Welcome to The Wildwood Web Site
Updated November 25, 2005
Get Wildwood's CD!
The release of our first CD on Guapster Records, Out On A Limb, took place on July 1, 2002.
And we wish to thank everyone who attended our CD release event at Linnaea's in SLO on July 13.
That was great fun. We hope you will enjoy this CD with our mix of acoustic folk vocals and
instrumentals, ranging from Bill Monroe 'real' bluegrass to an outstanding original contribution
from our own Paul Beeler. The Out On A Limb CD comes packaged in a CD jewel box with an
attractive CD-insert booklet of color photos, lyrics, and more.
Here's the song list of ten great tunes:
- Blue Water Levee - by Paul Beeler
- Kentucky Mandolin - by Bill Monroe
- Blackjack County Chains - by Red Lany
- The Bells of Saint Mary's - by A. Emmett Adams
- Old Train - by Herb Pedersen
- Fireball - by Josh Graves
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - by L. and C. Anderson
- Star of the County Down - traditional
- Dobro Island - by E. Graves
- Pancho and Lefty - by Townes Van Zandt
The first eight are studio recordings and the last two were recorded 'live' at Mother's Tavern
in San Luis Obispo.
Out On A Limb regular price is $15 and we will ship them by first class mail free of charge.
Email for more info
or send check or money order to:
Julio Boysenberry
108 W.Tunnell St
Santa Maria, CA 93458
Check out lots of new MP3s below.
Wildwood General Information
Wildwood is an acoustic group formed in January, 2000 on the California Central Coast. We perform
an upbeat mix of acoustic folk and bluegrass, from ballads to breakdowns. Wildwood is available to
entertain at private parties, coffee shops, and saloons. We do tunes ranging from Bob Dylan to
modern folk ballads of Townes Van Zandt, Michael Murphy, John Fogerty, Steve Goodman, and Jean
Ritchie, traditional bluegrass of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, and Jim and Jesse, and progressive
bluegrass of Del McCoury, Herb Pederson, Country Gentlemen, and The Seldom Scene. We also perform
some great songs written by our own talented songwriter, Paul Beeler.
For bookings, please see contact information below.
Wildwood features:
- PAUL BEELER on rhythm guitar and vocals
Paul, a rock of rhythmic stability and vocalist/songwriter extraordinaire, has over 20 years
experience playing,
singing, and performing folk and Celtic music in a variety of groups and locations. With home
on the Central Coast for the last 10 years, he's known as one of the best singers around these
parts and solidly sets the lead vocal for most of Wildwood's tunes and sets us up with tight
rhythm flat-top guitar. We also perform some great Paul Beeler original songs!
- JULIO BOYSENBERRY on 5 string banjo and vocals
Julio is a man of many talents, surrounded by a dark veil of mystery cloaking the dim recesses
of his chequered past. Hailing from Southern California, now a fixture on the Central Coast
and a wizard of the 5-string banjo for over 30 years, Julio's driving Wildwood's bluegrass sounds
with the best-sounding Scruggs-style banjo on the Central Coast and is occasionally coerced into
blending harmony with Paul's lead vocals.
- DAN WOLF on Dobro acoustic steel guitar
AKA Dr. Dan, he gave up a promising career in academics after being seduced by the sound of
Dobro music in the early 1970s as a graduate student and later stumbled into advanced Dobro
studies with Dobro greats such as Mike Auldridge, Sally Van Meter, and the late incomparable
artist Ken Eidson. Having fallen completely off the upward professional track, Dan occasionally
peeked out from behind the web cams and video computers to appear on the Central Coast as an
illegal San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market performer and with The Glen Diamond Trio and The Dolores
Talbert Trio (also with Julio on banjo). You can blame him for this web site and also the
ludicrous length of this bio. When asked how he found Santa Maria, Dr. Dan said: "Turn left
at Greenland."
- GUAPO THE WONDERDOG - Our Mascot
Guapo appeared mysteriously on the doorstep of Julio Boysenberry's family a few years ago.
His ancestry is as mysterious as his origins, but he's surely related to Jack Russel Terriers.
Lord of All He Surveys, Guapo's regal bearing adds majesty and dignity to our rehearsals and
all events he is able to attend, given his very busy social schedule. Guapo is in great
demand for personal appearances. Guapo's songwriting and arranging skills have been questioned
by experts, but we trust his musical sensibilities and credit him with much of our modest success.
His closest friends call him 'The Guapster'.
