Membership Appreciation Day

Thank you, thank you....to all of our members who support the HVBA.  This is a Membership Appreciation Day and we want you there to celebrate with us.

HVBA Showcase: Old Time Bluegrass Singers

The Old Time Bluegrass Singers play classic bluegrass, the high-energy American string band music with roots in country, old-time dance band and gospel music traditions, and share their enjoyment of this lively music with audiences across the country.

"Old Time Bluegrass Singers" was in fact the original name of Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys" That band originally featured

Lonesome River Band Comes to Poughkeepsie

When:	Saturday, November 17 - 7:30pm
Where:	Christ Church - 20 Carroll Street, Poughkeepsie
Tickets:	Advance: $15/Members, $20/Non-Members - $5 more at the door

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Buy Your Tickets Tonight at the Door!

Remembering Dave Barney Today

With shoulder length hair of the day, he knocked on my front door. The year was 1974. Richard Nixon was our president, and my dad was trying to get reception on the radio channel WWVA of Wheeling West Virginia as he did every Sunday. I was 10 years old.

I had heard of a banjo picker from Millerton, NY named Dave Barney. Somehow he was willing to come by our house an pick some tunes on his banjo. He was an old rock and roll electric guitar player in the 1950's, became a country music pedal steel player