robbif - Posted - 11/12/2013:  17:49:34

Another treat from Ivor Trueman...Alison Krauss & Union Station in the UK 1992...



frobbi.org/audio/ivor/Krauss-1...ndex.html

robbif - Posted - 11/29/2013:  11:41:04

Hi Folks,



Here's hoping you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and/or Chanukah and the tryptophan has begun to dissipate.



I'm honored and thrilled (again!) to announce a new phase in my good fortune of sharing history with you...

The Doc Hamilton Photo Collection!



frobbi.org/slides/hamilton/index.html



My thanks to Doc for his offer allowing me to share these with you.

He tells me more will be coming next week; so stay tuned!



All the best!

Fred 

robbif - Posted - 12/01/2013:  11:26:50

Today Doc added Benny Thomasson and the Goins Brothers.



frobbi.org/slides/hamilton/index.html

robbif - Posted - 12/02/2013:  13:35:31

Doc just keeps the photos coming!



Today's offering: Jim & Jesse and Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass



frobbi.org/slides/hamilton/index.html

robbif - Posted - 12/04/2013:  07:09:03

Doc has "dumped" so many more albums on me since the last announcement I can't remember which ones.

So please help yourself (again) and take a look...



frobbi.org/slides/hamilton/index.html

 

robbif - Posted - 12/05/2013:  07:23:14

I've "discovered" a few more old cassettes.



For this first one, I'm turning the tables on Doc Hamilton, who's been providing all those

wonderful photos http://frobbi.org/slides/hamilton/index.html



This time, Doc's in one of my recordings and my photos!

Buck White & The Down Home Folks, Berkshire 1978​



http://frobbi.org/audio/buckwhiteberkshire78.html

robbif - Posted - 12/06/2013:  11:42:53

Thanks to Robert Pool, former bass player of the Arm Bros, friends of mine from the 1970s in Poughkeepsie,

I have some more photos from that era.



The entire project, with recordings, photos and member list is at frobbi.org/audio/armbros/index.html



The new collection is at frobbi.org/audio/armbros/morep...ndex.html

robbif - Posted - 12/07/2013:  11:02:47

Time for my holiday greeting..

robbif - Posted - 12/08/2013:  13:32:27

In my recent "discoveries" are the two sets by California from Winterhawk 1992.



My only regret is that there was a lot of talking around my mics.

I wish I'd had one of those tall poles to isolate the mics from the "riff-raff".

I still wanted to share the music with you.



frobbi.org/audio/californiawinterhawk.html

 

robbif - Posted - 12/08/2013:  15:57:01

P.S. 1992 Winterhawk was the same year as a fiddle workshop by Byron Berline and Vassar Clements...

http://frobbi.org/audio/byronvassarworkshop.html

robbif - Posted - 12/09/2013:  15:06:38

One more "discovery" cassette....for now.

John Hartford, Culpeper 1973



http://frobbi.org/audio/hartfordculpeper73.html

robbif - Posted - 01/01/2014:  06:31:13

Here's another surprise jam I happened on last summer. That's Special Consensus' mandolin player Rick Faris on guitar.

robbif - Posted - 01/01/2014:  06:47:48

Here's the first song of the last performance of the  Jim Kweskin Jug Band 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour...

robbif - Posted - 01/04/2014:  07:11:11

Here are two major treats from the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association...

robbif - Posted - 01/07/2014:  16:25:24

Another great time with the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association.

Note the young mando and guitar player was a member of the 2013 IBMA Bluegrass Youth All-Stars.

Edited by - robbif on 01/07/2014 16:36:00

robbif - Posted - 01/09/2014:  19:33:27

Some catch-up here...

robbif - Posted - 01/11/2014:  10:10:43

I thought I'd bump this thread and remind you to check out all of my recordings.

Then I realized I wanted to give belated credit to the infamous (?) Greg Rich, formerly Supervisor for Gibson Banjos, Custom Shop & Art Division, Engraver for Dobro, for patiently working with me to create the artwork for my web page in 2011.

Please click on the image to see all...

robbif - Posted - 01/14/2014:  09:24:32

James Stiltner generously provided me with 12 songs from his grandfather in the 1970s.



You can check out The Jackson Brothers and Edd Wolford...

                  frobbi.org/audio/jamess/stiltn...ther.html



These recordings have been added to my James Stiltner Collection...        

                  frobbi.org/stiltnercollection.html

robbif - Posted - 01/16/2014:  08:15:14

Matt Glaser (fiddle), Joe Walsh (mando), Tim O'Brien (fiddle & mando), Matt Munisteri (guitar)

robbif - Posted - 01/17/2014:  07:11:42

I'm proud to be a member and have recorded lots of great music. 

Read about us...

Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association's 20th Anniversary

robbif - Posted - 01/23/2014:  17:32:13

James Stiltner (lead guitar) just gave me another set to add to the Stiltner Collection...

