joenewberry.me
Playing Since: 1978
Experience Level: Expert/Professional
Joe Newberry has made 1 recent addition to Banjo Hangout
Interests:
[Teaching] [Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: Musician
Gender: Male
Age: 60
My Instruments:
I play banjos made by Kevin Enoch and Bob Momich. Most times, I play a 1949 Gibson J-45, but when I travel by air, I take a dreadnaught-sized Voyage-Air guitar. (It folds up to fit in the overhead of most any plane, and unfolds to be a great instrument.) My fiddle was restored and given to me by Jim White, of Raleigh, NC.
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Late, Great - Jim Lansford, Gail Heil, Curley Miller,Taylor McBaine, Bookmiller Shannon, Ollie Gilbert, Tommy Jarrell, J.P. Fraley, Holly Carlson, Dee Hicks, Jimmy Driftwood, Albert Hard, Fred Cockerham, Ralph Blizard, John B. Newberry, Steve Newberry, Odell Thompson, Tommy Thompson, Will Keys, Grandpa Jones, Original Carter Family, Wade Ward, Fields Ward, Norm Edmonds, John Salyer, Arthur Smith, Robert Sykes, Kyle Creed, Janette Carter, Paul Sutphin, Ernest East, Mike Seeger, A.C. Overton, Joe Thompson...
Still Here - Jim Collier, Kenny Jackson, Bobb Head, Paul Brown, Marvin Gaster, Mike Bryant, Mike Compton, Bob Atchison, John Murdock, Chris Germain, Heinrich Leonhard, Wayne Martin, Margaret Martin, LaNelle Davis, Gail Gillespie, Dwight Rogers, Bruce Molsky, John Herrmann, Jim Newberry, Brett Riggs, Pandora Riggs, Jim Nelson, Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, Jim Watson, Frank Bode, J.P. Fraley, Jeff Miller, Andy Cahan, Rafe Stefanini, Bruce Greene, Bob Herring, Kim Lansford, Cathy Barton, Dave Para, Joel Zimmer, Bill Rogers, Mac Benford, Jim Ruth, Lee Ruth...
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Created 1/27/2007
Last Visit 4/26/2018
I appeared frequently on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion - www.prairiehome.org - and still have a ball every time I work with him. I was recently featured on the Transatlantic Sessions tour in the United Kingdom with fiddler Aly Bain and Dobro master Jerry Douglas, and again at the debut of the Transatlantic Sessions at Merlefest. In addition to performing solo, I play in a duo with mandolin icon Mike Compton, sit in the banjo chair with old-time music legends Mike Craver, Bill Hicks, and Jim Watson, and also perform with fiddler and step-dancer April Verch.
I am the recipient of the songwriting prize for “Gospel Recorded Performance” at the 2012 IBMA Awards for my song “Singing As We Rise,” and co-writer (with Eric Gibson) of the 2013 IBMA Song of the Year for "They Called It Music." I also do solo and studio work, and teach and perform at festivals at home and abroad. And for many years I served as the coordinator for Augusta Old-Time Week. For more, go to www.augustaheritagecenter.org/old-time. For more about yours truly, go to http://joenewberry.me
