Robbif's Recordings & Photos

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I just talked to longtime friend Byron Berline, and he gave me permission to
post this recording he gave me. Byron's parents were even in the audience!

I'm proud to be able to make this classic recording available!

Bill Monroe, Byron Berline, Roland White et al - Grand Ole Opry

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Re: Bill Monroe, Byron Berline, Roland White et al - Grand Ole Opry

From Byron Berline: James Monroe on bass, Vic Jordan I believe was with us on banjo.
Lamar Grier I think left around June or early July. I think this was around
July or Aug of 1967.

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I've been updating some of my slide shows so they will play on mobile devices.
Most phones and tablets do not support Adobe Flash on which some of the shows were based.

Here are the updated shows sofar...

Louisiana Bluegrass 1969
Country Gentlemen Festival 1972
New Kentucky Colonels Revival 2014

Please be patient as I continue to update as time permits.

Here are all my shows: http://frobbi.org/slideshows.html

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Here are two more updated slide shows...

Martin Guitar Factory Trips 2007

...and one that is off topic, but I couldn't resist throwing it in...

Distillery and Brewery in Roscoe, NY (drool!)

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Here are some young boys with great potential...

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More slide shows converted for phones and tablets...

Austin City Limits 1979
Union Grove Fiddlers Convention 1968
Arm Bros Photos from 1970s
Flatt & Scruggs @ Miami Pop Festival 1968

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I'm sorry I completely forgot to post this a year ago!

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I'm still playing catch-up. Here's a classic, again from the Jim Kweskin Jug Band 50th Anniversary Tour
at Rhythm & Roots 2013. Bill, of course, is an original member of the band.

I'm thrilled and honored to have been able to record my friend!

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Here's another fun number from The Barn at Rocky Top.

My friends The Gather Rounders' guests are the amazing Rushad Eggleston and
super-gifted banjoist Ryan Cavanaugh.

Enjoy,
Fred




The Gather Rounders http://thegatherrounders.com/
The Barn https://www.facebook.com/BARNATROCKYTOP
Rushad https://www.facebook.com/rushad.eggleston
Ryan Cavanaugh http://www.ryancavanaughbanjo.com/

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The Lonely Heartstring Band- Full Length Album KICKSTARTER

After I donated, I sent this email to my bluegrass list of over 100 fans and artists...

I'm a very biased fan of these guys, having met them at Grey Fox 2013, recorded them that summer as well as in 2014,
then at two local house concerts. They've become one of my alltime favorite bands. On top of their musical gifts, they're
very nice guys!

At the bottom of this email, you can check out my examples of their talents

Meanwhile, I encourage you to check this out and support them as I just did.

From LHSB banjo player Gabe Hirshfeld

Dear beloved friends, family, fans and quite possibly enemies, we have
been working non-stop since the beginning of the summer. We've seen lots
of things like a ferrel sheep named Bart, a wonderful french bulldog
named Bruce as well as countless cups of coffee with names that we can't
remember (probably something about tigers and driving really fast.)
Anyway, during this time we have been working on lots of new and
original material, and it is now time to record our first full length
and mostly original record. Today we are announcing our kickstarter
campaign to help make this project a reality. We truly appreciate any
support people are willing to give weather it be a contribution, or
simply sharing the page. So to you, our wonderful friends, family, fans
and quite possibly enemies, thank you!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...l-length-album

Here are my examples...

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http://unrealbluegrass.com/

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One of my favorite groups from this year...

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Time again to roll out these great recordings from Ken Landreth..

Christmas on the Radio 1958

All the best for the holidays!

Fred

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Ryan Cavanaugh on Banjo

I met Ryan a few years ago at Grey Fox and have always enjoyed his artistry.

Fortunately a few weeks ago I had the pleasure to record him at The Barn at Rocky Top in Clinton Corners, NY.
In the audience were three other super pickers: Bill Keith, Eric Weissberg, and Ron Cody.

Here's the first installment...



http://www.ryancavanaughbanjo.com
https://www.facebook.com/rcavanaugh1
https://www.facebook.com/BARNATROCKYTOP

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Here's a real fun clip of some great young musicians...

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Last Sunday afternoon's great house concert by the Gibson Brothers, thanks to my Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association.

Here are My Photos.

Stay tuned for some videos.

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This is not exactly bluegrass, but it's surely banjo...

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I just got a nice Christmas present.

Only recently I remembered I'd sent my favorite photo of Dr. Ralph Stanley to the Birthplace
of Country Music Museum over a year ago. I just checked in with Associate Curator Rene Rodgers,
who told me it was on display in the instrument gallery area to complement the text and instruments
on display and sent me a photo. I proudly added it to my Dr. Ralph web page.

http://frobbi.org/slides/DrRalph/index.html

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Time for another classic, with my best wishes to all, and prayers for Phil Leadbetter...

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My friend Sab Watanabe, banjo player for Bluegrass 45 and editor of Japan's MoonShiner Magazine,
just used a few more of my photos from Carlton Haney's 1966 Fincastle/Roanoke Festival in the
January 2015 issue.

Check out the latest entry in his published collection of my photos (at the bottom of the page)..

http://frobbi.org/slides/ms-feb2010/index.html

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Great way to start off a set!

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Three goodies from two great pickers

1. James Stiltner has just posted 14 videos of the Bluegrass Album Band from 1991!

They're on his YouTube channel along with lots of other goodies...

https://www.youtube.com/user/Jaymz8604/videos

I've also added that link to the rest of my James Stiltner Collection: http://frobbi.org/stiltnercollection.html

2. Professor/Banjoist Larry Marschall just provided to "new" photos of the Arm Bros, competing in the
1972 Bean Blossom Band Contest...

http://frobbi.org/audio/armbros/beanblossom1972.html

I've added a link on my Arm Bros home page: http://frobbi.org/audio/armbros/index.html

3. Larry also allowed me to link to his music and photos page: http://public.gettysburg.edu/~marsch...s/lammusic.htm

I've added that link to the "From My Friends" section of my Recordings page: http://frobbi.org/picking.html

Big thanks to James and Larry for giving me more to share with everyone!

Fred

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This isn't mine, but I just had to share this super fun tune from super pickers.

Thanks to Patrick McAvinue!

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The Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association at the Arlington (Poughkeepsie, NY) Street Fair
3/5 Local Bands