Sammy Adkins and the Sandy Hook Mountain Boys 2013​



Enjoy,

Fred 

robbif - Posted - 02/03/2014:  04:47:43

Here's a beautiful tribute to Pete Seeger at the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association's house concert last Saturday...

robbif - Posted - 02/16/2014:  05:44:02

More fun at Rhythm & Roots last Labor Day...

robbif - Posted - 02/17/2014:  15:55:43

Nice young group from Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Part of Grey Fox's Emerging Artist Showcase presented by Philadelphia Folk Festival and WFDU

robbif - Posted - 03/06/2014:  08:16:47

More Festival Fun...                    Rhythm & Roots          Grey Fox

robbif - Posted - 03/13/2014:  08:53:39

Campsite Jam 4 - "Goodbye Liza Jane" - Grey Fox 2013

Ron Cody & Catherine Bowness (banjo), Laura Orshaw & Brian Wicklund (fiddle), 

Alex Rubin (guitar), Wendy Cody (bass)

Carolina Chocolate Drops & Cedric Watson - Rhythm & Roots 2013

"McGee's One-Step", "Was You Ever in Quebec"

robbif - Posted - 03/16/2014:  13:46:05

Here's the first set of a wonderfully intimate house concert with a great band from the Berklee College of Music in Boston,

graciously hosted by Lyn Rosen in Rhinebeck, NY., and presented by the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association. 

Lonely Heartstring Band's Facebook Page

robbif - Posted - 03/24/2014:  10:23:46

Here's another tune from last year's Grey Fox, where James King calls it a first-time "Gibson Brothers/James King Sandwich"!



 

robbif - Posted - 04/02/2014:  19:05:15

Hi Folks,



I wanted you to know I recently received a courteous request from a

representative of Doc Watson's estate to, "cease and desist from

offering downloads of Doc's musical performance."



Therefore I have taken down all such downloads, at least until

I'd hoped any possible negotiations could be made, including

possible listen-only/no-download via something like SoundCloud.



But after my request, the representative asked me to keep the

recordings offline.



With regret, I do understand the request and have complied.

I respect the music of my hero and inspiration.



There may still be text, photos, etc. visible, especially via my search feature,

but no recordings should be available. I will complete any more cleanup

as time permits.



My apologies for all affected by this situation.



Fred 

 

robbif - Posted - 04/09/2014:  06:27:29

Two new videos from the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association              A great concert from the HVBA's monthly Showcase Series              The first class of a 6-session series for Marist College

robbif - Posted - 04/14/2014:  09:30:52

robbif - Posted - 04/21/2014:  08:27:49

robbif - Posted - 04/23/2014:  06:50:43

Previous parts...

Part 1 youtu.be/HUMc3WL8eQ0

Part 2 youtu.be/LpazLeFOUD8

​(He'll be back again this year!)

robbif - Posted - 04/27/2014:  05:30:21

robbif - Posted - 05/08/2014:  14:43:00

Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association and the Marist Center for Lifetime Study This week, our next to last class, Eric Rosi-Marshall talks about what he calls "Renaissance: Modern Revival"  over the last 20 years.   David Gandin discusses the bass and then performs with Jerry Oland on banjo and Eric on guitar.

robbif - Posted - 05/14/2014:  11:39:10

Last Class by the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association & Marist Center for Lifetime Study Eric Rosi-Marshall briefly reviews the previous 5 classes. Andy Bing gives an overview of the dobro with demonstrations of several styles. Then the finale is a set by all the musicians who presented previously, plus one.     The Band: Joan Harrison (banjo/vocals), Betsy Rome (guitar/vocals), Frank Kara (mandolin/vocals), Andy Bing (dobro/vocals),  Ambrose Verdibello (fiddle), David Gandin (bass) Class Manager: Mike Foley HVBA Website Manager, Program Director, Media Guru: Lynn Lipton

robbif - Posted - 05/14/2014:  12:01:49

You can watch all 6 classes at hvbluegrass.org/education/963-...2014.html

robbif - Posted - 05/15/2014:  07:10:05

I was just given some more photos of my friends, the Arm Bros, which I have added to my Arm Bros web pages.

They came to me today from their drummer, Fred Gumaer, via their banjo player, Jerry Oland, and are from ca. 1973-74.

See the last part of this page for them: frobbi.org/audio/armbros/morep...ndex.html



The Arm Bros were a bluegrass and country/western band from Poughkeepsie, NY, in the 1970s.



Listen to their music and see lots more photos at the complete site frobbi.org/audio/armbros/

The photos are not mine and only some of the recordings are mine.

robbif - Posted - 05/18/2014:  17:26:45

Allen Brothers

Whoever gave me this CD a while ago, please accept my apologies for not remembering. Please let me know.



Meanwhile, here it is: frobbi.org/audio/AllenBros1973/



Thanks to Jerry Oland, Dennis Satterlee, and Greg Allen for help with some song names and the complete band list.



