Larry B. Wilder and The Stumptown Stars :

“Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Man of Constant Sorrow
You Are My Sunshine
Goin’ Down to the River to Pray
Keep On the Sunny Side
Lonesome Valley

Carter Family
Keep On the Sunny Side
No Hiding Place
Wildwood Flower
Old Gospel Ship
Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
Cryin’ Holy
You Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley
Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Kingston Trio
MTA
Tom Dooley
Sloop John B
Worried Man
Scotch & Soda
Hard Ain’t It Hard
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Hank Williams
Jambalaya
I Saw the Light
Hey Good Lookin’
Your Cheatin’ Heart
So Lonesome I Could Cry

Sons of the Pioneers
Way Out There (harmony yodel)
Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds
Cool Water
Hold That Critter Down (yodel)
Timber Trail
Happy Rovin’ Cowboy (yodel)

Stanley Brothers
Say You’ll Be Mine
How Mountain Gals Can Love
Long Journey Home
Midnight Train
Paul & Silas

Grateful Dead
Friend of the Devil
Lonesome Road Blues
Rider

More Folk Tunes
Fair and Tender Ladies
Last Thing on My Mind
Paradise
Banks of the Ohio
Midnight Special
Careless Love
Puff the Magic Dragon
Don’t Think Twice
Ride Me Down Easy
Gold Watch & Chain
Gotta Travel On
Amelia Earhart
Jamaica Farewell
Hey Li-lee

Appalachian Tunes
Rabbit in the Log
New River Train
Mountain Dew
Fox on the Run
Rocky Top
Sweet Kentucky Girl
Bluebirds Are Singin’ for Me
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
Old Home Place

More Cowboy Tunes
When the Bloom is on the Sage
Homeward Trail
Oregon Trails
Don’t Fence Me In
Texas Plains
A Cowboy Song
Red River Valley
Cattle Call
Streets of Laredo
Home on the Range
Pinto Pal

Gene Autry
Back in the Saddle Again
Silver Haired Daddy
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

Flatt & Scruggs
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Ballad of Jed Clampett
Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Salty Dog Blues
Rueben’s Train
Little Girl in Tennessee
Cabin in Caroline
Blue Ridge Cabin Home
Preachin’ Prayin’ Singin’
Flint Hill Special
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
Rough and Rocky
Hot Corn, Cold Corn
Wonder Where You Are Tonight
No Mother or Dad
Home Sweet Home
Your Love is Like a Flower

Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
Hey Porter
I Got Stripes
I Still Miss Someone
Big River
Daddy Sang Bass
Flesh and Blood
Forty Shades of Green

Bill Monroe
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Raw Hide
In the Pines
Muleskinner Blues
On and On
Rose of Old Kentucky
Uncle Pen
Little Cabin Home on the Hill
Will You Be Lovin’ Another Man?
On My Way Back to the Old Home
Kentucky Waltz
Blue Grass Breakdown

Merle Haggard
Lonesome Fugitive
Mama Tried
Silver Wings
Sing Me Back Home

Bob Wills
San Antonio Rose
Faded Love
Roly Poly
Silver Bell
Take Me Back to Tulsa

Gospel and Spiritual Songs
Life’s Railway to Heaven
Turn the Radio On
Daddy Sang Bass
Old Gospel Ship
Cryin’ Holy Unto the Lord
Amazing Grace
I’ll Fly Away
Great Gettin’ Up Time
No Hiding Place
Wicked Path of Sin
Healing Waters
This Train is Bound for Glory
Master’s Bouquet
What a Friend
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Jesus Cowboy (fancy yodel)
Saints Go Marching In

Gordon Lightfoot
Sundown
Alberta Bound
Did She Mention My Name?
Song for a Winter’s Night
Don Quixote
Second Cup of Coffee
Canadian Railway Trilogy

More Country Tunes
Golden Rocket
Four Walls
Abilene
Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain
He’ll Have to Go
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold
Jealous Heart
Please Release Me
Born to Lose
Kansas City
Waiting for a Train
King of the Road
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
Walkin’ the Floor Over You
Waltz Across Texas

Instrumentals-Fiddle Tunes
Orange Blossom Special
Old Joe Clark
Salt Creek
Soldier’s Joy
Angeline the Baker
Golden Slippers
Redwing
Black Mountain Rag
Arkansas Traveler
Boil the Cabbage Down

Banjo Tunes
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Duelin’ Banjo
Train 45
Stumptown Twist
Banjo Rock-n-Roll
Home Sweet Home
Cripple Creek
Banjo in the Hollow
Turkey Knob

Irish Tunes
Walk In the Irish Rain
The Cuckoo
Mason’s Apron
Devil’s Dream
Danny Boy

