyone in the audience is given a "Song Book" (lyrics) and they all sing along. |
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Chris Dabis, who rarely sat down to play fiddle,
and the late Al "Bones" Baker.
As one person said to a visiting group of Russians, "This is American music.....
(long pause as the Russian guests nodded with seriousness) ....before Hollywood."
Then they broke into fits of laughed, just like we do! It's so true! Warts, whiskers, sour notes, giggles, and great fun are all blended into these tunes. |
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The band plays inside this building now days. The musicians number between 20 - 35 on any given Sunday. The audience is around 100 in the winter and 200+ in the summer. It's still FREE, and there is a donation box if anyone feels guilty about not having gone to Church. *hehe* Oh yes; BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR!
If you listen carefully, you'll hear me playing fiddle: My grandfather's fiddle at that!
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