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Jorma Kaukonen, Dave Bromberg & Barry Mitterhoff at The Old Town School
We saw another amazing concert at The Old Town on Saturday night. Some blues, a little bluegrass, old timey music and new, overall some of the nicest acoustic finger-picking I've heard in a long time.
Best known as the founder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen is foremost a skilled and innovative guitarist. When I got the tickets I was disappointed with the seats - in the balcony on the far right side. These turned out to be fabulous as he, Bromberg and Barry Mitterhoff all faced to their left giving us a clear view of the guitar picking, sliding and strumming techniques of all three musicians.
He began playing accompanied only by Barry Mitterhoff, a superb mandolinist (and current member of Hot Tuna), and was later joined by Dave Bromberg. They played a lot of Rev. Gary Davis' music ( I Belong to the Band, Slow Drag, Hesitation Blues) along with a rendition of the Maple Leaf Rag, some Hot Tuna classics and one old Airplane song thrown in for good measure (Good Shepherd).
Here's Jorma and Barry at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82un9oUbXoI&feature=related
The second half of the show started with Bromberg and Mitterhoff, later joined by Jorma. Anyone who knows Bromberg knows he's got a wicked sense of humor. He performed some great satirical numbers including This Month. He's currently working on a new CD where ''fellow musician friends'" have written songs for him. He performed one written by Tim O'Brien (Grammy Winner for Best Traditional Folk Album for Fiddler's Green), "Blue is Falling" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ncTXGQaWM. He may be older, a lot heavier and the voice (which was never great) has taken a beating, but watch the effortlessness of his playing - its a thing of beauty.
Barry Mitterhoff is a true virtuoso on the mandolin. He played both acoustic and electric in the show, as well as a tenor guitar. His latest project is a group called The Klezmer Mountain Boys - bluegrass and Klezmer - OY!. The band is joined by Margot Leverett, one of the founding member of the Klezmatics (who I adore). I bought one of their CDs but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. I'm sure it will be a unique experience.
After the concert I was reminiscing about having seen Jefferson Airplane at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. I think the year was 1973 or 74 (much of that decade is a little hazy for me, LOL). I found some slides I have from the concert (I had 2nd row center seats). If I can get them converted into digital images, I'll post them here at my journal.
Best known as the founder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen is foremost a skilled and innovative guitarist. When I got the tickets I was disappointed with the seats - in the balcony on the far right side. These turned out to be fabulous as he, Bromberg and Barry Mitterhoff all faced to their left giving us a clear view of the guitar picking, sliding and strumming techniques of all three musicians.
He began playing accompanied only by Barry Mitterhoff, a superb mandolinist (and current member of Hot Tuna), and was later joined by Dave Bromberg. They played a lot of Rev. Gary Davis' music ( I Belong to the Band, Slow Drag, Hesitation Blues) along with a rendition of the Maple Leaf Rag, some Hot Tuna classics and one old Airplane song thrown in for good measure (Good Shepherd).
Here's Jorma and Barry at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82un9oUbXoI&feature=related
The second half of the show started with Bromberg and Mitterhoff, later joined by Jorma. Anyone who knows Bromberg knows he's got a wicked sense of humor. He performed some great satirical numbers including This Month. He's currently working on a new CD where ''fellow musician friends'" have written songs for him. He performed one written by Tim O'Brien (Grammy Winner for Best Traditional Folk Album for Fiddler's Green), "Blue is Falling" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ncTXGQaWM. He may be older, a lot heavier and the voice (which was never great) has taken a beating, but watch the effortlessness of his playing - its a thing of beauty.
Barry Mitterhoff is a true virtuoso on the mandolin. He played both acoustic and electric in the show, as well as a tenor guitar. His latest project is a group called The Klezmer Mountain Boys - bluegrass and Klezmer - OY!. The band is joined by Margot Leverett, one of the founding member of the Klezmatics (who I adore). I bought one of their CDs but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. I'm sure it will be a unique experience.
After the concert I was reminiscing about having seen Jefferson Airplane at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. I think the year was 1973 or 74 (much of that decade is a little hazy for me, LOL). I found some slides I have from the concert (I had 2nd row center seats). If I can get them converted into digital images, I'll post them here at my journal.