Formed when Paul Beeler joined an ongoing musical partnership already in progress with Julio and Dan,
Wildwood's debut performance was at the Frog and Peach Pub in July, 2000. We also performed at
the Santa Ynez Mission Fiesta in Solvang, The Frog and Peach Pub, Rudolph's,
Linnaea's, Cisco's, and Mother's Tavern in SLO, Higher Groundz and Cafe Ole in Santa Maria,
Kelley's in Cayucos, The Coffee House and Last Stage West in Atascadero, Meridian Vineyards
in Paso Robles, A.J.Spurs in Buellton, and more. Upcoming performances are listed below.
Wildwood Performance Dates
The Wildwood Acoustic Folk & Bluegrass Extravaganza Holiday Season 2005 Tour
Be sure to visit here early and often for the latest news.
Saturday - December 10 - 8:30PM to 10PM
Mongo's Restaurant and Nightclub at 4th and Grand Ave in Grover Beach.
Mongo's has a fine restaurant, great bar, and has been newly renovated in late summer by new owners. It's our first performance at this attractive venue and we'll bring the Wildwood sound out on the Saturday night before Christmas to help you all enjoy a holiday season show!
SEE YOU THERE!
and watch this space for more upcoming events.
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Download Wildwood MP3 Files
Here are a *bunch* of MP3s we've gathered from bits and pieces studio sessions as we worked toward our first CD completion. These are excerpts of about 1 minute so the download times will be fairly swift for you (only about 1 megabyte file size).
Fireball by Buck Graves, Lester Flatt, and Earl Scruggs (Scruggs Music). Lots of great recordings of this. The first one I heard is on vinyl; an LP entitled Something Different (Josh Graves and Kenny Baker, Puritan #5001). Good luck finding that one! All Dobro players love to try this one.
Blue Water Levee by Paul Beeler (c)1992 by Paul Beeler. Here's a beautiful original ballad sung by the songwriter himself. Paul says he originally intended this as an up-tempo fast song, but changed his mind. We like it better as a ballad, too.
Bells of St. Mary's Here's a beautiful bit of banjo virtuosity played by Julio Boysenberry.
Across The Great Divide Words and music by Kate Wolf. Sung by Paul Beeler.
Kentucky Mandolin by Bill Monroe. We don't have a mandolin in the group, so you'll have to settle for Dan on Dobro and Julio on Banjo.
Blackjack County Chains by Red Lane. Paul sings this bluesy ballad we heard performed first by The Del McCoury Band.
Wildwood Booking Info and Contact
For bookings - Call Julio at 805 929 6071 evenings or 349 2274 daytime (California time zone)or:
EMail Julio for Wildwood bookings and to request our
publicity package and sample our music on CD.
Wildwood's Cool Links
John Hartford - The great American songwriter's life story and his music
Mike Auldridge - The Dobro Great himself - music and more
Jimmy Heffernan - Musical wizard and great Dobro performer, recording artist, and teacher. Check out the Dobro workshop area. Jimmy puts on 2-day workshops that will inspire any Dobro player to become the best they can be.
Doc Watson - American master of folk and flatpickin'
Emmylou Harris - Folk songstress extraordinaire
California Bluegrass Association - The premier West Coast bluegrass fan and information organization.
and more coming soon.
Wildwood Pictures!
From Meridian Vineyards Harvest Festival on Oct. 16, 2004
From A.J. Spurs in Buellton, CA on October 9, 2004
From our October 2, 2004 show at Santa Maria's Autumn Arts Festival
Front page of the Santa Maria Times on Sunday Oct. 3, 2004!
From our May 22, 2004 show at A.J. Spurs
Wildwood Meets Doc Watson in San Luis Obispo. Mon. Jan. 26, 2004.
Tony Trischka visits Jenn Ryall (official Wildwood Muse).
Recent pics from one of our fans - one from our May 17, 2003 show at Linnaea's
At Cisco's in Downtown SLO on April 27, 2003 - with new Wildwood fan, Susan
At the Valentine's Party with the Santa Ynez Valley Mens' Forum at the El Reno Room (Zaca Creek Restaurant in Santa Ynez, CA) on Feb. 13, 2003
At Meridian Vineyards Harvest Festival October 19, 2002
In the studio. Pictured here playing post-modern bluegrass in an industrial setting.
And pictured here playing in an outdoor 'country fiesta' setting at our August, 2000 performance at the Mission Santa Ynez Fiesta in Solvang, CA.
Relaxing after our July 4, 2001 performance in Camarillo, CA
Our Muse - Jenn Ryall - Banjo Artist from Salisbury, MD
Our Mascot - Guapo The WonderDog - Lord of All He Surveys
Thank You for visiting Wildwood's Home Page. Come Back Soon!
For bookings - Call Julio (evenings): 805 929 6071 or (daytime): 805 349 2274 (California time zone) or:
Email for Wildwood Bookings