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Mission Blue

Today's traditional bluegrass

A collaboration of Dana and Avram (AJ) Frankel, Mission Blue delivers today's traditional bluegrass featuring our special brand of harmony singing, strong drive, and old time picking. A deep well of tradition informs Mission Blue’s sets – one can expect songs from the The Stanley Brothers, Larry Sparks, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Mac Martin and Red Allen, as well as bluegrass innovators such as J.D. Crowe and The New South, Hot Rize, Southern Blend and The Johnson Mountain Boys. We also salt each set with reinterpretations of older folk tunes and ballads - and original material.  Based in Northern California with a focus on regional venues and festivals in California and Oregon, the band typically performs as in a traditional 5-piece format but also appears as a trio and duet.

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    My Home In The Mountains

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    Oh Susanna

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    Them Blues

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    Memories and Dreams

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Mission Blue Duet

Mission Blue Duet

Image of Mission Blue Bluegrass Band with Jesse Personeni, Dana Frankel, Avram Frankel, Tom Sours, and David Thiessen

Mission Blue

Image of Mission Blue Bluegrass Band with Jesse Personeni, Dana Frankel, Avram Frankel, Tom Sours, and David Thiessen

Mission Blue

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