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X-WR-CALDESC:Music @ The Collective\nJoin us for a foot-tapping\, heart-thu
 mping\, soul-filling good time at Music @ The Collective—a FREE monthly ce
 lebration of local talent\, creativity\, and community vibes!\n\n✨ Featuri
 ng:\nMusic by The Blue Sage Band\nHands-on art demos\nA vibrant\, welcomin
 g space for everyone\n\n📍Where: 2371 Kiesel Ave.\, Ogden\n\n📅When: Monthly
  during the Art Stroll & special events\nExact times will vary every event
 \n\n💸Cost: FREE (Yes\, really!)\n\nSponsored by OFOAM\, Ogden City Arts\, 
 and part of the Nine Rails Creative District magic.\n\nBring your friends\
 , your family\, your neighbors\, or just your dancing shoes—we’ll bring th
 e tunes.\n\nLearn about the Blue Sage Band:\nDuo\n\nI set up some paramete
 rs for this new band and started searching for songs. Fortunately I didn’t
  have to look far\; I’ve always had an interest in “western” songs and alr
 eady had a good number in my repertoire.\n\nI soon contacted fiddler Ryan 
 Shupe\, who had played in Powder Ridge with me\, and Blue Sage was born. I
 n addition to being one of the most gifted musicians I’d ever heard\, Ryan
  was attending Weber State University near my home and was available! The 
 duo was soon playing shows all over Utah.\n\nTrio\n\nWhile Ryan and I got 
 Blue Sage up and running\, my wife\, Shauna\, was working on the bass fidd
 le. I may be a little dense\, but after watching her receive numerous offe
 rs from bluegrass bands in our area\, I finally caught on to the idea that
  she might be a good addition to Blue Sage! The duo became a trio.\n\nBlue
  Sage Band\nRyan eventually left the band to pursue his own career in musi
 c and I was fortunate to find another equally amazing fiddler to take his 
 place. I’d watched Rob Ricks grow into the only fiddler who could fill Rya
 n’s shoes\, and I was humbled that he was willing to take Ryan’s place in 
 the band. For those familiar with our ‘Live At The Junction Theater’ CD\, 
 Rob is the musician responsible for the incredible fiddle work on that alb
 um.\n\nAbout fifteen years into the Blue Sage saga\, Rob left to get an MB
 A at Yale\, and once again I found myself without a fiddler. Fortunately\,
  I had grown one of my own! My eldest daughter\, Heather\, had grown up wi
 th Ryan and Rob’s fiddling and to my delight\, I found that their unique s
 tyles had rubbed off onto her and she was able to slip right into the band
  when Rob left!\n\nQuartet\, Quintet and Sextet\n\nBy this time\, twenty y
 ears had gone by and I realized that I’d only accomplished one of my three
  original objectives! Blue Sage WAS that perfect blend of western\, folk\,
  and bluegrass music I’d envisioned so many years before\, but there were 
 still those other two goals…\n\nAlthough I’d been fronting the band with a
  banjo\, most of our instrumental work had been constructed to showcase th
 e fiddle. With the popularity of my clawhammer teaching site continuing to
  grow\, I felt that the banjo needed to take the lead instrumental role in
  Blue Sage. I knew that if I could shift the focus of the band toward a ne
 w-grass/bluegrass sound\, it would effectively complete the remaining two 
 goals on my list! Fortunately\, I was able to enlist the aid of some world
  class musicians to make this happen.\n\nI’ve been blessed with some truly
  amazing talent in my bands\, musicians such as Matt Flinner\, Ryan Shupe\
 , Rob Ricks\, Ken Sager and Jake Workman\, without who’s help I would neve
 r have been able to achieve my dream. I am humbled that players of this ca
 libre have been willing to join me in introducing a full fledged “new-gras
 s” band fronted by a clawhammer banjoist!\n\nAround this same period in ti
 me\, the pop band Rosewood invited me to fill in for their keyboard player
  (yes\, on banjo) for a few gigs. The rest\, as they say\, is history and 
 I ended up playing with Rosewood for over five years! I’m constantly amaze
 d at how well the banjo fits into contemporary pop.\n\nThe heart and soul 
 of Rosewood was Shaundra Cragun\, an exceptional singer\, songwriter and g
 uitarist. Here’s a poor recording of an exceptional original number penned
  by Shaundra.\n\nThe Future\n\nIt’s now been over thirty years since I pic
 ked up the phone to talk Ryan Shupe into forming Blue Sage with me\, and t
 he band is still going strong. Ryan\, as do other ex-members of the band\,
  occasionally joins us on stage for special events! This is something we h
 ope continues as long as Blue Sage is around.\n\nA few years ago\, I someh
 ow managed to talk Shaundra Cragun into joining Blue Sage after Rosewood d
 isbanded. I find it appropriate that this latest version of the band\, thi
 s unusual combination of clawhammer banjo\, finger-style guitar\, violin a
 nd bass fiddle\, might finally fulfill my dream of a clawhammer driven ens
 emble that can effectively tackle any genre of music…\n\nMike Iverson
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DESCRIPTION:Music @ The Collective\nJoin us for a foot-tapping\, heart-thum