• 5 string banjo and guitar, arranger, lead and harmony vocals. Duo with son Nolan. Larry Bulaich Wilder grew up and began playing music in Burbank, California.
• Inspirations: Flatt & Scruggs, Johnny Cash, Carter Family, Kingston Trio, Bill Monroe, Woody Guthrie, Hazel Dickens, Gene Autry, Sons of the Pioneers, many gospel groups.
• Opened for and shared stages with Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Oak Ridge Boys, Doc Watson, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Riders in the Sky, Rose Maddox, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Tiny Tim, Bill Monroe, Trisha Yearwood, Pete Seeger.
• 1975-78: worked with Stuart Duncan in Pain In The Grass and Gold Rush, the latter group including Alison Brown [later of Alison Krauss’s band]. Stuart’s fiddle is heard in “Cold Mountain” and “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”
• Knott’s Berry Farm’s “Western Troubadour” (1976-1981). Leader of Americana musical revue for Knott’s Japan Tour (1980). Larry’s biggest thrill at Knott’s was spending time with Earl Scruggs and picking Earl’s famous banjo backstage.
• 1981. Left hometown of Burbank, California. Moved to Oregon. Featured as soloist and in bands at fairs, concerts, river trips, rodeos, ranches, trail rides.
• Foxfire band: 1985-98. Concert tours U. S. (1993) and Europe (1998). Larry remembers: “Jeff, Bob, Leonard, Glenn and I broke some new ground in bluegrass and had a blast doing it. We are eternally grateful to the wonderful people who supported us all those years.”
• 1997. Cited in America’s Music: Bluegrass by Barry Willis. Larry is profiled as a moving force in Southern California bluegrass, with early bandmates Stuart Duncan, Alison Brown, Geoff Stelling and John Hickman.
• 2002-2006: member of Déjà Blue and Columbia Cutups.
• 2007: STUMPTOWN STARS evolve out of the old Columbia Cutups. Larry says: “We guarantee top bluegrass-Americana entertainment! We deliver a tight show and loads of fun! Nolan, Chris, Greg, Marshall and I love our audiences and play for keeps!

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• Born in Grants Pass, Oregon. Moved to the Portland area in 1998.
• Inspired to pick up the guitar by Johnny Cash, Nolan has quickly become one of Oregon’s most loved bluegrass singers and emcees.
• Plays flat-pick rhythm and lead along with fingerstyle guitar breaks.
• Sings most of the band’s tenor parts. Yodels in harmony with his dad Larry.
• Studies writing, acting and music at the Arts Magnet Academy in Beaverton, Oregon.
• Nolan Bronson brings youth and fresh ideas to the band. While he likes to help drive the band with his rhythm guitar, he also offers soulful, evocative renditions of ballads from traditional sources along with Johnny Cash, Gordon Lightfoot and the Eagles. Nolan’s finger-style guitar shows innovation, catchy licks and complexity that boggle the ear.
  He plays a Martin D-16 guitar that has been modified by Todd Mylet of Portland Fretworks.
  With strong interests in history, writing, reading economics and vocal music, Nolan is concentrating on becoming an accomplished actor, having already worked under the direction of David Ogden Stiers—Colonel Winchester of M*A*S*H. Nolan is a senior at the Arts Magnet Academy in Beaverton.
  

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• Dazzling fiddler Andy Emert is devoted to musical excellence whether playing, instructing his students, or judging contests such as the national fiddle championships in Wieser, Idaho. His fiddle playing is superlative, engaging all with his inspired stylings and command. With the silky smooth tones of his singing voice, Andy helps create the unique and compelling vocal blend. His quick wit is also fun to experience—on and off stage.
  A member of the Guild of American Luthiers, he repairs and cares for instruments at Kerr Violins. Andy resides in Portland with his wife Sola and delightful twin boys Alexander and Sam.

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• Bassist Gretchen Amann has always loved sharing the joy of music and song with others. She brings solid bass work, authentic vocal style and engaging personality to the Stumptown Stars show. Well known in Portland acoustic circles, her warm, friendly voice is heard on KBOO public radio bluegrass and folk shows. Gretchen’s widely acknowledged depth and background in Americana music make her an especially valuable band member.
  Having opened for Uncle Earl, Mike Seeger, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Gretchen has also entertained for Alzheimer’s homes, family picnics, and with street musicians throughout the world. She thumps an Englehart bass and plucks a Stelling banjo.

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• Mandolinist Garrett Maass brings drive and a unique creativity to the Stumptown Stars. His inspired stylings, lightning brilliance and interactions on the strings always keep our bluegrass tunes fun and ever evolving with inspired fluid breaks. A true Renaissance man, Garrett brings intelligence, depth, and originality to all his engagements.
  His favorite mandolin players are David Grisman, Sam Bush, Chris Thiele, Andy Statman, Peter Ostroushko, Adam Steffey, and John Reischman. Garrett plays a Lebeda Premium F (2000) mandolin, a Santa Cruz Vintage D Dreadnought guitar and a 1950’s vintage Kay bass. His interests beyond music are cooking, and gardening, and yoga.

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