Some of the hottest bands in L.A. and those currently touring through the southland are featured at this historic Rock 'n Roll roadhouse! Roots, Blues, Rockabilly, Country, Americana, Rhythm & Blues, Swing, Jazz. And personalized dance lessons from the best instructors in the area are a regular feature as well! Check out Joe's Great American Bar & Grill in Burbank!
Joe's Great American Bar & Grill. The Home of Ronnie Mack's Barn Dance!
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"FIRST TUESDAYS AT RONNIE MACK'S BARN DANCE"
Since 1988 Ronnie Mack has marshalled forward the Los Angeles roots and alt.country scene with his once-a-month Ronnie Mack's Barn Dance. Filmed in 2003, this Jim Hollander documentary features performances and interviews with Dwight Yoakam, Dave Alvin, Rosie Flores, Big Sandy, James Intveld, Mike Stinson and more. The artists' affection for Ronnie Mack is evident as they speak of his tireless efforts promoting the local roots scene solely for the love of the music. Mack is one of those figures who is already part of local legend. Hollander's documentary preserves the story for future generations of roots music lovers.
AVAILABLE FROM HOLLANDER MEDIA.COM
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THE CALIFORNIA COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION
The California Country Music Association is a statewide nonprofit organization consisting of dedicated Country Music Fans and Artists. The main purpose of the CCMA is to recognize, support, and award country music artists.
This organization cooperates with and supports country radio, television, cable, websites, publications, charitable organizations, and business associates on a state level and within
each region's community. Through the efforts and persistence of the CCMA Country Music is alive and doing well in California.
The California Country Music Association is a statewide nonprofit organization consisting of dedicated Country Music Fans and Artists. The main purpose of the CCMA is to recognize, support, and award country music artists.
This organization cooperates with and supports country radio, television, cable, websites, publications, charitable organizations, and business associates on a state level and within
each region's community. Through the efforts and persistence of the CCMA Country Music is alive and doing well in California.
Electric Earl has also maintained a website dedicated to the Ronnie Mack Barn Dance. This site features important schedule information, links to various social networking platforms dedicated to the Barn Dance (FaceBook, MySpace) and an amazing archive of past Barn Dance performances. Earl has created a virtual history of each and every Barn Dance show dating back to June 24, 1997!
He has meticulously posted the names of each and every singer, band, and special guest artists with the dates of their appearance and the location of the Barn Dance that evening. And the best part of all is that each posting has active links to the folks who appeared that night! From May to September of 1997 the site also featured reviews and photos of some of the Barn Dance shows. These gems are featured in the Electric Earl Barn Dance website.
What is truly incredible and noteworthy is the wealth of LA Music history that has been documented by Electric Earl on his Barn Dance website. Besides numerous past show schedules and vintage flyers there are also rare photo montages from tributes to the late Chris Gaffney and Janis Martin. If you dig deep enough you'll find various vintage photo galleries of many past shows plus awesome new pix from the latest Barn Dance shows!
" Originally, I drove up to the Palomino to see the Barn Dance because of Rosie Flores. I had seen her play a solo set at the Sunset Junction Street Fair on 8/10/91 and liked her music, so that led to my attending my first BD on 9/10/91. Rosie was on the bill with Candye Kane, Dale Watson, The Plowboys, and Carla Olson.
Shortly after that, I got a night job which unfortunately had me scheduled to work on Tuesday nights, so I only attended the BD now and then. It wasn't until 1993, after I quit that job, that I was able to start going nearly every week. I often brought my camcorder and taped my favorites, including Rosie, Ray Campi, Lucinda Williams, the Collins Kids, Janis Martin, etc. Later, after my camcorder broke, I started doing still photos and decided that I enjoyed that more.
When I started ElectricEarl.com to promote my music in April 1997, I wanted to have lots of content. I didn't want to have a typical musician site that basically says, 'Here's my music. Buy it.' So it was a natural that I'd have a page for the Barn Dance. At first I tried doing a review of each show, sometimes with photos (still frames from video), but that took too much time. Eventually, I distilled the BD page down to a bare schedule of upcoming shows, with an archive listing of past shows. I still maintain that format, but also have links for the photos that I post on Facebook (and earlier on MySpace), as well as whatever flyers and schedule sheets I happen to acquire. I try to have a link for each act, if I can find their Web page.
I tend to pick and choose who I want to photograph. It all depends on who I think would make an interesting photo. Sometimes I'll photograph every band on the bill. But if there's not much happening visually, I just sit back and enjoy the music."
Ronnie Mack would like to thank Earl P. Reinhalter for his dedication to LA's most famous Roots music showcase. It is forward-thinking individuals like him who capture local music history in the making, taking the time to document every detail and then placing it on the world wide web for the entire world to savor. It is because of his hard work that we can re-live the glorious past of Ronnie Mack's Barn Dance and remember once again why this is such a unique American event. And it still thrives 22 years later at Joe's Great American Bar and Grill in Burbank.
Electric Earl's home page (Electric LA) also includes a complete discography of his music, a variety of web cams, links to clubs and concert venues, concert info and tickets, music retailers, artists & composers, all things Los Angeles and Southern California, Love & Sex, Jack's Sugar Shack photos, and Earl's Jukebox. You can even check out the weather and traffic conditions before heading out!
Earl's music is also available online (Napster) as well as his lyrics and his photography. And speaking of photos, check out the Photo Archives page in the Barn Dance website for some of Earl's timeless pix plus other rarities from the vault!
* And special thanks to all of the photographers whose work is featured in this site. A lot of your work has been published without proper credit due but Ronnie can't remember who took what and when! Enjoy.
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