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What I love about the web is the opportunity to share my thoughts and passions with others. But I also like to hear what
others think and to exchange ideas.
On this page, I'll share some of the comments I've received in my Guestbook and via
e-mail. In some cases, I may also respond to the comments. Please get in touch!
Please send your website address.
Great show. I've been listening whenever I pass through southern Iowa on my way to or from my family in Illinois.
I'm working for Sprint in Gardner, Kansas. I don't suppose you do a Net broadcast do you? Thanks in advance, Jim
Koch Spring Hill, KS 66083
Could we get the web site address for KIIC?
Also, wanted to say we enjoy the bluegrass music on Sundays. Our favorites are the Vern
Young Band and also Bill Grant and Delia Bell.
Thanks,
Russ Byers
Des Moines, IA
I thoroughly enjoy your old time country unplugged program but why did you change to Saturday morning? I used to
listen to the Fort Dodge station on Saturday morning and you on Sunday afternoon. Now you are both on at the same time.
There is so little of this kind of music on radio that it is a shame it must be at the same time.
Is there any way you could change the time from Saturday morning?
Thank you.
Hi there Uncle Billy,
This is Sharon Kenaston of the Kenaston Family Band. Hope all is well with you. All the family
is doing well and getting geared up for a busy summer of festivals around the area.
I hear from a friend of ours that you're playing some cuts off our CD now and then. Thanks so
much we really appreciate it.
If you get an opportunity to tell your listeners about our show coming up in a couple of weeks that would
be wonderful.
It's the Wahoo Country Music Show, June 26, 27, 28 & 29 at the fairgrounds in Wahoo. This year
we'll have Claude Gray on Thursday night doing a special free performance. We'll have over 150 other musicians in an
open stage format and of course two big dances Friday and Saturday night.
We'd love to have you come to the show. Let me know if you're able to attend and I'll get some passes
sent your way.
We appreciate any promotion you can give our family and the Wahoo Country Music Show.
If we don't see you before, we'll see you in Missouri Valley this fall.
Take care and thanks again for playing our music.
Sharon, Roger, Bob and Vanessa Kenaston
402-663-4620 Sharon Home
402-443-8367 Sharon Cell
Sharon@WahooCountryMusicShow.com The Stratford Fest is July 11, 12, &
13th with Frank Ray as the obvious headliner. This is the same weekend as Kalona, but with Cedar Hill Stratford get the nod
for me. This weekend of course is the Sally Mt. Fest at Queen City, Mo. the home of Ronda Vincent. She will be there on the
5th, and this should be one of the great ones of the year. Cheers - Jim Rose - Jefferson, Iowa. I just stumbled onto something I thought I might pass along. Rhonda Vincent and The Rage are preforming at the Iowa State
Fair this year on August 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The concert is free with a gate admission. If my information is
correct, that's $4 with a discount coupon from Hy-Vee. I didn't notice any other Bluegrass acts but it was nice to see Bluegrass
in the line up. Maybe a GPBOTMA bus is in order....................hmmmmm. Cheers, Matt Allen
My name is Ray Bozarth.
I am opening a new music store in Glenwood, Iowa and
am specifically trying to cater to the needs of
acoustic musicians.
Unfortunately, the shop will not
be in the phone book for a year since I missed the
cut-off date for a new listing.
Bob Everhart from the
Missouri Valley Festival has told me that acoustic
musicians are badly neglected in the Omaha
area, and I
hope to address that.
Anyway, I need to get the name out to folks and let
them know what I'm doing here. I'm carrying brands
that are
not available in the Omaha area. Washburn,
Gretsch, National Reso-Phonic, Paul Beard Resonator,
Deering Banjo and
CA Guitars. I am also carrying CD's
and plan on carrying a lot of Rounder label stuff. I
will be limping the store
open without being fully
stocked because of the RAGBRAI - I can't miss that
opportunity to get the name out. I will
be very happy
to take special orders at the store.
The store is:
Glenwood Guitars & Music
108 N. Locust Street
Glenwood, Iowa 51534
712-527-5557
Fax
712-527-4222
glenwoodguitars.com
I would appreciate any advice from you on how to
spread the word among the folk/traditional/acoustic
people that
I will be open by 7/16/03 and am looking
forward to supporting them.
Hi Billy! I heard the song "Past Your Prime" today, but not the name of the band. Hop you can fill me in.
