| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Chad Graves w/ Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike | | Date: | Monday, August 18, 2008 01:35:34 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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To Andy Katz and Jim Warren,
Sounds like you went to Stonehedge up in Gray, Me.? I've been there, and I've
played in that barn you mentioned. Aren't the acoustics in there something?
I've heard that building described as "A 200 year old guitar, shaped like a
barn!" Russ & Sue Jeffords the promoters of Stonehedge, are two of the nicest people you'll ever want to meet in this crazy blugrass business. I was thinking of them Sat.as some of those storms came thru Salem, N.H., and it's a shame they had such lousy weather.
I'm glad to hear you had great pickin' fun, in spite of the weather. I wish I
could've been there!
Richie
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Jim Warren" <dobro87@comcast.net>
> Sorry I missed you Andy. I also just got back myself. I spent about
> an hour With Chad and a couple of other Reso players. He sure is
> an awesome player. We were under the tents on top of the hill at the
> picnic tables.
> The reso community was well represented With Chad playing with Valerie,
> Tom Langdon with Carolina Sonshine, Another fella with the "Jerks of Grass",
> and myself guesting with the Seth Sawyer band.
> This was the first time I ever saw static lightning. There was a 30 foot tall
> metal staging behind the soundman, and all the time we were on the stage
> at around 5 minute intervals the white sparks were shooting from it each
> time with a loud crackle. I was told that it happens all the time at that
> location
> because of high mineral content in the ground. They shut down the show
> after our set, and brought in into the barn. It was a great venue. Up close and
> personal as they say. All the musicians loved it .
> Other than the weather for a couple of hours Saturday PM, it was a great time.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Katz"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:08 PM
> Subject: [RESOGUIT-L] Chad Graves w/ Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
>
>
> > Just got back from a great weekend at a little festival in Maine where it
> > rained buckets Saturday afternoon/evening. Fortunately, about 100 of us who
> > stuck around were treated to an intimate, single-mic barn concert that was
> > just perfect. I heard and met Chad Graves (no relation to Josh, Tim) who is
> > with Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike. They are high energy, and Chad wails. He
> > swoops into the single mic with all the aplomb of his namesake. Great guy,
> > awesome picker (sings too), and he plays a beautiful, feisty Rayco with
> > figured maple bright as fire.
> >
> > After the show Chad suggested I get my MA-6 and picks; we swapped axes,
> > picked a few tunes and were in short order joined by several of the
> > evening's performers in a terrific jam. I got schooled AND I had a blast,
> > all at once!
>
>
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