San Francisco's Bluegrass Community Fire Relief Benefit for
Musician's Affected by the Southern California Wildifires
At Blondie's Bar - In the Mission, SF - February 10, 2025
Produced, Directed and Mixed by Matt Lauer
Emceed by Chuck Poling

PLEASE Join the SF Bluegrass Community's effort to help out musician's of Southern California effected by the recent, devastating fires.We have partnered with NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants) to provide financial aid to those who've lost homes, livelihoods, pets, musical instruments and their community!)
PLEASE DONATE GENEROUSLY HERE:
https://donate.nammfoundation.org/give/655087/#!/donation/checkout

The Beauty Operators
Lucas Frances - Mandolin and Vocals'
Ted Kuster - Banjo and Vocals
Jeremy Pollock - Guitar and Vocals
Matt Lauer - Bass and Vocals
-Tainted Love (Ed Cobb)
-Bike Lane (Orig by Lucas Frances)
-Paint it Black (Jagger & Richards)

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Confounding Factor
Sadie Radinski - Guitar and Vocals
Ted Kuster - Banjo and Vocals
Mary Kuster - Mandolin and Vocals
Wendy Wendt- Fiddle
Louise Franz - Vocals
Tim Stabler - Bass
Matt Lauer - Bass
-Roses in the Snow (Ruth Franks)
-Gold Watch & Chain (Trad)
-Where Do Robots Sleep (Orig by Sadie Radinski)

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Alan Bond & Skedaddle
Alan Bond - Mandolin and Vocals'
Tom Lucas - Banjo and Vocals
Judy Forest - Guitar and Vocals
Bruce Lacey - Bass
-Skedaddle Mountain Lullaby (Orig by Alan Bond)
-Don’t Laugh (Louvin Bros)
-This (Orig by Tom Lucas
-Mud Flat Farm (Orig by Alan Bond)

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Coyote Alert
Jeanie Poling - Vocals
Chuck- Poling- Mandolin and Vocals
Leila Goehring- Guitar and Vocals
-Once More
-Your Lone Journey
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Rare Company
Nat Hendel - Mandolin and Vocals
Garrett Massman - Guitar and Vocals
Ian Kelmartin - Bass and Vocals
-Flowers on the Table (Orig Nat Hendel)
-Hoping For a Heartbreak (Orig - Garrett Massman)
-Jubilee Rag > Shadow of These Peaks (Orig - Ian Kelmartin)
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The Rocky Wheels
Ted Kuster - Banjo and Vocals
Mary Kuster - Mandolin and Vocals
Marques Saint Ignatious - Guitar
Steve Owen - Bass
-Midnight Flyer (Paul Craft & the Osborne Bros)
-Fox on the Run (Mannfred Mann)

Deep Thicket Dwellers
Tara Williams- Snare Drum and Vocals
Marques Saint Ignatious - Guitar
Forrest Allen - Fiddle, Mandolin and Vocals
Tom Edler - Bass
-Low Tide
-Boats So Small
-Greasy Maybelline

Lickety Split
Matt Laques - Fiddle and Vocals
Dan Large - Mandolin and Vocals
Bruce Lacey - Bass and Vocals
Dan Norton - Banjo
Alan Bond - Guitar
-Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes (Helsm, Taylor & Taube)
-EMD (David Grisman)
-Goodbye to the Moonlight Motor Inn (Steve Spurgin)
-Salty Dog (Morris Bros)
-If You’re Ever Gonna Love Me (Kentucky Colonels)

Hey Lonesome
Rowan McCallister - Mandolin, Fiddle & Vocals
Tom Diamonte - Guitar and Vocals
Wendy Wendt - Fiddle
Dave Courchaine - Bass and Vocals
-Forked Deer
-The Girl at the Crossroad’s Bar (Bill Bryson)
-Jasper Jail > Liza Jane (Hamper McBee - Trad)
-What is the Soul of a Man (Blind Willie Johnson)
-Longbow (Ed Haley)

Trouble Town
Pam - Bass and Vocals
Marques Saint Ignatious - Guitar
Forrest Allen - Fiddle, Mandolin and Vocals
-Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms (Trad)
-Misty Mountains (Orig - Forrest Allen)
-Shoulda Took That Train (Bradley Walker)

Nat Keefe & Friends
Nat Keefe - Guitar and Vocals
Pam Brandon - Bass and Vocals
Marques Saint Ignatious - Guitar
Forrest Allen - Fiddle
Lucas Frances - Mandolin,
Ted Kuster - Banjo
-Pig in Pen (Trad)
-Summer of My Fall (Nathan Moore)
-Sitting Here Alone (Original)
-Ramshackle Shack (Ralph Stanley)

The Allstar Jam
Nat Keefe - Guitar and Vocals
Pam Brandon - Bass and Vocals
Marques Saint Ignatious - Mandolin
Forrest Allen - Fiddle
Lucas Frances - Mandolin,
Ted Kuster - Banjo
Ian Kelmartin - Guitar
Jeremey Pollock - Guitar
Wendy Wendt -Fuddle
Nat - Mando
Tara Williams - Drum
-How Mountain Girls Can Love (Stanley Brothers
-All You Fascists Bound To Lose (Woody Guthrie)