I'd also like to hear some Frank Ray & Cedar Hill off the new album if you can. Love the show, and wish it was all day!
Thanks - Jim Rose
I was glad to hear that the name of the band was Clay County because when I heard the song title I had a brain flash
that said "The name of your new band is Pasture Prime" Then I thought "Damn, maybe that was the name of the band on
the radio" Anyway after I got done talking to myself I decided to do the smart thing and ask. Thanks for the info - Jim Rose
- leader of the new bluegrass band "Pasture Prime" (unless someone else beat me to it)
Ray Bozarth
Glenwood Guitars & Music
This in from Hal Cottrell "Golden Harvest"
Hi,
me again. To have a breakfast with my sweet on sundaymorning and your
station in the background......artists
like Randy Kohrs and Mo Canada.
I have never heard of them, but how really excellent they are!!
Unclebillydunbar
you really made my day!!
regards from (cold) Holland
Bert
Thanks, Billy! Not only is it a great honor to get the award but
through Prime Cuts we're able to work with such
nice people like you!
~Kirk & Becky
Listening in the UK.Great selection.My favourite older performer is the late Jimmie Driftwood.
One thing.When you talk your far to close to the mic,voice is to loud & distorted.
Regards Bob
Hi Billy ~ Warm greetings from Orkney. Hope you are well and happy and
enjoying the early days of Fall?
It would be great to hear your news if
you get the time.
I am still in the ancient world of Pomona so I thought you
might like to
read the second installment of my adventures here...
I came home long before dusk tonight silently
in my milkfloat. Floating
under clear azure skies, trundeling down empty roads past golden seas of
Barley, Bere
and bursting Oats. The grain has been drying to it's nutty
finale - soon to be bread baking in the falls peat fired
ovens - the
abundant fruit of this wonderful Indian summer. Their heads bow more
deeply with the passing
of every sunny day. It was hard not to sigh
contentedly as the hot afternoon sun warmed me in my electric
vehicle.
I floated past rabbits playing amongst the heather and onion grass - hardly
realising I was their, no explosions
of combustion to disturb their fun. I
watched Starlings ride the backs of shaggy sheep and cows. Blackbirds
gobbling up Crane flies. I could see Geese flying overhead, honking
excitedly at all the patchwork fields
of abundance - soon to be theirs -
the spoils of our Combines great paddle (John Deer, circa 1970) as it
sythes through
seas of gold.
I parked up and watched a deep sea trawler in the bay - its engines
thrumming - as it's crew worked on
deck, I waved to them unsure if they
would see me or not, but why not.
Paradise indeed.
How could it get better?
Strangely in this ancient place sits all the
modern artifice of our so-called civilization - the toys of man - computers
and TVs, satellite dishes bolted to stone croft houses and tall aerials
trying to catch the elusive signals of some
far away metropolis... It
might as well be Mars they are so out of place.
Free-to-air TV, or council TV as some
of us call it, is not easy to pick up
here. It's signals seem to be broadcast through some force field which
renders
it's images into snow and tiny excited coloured dots - like some
weird electrical swarm... Not a place to watch soccer
or Tennis (go Serena)
- you never see the ball... My televisual feasting was either ' Nip and
Tuck'(plastic
surgery seemed slightly redundant - although necessary if my
shaving mirror was accurate this morning), ' Sex in the City'
or a stroll
outside into pitch black to stare at the Cosmos... No contest really (as
much as I love Carey and
her friends and sex in the city).
Looking up into the night was the most breath taking view of our Galaxy - a
curtain
of stars the like of which we never see in our well lit towns and
urban sprawl. It was natures Christmas lights
- Hong Kong and Broadway all
rolled into one. Stars like dust, stars so bright and so big it is hard to
comprehend.
Hard to take in this spectacular light show... Like gazing
into some alien city - or the Universal mind. It
is like I am wrapped in
them - their tendrils spread out as far as my eyes could see. Then, as if
to acknowledge
me and my choice of channels - the only person outside on
this tiny island - a comet flashed high amongst these heavenly
bodies... I
felt like a true Cosmopolitan.
I could hear Carey and her friends deep in animated conversation,
drifting
through the window... Calling me back to earth... I guess it was time to go
in and draw a bath - heated by
my wonderful summers day... A perfect end. A
good book (Dan Browns follow up to the Da Vinci Code) and some essential
oils.... Bliss.
