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The Elk River Ramblers
The Elk River Ramblers
News:  The band is taking bookings for  fall of 2005.
So far this year we've been back to Thermopolis, Helena, The Red Barn, and Lewistown. In August we'll be at Red Lodge and Absorkee, and in September we'll be in  Cody and Miles City.  
Stan and Annie played in Spain and London May of '03, and the Ramblers  played the Last Chance Bluegrass Festival in Helena, the Red Lodge Bluegrass Festival (see the Billing's Outlook's review of the band's performance), the Chokecherry Bluegrass Festival and the Miles City Bluegrass Festival, Sweet Pea in Bozeman, Leaf and Bean, and St. John's Summer series, and filled in for the Lilly Brothers in Thermopolis. We continue to play at Molt. We
sure enjoyed the enthusiastic crowds and the great jamming.  We played for DBC's employees at the Alberta Bair in December- lots of people, lots of music, and lots of fun!
  
sound clips below
Something like us!
Our third CD "Almost Bluegrass" is finished!
contact:
Elk River Ramblers
Billings, MT
406.256.0083 Banjostan@aol.com

Elk River Ramblers plays bluegrass influenced, hard driving old-time, western, and folk music.  Their sound is easily identifiable to the general public as bluegrass but the discernable bluegrass listener will realize its intense drive is powered by high flying fiddle and clawhammer banjo. With vocals led by the only female member of the group, the band features music from Laurie Lewis to Earl Scruggs, with a large dose of classic bluegrass and old-time songs and tunes, as well as contemporary songs from diverse folk and bluegrass artists, from Gordon Lightfoot to the original Dixie Chicks.  Whether playing a Stephen Foster classic, or a new song from Claire Lynch, you’ll be tappin’ your toes or singing along with the Elk River Ramblers. The foursome features bass, guitar, banjo, and fiddle, with members occasionally swapping in a mandolin or fingerstyle guitar.  Engagements have included the Round Barn at Red Lodge and festivals at Helena, Lewistown, Red Lodge, and Miles City.
Annie Moser has been singing all her life and taught herself to play guitar when she was a teenager.  Singing everything from classical to jazz, she performed with Cascade Foothills Chorale in Washington state for 10 years.  She sang with  Prism, a women’s swing quartet and also performed as Trading Fours with Mollie Mannon. Annie met her husband, Stan, in 1999 and together they have performed at the Quimper Inn in Port Townsend, Folklife Festival (2000 and 2001) in Seattle, the Tenino Folk Festival, and the Cafe Myriad in Juneau, Alaska.  

Stan Moser studied guitar at El Conservatorio Superior de Musica of Cordoba, Spain.  He has played banjo for 25 years and competed at the Galax,VA 60th Old Fiddlers Convention.  He performed at the San Francisco Folk Festival and at Seattle’s Folklife, where he has played for contra dances with Seattle’s April Fools and stage performances with Annie.  Stan appears on Fiddler Magazine’s Old Timey Video, and has recorded banjo tracks for various San Francisco Bay Area artists.
Ed Pierson is well known throughout the state of Montana for his fine fiddling. His interest in music started when he was five years old, and he has been playing fiddle and competing since he was 11.  He has competed at Weiser and has won in the Junior and Men’s Division in the Montana State Oldtime Fiddlers contest.  Ed has played with numerous bands in the Billings area where he lives with his wife who is known locally for her folk art.
Doug Habermann has been playing acoustic music for 30 years.  Doug plays guitar, mandolin, piano and bass.  He has performed with