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I am pleased to announce that my friends from Bozeman and Livingston will be bringing their crew to Longstaff House for a show Novwnvwe 4th at 7:00 PM.  I have known Larry Barnwell for over 40 years starting with his band, Poor Monroe.  Add Joe Rock on banjo and killer tenor singing and you have the guts of a solid traditional bluegrass band.  Add twin-fiddle champs Isaac Callender and Louise Steinway plus Mike Parsons on mandolin and Kenny Williams on bass and you have a couple centuries of experience.

Please come only if vaccinated and mask if you prefer,

Joe Crookston

Songwriter, Performer, Artist, Facilitator & Producer

BIOGRAPHY

From Ithaca, NY…

Songwriter, guitarist, painter, fiddler, slide player, eco-village member and believer in all things possible. Named 2016 Folk Alliance International Artist-in- Residence and signed to I Book Shows along with David Francey and Irish Mythen. His songs are being made into films. 

He’ll surprise you and awaken the cynics.   He’s plumbing for lyrical gold like a social archeologist.  His songs are universal, his rhythm infectious and in concert, he is funny as hell one moment and transcendent the next.

This event is an outdoor concert with Longstaff House favorites, plus our host John Parker will be celebrating his 70th! Bring along a donation for the music, some food and drink, masks and a lawn chair if you wish.

John Reischman is one of the premier mandolinists of his generation. He’s a master instrumentalist capable of swinging between re-inventions of traditional old-time tunes, deconstructions from the bluegrass repertoire, and compelling original tunes, many of which have become standards. He’s also a powerful bandleader, touring his band the Jaybirds all over Canada and the United States. A member of the groundbreaking Tony Rice Unit, Reischman’s mastery of bluegrass, old-time, swing, and multiple Latin American musical styles, coupled with an Old Master’s sense of tone, taste, and musicality, has brought him a global reputation as one of the finest mandolinists of his era.  But most of all, he’s an understated visionary, the kind of master craftsman whose music is virtuosic without ever being flashy and who is renowned for his impeccable taste and tone as an artist. John Reischman embodies the true spirit of acoustic music in the 21st century.

Eli West is a Seattle-based multi-instrumental musician and interactive graphic designer. With an interest in angular phrasing and non-traditional improvisation within the historic precedents of bluegrass and old-time music, his playing both grounds and pushes the ensembles he is involved with. Well-known for his work with Norwegian fiddler Olav Mjelva, Cahalen Morrison, Jayme Stone and more, the Seattle-based singer and multi-instrumentalist oozes understated talent. He has released three records as half of the new/old-time duo Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, which tours regularly throughout the US and Europe. Eli is an active ingredient playing guitar, banjo, and bouzouki with both Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project and John Reischman and the Pine Siskins.

Caleb and Reeb bring their full country band to the Longstaff House featuring Mike Bub, the best bass player in the business.  The show will start at 7:30.

Lochwood has just finished a new CD called Big Park and we are having a CD release party prior to the Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival.  For a donation of $20 you will get a New CD.

Billy Parker will be in town for the festival and John and Billy will do a short opening set.

Clinton Fearon

is a composer, songwriter, singer and player of instruments since his early teens.

Born in Jamaica, Clinton became the bassist, vocalist and lyricist of the mythic Gladiators at the age of 19. He was also a session musician for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s at Black Ark in the 70s, two of the main producers on the island at this time. There Clinton composed some everlasting bass lines for wellbknown artists like Yabby You, Jimmy Riley, Max Romeo, Junior Byles and many others. After leaving Jamaica in 1987, Clinton Fearon started a new career in Seattle. Him and some of the musicians of The Gladiators took advantage of the extra time remaining on their visa, at the end of the US tour, to started a band in the Northwest: The Defnders. The band built a nice following in the area but split after five years. Clinton Fearon finally formed his own band in the mid 90s in Seattle with local musicians: Boogie Brown Band.

Clinton Fearon recorded eight albums with Boogie Brown Band and tour with them in the Pacific

Northwest and Europe intensively, but also other places in the US and South America.Since 2005 and the release of Mi An Mi Guitar. Clinton is also giving magical performances in solo acoustic. In

2012, he released his second acoustic opus: Heart And Soul, which gathers 16 songs wrote between 1969-1984, while he was a strong member of the mythic Gladiators in Jamaica.

With just vocaland guitar, Clinton is playing his music all over the world, in clubs, theaters, festivals and other cultural centers.

Each song of Clinton Fearon is a strong message coming from the heart of a man who is dedicating his life to help a better world to come. With chiselled music and poetic lyrics, he opens reggae to a wider audience who simply loves his beautiful songs.

Original music & stories from the Canadian Rockies

http://thewardensmusic.com/about.php

BRADLEY BISCHOFF

Vocals, lead and rhythm guitar

Stationed in the rugged South Boundary region of Jasper National Park, Bradley began his national park warden lifestyle in 1981.

Assigned alone to the backcountry with a handful of horses for seventeen days at a time, Bradley penned many songs by the dim cabin lights and the dusky summers spent in the high alpine ranges.

Bradley was a founding member of the popular Alberta Swing/Rockabilly band The Free Rangers. With The Wardens, he combines his melodic vocals and smooth lead licks with his mountain roots.

RAY SCHMIDT

Vocals, upright bass, mandolin

Currently posted in Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Ray works with grizzly bears in the interior rainforest of Glacier National Park.

Ray founded The Wardens in 2009 with Scott Ward during the national park warden centennial after discovering the rich depth of music and stories within this region of Canada.

Translating the high lonesome sound of the Kentucky hills to those of the Rocky Mountains, Ray’s vocals amplify the spirit of The Wardens’ Mountain music.

SCOTT WARD

Vocals, fingerstyle guitar

A national park warden for over 30 years in Banff National Park, Scott’s music stems from a life lived in the deep wilderness of the Canadian Rockies as a horseman, search-and-rescue dog handler and technical alpine specialist.

Evoking the haunting fingerstyle guitar of Gordon Lightfoot with the mystique and presence of Ian Tyson, Scott’s music embodies Canadian authenticity.

In 2001, Scott was awarded the Governor General’ s Award for Exemplary Service as a Peace Officer.