BFS Concerts & Bozeman Music Jams

The Bozeman Folklore Society is an all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, preserving, enjoying and sharing the music, dance, arts, crafts, and skills of traditional cultures. We are an associate group of the Country Dance and Song Society. We invite you to join and become involved with our effort to continue to present live music and promote dancing in our community. Volunteers are needed, as well as your support to continue to share our love for all the richness in the folk traditions. For more information about concerts, call Rik James at (406) 586-4123.

Advanced On-Line Ticket Sales Friday, May 24 - Wylie & the Wild West Saturday, June 8 - Eric Taylor Friday, July 12 - Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers

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The Bozeman Folklore Society Concert Series has presented a wide array of musical styles over the past ten years, and wishes to thank members of the community for its support. Coming up on the calendar...

Photo credit - Kevin Martini-Fuller

WYLIE & THE WILD WEST Cowboy / Country / Western Swing Friday, May 24, 2013 - 7:30 p.m. (doors open @ 7:00) Pilgrim UCC "Chris Boyd Room, 2118 South Third Ave., Bozeman Tickets: $20 ($3 discount to BFS members) $5 children age 5-12 Advance Tickets @ TICKET RIVER

The BFS serves up live western music once again as Wylie and the Wild West perform in concert. In this era of prepackaged superstars, of pale imitations of country music being pushed onto the public by faceless media giants, the music of Wylie & The Wild West is a beacon of truth and honest beauty.

Wylie Gustafson is a native Montana singer/songwriter who lives the songs he writes, now with three decades of writing, recording and performing under his belt. As one critic says, “Wylie Gustafson is the coolest cowpoke around. Forget everything you hate about modern country, this guy is old-school cool without being a tired period piece.”

Singer, songwriter, rancher, horseman, and the original, world-famous Yahoo!® yodeler, Wylie Gustafson leads the musical outfit known as The Wild West. With a dynamic stage presence, Wylie and the Wild West have presented their refreshing blend of cowboy, swing, folk and yodeling music worldwide. A seasoned singer/songwriter with over a dozen nationally distributed albums under his belt, Wylie has etched his presence onto the American music scene. His friendly demeanor is born from his unpretentious life as a working class cow-horseman on the rangelands near Conrad, Montana.

On this tour, the group will be promoting a new CD, "Skytones: Songs of Montana" a 25-year retrospective. The lineup in Wylie & The Wild West currently includes Wylie Gustafson (vocals, guitar) Rick Bryceson (drums, vocals), Shane Queener (bass), Sam Platts (guitar), Erik "Fingers" Ray (guitar).

When asked to define his music, Wylie explains, “We are a good-time cowboy band that hates to be boring! The band members, Rick, Sam and Shane, are among the best players in their field. The fans appreciate their approachability and loyalty to the genre.”

ERIC TAYLOR
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 7:30 p.m. (doors open @ 7:00)
Pilgrim UCC, "Chris Boyd Room"
2118 South Third Ave, Bozeman

Tickets $17 ($3 discount for BFS members),
$5 children 5-12 years
Advance Tickets @ TICKET RIVER

Songwriter, Delta Blues guitar stylist, and storyteller Eric Taylor is next in the lineup of fine entertainment coming your way.

Taylor is a sage musician, a lyrical genius and a master of the guitar. If you're familiar with the intricate Texas singer/songwriter jigsaw puzzle, you probably already know a lot about Taylor. If you're not familiar with Taylor by name, you've probably heard his songs performed by people such as Nanci Griffith and Lyle Lovett.

Just as Eric Taylor pulls into Bozeman in early June for this show, his new CD Studio 10 is being released on his Blue Ruby label. Recorded at the Red Shack Studio in Houston, it brings to light 9 new songs penned by Taylor. Taylor’s compassionate storytelling in song paints an always colorful cast of characters making it through this world. Some songs are tributes to friends who have passed – “Bill” (Bill Morrissey), “Francestown” (reminiscent of Dave van Ronk), “String Of Pearls.” Two songs – “Tully’s Titles” and “Tully” – are to be featured in an upcoming documentary film about Jim Tully. And “Reno” and “Dark Corner Ice Water” are songs that showcase the intricate narrative quality and unique theater aspect of Eric Taylor’s writing that sets him apart.

"To say that Eric Taylor is one of the finest writers of our time, would be an understatement," Nanci Griffith says. "If you miss an opportunity to hear Eric Taylor, you have missed a chance to hear a voice I consider the William Faulkner of songwriting in our current time." This is a concert not to be missed in a venue sure to compliment Taylor's intimate style.On the Web at www.bluerubymusic.com

JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS
Friday, July 12, 2013, 8:00 p.m.
(doors open 7:30 p.m.)
Pilgrim UCC, "Chris Boyd Room"
2118 South Third Ave, Bozeman

Tickets: $20 ($3 discount for BFS members),
$5 children 5-12 years
Advance Tickets @ TICKET RIVER

Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers will premier their brand of "classic bluegrass sounds in a contemporary package" in the BFS concert series just before their appearance at the Montana Folk Festival.

The band received the 2012 IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year Award and their latest album, They're Playing My Song, reached the Billboard Bluegrass top ten in December 2012. JMRR presents an energetic mix of quality Bluegrass and Gospel music, inventive instrumental work, a good variety of vocal arrangements (including a capella quartets) and tasteful, down-home humor. Stay tuned for more details!

2013-05-26

Steve Smith, Chris Saunders, Anne Luna (Hard Road Trio)