As I've done before - too many times - I just "discovered" two more recordings - right under my nose - from the Towne Crier Café of Buck White & The Down Home Folks with Bob Black on banjo, one from May 1977 and one from August 1978. One was already digitized. I've now added them to the one I already had online...
For the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association's last concert of the season, we were thrilled to have this combination that reached musical critical mass with a Berklee College of Music Professor/member of Mr. Sun (Joe K. Walsh), two folks
from Della Mae (Celia Woodsmith & Zoe Guigueno), and a member of Town Mountain (Bobby Britt).
I'm proud to give you the first of two installments....
Here is a belated posting of another great band, all of whom are longtime friends of the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association and me too.So this announcement comes with my personal apology to Joan, Betsy, Mike, Jamie, and Sofia for denying everyone this wonderful music for so long. It won't take away from your enjoyment, however.
I decided to extract some audio from my videos for my iPod and decided to share them with you. The 3 new entries are from my Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association concerts with Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, the Andy Statman Ramble, and the duet of Michael Daves and Jen Larson. So here's the first attempt...
I'm back from a great week at Grey Fox. I'd been out of web contact & may not be able to catch up with Facebook and email, so please be patient.
It was an extraordinary time at the Creekside Stage, my 10th year in a row as an official media volunteer, where I accumulated about 25 hours of video with 3 camcorders. In addition to at least 5 always-top-shelf Berklee College of Music bands; 4 more emerging artist bands; mandolin moguls with Sam Bush & Sierra Hull; Molly Tuttle's encore with Billy Strings; & much more (see the link below). For the first time, what I consider four - count 'em - four special events: Interviews with Peter Rowan & Doyle Lawson by John Rossbach; remembering Doc Watson with Bryan Sutton, Billy Strings, & Joe Newberry; & good friend Akira Otsuka's Epilogue CD project: tribute to John Duffey with Akira onstage with Tim Kruzic, Kitsy Kuykendall, Ron Thomason & Jerry Douglas.
As usual, my videos will be coming out on the Grey Fox YouTube channel & Facebook page as time permits.
They appeared at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival this year with Tony , their teacher and mentor , as part of the stage featuring artists from Berklee College of Music. Each band was superb . I was only able to catch this act with the help of Katy Daley who was the MC for the stage that afternoon.
The Ruta Beggars have a great stage presence and high performance IQ.They generate their own songs .
They had just come off stage . The energy level was high . We had some fun.
This photograph is courtesy of one of my best friends at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Fred Robbins, which is saying a lot since I have so many dear ones there. Fred is a fierce artist behind any device capable of capturing images and video.You will see much of his work on the official website of Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival.
Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass is three hours of the best Bluegrass across the generations , combining conversation with the legends and those becoming. Pick Peace.It's an option.
PS Tony Trischka and I had a "one on one" chat latter in the day. Always fascinating .He has some new projects in the works.
I'm proud to present to you another historic concert audio recording of Flatt and Scruggs previously unknown to the public. This one is from May 5th, 1962 at the University of Illinois during the folk boom. It features 30 songs including the only live recording of Pike County Breakdown that I can recall. Sit back and enjoy! I will be uploading the individual songs in the near future as well for the times you may not want to hear the entire concert.
I've been looking forward to sharing this event for a long time.
The project journey and the music are absolutely stunning.
Yes, I'm biased since my good friend Akira Otsuka, along with his now-departed project partner Ronnie Freeland, are the nucleus of this project, started in 2002!
This is the first half of an hour at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival with Akira, Ron Thomason, Kitsy Kuykendall, Jerry Douglas, and moderator Tim Kruzic, as they tell stories of John Duffey and this amazing journey...
I'm proud to share with you the final segment about this historic project. My friend Akira Otsuka, along with his now-departed project partner Ronnie Freeland, are the nucleus of this journey, started in 2002! This event was held on the Creekside Stage at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival with Akira, Ron Thomason, Kitsy Kuykendall, Jerry Douglas, and moderator Tim Kruzic, as they tell stories of John Duffey and this amazing journey...
Martin Beckman, with the help of his daughter Natalie, has generously shared their recordings and photos of the band he was in, The Dixie Bluegrass Boys, in what he said was the last performance of the full band. We both have interest in our mutual departed friend, banjoist Al Osteen.
Martin picked while Natalie recorded and took photos.
Here's another talented local band of the four that performed for the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association at their annual show for the Arlington (NY) Street Fair.
Here's the last, but not least, of the four gifted local bands that performed for the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association at our annual show for the Arlington (NY) Street Fair.
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