Bluegrass Workshop at the Hiawatha Music Festival (1994)
Abstract/Description: | This recording is a Hiawatha Music Festival Blue Grass workshop conducted by the bands "Rarely Herd" (from southeast Ohio) and "Deadbeat Society" (from Michigan). Rarely Herd was a band consisting of bassist Jeff Weaver, singer and guitarist Jim Stack, fiddler Alan Stack, and banjo player Calvin Laport. They were voted "Entertaining Bluegrass Band of the Year" at the national awards ceremony in Nashville in both 1993 and 1994 by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America (SPBGMA). The Deadbeat Society band from Ann Arbor, Michigan performed a style of music called "New Grass." It was a mix of Bluegrass, Jazz, and Country Music. The band consisted of Colby Maddox on mandolin and fiddle, David Mosher on guitar, Tim Farnham on banjo, and Roy Elder on bass. |
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Subject(s): | Folk music Folk music festivals Marquette (Mich.) |
Date Created: | 1994-07-16 |
Title: | Bluegrass Workshop at the Hiawatha Music Festival (1994). | |
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Name(s): |
Rarely Herd, creator Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival (Marquette, Mich.), contributor Hiawatha Music Non-Profit Corporation (Marquette, Mich.), contributor WNMU-FM (Radio station : Marquette, Mich.), contributor Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives, contributor Deadbeat Society, creator Weaver, Jeff, creator Stack, Jim, creator Stack, Alan, creator Laport, Calvin, creator Maddox, Colby, creator Mosher, David, creator Farnham, Tim, creator Elder, Roy, creator |
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Date Created: | 1994-07-16 | |
Physical Form: | Radio programs | |
Extent: | 1 item | |
Abstract/Description: | This recording is a Hiawatha Music Festival Blue Grass workshop conducted by the bands "Rarely Herd" (from southeast Ohio) and "Deadbeat Society" (from Michigan). Rarely Herd was a band consisting of bassist Jeff Weaver, singer and guitarist Jim Stack, fiddler Alan Stack, and banjo player Calvin Laport. They were voted "Entertaining Bluegrass Band of the Year" at the national awards ceremony in Nashville in both 1993 and 1994 by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America (SPBGMA). The Deadbeat Society band from Ann Arbor, Michigan performed a style of music called "New Grass." It was a mix of Bluegrass, Jazz, and Country Music. The band consisted of Colby Maddox on mandolin and fiddle, David Mosher on guitar, Tim Farnham on banjo, and Roy Elder on bass. | |
Note(s): |
Performance by the artist at the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in Marquette, Michigan, an annual celebration of folk music; this edited version was broadcast by WNMU-FM on their program "In the Pines." |
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Subject(s): |
Folk music Folk music festivals Marquette (Mich.) |
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Held by: | Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives | |
Restrictions on Access: | In copyright (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/) | |
Is Part Of: | Hiawatha Music Cooperative Records. Identifier: MSS-405 | |
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