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Just
off the stage … a new release by Peter Feldmann
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The Very Lonesome Boys: "Tough And Wild", featuring 13 tunes and songs by the world’s first regressive bluegrass band! |
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1 - Buffaloed
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Peter Feldmann – vocals & mandolin, guitar * Mike Nadolson – vocals & guitar * David West – banjo * Tom Lee – vocals & bass * Tommy Marton – fiddle * Special Guests: Dave Richardson & "Ms. Francine" |
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Feldmann: A singer and mandolinist who learned much of his music and
performing skills from Bill Monroe, the acknowledged founder of bluegrass
style, Peter notes: "We’ve selected some great songs from the westward
movement of the nineteenth century, as well as some outlaw songs to add
to our bluegrass repertoire. This is part of my goal to meld early American
music with the more modern bluegrass performance style. In a way, you could
call us the world’s first Regressive Bluegrass band"
Peter has been performing and presenting bluegrass, folk, string band, and related musics in California and Nevada since the early 1960’s, and is known as the founder of the Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddler’s Convention (now in its 30th year), and the original Bluebird Café in Santa Barbara, a music club highly influential on the Southern California Music scene. He has developed a new approach to the music, blending earlier songs and tunes with a more modern stylistic treatment, and calls the result "Neo-Classic Country Music" and "Regressive Bluegrass". The five-piece band includes bassist Tom Lee, veteran of the Cache Valley Drifters and The Bluegrass Cardinals, Mike Nadolson, head of Tricopolis Records in Orange County plays Martin flat-top guitar. The banjo duties are ably handled by record producer David West (CMH Records), known also for his song writing and producing skills, while Tommy Marton, a former student of Byron Berline and also a fine Texas-style contest fiddler, presides on fiddle.
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| Track notes: Basic personel: Peter: lead vocals, mandolin; Tommy Marton: fiddle, David West: banjo; Mike Nadolson: guitar; Tom Lee:bass -- variations as follows.... | ||
| 1 - Buffaloed | Dave Richardson: banjo | |
| 2 - Tough & Wild | Dave Richardson:
banjo Song text discovered as a poem in a men's magazine of the 19th century by Skip Gorman. |
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| 3 - Custer | This is a combination of two items, the first being the traditional Irish piece, Garryowen, which was introduced to the Seventh Calvary by General Custer as its regimental song. The second is the song General Custer, which is from the archive of folk song at the library of congress. | |
| 4 - Grub | An adaptation of a traditional tune by Peter. The style approximates old time music in that more than one instrument plays lead at the same time, yet if follows bluegrass stylistic constraints in that each variation of the tune is different, with different combinations of instruments. | |
| 5.- Dear Old Southern Home | Peter sings lead and overdubs the tenor part, while Tom Lee sings baritone to the yodel part. While Peter is Swiss, he notes that the yodel style there is quite different than bluegrass yodeling! | |
| 6 - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again | Mike:
lead vocal, Tom Lee: baritone, Pete: tenor. Dave Richardson: banjo |
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| 7 - Forked Deer | David West sets aside banjo and plays guitar on this track. | |
| 8 - Lonesome Pine Special | Peter:
lead vocal, mandolin, & lead guitar Mike: baritone; Tom Lee: tenor vocal. |
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| 9 - Yellow Rose Of Texas | Dave Richardson: banjo | |
| 10 - Hang Me | David
West: banjo & fingerpicked lead guitar Mike Nadolson: rhythm guitar. |
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| 11 - Jesse James | "Ms.
Francine": high harmony; Peter: lead vocal, mandolin, lead guitar;
Tom Lee: baritone; Mike nadolson: rhythm guitar. Jesse was living in hiding under the assumed name of Howard' when he was shot in the back by Pinkerton agent Robert Ford. hence the "dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard". |
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| 12 - High On A Mountain Top |
"Ms. Francine":
high harmony |
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| 13 - Old Danger Field | Peter, Tom, David, Mike, Tommy | |
 
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