Grey Fox 2018, July 19-22

[mbruno]

Super excited to be heading here again! I'm leaving from San Diego on Wednesday night and will be on site around 12:30pm Thursday. Maybe an MC jam is in order? I'm working Thursday 8 - 1, Friday and Saturday 4 - 8 but free other times. Maybe an post lunch Jam Friday???

[Fred G]

Sorry, I couldn’t find this thread on my phone. I am at grassroots now. Until 12

[robbif]

Hi Folks,
I'm back from a great week at Grey Fox. I'd been out of web contact & may not be able to catch up with Facebook and email, so please be patient.

It was an extraordinary time at the Creekside Stage, my 10th year in a row as an official media volunteer, where I accumulated about 25 hours of video with 3 camcorders. In addition to at least 5 always-top-shelf Berklee College of Music bands; 4 more emerging artist bands; mandolin moguls with Sam Bush & Sierra Hull; Molly Tuttle's encore with Billy Strings; & much more (see the link below). For the first time, what I consider four - count 'em - four special events: Interviews with Peter Rowan & Doyle Lawson by John Rossbach; remembering Doc Watson with Bryan Sutton, Billy Strings, & Joe Newberry; & good friend Akira Otsuka's Epilogue CD project: tribute to John Duffey with Akira onstage with Tim Kruzic, Kitsy Kuykendall, Ron Thomason & Jerry Douglas.

As usual, my videos will be coming out on the Grey Fox YouTube channel & Facebook page as time permits.
https://greyfoxbluegrass.com/festival/schedule/

Here's a quick photo glance at all of this year's Grey Fox Creekside Stage activity from my official video footage.
http://frobbi.org/slides/creeksidegreyfox2018/

[robbif]

After learning that John Rossbach would be interviewing Peter Rowan
at Grey Fox 2018's Creekside Stage where I record video as a volunteer,
I looked back at the 5 decades (so far) that Peter's influenced my bluegrass journey.

Here's what I just came up with: http://frobbi.org/slides/rowan/

[robbif]

I found this official Grey Fox web page, so I thought I'd share my own videos from that summer.
(see below)

https://greyfoxbluegrass.com/festiva...s-to-grey-fox/


My videos of Buddy from Grey Fox 2010...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...e_polymer=true

[robbif]

I have biased interest in sharing this. Steve is a good friend and so is Sofia, the fiddle player in the band.

Steve Martin

On the next installment of Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass , beginning Sunday August 5th , 7 to 10PM Eastern on WSDL 90.7FM Delmarva Public Radio my guests are The Ruta Beggars and Tony Trischka.
They appeared at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival this year with Tony , their teacher and mentor , as part of the stage featuring artists from Berklee College of Music. Each band was superb . I was only able to catch this act with the help of Katy Daley who was the MC for the stage that afternoon.
The Ruta Beggars have a great stage presence and high performance IQ.They generate their own songs .



The vocals and instrumentals are stellar. We discuss the band and the Berklee College of Music.
They had just come off stage . The energy level was high . We had some fun.
This photograph is courtesy of one of my best friends at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Fred Robbins, which is saying a lot since I have so many dear ones there. Fred is a fierce artist behind any device capable of capturing images and video.You will see much of his work on the official website of Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival.
Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass is three hours of the best Bluegrass across the generations , combining conversation with the legends and those becoming. Pick Peace.It's an option.
PS Tony Trischka and I had a "one on one" chat latter in the day. Always fascinating .He has some new projects in the works.
That show will air soon.
http://www.unrealbluegrass.com/

[robbif]

Let's kick off the 2018 Creekside Stage Emerging Artist Showcase performances with
one of the six Berklee College of Music's American Roots Music Program bands with
four other bands coming.

(Video tag doesn't seem to work, so here's the direct link...)

https://youtu.be/Hw_v7Y3DfLI


The video is also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greyfoxblue...6799585657454/

http://www.bbu.org/bands/pretty-saro/
https://www.facebook.com/PrettySaroBand/
https://www.berklee.edu/focused/roots
https://www.facebook.com/groups/220657547993536/

[robbif]

There's a lot of great picking that happens offstage, anytime day or night!

