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Updated January 24, 2010

NEW MP3 DOWNLOADS AND NEW PICS!

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Get Wildwood's CD!

We hope you will enjoy this CD with our mix of acoustic folk vocals and instrumentals, ranging from Bill Monroe 'real' bluegrass to folk, country, and even an Irish tune. 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.
for more info

Check out lots of new MP3s below. Our NEW MP3 list includes some partial cuts of new material in our new configuration with Ron Miller on guitar and vocals.

Wildwood General Information

Wildwood is an acoustic group originally 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 Pedersen, Country Gentlemen, and The Seldom Scene.
With Ron Miller onboard as the new lead vocal core of Wildwood '09 we're ready to re-take the Central Coast!
For bookings, please see contact information below.
Wildwood features:

RON MILLER on lead and rhythm guitar and vocals
Ron, a rock of rhythmic stability and vocalist extraordinaire, has over 30 years experience playing, singing, and performing country music in a variety of groups and locations. With home on the Central Coast for the last 25 years, he's known as one of the best singers around these parts and solidly sets the lead vocal for many of Wildwood's tunes and sets us up with sharp rhythm and lead on flat-top guitar.

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 40 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 Ron'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'.
Re-formed in 2009 when Ron Miller joined an ongoing musical partnership already in progress with Julio and Dan, our first performance in our new configuration was in June 2009 at the Slow Down Pub in Arroyo Grande. We're looking forward to many more and will see you soon.

Wildwood Performance Dates

The Wildwood Acoustic Folk & Bluegrass Extravaganza Fall Season 2009 Tour

With Wildwood newly re-formed, be sure to visit here early and often for the latest news.

UPCOMING SHOWS

December 6, 2009 - 1PM to 4PM
The Bench Tasting Room
2367 Alamo Pintado - Los Olivos, CA
Cost: $10 per person/Wine Club Complimentary

EVENT INFO:
Holiday Open House at The Bench
Spice up your holiday weekend in wine country by joining us at The Bench: An Artisan Winery Collection. Enjoy a selection of spiced cheeses expertly paired with wines by Byron, Cambria, IO, and Kinton. In addition to Wildwood, exceptional wine, and great company, we will be revealing Byron's new white Cuvée and have magnums available for purchase at a special holiday price!

and watch this space for more upcoming events.

Join Wildwood's Email List

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Download Wildwood MP3 Files

Here are a *bunch* of MP3s we've gathered from bits and pieces of studio recording and rehearsal sessions as we worked toward our first CD completion and more recent new tunes with Ron Miller. These are excerpts so the download times will be fairly reasonable.

The first four of these are NEW MATERIAL by Ron, Julio, and Dan.

Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia by Clayton McMichen. Recorded originally when McMichen (formerly fiddle player for Gid Tanner and The Skillet Lickers) was with Jimmy Rogers in 1933. We learned it from a Doc Watson recording. Vocal by Dr. Dan and now with a Dobro solo :)

Shenandoah Waltz by C. Moody and C. Wise (Acuff-Rose Music). A terrific CD recording of this is on Mike Auldridge's 'Treasures Untold' (Sugar Hill Records, 1990). Julio on vocal and we added some harmony on the choruses.

Whisky Before Breakfast Traditional fiddle tune, now with Dobro and Banjo!

Little Georgia Rose by Bill Monroe. Julio on lead vocal and Ron and Dan on harmonies for the choruses and a capella intro.

And we've kept the good old ones we did back when Paul Beeler was here and we did the Out On A Limb CD.

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 Dan at 805 349 1104 evenings or daytime (California time zone)or:
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.