Geography Div (Happy Birthday subsection)

 Nearly smack in the center of Nebraska lies Broken Bow. Mrs Bear's hometown and birthplace some years ago today. Happy Birthday my Love.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. - Robert Frost

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

New from Becky Bueller, Alone. 

Ned Luberecki on banjo, Wes Lee on mandolin, Jacob Groopman on guitar, and Daniel Hardin on bass. With Becky on fiddle and lead vocal

Geography Div (Tax Day subsection)

 Did you get yours filed? Did you get a refund ? 

Average refund per state ................

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

The Wheelhouse Rousters  from the 2023 Telluride Bluegrass Festival doing Hey John.

vocalist and guitarist Eddie Coffey, singer and guitarist Logan Oakley, banjo player Nathan Lynn, fiddler and mandolin player Josh Coffey, and double bassist Jake Siener

Geography Div (Eclipse subsection)

 Today, there will be a total eclipse of the sun viewable over much of the South-Central and Eastern US.

I observed the 2017 total eclipse in Broken Bow, Nebraska (over 3 minutes) and it truly was breathtaking.

The small dot on the lower left side of the photo is the planet Mercury.

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Bears subsection)

Kyle O'Brien and his band and an animated video Bear in the Trash.

Kyle O'Brien - Fiddle

Dylan Kober - dobro

Joey Purmort - banjo

Ian Haeglele - bass

Goeographie Div (April Fool subsection)

 What would you expect?

New release from Kenny Stinson& Perfect Tymin' , Another Train, featuring its writer Daniel Norton.

Daniel Norton on lead vocals, guitar, and resophonic guitar. Kenny Stinson on baritone vocals and mandolin, Ronda Stinson on harmony vocals, Kyle Dodson on banjo, and Gavin Stinson on bass.

Geography Div (Matrimony subsection)

 I'd venture to say that these ages reflect the first time.

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

England's Urban Folk Quartet doing Peter Gabriel's Solbury Hill.

Dan Walsh - banjo, vocals Paloma Trigás - fiddle, vocals Joe Broughton - fiddle Tom Chapman - percussion

Geography Dvi (Gotta get there subsection)

Traveling by air can be .... well, exciting. ....  depending on where you start, finish or connect thru.

Here's some ratings ........

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Traditiona Tribute subsection)

A tribute to Jim & Jesse from Bluegrass Express, Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me.

Greg Underwood - Lead Vocal, Bass Jacob Underwood - Tenor Vocal, Mandolin Gary Underwood - Guitar Andrew Hunt - Fiddle Jonathan Hunt - Banjo

Geography Div (Falling Water subsection)

Most of us who've traveled by highway across the US have seen tose signs saying  CONTINENTIAL DIVIDE, that is on one side rainfall flows to either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans.

Here's a look at what happens in Europe............

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Furiners subsection)

Swedish threesome the New Valley String Band doing Sandy Boys from their debut album New Valley.

Fiddler Adam Bülow, guitarist Michael Nyberg, and banjo player Lukas Lindberg

Geography Div (Growth subsection)

An interesting map showing the top 10 cities by decade in the US 

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

An unusual band from Wisconsin, Armchair Boogie, here doing Self Control.

Augie Dougherty - Banjo,  Ben Majeska - guitar, Eli Frieders-bass, and Denzel Connor - drums,

A Prescient comment Div (What’s happening now … and then subsection)

 From Comrade EB Misfit, a Navy veteran 

http://eb-misfit.blogspot.com/2024/02/far-right-conservatives-are-enemies-of.html

Read it all including the “sermon.”

Geography Div ( Aging subsection)

Somewhere in the Middle

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/median

Now I really feel OLD!!

 

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div ( Deep Hole Subsection)

Heard this the other day on Bluegrass Country. Have always liked Sister Sade ( and other all female bands).  Here's Well. ........ could easily be applied to a host of other subjects!

Gena Britt - Banjo, Deanie Richardson - Fiddle, Jaelle Roberts - Guitar, Dani Flowers, Guitar, Maddie Dalton - Bass. 

