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of close friends and fellow musicians. Joe missed the evening set, perhaps for the first time in his long career. The band's final engagement was to be at the 1984 New Year's Eve Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival in Georgia. Though Joe was feeling ill, he insisted on making the trip from New England and attempted to perform. However he was flown back home to a Boston hospital.
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Just when Joe Val made the decision to finally make touring a full-time occupation, he learned that he was suffering from Lymphoma. Joe's last full show was performed during an afternoon set at a festival in Keene, NH in 1984. Shortly after that set, he was shuffled off to the hospital with the help
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The festival won the coveted "Event of the Year" award in 2006 from the International Bluegrass Music Association. Information for the annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, held each February, can be found at the BBU website Joe Val Bluegrass Festival. Festival proceeds support a number of Bluegrass
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and handful of others, produced the event for several years. Many of Joe's friends, fans and fellow bluegrass musicians volunteered their time and talents, including nearly all of his sidemen. At that time a portion of the Joe Val Day proceeds were used to develop an annual 'Joe Val Music
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Much of Joe's memorabilia is housed in the Waltham Museum, including photos from the very first "Joe Val Day" on Waltham Common. Photos are mounted on the original 'Joe Val Day' banner which served as a backdrop for the stage. Also included in the museum are Waltham country music legends
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During his final weeks, Joe was humbled and comforted by the outpouring of good will and best wishes. He received calls, visits and countless cards & letters from fans and friends, as well as many of his peers in the music business. The likes of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan,
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annual bluegrass trade show & convention. That presentation was made by John Rossbach, accompanied by Joe's mandolin. Joe Val received a standing ovation from a knowledgeable IBMA audience, including many of Joe's peers.
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When the original "Joe Val Day" ceased operations on the Waltham Common, the Boston Bluegrass Union took the reins. The BBU eventually moved it to a larger location, the Newton North High School sports field in neighboring
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The second benefit, the Joe Val Benefit and Appreciation Day, on June 9, 1985 (two days before Joe died) was organized by the Boston Bluegrass Union (BBU), the now defunct North River Bluegrass Association (Cathy &
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in 1972. Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys recorded exclusively with Rounder Records for what turned out to be a relatively short recording career, releasing albums from 1973-84 on that label.
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Joe Val worked a full-time day job as a typewriter repairman. He often had to ask for time off from work to tour with his band. Joe helped blaze the trail for Boston's folk and bluegrass scene with the
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inflection. On-stage he was an unassuming, bespectacled, quietly smiling presence until he opened his mouth to sing. His smooth, high tenor voice made Joe no less an authority than a Bill Monroe or
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Two major fundraising benefits were held to help defray medical costs and household bills while Joe was ill and unable to work. The first benefit concert was organized in November 1984 by
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featuring many different musicians entertaining thousands of fans. The festival won the coveted "Event of the Year" award in 2006 from the International Bluegrass Music Association.
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In 2000, the BBU expanded and refined their festival concept, relocating it to Presidents' Day Weekend at a nearby hotel. The first indoor mid-winter event took place in
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posthumously presented Joe Val with an "IBMA Award Of Merit" for his dedication and lifetime contributions to bluegrass music during their 1995 IBMA
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posthumously presented Joe Val with an 'IBMA Award Of Merit' for his dedication and lifetime contributions to bluegrass music during their 1995 IBMA
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Joe Val was honored throughout his funeral service with several renditions of Gospel songs sung and played in the upper loft of the church by
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The personnel varied slightly through the years. Among those that played in the band were guitarists/lead vocalists
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In 1986, an annual "Joe Val Day" memorial event was organized and held on the Waltham Common in the center of
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in the early '60s, and later surrounded himself with the cream of that city's musical crop including
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Scholarship' for the Waltham elementary school system. Sadly, that scholarship no longer exists.
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donated their time, expenses, and talents to entertain a sold-out theater crowd.
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annual bluegrass trade show & convention. That presentation was made by
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was organized in 1986, and the event has since grown into the three-day
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with the Charles River Valley Boys (Prestige Folklore Records, 1964)
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For over 25 years, Joe Val was, in the words of  
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Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys albums
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