Blue Water Ramblers 

Join the Blue Water Ramblers for a special folk music Christmas concert.  Celebrate the holidays with one of Michigan's favorite band.

The members of the Blue Water Ramblers have been delighting audiences throughout Michigan and the Midwest for over 30 years. Banjo-Jim Foerch picked up his first banjo in 1965 and hasn't put it down since. He says singing the songs of Michigan, America and our lives to all the people he meets on tour is the best thing he's ever done. "Everyone I ever met here in Michigan or around the Midwest is proud of our home state and our country. Our songs express that pride the best way we know how- by getting us all singing together!”

Bear Berends holds down the rhythm with his big, black six and twelve string guitars. "I wanted to sing with Banjo-Jim, so I learned all his songs and taught him mine and here we are," he explains. Whether delivering the lead line or harmonizing with his solid baritone, Bear sculpts the Blue Water Ramblers’ sound.

Tom DeVries sparks up the bright tunes with his sizzling mandolin and creates the rich, full harmonies on the ballads he leads from his guitar. Like Bear and Banjo-Jim, Tom has been entertaining all over the midwest since his early twenties. "There's nothing I'd rather do than find a good song, work it up with the boys and deliver it to an enthusiastic audience," says Tom.