Scott Manring and I are headed over to the Garage in Winston-Salem Saturday night with a few friends, and warming up the stage for Sam Quinn & Japan Ten.
By Saturday, Scott and I should have this new tune worked out a little more. We recorded it at Harvey’s Kitchen a few weeks back and it was the first time Scott ever heard it. And that’s exactly what I love about Scott - whether he knows the song or not, he’s always willing to give it a try.
Maybe most pirates don’t go well with the symphony, but Edward Teach, also known as Bloody Blackbeard, wasn’t like most pirates.
He quickly learned to leave the cannonball fuses behind and adopt a finer style on the Carolina coast where he wooed women, charmed local politicos (all but one), and perhaps took in a symphony performance.
Honoring the state’s cultural coastal connection, the symphony is hosting an evening with stories, songs and dance. The evening features narrator Frank Stasio, Native American flutist Arnold Richardson, vocalist and concertina player Jeff Warner, dancers Heidi Kulas and Tyler Mercereau, and little ol’ me.
I’m honored the symphony asked me to sing and play with a sypmhonic adaptation of “Remember My Name” from the Bloody Blackbeard soundtrack. For this event we recorded a new version of the song featuring Rebecca Stevens on fiddle and Scott Manring on guitar. Recorded by my good friend Robert Kirk at Treehouse Mobile Studio for a new album, Stages is a collection of songs spanning career stages, life stages, and the variety of stages that North Carolina has given me in previous years - from the theater, to the sypmhony to Merlefest. The new album will be available for sale at the symphony performance.
One note of gentle warning about that symphony: Should you see a black bearded head hovering above the symphony stage, hold on to your treasure.
I love a music video with a John Deere tractor. Now those are some rims. Check out the official music video and part-mini documentary for Levon’s “Poor Old Dirt Farmer.”
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Singer and songwriter Laurelyn Dossett was born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in a hymn-singing family. A short time after her 3 young daughters were too big to bounce on her hip, Dossett picked up the guitar and founded the band Polecat Creek with singing partner Kari Sickenberger. Since then, Dossett has made her mark penning tunes like a lyrical historian, writing and performing music in a traditional style for today's innovative musicians, storytellers, and playwrights.
