Here are some links you might like to visit

Western Swing.com Stompin' Steve Hathaway's site. All sorts of info. on Western Swing: Postcard gallery, Western Swing links, lists of Western Swing Recordings and events, and home of the Western Swing Newsletter. Stompin Steve has the Cupertino Barn Dance on KKUP-FM (listen live) (listen live). He has been a great resource and inspiration in this radio, music world.

Northern California Bluegrass Society Producers of the Gool Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival and other fun events. They have a great listing of who's playing Bluegrass where in Northern California.

The Strawberry Music Festival Twice a year of almost too much fun!

California Bluegrass Association Home of the Grass Valley Father's Day Bluegrass Festival and other events. They also have a very good listing of who's playing where in Northern California Bluegrass.

Wolf Mountain Bluegrass Festival Great music, and a pickers delight! Real Bluegrass music.

Ashkenaz Dance Center THE place to go dancing in the bay area. Cajun, Oldtime, Bluegrass, and all sorts of dance from around the world.

Redwood Bluegrass AssociatesProducers of Bluegrass shows around Palo Alto and South Bay

San Francisco Bluegrass Festival What a great event. Held at the begining of the year.

The Frieght and Salvage Coffee House Good music in Berkeley, California. Too many damn cookies (and you can take that either way)!

Take Country Back "The Website for Fans who like their country music 'real'!"

Western Folklife Center from Elko Nevada. Home of the big Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

Max Hunter Folk Song Collection A fantastic collection of 1594 traditional songs that you can listen to on the web. "... recorded between 1956 and 1976. A traveling salesman from Springfield, Missouri, Hunter took his reel-to-reel tape recorder into the hills and backwoods of the Ozarks, preserving the heritage of the region by recording the songs and stories of many generations of Ozark history."

Old Time Music All sorts of stuff pertaining to Old Time Music

Child Ballads . Com Some of the things you wanted to know about the Child Ballads

Fuller up dead musicians directoryA list of dead musicians. Good place to get bios of recently deceased musicians. Sortable by cuase of death!

Lonnie Glossen - Late country harmonica player Lonnie Glossen's web site. Very nice.

Delmore Brothers - Put together by Debby Delmore youngest daughter of Alton Delmore. "I just wanted to do my own personal website for them from a daughter's point of view." - Bebby Delmore

Erotic pictures of musical instruments...

RECORD COMPANY PAGES

Arhoolie Records I work there!
Globe Records home of Bay Area steel guitar wiz Joe Goldmark's. recordings. Joe also is the formost collector of steel guitar records and publishes the The International Steel Guitar & Dobro Discography- 8th Edition.
Acoustic Disc Home of The Dawg! David Grisman
The Bear Family Records web site from Germany
Hightone Records: Hightone Records some of the best in modern/alt/trad/rock-a-billy/country (and some blues too.)

There are many more links to fine record companies and artists that I will put up as time rolls along.