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Pickamania!
September 13 and 14, 2008

Pickamania! celebrates the best of folk, bluegrass and Americana acoustic musical traditions, all under the blue sunny skies of beautiful southwest New Mexico. Come enjoy great days, cool evenings and fast-picking nights, all in the friendly, tree-lined lawns of Silver City's Gough Park.

Sponsored by the Mimbres Region Arts Council, Pickamania extends Silver City's reputation as a music destination. Silver City's annual Blues Festival draws thousand of visitors, and Pickamania offers the same great blend of relaxed atmosphere, wonderful community, comfortable climate and outstanding music.

This year's schedule includes performances by outstanding local bands and national touring groups like Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group, Chatham County Line, and more:


	Saturday 13 Hill Billy Voodoo MySpace	People ask us to describe our sound and we tell them "There’s a real hillbilly influence but as songwriter’s we play a variety of sounds and instruments." Our sound is not so much a specific genre or niche but a vibe and a groove. As individual songwriters, we both delve into the emotional and the stories we feel need telling.

	Saturday 13 Bayou Seco bayouseco.com	The husband-and-wife team of Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie, a Cajun-Centric/New Mexican music group, has traveled down many a dirt road to learn the indigenous music of their locale.

	Saturday 13 Band Scramble

	Saturday 13 boulderacoustic society.net	Shredding guitar licks, soaring gypsy violin, a little ukulele and the thump of an old time bass bounce around with a jazz accordion and creative percussion to create a new sound. It is American Roots music with the edge of punk rock and the grace of chamber music.

	Saturday 13 Chatham County Line chathamcountyline.com	Banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar and bass certainly conjure certain musical images to mind, and in the past CCL had been content to play the part—a fun loving bluegrass band touring endlessly, summers full of festivals and hi-jinx.

	Sunday 14 Gypsy Feet Band	Best known as a band that makes music fun, the music includes original songs and unique covers of old and new folk songs, well-loved blues, and hard-rocking tunes from Chuck Berry to Jefferson Airplane and The Rolling Stones. Ed and Greg formed the band in 2003 and perform regularly in the Silver City area and further afield. Charlie Alfero (vocals, mandolin, tenor guitar); Shems Nickle (percussion); Greg Renfro (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica); Ed Teja (vocals, electric/acoustic guitar, harmonica).

	Sunday 14 Ana Egge anaegge.com	Ana Egge expands on her reputation as folk underground's bluesiest new chanteuse. Featuring tunes from artists as disparate as Le Tigre and Gene Autry, the delightfully medicated listlessness of Egge's interpretations makes each and every track (Lazy Days) soar, whether tackling Belle & Sebastian's "Summer Wastin' " or Arcade Fire's "In the Backseat." [Boston Herald- By Christopher John Treacy]

	Sunday 14 Steve Smith and Hard Road desertnight.com/ hardroad	Traditional Old-time, Bluegrass, Gospel and modern folk blend with original vocal/instrumental works of Smith to create modern/retro sounds. Steve Smith (mandolin, mandola, guitar and vocals), Wayne Shrubsall (banjo,vocals), Chris Sanders (vocals), Bob Hull (guitar,vocals), Eli Copeland (bass vocals).

	Sunday 14 Red Molly redmolly.com	Red Molly? Homage to a mysterious great-grandmother with auburn hair and a fiery disposition? An infamous, left-leaning union organizer from Maryland? The notorious "ladies of the evening" of 19th century London? The brave, leather-jacketed heroine of a Richard Thompson song? Or merely the hard-working farm mules of rural America? We’d tell you, but then we’d have to kill you. We do so love a good, old-fashioned murder ballad.

	Sunday 14 Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group robinandlinda.com	Robin & Linda Williams have crisscrossed the continent (and beyond) for more than three decades, performing the tunes they love & a hearty blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country. From The Grand Ole Opry to Austin City Limits, Music City Tonight to Mountain Stage, clubs, festivals and countless other venues, Robin and Linda never cease to wow audiences wherever they go.