I wonder what tomorrow brings...
Goodnight.
Kris.
(PS: Please use kris@riseband.co.uk to reply
to this email - thanks)
Please let me know if you would like some giveaway or pledge copies of
UNCERTAIN WONDERS or
POSING AS HUMAN
Hi sir Billie,
Thought I would bring you up to speed on my little corner of the
Bluegrass World. I've started a program called Bluegrass Saturday's, booked the Indianola High School auditorium for 5 Saturdays.
Shows will start @ 7:00, $10.00 per ticket, $45.00 for a season pass.
October 16th - Highway Home and TBA Bluegrass
(TBA includes Dave Bunch, a very high ender group)
November 20th - Corder Family Bluegrass and the Waring Family
March 19th - (no opener yet) plus Bluegrass Addiction
April 16th - (no opener yet) and the Mike and Amy Finders Band
May 7th - Sleepy Hollow and Mr. Babers Neighbors
the two without openers should be confirmed in the next couple
of days
So, if you can give us a honk on any of your radio shows it would
be greatly appreciated.
Ticket info @ (515) 975-0409 or send checks with selections to:
Bluegrass Saturdays c/o Jim Johnson
9912 G24 Highway
Indianola, IA 50125
THANK YOU SIR
Thank you Billy! It was an unforgettable evening to say the least.
Warm regards,
Terry
Quoting
SIRIUS <sirius@sirius-radio.com>:
> Channel : Bluegrass, 37
> Name : Uncle Billy Dunbar
> Email
: countryunplugged@aol.com
> On-air Host : Terry Herd
> Message : Congra's from fellow Bluegrass programmer. Country
Unplugged aired
> on KKRF/KGRA K107/KG98 and Live365.com salutes you for your Awards at this
> years IBMA Awards.
>
Hi,
me again. To have a breakfast with my sweet on sundaymorning and your
station in the
background......artists like Randy Kohrs and Mo Canada.
I have never heard of them, but how really excellent they are!!
Unclebillydunbar
you really made my day!!
regards from (cold) Holland
Bert
Billy,
Thanks for your help. It Live 365 works fine now. Also, great show this morning . . . K-107.9 comes in loud
and clear in St. Charles. Now all you need to do is to have the station let you broadcast Sunday Morning Gospel and
County Unplugged back-to-back.
Great Randy Kohrs performance is Truro last night. You were probably there.
If you have a mailing list for people who are interested in events in the area, please put me on it!
Thanks again,
John McDonald
Hal sent a great note about Larry Sparks'
induction into
Bill Monroe Hall of Fame.
Larry is like one of the most
awesome branches off the bluegrass
tree I have seen.
Remember when?
- the
bluegrass club , along with: (Jerry Jones, Steve Acksmit,
Lois Rood )
brought Larry Sparks into CB town... approx. 1987?
We booked him on
the second floor of some old bar or restaurant..
on old Broadway in Council
Bluffs.
The show was to start at 7PM or so,
Then, at about
4pm or so, there was a big tornado that came
up I-29,
then knocked 'most' the power out in Council
Bluffs, knocked
large trees down right
across from the concert.
Larry came driving up
with his bus just after the tornado...
ready to play.
All the
people had already shown up.. we had pretty much a full
house of
bluegrass enthusiasts , PA was set up........... and
no power.
Jerry
Jones ran up to K-Mart and bought several candles.
Larry and the Lonesome Ramblers played on with no electricity
.....
with only 'candle light'.
I had a chat with Barry Crabtree
a couple years ago... (he
played banjo with Larry for 11 years) .
We saw Barry in
Lincoln when was playing with Hal (filling
in for when Barney
had his appendacitas) at Ne. state fair.
He re-called in
detail the experience of being pulled of the interstate and
looking out the truck stop window as the tornado came through.
He
never saw a tornado.
Anyway Larry Sparks is about a household name
in the jam
sessions I get into.
At Mo. Valley, I heard Ron Adkins
and even Ernie Ruth really
cranking out some awesome Sparks'
songs. I know Joe Watson
cranks out some good Larry
songs also.
His new CD must be a killer with all those
bluegrass stars
backing him up.
Congrats to Larry.
Later,
Dan
PS
When is the
first club meeting?
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