“Diamond” Jim Hewitt is a musician, music producer, and web applications developer from Oracle, Arizona. He periodically sends e-mails announcing upcoming gigs. The last one included a promo of his Tucson Folk Festival appearance, and it ended with admonition, “Be there or be trapezoidal!”

How could I refuse an invitation like that?

Jim was playing with the Blue Prairie Dogs, a group that has been together for around 15 years. The Dogs play family-friendly Western music, and they filled the “house” at the Folk Festival’s outdoor Museum of Art Stage.

Guitarist “Cactus” Dan Oved (left) with fiddler “Diamond” Jim Hewitt (right)

Bassist Doc Whitmore

“Diamond” Jim Hewitt on mandolin