I have one of my own recordings, from Berkshire 1979: frobbi.org/audio/allenbros.html

robbif - Posted - 05/21/2014:  08:01:05

    Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival posted this on Facebook



Tonight we're sending out get well wishes to James King (hospitalized

since Sunday with gall bladder issues and kidney stones). We wish him a

very speedy recovery. Here he is in a workshop with the Gibson Bros at

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival's Creekside Stage last year.

Get well soon, James!



youtube.com/watch?v=CmOLp4AD7MI

robbif - Posted - 06/02/2014:  18:46:01

Here's a very cool jam I was lucky to capture. Ron Cody (banjo), Rushad Eggleston (cello), Mark Mazengarb ? (guitar), Wendy Cody (bass)

robbif - Posted - 06/04/2014:  15:14:43

Here's Rushad at Grey Fox's sister festival.

It's the second installment of this fun, crazy and creative duo.

They had only met minutes before this set!

robbif - Posted - 06/11/2014:  05:35:34

I've just added Tom Isenhour's Fincastle 1966 photos to my collection.

Tom's photo of me and Bill Monroe has been on my pages for many years;

but I just rediscovered the rest of his images and made them available,

linking both series together.



Tom's: frobbi.org/slides/fincastle/is...ndex.html

(Note some of Tom's interesting captions.)



Mine: frobbi.org/slides/fincastle/index.html



My thanks to Tom for providing me with the original negatives a long time

ago and again this week so I could rescan them with higher quality.



Tom is the brother of my late bluegrass mentor, Bob Isenhour. I met both of

them ca. 1965 while at Clemson University. You can see all of us in the

group photo on the first page of my series. 

 

robbif - Posted - 06/19/2014:  12:11:35

The Gibson Brothers gave the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association another one of their usual warm, fun, fantastic, memorable shows to help us celebrate our 20th Anniversary.

robbif - Posted - 06/26/2014:  16:54:22

New: The Tom King Collection

I'm thrilled (again) to be able to share some history with you. This time its

thanks to Tom King, whose bluegrass stars promo for his WBLU radio show,

recorded at Roanoke/Fincastle 1965, has been gracing my Picking Page for several years.



When Tom called me a couple weeks ago saying he and his wife Judy would be up from

Virginia and would like to stop by up here in Yankee Land to take us to dinner, I

accepted.



We had a great time at a nice restaurant overlooking the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie.



He helped dust off my brain by reminding me that in 2009 he sent me his cassettes

copied from some of his original Roanoke/Fincastle 1965 reel tapes. I made CDs for him

and digitized them for myselg. I had to search and search to finally find my

MP3 files, and have now made them available in the new "Tom King Collection" at



frobbi.org/tomkingcollection.html



Be sure to read Tom's story about the tapes and where some more of those recordings

are available (a link on the web page is included).



Fred 

robbif - Posted - 06/27/2014:  17:44:26

"When it rains, it pours." The hits just keep on comin'!" ETC.

Doc Hamilton must've been inspired with Tom King's latest contributions,

since he just sent me an historic gem to add to The Doc Hamilton Collection...

   

   Flatt & Scruggs' last week of Martha White Shows on WSM!

   

robbif - Posted - 06/28/2014:  14:05:03

Here's a wonderful local band, performing in the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association's Showcase Series. 

HVBA President David Angell described them as "intergenerational". 

The band is headed by guitarist/mandolinist Korey Brodsky, one of the 2013 IBMA Youth Allstars, 

and includes fiddler Sofia Chiarandini, who just won the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Scholarship 

for Boston's Berklee College of Music's Summer Program with Mark O'Connor. Korey and Sofia are 

bookended by bassist Rick Brodsky and multi-instrumentalist Dick Neal.

I'm happy to know and present my friends!

                                                               Photo by Joan Harrison

robbif - Posted - 08/06/2014:  07:25:07

The New Kentucky Colonels Revival What a great time I had last Friday night to see The New Kentucky Colonels Revival! They were Roland White-mandolin/vocals, Kentaro Hiratsuka-guitar/fiddle/vocals, Steve Lutke-banjo/vocals, Ron Greenstein-bass and guest Eric Weissberg-banjo. It was hosted by Youko Yamamato, owner of the Gomen Kudasai Restaurant in New Paltz, NY It was also a very pleasant surprise to see Bill Keith and Eric Weissberg. I wasn't planning to shoot any video, but when I tried to take a snapshot of the band, my little point-and-shoot's battery died. So I pulled out my even smaller GoPro. Here are the photos: http://frobbi.org/slides/newkycolsrevival/ Here are the videos. (Sorry for the quality and no closeups - the GoPro can't zoom.)

robbif - Posted - 08/16/2014:  17:36:31

Here's another treasure from my UK friend, Ivor Trueman.

Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys, Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA, July 4, 1961

http://frobbi.org/audio/ivor/Jim&Jesse-July4-1961/index.html

I believe it's the only recording of Jim and Jesse I have with the great Allen Shelton on banjo.

By the way, you must check out the complete Ivor Trueman Collection.

It contains over 2,000 MP3s!!!!!

http://frobbi.org/truemancollection.html

Enjoy!

Fred