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Thurs. Sept. 9, 2010 at 8 PM
    Concert at the Freight & Salvage   
2020 Addison St, Berkeley CA

Tickets $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door
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Scott Jimmy & AndyJimmy Triplett, Scott Prouty & Andy FitzGibbon

Jimmy Triplett, Scott Prouty, and Andy FitzGibbon are deeply immersed in the older West Virginia mountain style of fiddle playing, which includes dance music as well as beautiful solo fiddle tunes.  Their playing has been shaped by each other, as well as by rare field recordings and time spent with older traditional players.   They have all won fiddle contests around the state, and have taught various classes in music, both at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV and in other settings.  In addition to playing and teaching old-time music, all have been involved in activities related to its documentation. 

The Old Time Herald calls Jimmy "a fiddler's fiddler." While living in Elkins, WV, Jimmy worked for the Augusta Heritage Center, where he wrote grants and co-produced a two-CD compilation of the fiddling of Ernie Carpenter in 2001. He also produced the CD-Rom/DVD "One More Time: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine"  in 2004.  He studied with Melvin Wine through an Augusta Apprenticeship, and studied informally with many other fiddlers during his years in West Virginia.

Andy FitzGibbon works as a banjo repairman at Smakula Fretted Instruments in Elkins, WV and has presented research on historic banjos and their makers at the Banjo Collectors Gathering.   He is also an accomplished banjo player and singer of traditional songs.  A lot of what he learned about fiddle music came from spending time with Melvin Wine of Braxton County, Lester McCumbers of Calhoun County, John Hannah of Mingo County, and Murrell Hamrick of Randolph County.

Scott Prouty has assisted in the production of several recordings, including releases for Rounder Records and the Hammons Legacy series, and has written record reviews for Musical Traditions magazine.  He interned at the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress (where he helped produce a guide to West Virginia recordings) as well as the Rinzler Archives at the Smithsonian Folklife Center.  He spent time learning from central West Virginia fiddlers Melvin Wine, Wilson Douglas, and Leland Hall. 

http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-11/11-1/triplett.html

Jimmy, Scott & Andy will be performing in concert at the Freight on Thurs. Sept. 9, playing for the square dance at Ashkenaz on Sat. Sept. 11, and all three will be giving master class workshops at the Jazzschool on Sun. Sept. 12.


Cliff+Laurel

Cliff Perry & Laurel Bliss

Cliff and Laurel have been playing old time and bluegrass music together for 30 years in the Pacific Northwest. They long performed with Southfork, a bluegrass band out of Bellingham known for strong singing and heartfelt songs. As a duo they released an album, "Old Pal," that was voted by County Sales as "Best Old Time Recording" of 1994, and this year, they released a second CD, "Spirit of Love".  Laurel has also made several fine CDs with Carol Elizabeth Jones.

 Here is what Jody Stecher wrote about Cliff and Laurel's music,  in his review of "Old Pal" for the Old Time Herald:

"I am a bit of a hard case and it takes a special combination of sincerity and musical skill to bring both a gleam and a tear to my eye.  Cliff and Laurel have their own spin on the music and sound like no one else, not in vocal timbre, style of harmony or even instrumentation. How many albums of duet singing have you heard where every guitar break was backed exclusively (and beautifully) by rhythm dobro? Their forthright and tuneful singing is decorated in the most beautiful ways imaginable. Ornaments are subtle, delicate, and free from cliche. Harmonies are unexpected and gorgeous. The most predictable thing in their music is the high quality of delivery and of their repertoire. They each have a distinctly different style of singing lead but a similar approach to harmonizing which is as hard to describe as it is to sing. Neither starkly "lonesome" or overtly sweet, nor rustic, nor urbane, it is highly skillful singing. The voices tend to move independently, ornamenting and turning in a non-synchronous way. What I'm trying to say, friends, is they don't wiggle their notes at the same time. Their long resting notes are often harmonized unusually, creating thrilling suspensions, and they come off their final words beautifully. They don't "blend" like the Louvins, but somewhat more like the various Bill Monroe duets of the '50's: two vocal patterns interact to make a third pattern".
 
Molly Tenenbaum describes their music: "If there ever was a definition for the word "twine," Cliff and Laurel embody it, their voices simultaneously two separate and one together. Carter Family, Delmore Brothers, parlor songs, and hymns, every song in their repertoire is a beautiful gem and their music is rich with emotion - not sentiment, but a deep, pure pull toward the essential. Their music remembers that time before country, bluegrass, and old-time split apart-and brings us to the present, re-grounded, refreshed, and reminded of our own full natures."

 http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CliffPerryandLaurelBliss

Cliff & Laurel will perform in concert at the Freight on Thurs. Sept. 9 and will give a master class workshop at the Jazzschool on Sun. Sept. 12.


Del Rey and Suzy Thompson


Del Rey & Suzy Thompson

BOTMC founder Suzy Thompson and Seattle’s resonator guitar goddess Del Rey will explore another side of old-time music: the country blues, hillbilly ragtime, and jug band repertoire.  They will be celebrating their first duet CD, Hen Party.  Acoustic Guitar Magazine described Del Rey as “one of the greatest modern players of the metal-bodied resonator guitar.” She also plays ragtime and blues on the ukulele.  She has recorded thirteen albums on her own Hobemian Records label.  Suzy’s fiddle was prominently featured on one of last year’s best-selling blues CDs, “Texas Sheiks” with Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin and Stephen Bruton.  She’s also recorded two solo CDs and several duet projects with her husband Eric, and has recorded with various bands including Any Old Time, Blue Flame String Band, the California Cajun Orchestra, Bluegrass Intentions, and the Todalo Shakers.




http://www.hobemianrecords.com/Del_press.html
http://www.ericandsuzy.com/suzymore.htm

Del & Suzy perform in concert at the Freight on Thurs. Sept. 9.