Posted in captured sound, voice, tagged Call Me the Breeze, Lou Wilson, Lynryd Skynyrd, Russ Wilson, Tennessee on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Lou Wilson and her son Russ live in Speedwell, TN. I was fortunate to meet them both during my project in Campbell County, and made a special effort to visit with them a second time last week when Butch and I were up there for our New Harmonies gig. These are really special [...]
Posted in fiddle, traditional music, tagged Butch Ross, Chattanooga, Joseph DeCosimo, McCallie, Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On, old time music on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Whoooooa cool tune alert! Butch and I were asked to come play at McCallie tonight, and Joseph DeCosimo was also on the bill. Lucky us! Joe taught us this tune outside before the show, and even though Butch is just finding his way around the chords in this video, we nailed it [...]
Posted in fiddle, improvisation, traditional music, tagged fiddle, ni:d, soprano saxophone, swedish music on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Just ran across this video on Youtube…. Gotta love the way these Swedes interpret Poor Man’s Troubles, an American fiddle tune. Also, I think I recognize that percussionist from the Swedish band who crashed the festival in Gooik, Belgium, last summer. Incredible music.
Posted in fiddle, hammered dulcimer, traditional music, tagged fiddle, hornpipe, irish music, Rick and Brandy on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Luxury of luxuries! I stepped out my front door the other evening and saw that my across-the-street neighbors, Rick and Brandy, had their front door open. So of course I peeked in to see what they were up to, and their dining room was full of Irish musicians! And they were all working at learning [...]
