Contest Closing Page for Folk of the Wood March thru June 2002

Contest Solutions and Winner Announcements for
Contests held from March 2002 thru June 2002
Each of the following winners have officially won a FOTW 50.00 Gift Certificate
Please e-mail us if you find your name and corresponding state below:
1. Who Am I? Contest click here for further info... Answer: Peter Rowan Winner: Martin Kissane, TN
2. Name This Tune #1 click here for further info... Answer: Cripple Creek Winner: Mark Rodriguez, OK
3. Name This Tune #2 click here for further info... Answer: Weave and Way Winner: Jack Cammack, AL
4. Find the Hidden "Road-O-Phonic Dobro Player" click here for further... Location: Hidden Dobro Player (Sebie Denson on a Beard Road-O-Phonic): Hidden on the following pages: Page 1054, Page 1378, Page 1390, Page 1859, Page 1611, Page 1676, Page 896, Page 922, Page 933, Page 998, Entry Page 416 Since the FOTW site is over 2000 pages in content, this is still difficult to accomplish. Winner: Lee Thew, MD

March 2002 thru June 2002 Who Am I? A total of 8 clues were given as follows:

Contest Solution 1 Who Am I? Answer: Peter Rowan
Following are the original clues for this contest:

Clue #1:

In 1964, I was once a guitarist and singer for the original "Bluegrass Boys"
Clue #2: I delved into rock from the "Cupids" to "Seatrain"

Clue #3: I was experimental during the "Earth Opera"

Clue #4: Watch out for "Panama Red" ..."he'll steal your woman then he'll rob your head"

Clue #5: 1973 was for me "Old and in the Way"

Clue #6: I lived and learned in "The Land of the Navaho"

Clue #7: "The reason bluegrass is gonna live is because people can have fun with it. My vision is to keep the music full of joy..."

Clue #8: After "Dust Bowl Children", I left Nashville to live in Austin.

When performing his music, Rowan draws from all of his experience, not just bluegrass. "What I discovered is that, in the most happy circumstances when the music really flowed naturally, all the elements that went with whatever we were playing sort of breathed on their own. That's why I can look back at Seatrain and Old and In the Way today and say, 'Hey, we really did that well!' And all of that music continues in some form or another in what I'm doing today." He Left Monroe in 1967.

Rowan, then on his own, tried out some of his own musical ideas in the electric-acoustic folk-rock ensemble Earth Opera which included David Grisman. The band was short-lived, Rowan recognized that rock music was fertile ground from which to earn a living. This led to the formation of Seatrain (a rock/jazz/country fusion group) which thrust Rowan into public recognition as a songwriter. It was with this band that he wrote "Panama Red" which became a cult favorite through the New Riders of the Purple Sage (Seatrain's members didn't like the song and would not perform it). Richard Greene, who had just left Jim Kweskin's Jug Band in 1969, joined Seatrain and recorded an album. Greene recalled that there in San Francisco, in an all-electric band, "the bluegrass numbers we did turned out to be the hottest numbers on our live shows. It was bluegrass with drums. That audience never really heard the 'Orange Blossom Special' before and they just loved it." They played to the rock audiences of the early 1970s with attendance of twenty to thirty thousand.

Excerpt from America's Music Bluegrass by Barry R. Willis "A history of bluegrass music in the words of its pioneers...631 pages!...available through Folk of the Wood...Retails: 49.95 Call 888-209-8434

Mickey's Notes: Peter Rowan is a consummate acoustic artist is every sense of the term. I first heard him on the album: "Old and in the Way". Wow! What a momentous work?!!! I also had the honor of hearing him at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville with Tony Rice and Vassar Clements last year. I believe that Peter Rowan was instrumental in introducing the Bluegrass genre to a younger audience and assisted in the longevity of Bluegrass for years to come. To me, he's a modern-day legend and if there's a Bill Monroe of today, it would be Peter Rowan. I understand that he currently does an electric set at some festivals; even so, when he does play acoustically, he's true to the medium and is contributory to carrying the acoustic flag forward in its purist sense.

