Shameless Self-Promo: I'll be playing and singing at Pinole Farmers Market this morning (Saturday, Feb. 4) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drop by and say hi if you're in the neighborhood!
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Science songs? Yes, Jim Ocean is not only a music promoter par excellence in the East Bay, but a singer/songwriter who's been called a Space Age Bard:
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Let's once again give obscure four-string banjo players their due. Five-string Scruggs-style banjo as heard in bluegrass is now the dominant style, but four-string banjos played (and play) big roles in traditional jazz ... and some are stretching their roles way beyond that.
First, go here and scroll down the page to Four-string Banjos for definitions and a history:
As for music, let's start with this, and you can check the links to the right for more vids:
Here's Mario De Pietro, a popular mandolinist of note who also solos on tenor banjo in this 1930 clip with Jean Melville on piano:
http://www.britishpathe.com/
Prof. Douglas Frazer and the Genuine Jug Band:
More here:
A feature on percussionist Tony McBride's washboard setup:
Heavy metal (resophonic) mandolin blues:
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Stolen Stuff Alert from Chris Hirsch: My good friends in the band Trout Fishing In America had their van stolen with all of their instruments and CDs, videos, etc., inside. This happened in Houston, TX on 1-29-12. I put together this simple web page showing the instruments so we can all send it out to our friends. Please do this. The more that know about this, the better chance of nabbing these damn thieves and maybe getting their stuff back:
http://www.chrishirsch.com/
Some samples of their quite funny and quite good music:
http://www.troutmusic.com/
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Gone But Not Forgot:
Don Cornelius, Soul Train creator, 75:
Camilla Williams, barrier-breaking opera soprano, 92:
Clare Fischer, arranger and keyboardist, 83:
Paavo Berglund, Finnish conductor, 82:
Patricia Neway, opera soprano and Tony winner, 92:
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Keep on Musicking!
Bob Loomis
In Loving Memory of Shannon Christine Loomis, 1967-2010
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