Happy Halloween, y’all! . It’s October, so start planning that giant, spooky, Bluegrass Halloween Party/Jam/Pot Luck! Add some boo-tiful lyrics to your favorite tunes. Some Hallo-bluegrass re-titles: .
Cripple Creek Asylum . Banjo in the Haunted Hallow . Sally Bad’un .. Old Joe Clark is a Zombie
.. Foggy Mountain Cemetery Breakdown .. She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain Without Her Head
Where They're Pickin'
Oct. 4:Rockford Fiddle Fest, 10 a.m. , Garden Park Stage by RougeRiver , Rockford , Mich.www.rockfordmichamber.com
Oct. 10: Bobby Osbourne & Rocky Top Express, 7:30 p.m., Oakland Community College Bluegrass series, Lila Jones Theatre, Royal Oak campus, 739 South Washington, Royal Oak, MI, www.MichiganBluegrass.com
Oct. 18: Hot Bands Fundraiser, featuring Rogue River Grass and Black Canyon Bluegrass. Open jamming at 7 p.m. (bring your instrument); concert at 7:30 p.m. ; more jamming at 9:30 . $5. Larkins Theater in Lowell , Mich.www.wmbma.org
ASK THE BANJO MASTER
Even heavy-metal rockers can get into a bluegrass Halloween.
Karen and Missy take the less-scary road for Halloween.
