Rough and Ready
Fruit Jar Pickers
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Best Entertainment
(and Free)
in Nevada County Since 1999
Every Sunday Morning, 10 a.m. to Noon
Pictures taken April 20, 2008
Posted June 3, 2010
© 2010, Herbert E. Lindberg
Added comments and video on May 22, 2018
This was one of their last performances at the
old "Opry Palace" in Rough and Ready, right on the Rough and Ready Hwy
through town. They had to move to make room for construction of the new
Rough and Ready Fire Station. For some time they played at the same
time but at the Grange, 14550 Rough and Ready Hwy, across the street
from the market. In mid June 2017 The Union announced that the
pickers had played their final gig that Sunday. Sigh!
The Fruit Jar Pickers got together every Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon in the
best ongoing entertainment bargain in the Rough and Ready / Penn Valley
region, if not the entire western Nevada County. Let's see what
we can do to resurect this gem for the region. Click on the
thumbnail below to remember this venue with their own memorial tune and
think about what we can lose and perhaps have already lost.
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We got
there about 10 a.m. and folks were sitting outside the garage-type door.
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The sign
proclaims Pickers Palace.
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We
joined this group outside but then were invited inside to a couple of
remaining seats.
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Song
books are available to sing along,
guided by a woman holding up each
song number as it plays.
Behind her is a U.S. map loaded with pins representing home towns of
audience visitors.
I'm seated about half way back with my 200-mm
(320-mm full-frame
equavelent) SLR camera.
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The best
part is this talented group having lots of fun.
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Instruments
run the gamut from guitars, to banjos,
bass fiddles, harmonicas,
washboard rhythm and more.
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Intimacy
between
musicians and sing-along audience
is one of the charms of Pickers
Palace.
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These
are folks who contribute their talents just to have fun.
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Everyone
sings except the mouth instrument players.
The fellow in second row
center in blue is the leader.
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