Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area?

J.C. Bryant · 09-01-2009, 08:15 PM

I'm in Poplar Bluff, MO and would like to connect any jams or pickers in the area.

Leevon DeCourley · 09-22-2009, 12:58 AM

I am going to college in Poplar Bluff. Have you been in this area long?

J.C. Bryant · 10-27-2009, 06:14 AM

Lee, sorry I haven't gotten back to you. I live over on CR 534 off T highway. I've been through Arab many times. Sounds like you get to play a lot. Are you primarily in a band or do you jam mainly?

Leevon DeCourley · 10-28-2009, 01:45 PM

I work for The Men of the Week out of St. Louis. I just primarly play with them I don't get time for a whole lot of jamming. We are winding down for the year, we have two more festivals next month then we are done until the first of January. Hopefully I will get to do some jamming with some of my friends around here. How long have you been playing?

J.C. Bryant · 10-28-2009, 10:55 PM

Man I've been playing for years and years. I am not much better than I was when I started but I still like playing. I primarily buy, swamp or trade instruments and etc. Sometimes I would like I to see you play. Maybe I already have. I used to go up to the Fisherman's net every weekend but that is ll over now. Anyway, if youi hear of some jams where a fellow doesn't have to be good but could just listen, let met know.

Leevon DeCourley · 10-29-2009, 12:13 AM

i used to work that deal up at fishermans net with Jeff Hovis alot. I don't play around here too awful much anymore. We played down in Paragould Arkansas monday night but thats about the last show around here I think we have scheduled. We are booked at a festival up north of Cape in January of 2011 and we sometimes work the festival at arrowhead up by Grassy. I'll be sure and let you know if I hear of any jams sessions. I been wanting to put a good one together sometime I just don't have much time to anymore.

Dusty · 11-02-2009, 08:17 AM

J.C., I was in Emminence, Mo. ( about 60 miles west of PB) this past week and played with a group of locals. There is a banjo player there named Roger Smith who is a very good bluegrasser. It's too far from western Ky for me to go regular, but it could be a reasonable trip for you.

J.C. Bryant · 11-04-2009, 11:24 AM

Thanks Dusty, I'll look into it

Leevon DeCourley · 11-05-2009, 12:39 AM

I recognize the name but I can't think of who he is. I used to go out to the emenince area quite a bit but havn't been out there in a while. I miss the big festival they used to have out there.

shawnee creek · 11-06-2009, 08:22 AM

Roger Smith used to play around Memphis, He retired and returned to Eminence. He plays with a couple of bluegrass bands. In the Eminence, Winona and Ellington areas there are several very good pickers; the Bressler Brothers, Darren Osburn, and Roy Light plus several more. Mike Holmes

09-01-2009, 08:15 PM	#1
J.C. Bryant Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 19	Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? I'm in Poplar Bluff, MO and would like to connect any jams or pickers in the area.

09-22-2009, 12:58 AM	#2
Leevon DeCourley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Arab Missouri Posts: 71	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? I am going to college in Poplar Bluff. Have you been in this area long? __________________ Leevon DeCourley 2009 Shawnee Creek Leevon DeCourley Model 2001 Gibson F-5G 2006 J Bovier Tradation www.themenoftheweek.com www.myspace.com/menoftheweek

10-27-2009, 06:14 AM	#3
J.C. Bryant Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 19	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? Lee, sorry I haven't gotten back to you. I live over on CR 534 off T highway. I've been through Arab many times. Sounds like you get to play a lot. Are you primarily in a band or do you jam mainly?

10-28-2009, 01:45 PM	#4
Leevon DeCourley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Arab Missouri Posts: 71	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? I work for The Men of the Week out of St. Louis. I just primarly play with them I don't get time for a whole lot of jamming. We are winding down for the year, we have two more festivals next month then we are done until the first of January. Hopefully I will get to do some jamming with some of my friends around here. How long have you been playing? __________________ Leevon DeCourley 2009 Shawnee Creek Leevon DeCourley Model 2001 Gibson F-5G 2006 J Bovier Tradation www.themenoftheweek.com www.myspace.com/menoftheweek

10-28-2009, 10:55 PM	#5
J.C. Bryant Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 19	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? Man I've been playing for years and years. I am not much better than I was when I started but I still like playing. I primarily buy, swamp or trade instruments and etc. Sometimes I would like I to see you play. Maybe I already have. I used to go up to the Fisherman's net every weekend but that is ll over now. Anyway, if youi hear of some jams where a fellow doesn't have to be good but could just listen, let met know.

10-29-2009, 12:13 AM	#6
Leevon DeCourley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Arab Missouri Posts: 71	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? i used to work that deal up at fishermans net with Jeff Hovis alot. I don't play around here too awful much anymore. We played down in Paragould Arkansas monday night but thats about the last show around here I think we have scheduled. We are booked at a festival up north of Cape in January of 2011 and we sometimes work the festival at arrowhead up by Grassy. I'll be sure and let you know if I hear of any jams sessions. I been wanting to put a good one together sometime I just don't have much time to anymore. __________________ Leevon DeCourley 2009 Shawnee Creek Leevon DeCourley Model 2001 Gibson F-5G 2006 J Bovier Tradation www.themenoftheweek.com www.myspace.com/menoftheweek

11-02-2009, 08:17 AM	#7
Dusty Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Princeton,KY Posts: 80	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? J.C., I was in Emminence, Mo. ( about 60 miles west of PB) this past week and played with a group of locals. There is a banjo player there named Roger Smith who is a very good bluegrasser. It's too far from western Ky for me to go regular, but it could be a reasonable trip for you. __________________ Dusty Oliver

11-04-2009, 11:24 AM	#8
J.C. Bryant Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 19	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? Thanks Dusty, I'll look into it

11-05-2009, 12:39 AM	#9
Leevon DeCourley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Arab Missouri Posts: 71	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? I recognize the name but I can't think of who he is. I used to go out to the emenince area quite a bit but havn't been out there in a while. I miss the big festival they used to have out there. __________________ Leevon DeCourley 2009 Shawnee Creek Leevon DeCourley Model 2001 Gibson F-5G 2006 J Bovier Tradation www.themenoftheweek.com www.myspace.com/menoftheweek

11-06-2009, 08:22 AM	#10
shawnee creek Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Missouri Ozarks Posts: 33	Re: Anyone Pickin' in the MO Bootheel area? Roger Smith used to play around Memphis, He retired and returned to Eminence. He plays with a couple of bluegrass bands. In the Eminence, Winona and Ellington areas there are several very good pickers; the Bressler Brothers, Darren Osburn, and Roy Light plus several more. Mike Holmes