The Top 20 !

Edwin, that was awesome!
Verdine could be a freak when he wanted to!

I'm vacationing at the world's oldest and largest Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Virginia all next week... http://oldfiddlersconvention.com/
 
I'll have to see if some of my younger, (far more tech-savvy) fellow musicians can post some of what we're up to down there. This will be my 28th consecutive year as a contestant, and my 30th in attendance.  
 
Unfortunately, (thanks to the actions of some rude, obnoxious folks a few years ago) they don't allow any electrically amplified instruments in the campground, so the Alembic stays home. =(  
 
But hey, the ol' upright needs some love too. =)

At some point back in the 70's or thereabouts (I no longer remember when), I went to this one.  I can remember that there were lots of people there, lots of musicians, and that I had a good time.

At some point back in the 70's or thereabouts (I no longer remember when), I went to this one.  I can remember that there were lots of people there, lots of musicians, and that I had a good time.
 
[update] Found this on wikipedia:
 
The Union Grove Old Time Fiddlers' Convention originally founded in 1924 by H. P. VanHoy and friends, as a fund raiser for the school. Held annually on the school grounds every Easter weekend, the Fiddlers' Convention was a popular community event that brought many area old-time fiddlers into the small unincorporated town of Union Grove to compete. With the folk music revival in the 1950s and 1960s, however, this small-town community event became increasingly popular with young people who would travel great distances to attend. The unconventional lifestyles of some of these young people disturbed many residents of the conservative farming community. The Woodstock generation generated huge crowds to Union Grove, thus overwhelming the community's resources.
 
I guess I was one of those woodstock generation that overwhelmed the place.
 
 
(Message edited by davehouck on July 31, 2015)

That fiddle party seems like fun .Have fun with your upright there !
I sold mine a while ago. maybe I will get another some day.
 
Wolf

Just watched this. It is epic and shows how music truly can create a community.
 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JozAmXo2bDE

Paul; that was very cool!!  Loved it!

I know about Union Grove Dave, but never went to that one. My Dad want to take (6-year-old) me to this one- http://www.stompin76.com/ but my Mom wouldn't let him! That festival was probably the turning point in the generational gap between the originators and your age bracket. How the time foes fly... a few years later, I was *playing* at the reunion Stompin'99. What a week! It was the strangest meld of 3 generations of Deadheads and the top tier of the Bluegrass & Oldtyme world all in one 40-acre field. All the musicians were put in cabins together, a tragic error on the promoters part, since very shortly after that got spread around, there were as many people in the musicians village as there were at the main stage.    
 
I could go on about that for a while, but in the spirit of the LISTENING THREAD, I've been killing time this morning listening to James Taylor. I caught his show in Greensboro last night. (and got to meet-n-hang for a while with fellow Alembican JimmyJ... awesomely nice guy)  
 
It was pretty special to hear JT do this one when *actually in* Carolina.
 
(Message edited by edwardofhuncote on August 01, 2015)

Our unofficial state song; always brings a smile.

Well, yesterday I listened to Mandolins... 493 of them counting myself.  
 
http://bluegrasstoday.com/they-did-it-congratulations-galax/
 
=)

https://sonicmoremusic.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/someone-mashed-up-the-cure-the-commodores-and-it-is-brilliant/

The new incarnation of Quicksilver
and the  Linda Imperial Band  
 
https://soundcloud.com/quicksilver-happy-trails
 
http://quicksilver-happytrails.com/
 
I will be playing bass in the second set  at a gig with the lead guitarist  Peter Harris and drummer Doug Freedman   from the above bands. Steve Farzan will be on keyboards and guitar at my gig. I have know Steve Farzan since High School.  We had a little rehearsal without the drummer (who I have not met yet ) on Tuesday . This was the first time that I had met or played with Mr. Peter Harris .
 
Steve, Peter and his brother Charlie on bass with  drummer Doug Freedman will play the first set in their band called Obscura Jam.   I will step in on Bass for the second set for the  Summer of Jerry with the same line up of players accept for me on Alembic Bass . .
 
 
This event will be at  The Bay View Boat Club,  located at 489 Terry A Francois BLVD  94158 in San Francisco  from 9PM till Midnight ; this Friday 8/7/15
 
Wolf Bostedt AKA Sonicus ,  Here @  The Alembic Club
 
(Message edited by sonicus on August 06, 2015)

For practice time, I've been playing along with Vince Gill's 1996 High Lonesome Sound album this morning. It came out during my time in Nashville, and it makes me remember the good times there. Anyway, the bass playing on it always makes me think of Jimmy Johnson. (no wonder - Leland Sklar played bass on 90% of the album, the other 10% was Barry Bales of Alison Krauss & Union Station if you're wondering... also a monster bassist)?
 
This tune jumped out at me today... I always thought Jenny Dreamed of Trains was a John Denver tune, but no, it's Vinnie and Guy Clark.?