The Redwood Bluegrass Associates 2010 spring concert calendar has five great Northern California Bluegrass Society-sponsored shows in Mountain View:

January 23 — The Tuttle Family with special guest A.J. Lee

February 13 — Nashville Bluegrass Band

March 6 — Dry Branch Fire Squad

April 10 — Joy Kills Sorrow

May 1 — Kathy Kallick Band

All programs are on Saturday evening beginning at 8:00pm at the First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View.

Redwood Bluegrass Associates will present A.J. Lee and the Tuttle Family in concert at the First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View on Saturday evening, January 23, 2010. The program is sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. Here is a YouTube video of the band performing “If That Don’t  Make You Want To Go,” (with A.J. singing lead) at a past RBA show. Tickets: $18/advance, $20/day of show.

A packed house greeted the return of the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band to the Redwood Bluegrass Associates concert series in Mountain View on Saturday night. They were rewarded with a fine performance of traditional bluegrass music and some fun Rowan classics. The band featured Rowan on guitar, Keith Little on banjo,  Jody Stecher on mandolin, and Paul Knight on bass. One of the evening’s many highlights was a quiet, but powerful rendition of Rowan’s “Land Of The Navajo.” Next: The Tuttles With A.J. Lee on January 23, 2010.

The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band will perform at an NCBS-sponsored Redwood Bluegrass Associates concert at 8:00pm on Saturday evening, December 5, 2009 at the First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View. Band personnel:

Peter Rowan - guitar

Jody Stecher - mandolin

Keith Little - banjo

Paul Knight - bass

Bay Area Bluegrass Master Peter Rowan will perform in an NCBS-sponsored Redwood Bluegrass Associates concert in Mountain View on Saturday evening, December 5, 2009. Rowan has performed as a member of many legendary bluegrass units, including Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, Old & In The Way, The Free Mexican Air Force, The Rowan Brothers, and with many others.  Next month, he will appear with the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band. Here he sings “Wild Horses” with the Old And In The Way Reunion at Merlefest in 2002.