Sorry, don't know the name of the mandolinist 

Geography Div (Polygamy subsection)

 I couldn't explain to the Minibears why anyone would need (or want) more than one !!

Legality of Polygyny (having multiple wives) across the world

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div ( More sidemen-andnwomen subsection)

Woodbox Heroes, anothe talented group of Nashville, Bluegrass sidemen(and women) who decided it might be fun to form a band of their own. Here's Made Up My Mind. Nice tune, hope they make it.

Josh Martin -- Lead Vocal, Guitar Jenee Fleenor -- BGV, Fiddle Barry Bales -- BGV, Bass Seth Taylor -- Mandolin Matt Menefee -- Banjo

Geography Div (Hungry? subsection)

I've been watching the eating habits of the Minibears ..... seems some intervention is needed

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

Appalachian Smoke, a new group of bluegrass sidemen, doing Good at Gone, 

Jamie Mason plays guitar and sings lead on this new track, Kenneth Rymer is on resophonic guitar, Mikel Laws is on banjo, BJ Taylor is on mandolin, and Tim Williams on bass. 

Geography Div (Get Ready subsection)

 Thinking of moving in the next 100 years? You might consider ....

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Out there subsection)

Some really non-traditional bluegrass from the Kitchen Dwellers, Seven Devils (Limbo)

Torrin Daniels on banjo, Shawn Swain on mandolin, Max Davies on guitar, and Joe Funk on bass.

Geography Div (Falling water subsection)

 Natural Waterfalls in the US 

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div ( 10 years past subsection)

Minneapolis - St Paul's The High 48s doing Great Northern Railroad.

Clint Birtzer - guitar & vocal Rich Casey - bass Eric Christopher - fiddle & vocal Mike Hedding - mandolin Anthony Ihrig - banjo

Geography Div (Definitions subsection)

Most searched words by definition in Europe.

 I think "Pegging" is the relation between one country's currency and anothers ... but it could be cribbage.

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

Tony Trischka's tribute album to Earl Scruggs' 100th birthday, Earl Jam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs, features Brown's Ferry Blues.

Tony Trischka - Banjo, Billy Strings - Guitar and vocal, Sam Bush - Mandolin, Michael Cleveland - fiddle

and Mark Schatz - Bass. Producer Bela Fleck also gets in some non-Scruggs licks 

Geography Div (Let the games begin subsection)

Today, Iowa conducts its presidential primary caucuses. From all the Horse Race / Goat Rodeo reporting, it's very likely that an indicted criminal will be selected. The biggest speculation is about who will come in second. DOG help us !!

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

 British Columbia's Under the Rocks with their latest video Honest Try.

Jordan Klassen on guitar, Chloe Davidson on fiddle, Chris Baxter on banjo, and Nils Loewen on bass. For this song, Honest Try, album producer Andrew Collins joins them on mandolin, as does Miles Zurawell on reso-guitar.

Geography Div (SchoolDaze subsection)

 Seems like the MiniBears partied too much for the holidays and didn't get a post in for 1 Jan   - -  well, it was a holiday.

Time for them to get back to school and study their geography.... but when ??

• 7:30 a.m. – Louisiana’s sleepy-eyed students shuffle into class.
• 7:36-7:45 a.m. – Lessons start at public high schools in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Hampshire.
• 7:46-7:55 a.m. – It is not even 8:00 a.m. yet, but high school students are already taking classes in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
• 7:56-8:05 a.m. – Now it is the turn of high schoolers in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington.
• 8:06-8:15 a.m. – Well past the hour, students file into class in Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Vermont.
• 8:16-8:25 a.m. – Just two states start school this late: Iowa and Minnesota. But they are not the latest.
• 8:26-8:35 a.m. – That is how late high school starts in Alaska and South Carolina. But wait…
• Only in Washington DC, Alaska, and South Carolina does the school day start at or after the recommended earliest time of 8:30 a.m.

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

The East Coast Bluegrass Band doing Gone, Gone Gone. Appears that Chris Luquette has found another group after leaving Frank Solvan and Dirty Kitchen.

Ellery Marshall - Banjo Cesar Moreno - Mandolin Max Johnson - Bass Chris Luquette - Guitar