[gat]

hey i have been a vol since this fest srtarted(1983 and never missed a fest)most people do not know that in 83 there was two fest at rothvoss farm.In july 83 sharon fire dep put on a fest but not many showed up in aug that same year winterhawk started.I think there were aprox 3-400 people there fm that point on the attendance kept going up.Mary doub came in in 85 and things took off like a rocket.I do have a very limited supply of 83 84 posters>may be next year we can hook up and i will show them to you.I act gave Del Mc one he loved it,in process of sending one to Frank Wakefield.. gt

[robbif]

Almost Five Decades!

[robbif]

Here's a unique group, one of the many excellent artists from the American Roots Music Program at Berklee.
Another treat from the Creekside Stage.

[robbif]

Finally, the first installment of John Rossbach's intimate interview with Peter Rowan on the Creekside Stage...

[robbif]

Enjoy the conclusion of John Rossbach's intimate interview with Peter Rowan.
Peter also treats us to his latest song, "Carter Stanley's Eyes".

[robbif]

Despite my recent problems posting videos, I'm going to attempt to post two very important ones here, so please bear with me...

"Epilogue" Tribute to John Duffey

I've been looking forward to sharing this event for a long time.
The project journey and the music are absolutely stunning.
Yes, I'm biased since my good friend Akira Otsuka, along with his now-departed project partner Ronnie Freeland, are the nucleus of this project, started in 2002!
Hre are the tw segmants of an hour at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival with Akira, Ron Thomason, Kitsy Kuykendall, Jerry Douglas, and moderator Tim Kruzic, as they tell stories of John Duffey and this amazing journey...





The CD and 44-page booklet: https://folkways.si.edu/epilogue-a-t...to-john-duffey

[robbif]

David's loving wife Lynn has asked me to pass along this sad news:


It is with devastating sorrow that I must announce the unexpected and
sudden death of David Versch, aka Dancin' Dave. It appears that he
succumbed to sepsis, due to an infection he got in a cut of unknown
origin. He came down with a fever on Monday morning when we were
breaking down at the LEAF Community Arts festival. He did not wish to
see a doctor. Assuming it was the flu, we hugged and kissed him goodbye
and he left for a hotel to sleep. He began his journey back home to
Wisconsin and made it as far as Indianapolis where he was admitted to a
hospital there last night. He passed around 10 o'clock (CST) this
morning, Friday, October 26. I, along with his family, are angry with
him for being such a stubborn old goat when it came to his health. But
he went quickly, which is how he'd wanted it to be.


I am so grateful to have been able to spend this last week laughing and
dancing with him. He was a second father to me. He was easier with a
laugh or smile than anybody I know. He expressed and knew the true
meaning of joy. We should all be so lucky to have as much love and
friendship in our lives as he had. His absence will leave a hole in all
our hearts.


David did not wish to have a service, so as of now, nothing is planned.
His friends are spread all over the country, so a physical gathering is
not likely. But we can all celebrate him with a dance, or of course,
listening to Sam Bush.


~ Susan Byer

[robbif]

I thought about showing my own brief backstage clips of Sam at the 2010 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival,
but asked "Revival: The Sam Bush Story" co-creator Wayne Franklin if it would do any harm.
He immediately said, "Go for it!". So what the heck...

[robbif]

You're gonna enjoy this first sample of a magic intimate hour last summer at Grey Fox.
Very appropriate with the recent documentary about one of the stars, which includes
an interview with the other one!

[robbif]

Here's another superstar event on the Creekside Stage...

[robbif]

Seeing the current Grey Fox Sam & Sierra video is becoming one of their alltime favorites,
they decided to share another S & S gift for the holiday season...

[robbif]

A lot of folks come every year to the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival and hardly ever watch a stage performance. These guys might be part of that bunch...