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DESCRIPTION:Come Dance to Free Jarvis!  A benefit concert to celebrate the work of 
 California  death row inmate and Buddhist writer Jarvis Jay Masters  with 
 Hot Buttered Rum String Band & the Bluegrass Intentions  February 22nd, 
 2004, 7:30 pm  Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center  1317 San Pablo 
 Avenue (near Gilman Street) in Berkeley  Suggested donation: $10-20   No 
 one will be turned away for lack of funds.  Jarvis Jay Masters is a 
 Buddhist writer living on death row in San Quentin prison.  His stories and 
 essays have been published widely. He is the author Finding Freedom:  
 Writings from Death Row. Information about Jarvis’ life and the 
 status of his   appeal can be found at http://www.freejarvis.org.   This 
 unusual dance-concert features two great Bay Area acoustic bands: the high  
  altitude bluegrass of Hot Buttered Rum String Band and the unstoppable 
 old-time   groove of the Bluegrass Intentions. In recent years members of 
 both bands, Zac Matthews  and Alan Senauke, have been working closely with 
 Jarvis as friends and supporters.  Booking inquiries, contact Dan Carlstrom 
  The Hot Buttered Rum String Band’s music nods to the past and sits 
 squarely in  the present. The music appeals to traditional bluegrass 
 aficionados as well as the  most discerning folk audiences and dance-hungry 
 jam-band fans. A truly multi-generational  audience is growing around this 
 group of musicians who deliver a fresh sound grounded  in tradition. Their 
 first studio album \"In These Parts\" was just released.  Swallow Hill 
 Music Association producer Grant Landsbach writes, \"The Hot Buttered  Rum 
 String Band is quickly establishing itself as one of the finest young 
 bluegrass  bands around.\"  The Bluegrass Intentions combine impeccable 
 musicianship with a superb command of  harmony to create roots-based 
 bluegrass music that brims with ebullience and sparkles  with creativity. 
 Whether re-working material from a Library of Congress field recording,  
 adapting a Cajun two-step, or reinventing a Flatt & Scruggs classic, these 
 genre-bending  traditionalists love making music together, and it shows. 
 They cook up a truly unstoppable  old-time groove. Dave Briggs of  WPLN-FM 
 has this to say about the Intentions\'  debut album Old As Dirt: \"What a 
 mesmerizing blend of the old and the new!   Ancient primeval tones played 
 with modern precision; tough, gritty vocals; sparkling  instrumentation 
 creativity and a bouncing, buoyant groove that just doesn\'t quit.\"  
 Proceeds will be used to donate Jarvis\' book, Finding Freedom to middle 
 and high  school students.  Jarvis\' books, information about his case, and 
 the bands cd\'s  will be available. For information about Ashkenaz and this 
 show see http://www.ashkenaz.com.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29283.php
SUMMARY:Abolish the Death Penalty - Free Jarvis Jay Masters Benefit
LOCATION:Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center  1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman 
 Street) in Berkeley  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29283.php
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