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**March 2002 thru June 2002 Who Am I? A total of 8 clues were given as follows:**
Contest Solution 1 Who Am I? Answer: Peter Rowan Following are the original clues for this contest: Clue #1: In 1964, I was once a guitarist and singer for the original "Bluegrass Boys" Clue #2: I delved into rock from the "Cupids" to "Seatrain" Clue #3: I was experimental during the "Earth Opera" Clue #4: Watch out for "Panama Red" ..."he'll steal your woman then he'll rob your head" Clue #5: 1973 was for me "Old and in the Way" Clue #6: I lived and learned in "The Land of the Navaho" Clue #7: "The reason bluegrass is gonna live is because people can have fun with it. My vision is to keep the music full of joy..." Clue #8: After "Dust Bowl Children", I left Nashville to live in Austin. When performing his music, Rowan draws from all of his experience, not just bluegrass. "What I discovered is that, in the most happy circumstances when the music really flowed naturally, all the elements that went with whatever we were playing sort of breathed on their own. That's why I can look back at Seatrain and Old and In the Way today and say, 'Hey, we really did that well!' And all of that music continues in some form or another in what I'm doing today." He Left Monroe in 1967. Rowan, then on his own, tried out some of his own musical ideas in the electric-acoustic folk-rock ensemble Earth Opera which included David Grisman. The band was short-lived, Rowan recognized that rock music was fertile ground from which to earn a living. This led to the formation of Seatrain (a rock/jazz/country fusion group) which thrust Rowan into public recognition as a songwriter. It was with this band that he wrote "Panama Red" which became a cult favorite through the New Riders of the Purple Sage (Seatrain's members didn't like the song and would not perform it). Richard Greene, who had just left Jim Kweskin's Jug Band in 1969, joined Seatrain and recorded an album. Greene recalled that there in San Francisco, in an all-electric band, "the bluegrass numbers we did turned out to be the hottest numbers on our live shows. It was bluegrass with drums. That audience never really heard the 'Orange Blossom Special' before and they just loved it." They played to the rock audiences of the early 1970s with attendance of twenty to thirty thousand. Excerpt from America's Music Bluegrass by Barry R. Willis "A history of bluegrass music in the words of its pioneers...631 pages!...available through Folk of the Wood...Retails: 49.95 Call 888-209-8434 Mickey's Notes: Peter Rowan is a consummate acoustic artist is every sense of the term. I first heard him on the album: "Old and in the Way". Wow! What a momentous work?!!! I also had the honor of hearing him at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville with Tony Rice and Vassar Clements last year. I believe that Peter Rowan was instrumental in introducing the Bluegrass genre to a younger audience and assisted in the longevity of Bluegrass for years to come. To me, he's a modern-day legend and if there's a Bill Monroe of today, it would be Peter Rowan. I understand that he currently does an electric set at some festivals; even so, when he does play acoustically, he's true to the medium and is contributory to carrying the acoustic flag forward in its purist sense. Go to Top of Page

March 2002 thru June 2002 Name This Tune #1:

Contest #2 Solution
Name This Tune #1: Played on a superb Beard Vintage Cherry Squareneck
This tune is a bluegrass classic...hint: "Once the theme for Hee-Haw".

Answer: Cripple Creek

For further info on the Beard Vintage Cherry, Go directly to The Beard Vintage Cherry Information Page

To view this video click here...Good Practice for Future "Name This Tune" Contests: Beard Vintage Cherry #6

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March 2002 thru June 2002 Name This Tune #2:

Contest #3 Solution
Name This Tune #2: Played on a Paul Beard R Mahogany Squareneck...
This tune is an old Fiddle classic...hint: "There's a way to properly Weave"...

Answer: Weave and Way

For further info on the Weber Yellowstone Octave: Go directly to The Beard R Mahogany Information Page

To view this video click here...Good Practice for Future "Name This Tune" Contests:Beard R Mahogany #5

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March 2002 thru June 2002 Find the Hidden Guitar Player:

Contest #4 Solution
Location: Hidden Dobro Player (Sebie Denson on a Beard Road-O-Phonic):
Hidden on the following pages:
Page 1054, Page 1378, Page 1390, Page 1859, Page 1611, Page 1676, Page 896, Page 922, Page 933, Page 998,
Entry Page 416 Since the FOTW site is over 2000 pages in content, this is still difficult to accomplish.
This is a picture of Sebie Denson jamming on a Paul Beard Road-O-Phonic...Sebie is an eclectic acoustic artist who currently plays in the definitive bluegrass band: Capitan Gap out of New Mexico. He's a multi-instrumentalist who is aptly capable of playing competently within any musical setting.

Photograph: Mickey Cochran

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