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jugtownradio: BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD (“The Minstrel Of The Appalachians”) entertaining a fan.
Zack Orion plays Grand Army Plaza on a fine Spring day. He has a new CD, Zack Orion and the Ardeshir Mountain Boys, recorded live at Brooklyn Rod and Gun.
Another banjo milestone is about to be passed. The great J.D. Crowe has announced his intention to retire from performing at the end of 2012. He will turn 75 years old this summer.
thoughts on earl scruggs & various banjo playing styles, featuring bela fleck, alison brown & chris pandolfi.
a must-see for banjo pickers!
This video was filmed partially at Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theatre. It also features John McEuen and Steve Arkin. It’s worth your three minutes.
We lost a legend today. Earl Scruggs died today at the age of 88. Once known as “the boy who made the banjo talk”, he mastered the three-finger picking style now simply called Scruggs-style. Not limited to strictly bluegrass, he crossed over into multiple genres playing with pop, jazz and international artists.
R.I.P.
“I always felt like Earl was to the five-string banjo what Babe Ruth was to baseball. He is the best there ever was, and the best there ever will be.” - Porter Wagoner
(via countryandwestern)
RIP Earl Scruggs.
We’re working on a proper obituary right now, but in the meantime, hear the story behind his iconic song, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.” Death of a legend.
ALSO: Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Pioneer, Dies at 88 via NYT
Elizabeth Cotton- Georgia Buck
Brooklyn Folk Fest Sneak Preview Concert and Benefit – MARCH 23
Come out to The Fabulous Jalopy Theatre on Friday, March 23rd to get a sneak peak at what the 2012 Brooklyn Folk Festival has to offer! We are thrilled to be joined by these local acts:
8pm – Elizabeth Butters
9pm – Four O’Clock Flowers
10pm – The Whiskey Spitters
11pm – The Dust Busters
Tickets are only $10. Click here to buy tickets! All proceeds from the event will benefit the production of this year’s festival taking place Friday, May 18th to Sunday, May 20th in Downtown Brooklyn. For more information about the festival, visit www.brooklynfolkfest.com.
Help Kickstart the Folk Festival! Visit Kickstarter for more information.
Spirit Family Reunion, Morgan O’Kane and others to play Gowanus Ballroom Saturday, March 10th, 5 pm - Midnight
Today bands from all across Brooklyn will play Gowanus Ballroom to give banjo virtuoso Morgan O’Kane a walk-on-water worthy sendoff for his Sail Away concert voyage; a month-long seafaring tour of the East Coast.In mid-April—joined by fiddler Ferd Moyse, dobro pickin’ all-around rouser Zeke Healy, and spoons master Liam Crill—O’Kane will board a 36ft sailboat in the Florida panhandle and set sail on a four week voyage. The quartet will travel ever northward, dropping anchor along the way for performances in Key West; St. Augustine; Charleston, South Carolina; Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina; and Norfolk, Virginia. To conclude the tour, the band will sail right up the Gowanus Canal for a homecoming concert on Saturday, May 12th at the Gowanus Ballroom.
Music will begin early in the evening and will continue long into the night. Documentarians will be on hand to record the event for an upcoming film, and every bit of the proceeds raised at the Sail Away Benefit Concert & Tour Launch Party will go toward funding the tour and keeping these fine gentlemen afloat, scurvy-free, and Brooklyn bound.
Here’s the lineup:
Spirit Family Reunion
Dog That Bites Everyone
Veveritse Brass Band
Black Cat Rock
Moon Hooch
Vic Thrill
Morgan O’Kane
Aerialist T-Pow
Installation artist Joe Mangrum
Doors open at 5pm. $10 admission.
Check out Dubl Handi-Hilary Hawke & Brian Geltner at the 68 Jay Street Bar in Dumbo tomorrow, March 7th at 8 pm.
