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Show The Intermountain Acol)stic Music Association P.O. Box 520521 Salt Lake City, Utah 84152 A non-profit organization December 1996 Volume 14 No. 1 Board of Trustees Lonnie Hockett Rick Stayner Jody Stewart-Browning Bangs Tapscott Sharon Mitchell Mark Neihart David Norton Tony Polychronis Scott Iverson Janna Lauer Tim Morrison Gillian Tufts Dieter Wachtel Jo Wilson Pam Poulson General Officers Kevin McCusker, president phone: 801/355-3777 David Norton, vice president Gillian Tufts, secretary Jack Dahl, treasurer Concert production: Tony Polychronis 801/532-5218 Jody Stewart-Browning, Associate producer Pam Poulson, Membership Coordinator For membership or activity information, call: 801/339-7664 e-mail address: iama@xmission.com Web Site: http://www.xmission.com/-iama/ Messages picked up daily Mal!azine staff Charlotte Bell, editor Carla Eskelsen, associate editor David Eskelsen, editorial advisor Charlotte: 801(355-2617 Carla or Dave: 801/451-7076 Business manager: Bangs T. Mailing: Sharon Mitchell Distribution: Lonnie Hockett Printing: Gordon's CopyPrint Contributors to this issue: Carla Eskelsen, David Eskelsen, Janna Lauer, Kevin McCusker, Tony Polychronis, . Bangs Tapscott. Intermountain Acoustic Musician is published monthly by the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the preservation, furtherance and spread of acoustic music, including bluegrass, British Isles, folk, oldtime and related musical forms. Deadlines: 15th of the month prior to publication. Articles may be submitted by mail or e-mail to the editor: 369 E. 900 S., #267, SLC, UT 84111 iama edit@aol.com Display Advertising: $6.50 per column inch. For info, call Bangs: 801/277-7704 or e-mail: bangs@aol.com For classified ads or calendar items, call or e-mail Carla: 801/451-7076 harpy@aol.com Member, International Bluegrass Music Association -and- Folk Alliance, the North American folk music and dance alliance Notes fron1 the President ... lAMA has been in existence for several years now. At the last Board meeting, we considered several weighty issues, and concluded that it's time to examine the direction we seek for the organization. What led to this? Over the last year, we have experienced steady decline in concert attendance. Further, the cost of producing a magazine of the current quality, delivered by first class mail is now beyond the available funding. In a word, lAMA is flat broke. To survive, we need to restructure, and to restructure, we need to know more about what the members want. Hence, in the first quarter of 1997, when we can afford it, we will survey the members. Please support this effort, as it's the best way we know the serve the needs and wants of the membership. In the meantime, the magazine will change. I have limited the production budget. This will result in some changes in weight and style of paper. Realistically, there will be little or no change in content. The total number of magazines printed per month will go down, thus limiting the "freebies" that have been available at local. distribution points. We have lost money on virtually every concert this ·year. Further, in informal polls of the attendees, we have found that about 30% are lAMA members. This would suggest that overall, concerts are not a driving concern for members, and we are now actively retracting from the concert scene. There will not be a concert in May. Also, we are limiting ourselves to one concert a month. Other venues such as Wooden Dog are booking acoustic musicians, and it may be more reasonable to have them assume the very real risks of producing acoustic concerts. Organizations of all sorts are restructuring themselves and redefining their missions. In that sense lAMA is no different. This new year will be a fun one for lAMA and a challenging one. It is my steadfast promise to get this outfit financially solvent within the final few months of my second (and last) presidency. Your suggestions and donations are always welcome. Kevin McCusker, lAMA president 2 INTERMOUNTAIN ACOUSTIC MUSICIAN, JANUARY 1997 Bluegrass Clippings ••• raked by Bangs Tapscott John 'Duffey March 4, 1934 - December 10, 1996 Money problems mean reduced magazine size, means abbreviated Clippings this month. Kevin tells you about it else- . where. Meanwhile ... Life Goes On, But Nevertheless ... DUFFEY On December lOth, bluegrass lost one of its towering figur~s, in both senses of the word. John Duffey, age 62, died of a massive heart attack. Known for his unmistakeable high tenor voice and his bearlike personality, Duffey was the co-founder (with Charlie Waller) of the Country Gentlemen, and later the admiral of the Seldom Scene. His departure was sudden, and unacceptable. Will take a while to get used to his absence. YOUNG On that same day Faron Young, a major country singer of my youth, committed suicide which took effect the following day. Faron had been suffering from both cancer and emphy- |
