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Post by john on Dec 5, 2007 20:22:12 GMT
Here you have a short list of some of the best Old Time bands
from 1970 till now
The Fuzzy Mountain String Band
Plank Road
Ace Wheems and The Fat Meat Boys
The Correct Tone String Band
The Horse Flies
The Impropabillies
James Leva
Cool as Grit
The bands mentioned are among the few that paved the way for
old time music in the 20th and 21.
Get their music on lp cd or tape. And be ready for a great journey
through Old Time Mountain Music. ;)
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Post by deleuran on Dec 5, 2007 20:29:12 GMT
Thank you for the tip, John.
The only one I know are the Improbabillies. If the rest are up to that standard they are worth looking for.
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Post by Ptarmigan on Dec 5, 2007 20:53:12 GMT
Thanks for the tips John. I started checking them out & found this CD. Are you familiar with it?  Tom Adler & Co. “Sweet Nell”I must say I like it & I just love that first track - Kerry Shuffle! ;D I must have listened to it at least ten times over ........  Ooooooooooh it's great to have sounds coming out of this little magic box again!  Cheers Dick |
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Post by john on Dec 7, 2007 17:14:41 GMT
Hello out there!
Try this band out THE CAROLINA TARHEALERS
They are GREAT.
But unfortenuately deceesed
John
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Post by tobias on Dec 8, 2007 0:09:45 GMT
Good list John. Some of it very progressive...Like the Horseflies and Plank Road. I have only heard a few tracks.
Another one of the most influencial "newer" (60s) OT groups is The Highwoods String Band. They got alot of people into oldtime back in da day....or so Im told.
I have that classic Fuzzy Mountain String Band record...but...and I might by lynched by some oldtime fans now....but I find that record kind of boring. Just a little to pretty at times...and in need of a little...just a little...singing or yelling once in a while.
One of my favorite groups is The Red Hots...man thats good stuff. The punk-rockers of Oldtime. :-)
You can by their record "ready to roll" on ITunes.
/Tobias
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Post by tobias on Dec 8, 2007 0:13:00 GMT
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Post by otjunky on Dec 31, 2007 20:15:14 GMT
Seems like you'd have to include...
The Hollow Rock String Band - Alan Jabbour's original group with Tommy Thompson on CH Banjo.
The Highwoods String Band (already mentioned by tobias) - with Mac Benford, Walt Koken and Bob Potts.
The Freight Hoppers - with David Bass fiddling, Frank Lee on Banjo, and Cary Fridley playing guitar and singing with the voice of an angel.
The Foghorn String Band - probably my current favorite since they dip into Midwestern tunes as well as those from the Eastern regions. As an aside, their banjo player doesn't play CH style. I think he's a two finger player.
And, of course, Tommy Thompson's best banjo playing was probably done with the the Red Clay Ramblers - before they went to New York and added the piano.
--OTJ
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Post by deleuran on Dec 31, 2007 21:16:35 GMT
Hey OTJunkey. Nice to meet you here too. Foghorn Stringband has been mentioned many times elsewhere in this forum. I have certainly mentioned them several times, as they are among my favorite OT bands.  |
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Post by otjunky on Dec 31, 2007 21:57:09 GMT
Hey OTJunkey. Nice to meet you here too. Foghorn Stringband has been mentioned many times elsewhere in this forum. I have certainly mentioned them several times, as they are among my favorite OT bands. Thanks - it's nice to be here. The place feels quite comfortable.  I forgot to mention another current favorite band of mine - "The Wilders" based in Kansas City. They're a bit different from other string bands because they play a lot of acoustic country music from the 40's - Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, etc. But they also play a lot of fiddle tunes from the region. They play dances as well as concerts and their fiddler, Betse Ellis, is among the best OT fiddlers working today. She has a very different style than - say - Sammy Lind or David Bass and her playing is a really good example of the kind of fiddling that went on in the middle of the country in the first half of the 20th century. |
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Post by Ptarmigan on Jan 1, 2008 11:17:22 GMT
Hey, that's a great intro there OTJunky ... you certainly hit the ground running, didn't you! ;D Thanks for all the worthy name checks, their links have duly been posted ~ Ta. A fine start to the New Year for our wee Forum. Cheers Dick |
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Post by deleuran on Jan 1, 2008 13:23:47 GMT
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Post by Ptarmigan on Jan 1, 2008 15:12:29 GMT
Aye Jesper, these guys played over here at the Omagh Folk Park Festival in 2006 & they are a great band for sure, but I suppose because I'm a Fiddler, Betse fairly stole the show, she is such an enthusiastic, dynamic player.
Cheers
Dick
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Post by deleuran on Jan 1, 2008 15:26:29 GMT
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Post by deleuran on Jan 1, 2008 15:33:05 GMT
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Post by Ptarmigan on Jan 1, 2008 15:39:13 GMT
Great links Jesper & well worth posting here on the Video thread ... so I did! Bet you can't wait for Big Hungry Joe to play the Kennedy Center. Thanks Dick |
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Post by deleuran on Jan 1, 2008 17:10:11 GMT
Less could do it. I would be glad to get a gig in a local bar just around the corner ;D
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Post by tobias on Jan 2, 2008 14:52:08 GMT
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Post by deleuran on Jan 2, 2008 15:47:10 GMT
Hey otjunky. I allready mentioned the link to that video two month ago. You can find this and a lot others under the section Old Time Links/Old Time YouTubes. And I can tell that Bill Birchfield came out of hospital again in mid december, but still have some trouble breathing. You can read about what happens on the Hilltoppers myspace site: www.myspace.com/roanmountainhilltoppersBill's daughter writes in the blog about what's happening to him. By the way. Nice hat you have got there, Tobias ;D |
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Post by axel on Jan 3, 2008 16:27:00 GMT
Hej Tobias.
I love your picture .. You look a lot like a very young Tommy Jarrell. Maybe it's the hat and glasses? :-)
Axel
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Post by tobias on Jan 3, 2008 17:32:08 GMT
Hej Tobias. I love your picture .. You look a lot like a very young Tommy Jarrell. Maybe it's the hat and glasses? :-) Axel Hi Axel Thanks for that compliment...The best compliment on my looks I have ever gotten Now, if I could just play like Tommy... /Tobias |
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