Byron Berline & Bluegrass Etc. concert in Santa Barbara May 7

website: www.bluegrasswest.com

What: Byron Berline & Bluegrass Etc. in Concert

Where: Presidio Chapel, 123 E. Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara CA

When: Thursday, May 7th, 2009, 8:00 PM

Tickets: $18.00 advance, $20. at door Cosponsored by the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (Trust members $15.)

Three-time Grand National Champion Fiddler Byron Berline, along with the acclaimed bluegrass trio “Bluegrass, Etc’. will bring a program of bluegrass and western swing classic to the Presidio Chapel. Bluegrass Etc. consists of Dennis Caplinger, John Moore, and Bill Bryson, who are nationally and internationally recognized in bluegrass music circles.

Since the band's formation it has progressed to embrace an eclectic acoustic mix. Grammy award winner Dennis Caplinger plays banjo and fiddle, John Moore plays mandolin and guitar, and Bill Bryson plays bass.

Berline started fiddling when he was five years old, and, traveling with his father, began charming audiences at fiddlers' conventions throughout the western states. Byron played with the great Bill Monroe as a Blue Grass Boy in 1967, then moved to California after a stint in the army. He has led or been a member of the following bands : Dillard & Clark, 1969-1970; Dillard Expedition, 1970-71; Country Gazette, 1971-75; Sundance, 1975-85; Berline, Crary & Hickman, 1978-90; L. A. Fiddle Band, 1978-93; California, 1990-96; Byron Berline Band, 1996- Present

Byron is one of the most sought after session fiddlers and his long list of recording credits are proof; The Band / The Byrds / The Eagles / The Rolling Stones / Manhattan Transfer / Bob Dylan / John Denver / Elton John / Olivia Newton-John / Burt Reynolds / Linda Ronstadt / Rod Stewart / Kay Starr / Hoyt Axton / Alabama / Susie Bogus / Mary Chapin Carpenter / Joe Diffy / Vince Gill / Arlo Guthrie / Mickey Gilley / Emmylou Harris / Kirs Kirstofferson / Johnny Lee / Willie Nelson / Red Stegall / Doug Stone / Tammy Wynette / Jethro Burns / The Dillards / John Hartford / Bill Monroe / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Don Reno / Earl Scruggs / Mason Williams and numerous symphony orchestras. Byron has extensive movie and commercial sound track credits including work with Henry Mancini, Jerry Fielding, Johnny Williams and Lalo Schifrin. He has toured the United States extensively, Europe often, China, Japan, Australia, Northern Africa and the South Pacific. In his spare tim e Byron enjoys producing albums for his friends and himself.

Tickets go on sale at the SB Historic Trust offices next to the Chapel on April 10th, Advance tickets, priced at $18.00, are available on-line at BlueGrassWest.com and at the offices of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, 123 East Canon Perdido St. in downtown Santa Barbara. If available, tickets will be sold at the door for $20.00 beginning at 7:30 PM the day of the event. Trust members are offered tickets at $15.