Just saw a documentary on "The Orange Blossom Special". A documentary just about that one fiddle tune and it was really quite interesting. Written in 1938 by Ervin T. Rouse about the train of the same name. (Chubby Wise claims to have taken part in the creation of the work but Mr. Rouse held the copyright.) It is considered the fiddler's anthem and one listen could tell you why. It is a vehicle for the fiddler to show his/her chops and some took it way out there. Here's a clip of the late great Vassar Clements with over a dozen other fiddler's helping him out at the Opry...
Saw Railroad Earth for the first time at Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday night! I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed it - those boys can play. Talk about a fiddle player - Tim Carbone lights it up. The whole band is amazing and the crowd was unreal. They have a fantastic ability to play this fine acoustic music and take it way out there. It was a real special night of music and left me very inspired. Set and setting - it was all there.
If you haven't been to Brooklyn Bowl you gotta go check it out. Very cool venue with excellent staff and some great beers. (Didn't try the food but people were raving about it - Blue Ribbon does the food there.)
More importantly than the venue this band delivers the goods - check them out here RRE 10/29/10! I especially love the second set starting with "Long Way To Go"! Saturday night's show isn't up on the Archive but should be soon - saw some folks recording on old tape machines. Can't wait to hear that!
In BreezyGrass news, we'll be at The Bayhouse in Breezy Point this Saturday night starting around 9pm. We are working really hard to put together a fantastic set. We will indeed be joined by the great Charlie Wolfe on harmonicas! Looking forward to seeing lots of heads there! Have a great week all...
News and thoughts about the band and the big world around us - and not so big!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
News and Updates and Happy Birthday Steve
So the weekend winds down! I had Fios installed yesterday and set about changing up the arrangement of the TV room. In doing so I knocked over the laptop and fried the screen! Help on the way though - ordered a new LCD screen and it looks to be an easy fix! Will keep you updated.
In BG world, we added a new date. Feb 12th back at the BayHouse in Breezy Point! It'll be our first three set show down in Breezy since mid - Sept. I hear that Charlie Wolfe will be joining us on harmonicas. Charlie is a monster on the harp and an amazing guy in general. Needless to say, I believe it is going to be a great show! I've also heard that we might be joined by some other great musician friends of ours and that is just fantastic! It'll be great to get back to Breezy and have some fun!
Recording news - we are set to carve out some dates to record in Feb. We are going to block out some time and really knock things down and get it going. So, you'll be hearing some new stuff very soon and we hope to have a release party sometime in the spring!
Have a great week! Let's hope that the storms this week treat us well...if its going to snow - let's hope for a snow day!
Matty
PS - the website has been updated and is really looking great these days thanks to our friend Carolyn. Check it out here BreezyGrass Website! Real cool stuff up there about the band and tons of other interesting things to check out.
PPS - a big big Happy Birthday to one of the best guys in the world! Steve Hawk! Hope you had a great day bro!
In BG world, we added a new date. Feb 12th back at the BayHouse in Breezy Point! It'll be our first three set show down in Breezy since mid - Sept. I hear that Charlie Wolfe will be joining us on harmonicas. Charlie is a monster on the harp and an amazing guy in general. Needless to say, I believe it is going to be a great show! I've also heard that we might be joined by some other great musician friends of ours and that is just fantastic! It'll be great to get back to Breezy and have some fun!
Recording news - we are set to carve out some dates to record in Feb. We are going to block out some time and really knock things down and get it going. So, you'll be hearing some new stuff very soon and we hope to have a release party sometime in the spring!
Have a great week! Let's hope that the storms this week treat us well...if its going to snow - let's hope for a snow day!
Matty
PS - the website has been updated and is really looking great these days thanks to our friend Carolyn. Check it out here BreezyGrass Website! Real cool stuff up there about the band and tons of other interesting things to check out.
PPS - a big big Happy Birthday to one of the best guys in the world! Steve Hawk! Hope you had a great day bro!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
From the Iceberg Sessions
Could it be five weeks ago that the band and I assembled in the cold caverns of RAA down in Ft. Tilden to do some exploratory recording? I only know that because the blog told me that the last entry was five weeks ago. I'm not a math person so five weeks ago it was. It's been a long time and sorry for the delay in writing. We've played a bunch of shows to end the year, survived the holidays, and have played three shows since the New Year began!
Last Tuesday saw us at Banjo Jim's for the first time in two years. It was a great show and we were happy to be back there. If you've never been and like acoustic music/bluegrass/Americana that's the spot. We played our first full three set show at the Chelsea Brewing Company last Friday and had an awesome time - a very cool place!
I digress...From that frigid session five weeks ago, comes the first trickle of what promises to be a great release once we get back on track with the recording. We hope to have a tangible package sometime when the weather thaws out! It's a new one called "Many Years From Now". I wrote it this fall and it fell together pretty quickly with the rest of the band. I think it has some great harmonies, every instrument clicking, and Vic on mandolin really cranking! Check it out and stay tuned - more to come...
Last Tuesday saw us at Banjo Jim's for the first time in two years. It was a great show and we were happy to be back there. If you've never been and like acoustic music/bluegrass/Americana that's the spot. We played our first full three set show at the Chelsea Brewing Company last Friday and had an awesome time - a very cool place!
I digress...From that frigid session five weeks ago, comes the first trickle of what promises to be a great release once we get back on track with the recording. We hope to have a tangible package sometime when the weather thaws out! It's a new one called "Many Years From Now". I wrote it this fall and it fell together pretty quickly with the rest of the band. I think it has some great harmonies, every instrument clicking, and Vic on mandolin really cranking! Check it out and stay tuned - more to come...
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