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| Prayin for Spring |
| Written by: Rick Jackofsky |
| Song Plays: 151 |
| Genre: Blues-Acoustic |
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| A song about hard times and hope; featuring a heavy beat and bluesy fiddle. |
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| Don't Let Your Deal Go Down |
| Written by: Traditional arranged by Rick Jackofsky |
| Song Plays: 125 |
| Genre: Folk-Traditional |
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| Haunting modal fiddle and banjo duet performed live by Rick and Erica Jackofsky. |
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| Sprouted on: November 10, 2008 |
| Total Views: 1925 |
| Total Song Plays: 276 |
| Total Fans: 4 |
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| Homegrown String Band |
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| Rocky Point, New York - USA |
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America's premier purveyor of family style original & neo-traditional acoustic American roots music, The Homegrown String Band is a high energy 21st century incarnation of the traditional family band. This "quadrupelo" of acoustic musicians from Rocky Point, NY, utilizes "unikew" instrumentation, percussive flatfoot dancing, and many varied musical influences to take their audiences on a rollicking ride through the sounds of American music. Some venues The Homegrown String Band has appeared at include: Washington DC National Theatre, Branson Missouri Festival of American Music, Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association Bluegrass Festival, Bethlehem Musikfest, Central PA Festival of Arts, Park Slope Old-time and Bluegrass Festival, Longwood Gardens, Newport News Festival of Folklife, & Caffe Lena. In 2007 the band marked their 10th anniversary with the release of their fourth CD "Ragged but Right," an eclectic collection of traditional and original American roots music.
"A real family band with a powerhouse fiddler" - Sing Out! magazine
Ragged but Right CD Review
LI Blues Society, Dr. Blues Reviews
The Homegrown String Band has institutionalized the performance, creation and support of America’s traditional musics. From the Appalachian hollows to the rolling cotton of the rural South to West Texas vistas, the landscapes of our indigenous musics are explored and conserved. A family band, the tightness born of DNA is razor’s edge and the musicianship is of the caliber of virtuosity. Ragged But Right explores the roots of roots music. Opening with the sounds of Kentucky and Tennessee’s eastern edges, bluegrass pours out with purity and joy as they voyage. The sweetness of these organic sounds and their infectious rhythms take you home. The disk opens with a soft reel from mountain laurel country called “Goin’ ‘Round the World.” “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” was soft and round and reminded me of Garcia/Grisman. “Take Me Away” recounts a Civil War tale made even more poignant by the morass we refer to as Iraq. The meat grinder of Cold Harbor isn’t that much different from Baquba. “A Minor Catastrophe” is in a minor key in a majorly entertaining way. “When the Apples Bloom in New York” is sad and longing and feels like Gordon Lightfoot yet the following tribute to Johnny Cash called “The Man Who Dressed in Black” cooks and shakes and vibrates with primal energy. “Life Is Hard’ sweats inevitability in a Robert Earl Keen fashion and the disk finishes with a rousing “Darlin’ Corey.” This disk pours forth string mastery, emotional depth, pulsing rhythms, and is a celebration of unikewity and that’s cool because I love uneekness.—Dr. Blues
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| Mike Denaro |
Oyster Bay, NY - USA |
Age: 47 |
Gender: male |
| dylan smith |
commack, NY - USA |
Age: 19 |
Gender: male |
| S Eddington |
Mt. Airy, MD - USA |
Age: 30 |
Gender: male |
| James Here |
racine, WI - USA |
Age: 46 |
Gender: male |
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