What is it?

The Rossmoor Hootenanny, a loose-knit group of well-seasoned roots music aficionados, who can sing and joke their way right thru your pocketbook.   All seriousness aside, we are an affiliate of the Harmonica Harmoneers and our main goal is to get people clappin', singin' and dancin'.  And if you like this kind of music and can play a kazoo (or even something simple, like a fiddle, harpsichord or digeridoo) give us a call.

Weekly Singalong/Practice

We meet every Tuesday,  3-4:30 P.M. at Hillside Clubhouse in the Las Trampas Room.  Please note: Rossmoor is a gated retirement community so we can't ask y'all to come right over, 'cause you won't get in.  So this page is mostly for Rossmoor residents who happen upon it and want to join in.  

However, please enjoy what we consider a great batch of links to song lyrics below.  Thanks for droppin' by!

Monthly Jam Session

On the first Tuesday of every month we meet in the Vista room at Hillside from 3-4:30 P.M.

• History: we've been running over a year now and are doing pretty good.  We got started once upon a time as the Rossmoor Ramblers, which sort of fizzled!
• Membership requirements: Anyone willing and yearning to sing a mixture of folk and country or play an instrument, or both.  
• Dues are $10 per year.
• Performances: reasonable rates for other Rossmoor groups.
• Contacts: Marcet and Bob Tuttle e-mail or call 256-6376 or for site questions, Jim, the webguy

Pickin' 'n' singin' at Hillside

Music Links
(note, most of these sites open new browser pages)

Great Lyrics Repositories 

Black Cat
Bluegrass Lyrics
Bob Dylan
Cantaria
Original Carter Family
Cowpie Song Corral  -  CAUTION: has popups!
Digital Tradition (main) and here (lyrics)
Folk Music - An Index to Recorded Resources
Folk Music of England Scotland Ireland Wales and America
Folk Song Lyrics
Great German Folk Site
Harmony Central® OLGA Search Engine
Rolf Harris - The Wizard of Aussi
Joan Baez
Love songs for the harmonica
Lyrics Connection
10000 Volkslieder German and other Folksongs
Unknown guy in Canada has a lot of stuff but many links are dead
Woody Guthrie  -  CAUTION: has popups!

How to learn instruments so you can join us

• Dix Bruce's Guitar (& other) Teaching Courses 
             Note: Dix Bruce and Jim Nunally have played at Rossmoor's Fun Day and other events.
• Dix's lessons are published by Mel Bay.   Check their publications list here.
• Northern California Bluegrass Society has links to teachers

Local venues and sources for roots music:

• The Bluegrass Intentions
• California Traditional Music Society
• California World Music Festival
• East Bay Pickers 'n' Fiddlers Potlucks - held once a month in East Bay.   Found a link: they don't want nobody linkin' to 'em!
• The Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley
• KPFA's (94.1) Sunday roots music shows, from 11:00 A.M. to 6 P.M.: Robbie Osmond, Mary Tilson, Tom Diamant and Ray Edlin.
• North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance
• Northern California Bluegrass Society's   Radio Relay with a bunch of local programs.
• Old Time Music.com
• San Francisco Free Folk Festival - in June only: June 21-22, 2003
• Granpa Jim's Musical Links
• The Music Motel source of CDs with a variety of old timey stuff

Rossmoor links

Harmonica Harmoneers
Rossmoor Realty's Residents' Activities Directory
Other Rossmoor groups on this site
Rossmoor's main page
Rossmoor News
A home in the country

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To Jim's page.

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Last updated November, 2006. Comments or questions?