FEATURED VIDEOS
Long Road Home - Headed Back to Dixieland
Martin Gilmore's new song, I'm Headed Back to Dixieland is big fun to play with Long Road Home.
Hot Rize on Mountain Stage
NPR show from WV, Nov. 2010, report w. live music, Tim O'Brien interview.
Life, Bluegrass, & Dr. Banjo
News Feature Channel 9, Denver. 3-minute report shows Pete at his practice cabin and with FLEXIGRASS.
Pete with Earl Scruggs and Steve Martin on Letterman
Sept. 05 Historic 5-banjo Foggy Mt. Breakdown, Men With Banjos (Who Know How to Use Them) w. Tony Ellis & Charles Wood.
Doc Watson & Friends - Farewell Blues
Pete with Jerry Douglas, Jack Lawrence, Tim O'Brien, and T. Michael Coleman.
The First Russian Bluegrass Festival
Pete and Russian bands jam on a train, and at first Russian Bluegrass Festival in Vologda.
NEW!
You helped to stir something...
“By the way, thanks also for the beginning jam class you led at RockyGrass in 2011. My then-12-year...”
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Prague Blog: The First Europe-Wide Jam Camp
Participants from England, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Denmark, and France made this a unique and groundbreaking event. click to read
Prague Blog: Pete and Joan on the Loose in Prague
Hear all about Pete and the Piano contest. Pete and Joan and the castles, cathedrals and cobblestones, and the old Jewish Cemetery. click to read
Prague Blog: Pete and Joan at The Bluegrass Summit
“After the long trip, a short rest, then a wonderful dinner and jam with Summit organizers and musician friends from all over Europe, Ireland to Norway and Russia...”
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Pete's 2012 Banjo Newsletter columns are here!
Index and links to all 58 columns from the last six years. Pete's timely observations and advice on many subjects...
Pete's Story:
Why and How I Started Teaching Bluegrass Jamming
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I’ve been asked why and how I started teaching bluegrass jamming. For years many students I’d meet...” click for more
Chord photos!
All jammers need to know how to "read" guitar chords. Click here for clear photos of the most common ones.
PETE'S NEXT CAMPS
| May 13-16 | Gettysburg, PA | JAM CAMP |
| Jun 14-16 | Huck Finn, CA | JAM CLASS |
| Jun 27-28 | Qualicum B, BC | MINI JAM CAMP |
HAPPY CAMPERS
NEWS ARCHIVE HIGHLIGHTS
- Go to Full Archive
- Pete helps Russian teenage picker get her first banjo
- Pete interview in Westword
- An Up-Close Remembrance of Earl Scruggs
- Doc Watson Remembrance
- Pete's statement re Earl Scruggs
- Pete interview in International Bluegrass
- Pete Wernick, Steve Martin to Get Their Banjo On in Denver
- Pete and Joan weather tsunami threat!
- New article on Hot Rize on JamBase.com
- Red Rocks Report: Mammoth Music Lesson May Be World's Largest
- What The Wins IBMA CD Design Award!
- Pete's Merlefest Report
- He'd Like To Teach The World To Jam: Pete Wernick's Jam Camps
- Jamming Down Under!
- Pete's Articles in New Parenting Book
- Pete's Tribute to Earl Scruggs
- Listen to Earl Scruggs Comment on Pete on ETown Performance
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Pete's Remembrances:
Louise Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, John Herald, John Hartford, Frank Edmonson, Winnie Winston, Mike Seeger, Ed Dye and Richie Shulberg
(personal recollections of notable people who have passed away in recent years) - Pete Inducted into Colorado Bluegrass Hall of Honor
- Pete Prepares for Letterman
- Pete and Joan on Mars!
- Banjo Claus! Pete and Don Rigsby give away banjos in Kentucky elementary schools
| 4/25-28 | Merlefest Wilkesboro, NC |
Pete & Joan Wernick |
| 5/17 | State Theater Ithaca, NY |
Hot Rize with Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers |
| 5/18 | Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival Gettysburg, PA |
Hot Rize with Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers |
| 5/19 | Unitarian Society Hall Hamden, CT |
Hot Rize with Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers |
NEWS
We're in 35 states and 7 countries, with 1500+ students and 60+ certified teachers. In March Pete hosted the first all-Europe jam camp, drawing from 7 countries, the U.K. to the Czech Republic. What do our students say?
Hot Rize 2013 News
The band will celebrate its 35th year at festivals -- Gettysburg (May 18), Telluride (June 23) and Ricefest (TX, Nov. 9), as well as concerts in Hamden, CT and Ithaca, NY. The band is working on new material for an album to be recorded in June.
Wernick Method Teachers Speak!
Ira Gitlin, Gilbert Nelson and Heidi Olsen tell about what the Wernick Method is doing for them and their students.
FAVORITE PAGES
- Jamalot page - Help for New Jammers
- Learn Banjo!
- Bluegrass Jamming Basics
- Tools for Teachers
- A New Direction in Teaching and Learning Bluegrass Music
- Playing Under Pressure
- Can't Find People to Jam?
- List of 80+ Two-Chord Songs
- Top 100+ Jam Favorites
- Learning To Sing in Tune
- Banjo Newsletter Columns
- Jam Camp Frequent Questions
- Pete's Song Lyrics
- Letterman Appearance
- Letterman Show Blogs
- Pete Recalls His Time with Jerry Garcia
- Teaching Banjo Beginners