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BLOOMFIELD BLUEGRASS BAND

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Bloomfield is the finest bluegrass town nobody has heard of.  In the late 1880s it was the pride of far southwest Sonoma County.  But then, the railroad passed it by, the river silted in, the shops closed, and Bloomfield traveled down that long lonesome road.  Someone should write a song!  But every now and then the dogs bark and ranchers perk up their ears: Is that bluegrass we hear?  Yep, the Bloomfield Bluegrass Band is back in the saddle, cranking out tunes in the little old cabin up on the hill.  

While the all-Sonoma County band has played together only since mid-2017, its members have been active in the northern California bluegrass scene for years.  Christine WIlhoyte has been surrounded by bluegrass all her life – so far; like her dad, Mike, she knows her way around a guitar, but it’s her rock solid banjo playing and high lonesome tenor harmonies that help drive the BBB.  

In the mid-2000s, mandolinist David Thiessen formed The Mighty Chiplings, an energetic bluegrass group of eleven year olds in Sebastopol. David also plays in the Pacific Drive Band and fills in with the legendary Ed Neff Band now and then.  His mandolin solos are clean, clear, and forceful and his baritone harmonies spot-on.  

Find bluegrass, find Jim Burke. Jim brings to BBB an astounding repertoire of bluegrass tunes, soulful lead singing, and some mighty fine guitar picking.  Inspired by Doc Watson recordings in his mom’s folk music collection, Jim went on to play with Moonshiners in Sonoma County and the Shit Howdy Boys in Davis….and to wear the fingers off any jammer who shows up.  

Perhaps it was his upbringing in Stockton – home of Vern Williams – that eventually called Marc Francis to bluegrass.  After 20 years of holding down the beat at his country rock band, Stony Point, Marc soon learned to play the bass vertically and sing some great country classics.  

Patrick Campbell’s bluegrass guitar career climaxed at a high school talent show in the mid-1960s; he would like to forget his band’s rendition of That Good Old Mountain Dew.  A few weeks later he learned to rosin-up a bow, went on to play viola professionally in several Bay Area symphony orchestras, and then call it quits for 25 years. But six years ago he came back to his bluegrass roots.  You could say he traded Bach for Baker: Kenny, that is.

TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS: UPBEAT, DANCING, THE REAL DEAL

 

 

Date Event Location
Friday, March 31 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM Fri, Mar 31 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM Redwood Cafe Cotati Cotati
Thursday, April 20 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Thu, Apr 20 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Brewsters Beer Garden Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, April 27 @ 7:00PM Thu, Apr 27 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
Saturday, May 6 @ 1:00PM Sat, May 6 @ 1:00PM private winery event - Healdsburg  
Thursday, May 18 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Thu, May 18 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Brewsters Beer Garden Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, May 25 @ 7:00PM Thu, May 25 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
Sunday, May 28 @ 1:00PM — 4:00PM Sun, May 28 @ 1:00PM — 4:00PM Brewsters Beer Garden Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, June 15 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Thu, Jun 15 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Brewsters Beer Garden Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, June 22 @ 7:00PM Thu, Jun 22 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
Saturday, June 24 @ 5:00PM Sat, Jun 24 @ 5:00PM Church of the Oaks - free concert (everyone invited) in a wonderful landmark Cotati Cotati
Thursday, July 20 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Thu, Jul 20 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Brewsters Beer Garden Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, July 27 @ 7:00PM Thu, Jul 27 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, August 17 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Thu, Aug 17 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Brewsters Beer Garden Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, August 24 @ 7:00PM Thu, Aug 24 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, September 21 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Thu, Sep 21 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Brewsters Beer Garden Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, September 28 @ 7:00PM Thu, Sep 28 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, October 19 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Thu, Oct 19 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Brewsters Beer Garden Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, October 26 @ 7:00PM Thu, Oct 26 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, November 23 @ 7:00PM Thu, Nov 23 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
Thursday, December 28 @ 7:00PM Thu, Dec 28 @ 7:00PM Bloomfield Bluegrass Band at Willowbrook Ale House Petaluma Petaluma
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