 ping\, soul-filling good time at Music @ The Collective—a FREE monthly cel
 ebration of local talent\, creativity\, and community vibes!\n\n✨ Featurin
 g:\nMusic by The Blue Sage Band\nHands-on art demos\nA vibrant\, welcoming
  space for everyone\n\n📍Where: 2371 Kiesel Ave.\, Ogden\n\n📅When: Monthly 
 during the Art Stroll & special events\nExact times will vary every event
 \n\n💸Cost: FREE (Yes\, really!)\n\nSponsored by OFOAM\, Ogden City Arts\, 
 and part of the Nine Rails Creative District magic.\n\nBring your friends\
 , your family\, your neighbors\, or just your dancing shoes—we’ll bring th
 e tunes.\n\nLearn about the Blue Sage Band:\nDuo\n\nI set up some paramete
 rs for this new band and started searching for songs. Fortunately I didn’t
  have to look far\; I’ve always had an interest in “western” songs and alr
 eady had a good number in my repertoire.\n\nI soon contacted fiddler Ryan 
 Shupe\, who had played in Powder Ridge with me\, and Blue Sage was born. I
 n addition to being one of the most gifted musicians I’d ever heard\, Ryan
  was attending Weber State University near my home and was available! The 
 duo was soon playing shows all over Utah.\n\nTrio\n\nWhile Ryan and I got 
 Blue Sage up and running\, my wife\, Shauna\, was working on the bass fidd
 le. I may be a little dense\, but after watching her receive numerous offe
 rs from bluegrass bands in our area\, I finally caught on to the idea that
  she might be a good addition to Blue Sage! The duo became a trio.\n\nBlue
  Sage Band\nRyan eventually left the band to pursue his own career in musi
 c and I was fortunate to find another equally amazing fiddler to take his 
 place. I’d watched Rob Ricks grow into the only fiddler who could fill Rya
 n’s shoes\, and I was humbled that he was willing to take Ryan’s place in 
 the band. For those familiar with our ‘Live At The Junction Theater’ CD\, 
 Rob is the musician responsible for the incredible fiddle work on that alb
 um.\n\nAbout fifteen years into the Blue Sage saga\, Rob left to get an MB
 A at Yale\, and once again I found myself without a fiddler. Fortunately\,
  I had grown one of my own! My eldest daughter\, Heather\, had grown up wi
 th Ryan and Rob’s fiddling and to my delight\, I found that their unique s
 tyles had rubbed off onto her and she was able to slip right into the band
  when Rob left!\n\nQuartet\, Quintet and Sextet\n\nBy this time\, twenty y
 ears had gone by and I realized that I’d only accomplished one of my three
  original objectives! Blue Sage WAS that perfect blend of western\, folk\,
  and bluegrass music I’d envisioned so many years before\, but there were 
 still those other two goals…\n\nAlthough I’d been fronting the band with a
  banjo\, most of our instrumental work had been constructed to showcase th
 e fiddle. With the popularity of my clawhammer teaching site continuing to
  grow\, I felt that the banjo needed to take the lead instrumental role in
  Blue Sage. I knew that if I could shift the focus of the band toward a ne
 w-grass/bluegrass sound\, it would effectively complete the remaining two 
 goals on my list! Fortunately\, I was able to enlist the aid of some world
  class musicians to make this happen.\n\nI’ve been blessed with some truly
  amazing talent in my bands\, musicians such as Matt Flinner\, Ryan Shupe\
 , Rob Ricks\, Ken Sager and Jake Workman\, without who’s help I would neve
 r have been able to achieve my dream. I am humbled that players of this ca
 libre have been willing to join me in introducing a full fledged “new-gras
 s” band fronted by a clawhammer banjoist!\n\nAround this same period in ti
 me\, the pop band Rosewood invited me to fill in for their keyboard player
  (yes\, on banjo) for a few gigs. The rest\, as they say\, is history and 
 I ended up playing with Rosewood for over five years! I’m constantly amaze
 d at how well the banjo fits into contemporary pop.\n\nThe heart and soul 
 of Rosewood was Shaundra Cragun\, an exceptional singer\, songwriter and g
 uitarist. Here’s a poor recording of an exceptional original number penned
  by Shaundra.\n\nThe Future\n\nIt’s now been over thirty years since I pic
 ked up the phone to talk Ryan Shupe into forming Blue Sage with me\, and t
 he band is still going strong. Ryan\, as do other ex-members of the band\,
  occasionally joins us on stage for special events! This is something we h
 ope continues as long as Blue Sage is around.\n\nA few years ago\, I someh
 ow managed to talk Shaundra Cragun into joining Blue Sage after Rosewood d
 isbanded. I find it appropriate that this latest version of the band\, thi
 s unusual combination of clawhammer banjo\, finger-style guitar\, violin a
 nd bass fiddle\, might finally fulfill my dream of a clawhammer driven ens
 emble that can effectively tackle any genre of music…\n\nMike Iverson
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261002T203000
LOCATION:Local Artisan Collective\, 2371 Kiesel Ave.\, Ogden\, UT 84403 US
SUMMARY:Music @ The Collective with The Blue Sage Band
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