Here is a group of very gifted young folks, introduced by mandolinist Mike Marshall,
who is the Savannah Music Festival Acoustic Music Seminar Director.

 

The performers are Grant Flick (fiddle), Joe D'Esposito (fiddle), Carolyn Kendrick (fiddle), 
Mike Robinson (guitar), Jacob Warren (bass), Andrew Ryan (bass), Ethan Setiawan (mandolin), 
Matt Witler (mandolin), Jake Howard (mandolin), & Mike Marshall (mandolin). 

Savannah Music Festival  http://www.savannahmusicfestival.org/

Just thought I'd throw in a fun throwback...

 

2nd Annual Fiddler's Gathering 1979

Here's a throwback to a recording I've had online for a long time.
I thought you'd enjoy this huge collection of gifted artists playing
some fantastically varied music.

The latest effort is my attempt to list all the performers and their instruments.
I've listened to the recordings and gotten a little feedback from Jay Ungar and
Marty Cutler, and will make any other recommended corrections as time permits.

Meanwhile, please enjoy... http://frobbi.org/audio/fiddlersgathering.html

Remembering my good friend Bill Keith one year after his passing.

                                                                 My Tribute Pages

A couple weekends ago the Lonely Heartstring Band gave the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association their fifth concert for us.

Here are some snapshots taken from my video.

Stay tuned for the video which should be coming out in the next few weeks.

My continued thanks to the guys for so much music, fun and friendship!

Last Sunday I enjoyed watching my good friends the Gather Rounders at Daryl's House.

Here are a few photos from my little point-and-shoot.

There's a wonderful article on my good friend, young'un birthday-banjo-boy Alan Munde, in the November 2016 Banjo Newsletter.

I'm honored that the article includes my video of Alan with Tony Trischka in a house concert at Dan Marcus'.

Get it!!!

Here's the Saturday morning kick-off of the fun on the Creekside Stage.

More to come in the future.

BNL Article on Alan Munde Update

Since I posted that news above, the article has been made free for public access...

https://banjonews.com/2016-11/happy_birthday_alan_munde.html

Don't miss it!

To all, Happy...

Here are the photos taken from my video footage at another great HVBA show: Joe K. Walsh & Sweet Loam

http://tinyurl.com/joekwalsh-hvba



http://www.hvbluegrass.org/

Stay tuned for video in the near future.

Fred

Well, thanks to a suggestion from a real techie, I decided to re-Google for a free search engine for the first time in
a year or more, since the free Google search stopped scanning my site a long time ago.

This free one claims to never stop. It contains ads, but so did the Google one.

Here's the new search on the same page as before: http://frobbi.org/pickingsearch.html

Please give it a try.

And the new link is on my "New Improved" recordings page: http://frobbi.org/picking.html

Here's hoping!

Fred 

I'm catching up with this belated announcement.
Guess the Stovetop Stuffing has finally dissipated!

I'm proud to show off my good friends, The Gather Rounders, in this first
sample from last summer's Grey Fox...

This is the 5th day of the brand new search engine which seems to be much better than the old (Google) one.

The excellent FreeFind support has been working with me since Day 1 and just made significant
improvements this evening. So we should be in real good shape now.

Please give it a try...

http://frobbi.org/pickingsearch.html

Here's hoping!

Fred 

This five-decade reader is thankful to have been present to hear and capture Kitsy Kuykendall
talking about the Grey Fox honor for the 50 years of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, guided by her
husband, Editor and General Manager, Pete Kuykendall. 

P.S. Every year that Pete was in their Grey Fox booth, he would welcome me to come in, sit down to
chew the fat and listen to him regale me with his stories.

Thanks to his topic... 
    
       http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/325518

I'm happy to add the growing Bryan Haywood Collection  ...

     https://www.youtube.com/user/hbzejl/playlists

to my recordings page ...
 
     http://frobbi.org/picking.html

...in the From My Friends section.

A few weeks ago good friend Akira Otsuka sent me a photo of his visit with his fellow Bluegrass 45 band members
while he was still there in Japan. That inspired me to put together web pages to celebrate the guys who wowed the
United States many years ago.

Here's the first version: http://frobbi.org/slides/bg45/

The breaking news from Akira:

"Next year we will be celebrating our 50th anniversary with a new CD, a documentary movie and a tour both in Japan & US."

Stay tuned!

Fred

Here's Ron's first of two parts on his personal days with Dr. Ralph...



I've added it to my Ralph Stanley Tribute: http://frobbi.org/slides/DrRalph/

Here are some photos from our stunning Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association's
concert with Andy Statman and his gifted cohorts. They were captured from my video,
which will be available in the near future.

 My photos: http://tinyurl.com/andystatman-hvba

Throwback to 2013 - I was glad to have contributed lots of clips...

 

The Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association (and I) are proud to present the Andy Statman Ramble with
Andy Statman-mandolin; Gene Yellin-guitar/vocals; Tim Kiah-bass/vocals; Ellery Marshall-banjo

 

 


Dear Mando Pickers,
Please fasten your seatbelts!

Fred

Finally, here is the anticipated Part 2 of Ron Thomason's Dr. Ralph stories...         

Please note, there was an unfortunate power failure close to the end, which I attempted to fix up as much as possible.

It will also be added to my Dr. Ralph Stanley tribute pages.

This thread has so many important links--both the computer kind and ones to the past--that I'm making it a sticky.

Bill,

I'm blown-away honored to have this topic as a sticky!

When folks thank me for my recordings I always say those thoughts and the knowledge that the music is being enjoyed by those that love "our music", that's exactly what makes my labor of love worth it.

I also have identical topics on FlatpickerHanghout, FiddleHangout, ResoHangout, and MandoHangout. So continued thanks to Eric for providing these indispensable venues for sharing so much information, news, fun, problems, and more.

Thanks to everyone else for all your viewing, listening, and encouragement. I hope I can continue to provide you with more in the future. I'm working on two more video series so stay tuned.

Fred

I just "discovered" a (sortof) missing recording.
I found that years ago I'd posted my recording of Buck White & the Down Home Folks (with Doc Hamilton and Bob Black) years ago
of only the first song, not the complete 41-minute set. Well, I've finally fixed it.

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