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Warren Hellman, Bluegrass Musician & Philanthropist, Dead At 77
Warren Hellman
Warren Hellman, a bluegrass and old time banjo player who was the world’s leading bluegrass music philanthropist, died this evening in San Francisco at age 77 due to complications from leukemia.
Best known for leading his band, The Wronglers, and for creating the internationally-renowned Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, he also participated in local bluegrass life, performing at area festivals and concerts, and enjoying local events as a fan. He performed regularly on NCBS stages during the last decade. A portion of Golden Gate Park was renamed “Hellman’s Hollow” last week.
A public celebration of his life will be held in February.
KQED Forum Program (archived from Monday morning)
Warren Hellman performs on banjo at the 2007 GOF festival.
Posted Dec 18th, 2011
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NCBS Performer, Benefactor Warren Hellman Honored By “Hellman’s Hollow” Designation
Warren Hellman
The San Francisco Parks & Recreation Commission has honored frequent NCBS performer and benefactor Warren Hellman by designating the site of the main stage of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass as “Hellman’s Hollow.” The Golden Gate Park site had previously been known as Speedway Meadow. A new park monument commemorates the Hellman Hollow name.
Hellman is the leader and banjo player of the San Francisco bluegrass/old-time band The Wronglers, which has performed multiple times at Northern California Bluegrass Society festivals, including the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival and the San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival.
The Wrongers
Frederick Warren Hellman is best known as the organizer of the internationally-recognized Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival held each October. He is retired from the San Francisco investment banking firm Hellman & Friedman and is a well-known San Francisco philanthropist through the San Francisco Foundation and the Hellman Family Foundation. He is a graduate of the University of California and the Harvard Business School.
Hellman's Hollow
Posted Dec 15th, 2011
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Three Week Reminder: 2011 Tax-Deductible Donations Must Be Made By December 31st
Three Week Reminder: Your year-end tax planning can include a gift to support local bluegrass music that is deductible as allowed by law.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society is a California not-for-profit corporation that is a qualified IRC Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Donations for the 2011 tax year must be made on or before December 31st.
Thanks for your support!
Donate Online or mail donations to:
NCBS/SCBS
Attn: Treasurer
P.O. Box 390846
Mountain View, CA. 94039-0846
Posted Dec 10th, 2011
by Michael Hall in
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National Broadcast Focuses On NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival
The music of the 2011 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be featured in a national broadcast of Bluegrass Signal being presented on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country.org this week. The program is a rebroadcast of the Peter Thompson radio show from KALW-San Francisco in early August, just before the festival.
GOF Program Broadcast Schedule (all times Pacific):
Sunday, November 27 — 7:00pm
Monday, November 28 — 10:00pm
Wednesday, November 30 — 3:00am
Thursday, December 1 — 5:00pm
GOF Program Playlist:
theme -
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Big Mon (58)/Blue Grass, 1950-1959 (Bear Family)
FLATT & SCRUGGS TRIBUTE BAND: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke/Live at the Freight & Salvage 2/15/11
KITCHEN HELP: Roustabout/Kitchen Help
WINDY HILL: Get In Line Brother/Let’s Go To The Fair
CIRCLE R BOYS: Foggy Mountain Top/Rare Bluegrass Recordings
ALHAMBRA VALLEY BAND: Til The End Of The World Rolls Around/Willow Pass Road
DARK HOLLOW: Someday We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart/2011 Demo
LUKE ABBOTT: Little Sadie/Take Me Home
BEAN CREEK: I Love You & You Don’t Even Know/Nightbird
SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND: One More Mile/Live From The Freight & Salvage
OMGG: Sunny Side of the Mountain/Obviously Minor Guys & a Gal
SOUTH COUNTY SPECIAL: A Face In the Crowd/Live At the 2010 Brookdale Festival
CALIFORNIA PEARLY BLUE: Cabin On a Mountain/Demo
ROCK RIDGE: Drifter’s Prayer/Drifter’s Prayer
BORDER RADIO: The Other Side of the Door/Americana Brand
SIDESADDLE & CO.: Forever In Our Hearts/Queen For A Day
Posted Nov 26th, 2011
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Stolen & Missing Instrument Page Is Free Service, Available On This Website
The National Information Page For Stolen & Missing Bluegrass Musical Instruments is linked in the left column of this website. The page can be used to announce the theft or other loss of musical instruments, updates on subsequent investigations, and news about the recovery of instruments. The forum is HTML-enabled, so that links may be added to other websites that contain pictures and other detailed information about the instruments. There is no charge for this service. Contact (Michael Hall) hallmw (at) gmail (dot) com for more information.
Posted Oct 22nd, 2011
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