| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Wintergrass RESO-nates!! | | Date: | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 05:47:00 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Ahh Tommy me lad, sounds like you and your DeNeve had yourselves a time! I hope
you've saved something for the Reso-Summit in "Gnashville" this fall?
Reso-nut in N.H.
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From: Tom Foote <footet@evergreen.edu>
> Wintergrass '07 is history.. this year it was an absolute reso
> feeding frenzy!
>
> Blue Highway was great... As part of set, Rob Ickes played a long
> improvised version
> of Old Rugged Cross on stage by himself. It was fantastic...!!
> Jerry Douglas did a showcase sponsored by Beard Guitars and he was
> amazing! He got Orville Johnson up to play with him and that was well
> received. The room was packed.. not an open seat and people standing
> along
> the wall from the stage to the back and then across the back and down
> the
> other side to the stage. about 250 folks in attendance.
> Valarie Smith and Liberty Pike made a great impact on the audience.
> Chad
> Graves did a great job playing reso. He says when he introduces himself
> the second thing out of his mouth is "no relation." : > ) He was a
> cut up and extremely
> well dressed in a 1940s Zoot Suit, fedora hat with narrow brim and shoes
> that can't even be described... except to say that if Boa
> Constrictors had feet,
> that's what they'd wear for shoes.
> Andy Hall and the Infamous Stringdusters were hot... great audience
> response... Andy and Chad conducted the Advanced Reso workshop which
> followed Jerry's showcase...and then Chad stayed and joined us for
> Resomania!!
> which was a blast.. Let's see, the usual suspects and some other
> miscreants showed
> up...
>
> Orville Johnson & Rayco, Tab Tabscott & DeNeve, Greg Maas & 'horn,
> Marty Lepore & 8 string Dobro in G6, Mike Grigoni, Todd Singleton
> & Rayco,
> Dan Tyack & Beard MA 6, Chad Graves & Rayco, yours truly & DeNeve,
> Al Brinkerhoiff & 'horn, and, let's see... what was that guy's name?
> oh, yeah.... Jerry Douglas & Beard
> Jerry had a good time and so did we...
> Marty played a Swingy version of Remington Ride, so I sneaked my
> low D up to E and Swung along with him and the gang.. raising that
> string
> is a neat trick... it fills out the sound and drives the notes
> closer together.
> We played about and hour and then hung out with audience members
> pickers, tirekickers, wannabes, etc.. there was a lot of interest in
> reso.
> I got the guys to play Sweet Georgia Brown and that was a great fun...
> and speaking of which---
>
> an aside: early Thursday morning, a Seattle TV station was there
> filming Valarie Smith and Liberty Pike as a promo for the local news.
> While the band was waiting, the Harlem Globtrotters poured out of the
> elevators and started moving through the lobby toward the two huge
> busses they had parked out front... as they went by toward the
> front doors, the band immediately launched into a swingy version of
> Sweet Georgia Brown... the report I got of this event said it was
> pretty funny.
>
> While Wintergrass didn't declare this year to be the year of the reso,
> the theme -- New Sounds in Bluegrass... was tilted pretty heavily in
> that direction..
> It was wall-to-wall reso for Friday.. that was probably driven by
> Jerry's
> schedule.. he and his band took off Friday night at midnight and
> drove to Boise, ID for a gig that Sat night... however, there was
> plenty of reso left over for Sat and Sunday.. Blue HIghway played
> again Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm.
>
> I'm still blitzed by the all the reso vibes... there were a lot of reso
> players in jams...and a significant number of resos on stage this
> year.
>
> Tom, plumb wore out from having too much fun...
>
>
>
>
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