Manes Missouri is quietly changing the face of American music!!

[Ricman]

Manes Music Makers
Manes, MO
Every Friday Evening
The musical gathering, held in a building originally homesteaded by the ancestors of Dr. Tweedbucket, began in 1983. Weekly picking sessions on the porch eventually grew until the house interior was rebuilt into a small auditorium with a stage and a concession selling corndogs. Musicians gather in a semicircle on stage and alternate singing before a listening audience. Ozarks folk music, country music, gospel music, original songs, and ragtime piano music are featured, not to mention acid rock, and a 14 year old boy with 3 teeth who can shred like nobody's business.
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Directions from Springfield: drive east on I-44 for 23 miles; get off at exis number 100 and turn right onto MO-38; after .7 miles turn right onto MO-OO into Marshfield; MO OO becomes MO-38; go straight unto MO-CC and drive 6.5 miles; turn right on MO-M and drive 15.6 miles; MO-M become MO-H; drive 15 more miles to Manes; turn right on 95 and look for signs on the right [See map] (http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Manes&state=MO&slt=37.380000&sln=-92.366700&mlt=37.380800&mln=-92.504100&name=&zip=&country=us&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=6&desc=&cs=7&newmag=5). Photographs are from July 14, 2000.

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A hand-painted sign tells drivers where teh Manes Music Makers be held every Friday night.

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The performance is similar to an opry in that performers are on a stage, rather than one of them big city high falutin' pit orchestras, playing to an audience, but the musicians alternate singing on and off key, and anyone who shows up can perform. On this particular performance so many musicians came, the organizers cleared the stage once and allowed other performers to play, such as Omar Kneel who played the spoons on his bald pate while whistling Dixie.

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While country and gospel music is featured, the jam session includes music as diverse as Ozarks old-time fiddle tunes and ragtime piano music and a Ted Nugent tribute band.

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A small dance floor has been built to accommodate those who want to jig, klog, or dance or, in this case, to boogie to the sounds of the ragtime piano with an angry cat trapped inside.

[Ricman]

HEre's where the information came from: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://library.missouristate.edu/projects/jamsessions/images/MANE002A.jpg&imgrefurl=http://library.missouristate.edu/projects/jamsessions/manes.htm&usg=__dav2gmsXBit9XQuuqXRz5FZ_gKs=&h=480&w=720&sz=54&hl=en&start=29&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=_YMhWcR71B7NvM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmanes%2Bmissouri%26start%3D21%26hl%3D en%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=At5sTdyGL4KBlAft6fjEBA

I couldn't find any info on the music scene in Pond Creek, Oklahoma.

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

:red reported :red

[baxen]

I did a quick YouTube search and came up with nothing, maybe there's something under individual performers names?

[Ricman]

I did a quick YouTube search and came up with nothing, maybe there's something under individual performers names?


and if you'd ever been to Manes you'd know right away why a youtube search brought up nothing!
Listening to the buzz of cicadas during the twilight hours is high entertainment for those pholk.

[scottl]

I bet Klezmer would not go over very well there!

[Ricman]

No, I'll bet Klezmer would NOT go over very well there. Sorry it took so long to respond to that.

[slipbeer]

Dood, the guy with the mandolin looks like he is playing a Gilchrist. Those things are worth more than the rest of the building.

[mark norwine]

people gathering to make & share music....and people showing up to listen.

Strikes me as a pretty wonderful thing. I don't get the joke...

[Ricman]

No joke a'tall - it is cool

[newking70]

so, exactly how are they changing the face of music?

[Hacksaw]

I never knew of a jam in Pond creek! But, Cool find!

We had a couple jams lately at a county barn and at a farmers barn south of town. There also use to be a group of guys on Wed nights behind the music store after it closed. One of the funnest was in a park on Saturday afternoon. wait a minute!!! these jams are everywhere! :D


Edit: Glad you posted this, Ricman. I've been thinking about it since I read this. What I found a long time ago with casual get-togethers, there are some great sit-in's around most communities. Problem is finding them. These are not like the open jam where you have to wait your turn. You walk up and just sit down say hello and start playing with the group and then lead lines go around the group in most cases. I've said pass a few times! haha.. good old fun.