Bobby Lee Rodgers / Overdrive

Bobby Lee Rodgers has kept me waiting long enough, but the new album is finally out, available for immediate download on his website, and I couldn't resist!
The album does not disappoint. Put it on, crank it up, and sit back and soar!
It is all BLR; rock, jazz, fusion, funk, blues, whatever! He is a world-class talent who can do it all from composing to playing to singing and he always manages to assemble a group of killer musicians to play and record with him.
The new album features Jimmy Herring on guitar, Marcus Williams on drums, and legendary Ike Stubblefield on the Hammond B3. And yes, they do "kick it into overdrive".

Good luck finding any additional info on this album. I couldn't. It runs about 55 minutes.
Here's the song list:
1 Mary
2 Soul Recovery
3 Miles Ahead
4 Overdrive
5 Just A Day
6 Masters Of The Obvious
7 BellyFlop
8 Sentence
9 Time For The Future
10 Fall Into The Sky

Songs From The Road Band at Jack Of The Wood Pub, Asheville, NC

Here's more video I shot at the Jack of the Wood Pub, last Friday night.
What a bunch of fine pickers, these guys do Asheville proud. We couldn't of had a better night, anytime, anywhere!

Songs from the Road Band / Give me a Ring Sometime

Man, what a bluegrass show at Jack of the Wood last night in Asheville!
If you haven't heard the two CDs by the bluegrass supergroup, Songs From The Road Band, you need to check them out!

Railroad Earth // For Love

Railroad Earth gave a stellar performance at the Orange Peel on Friday. The Chicago grass band, Cornmeal (driven by fiddle player Allie Kral) opened with lots of energy and then we were treated by two full sets of pure jamgrass bliss by an inspired and awesome Railroad Earth. It was a hobo's delight, for sure!
I was fortunate enough to video a couple of minutes of Todd Sheaffer singing Robert Earl Keen's "For Love". If I could have requested a song, this would have been it, I must be living right!


The tapers already have the show up on archive, check out the twin fiddles of Tim Carbone and Allie Kral on Cuckoo's Medley for a special treat:

http://www.archive.org/details/Railroad_Earth_Live_at_The_Orange_Peel_on_2009-10-02

Greensky Bluegrass / Beat It

The Michigan bluegrass jam band, Greensky Bluegrass played the Grey Eagle last night. I hadn't seen them since they opened for Del McCoury at the Orange peel a few years ago. This band consistenly gets better and better. Their latest album, Five Interstates, produced by Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth is one of the best studio albums I've heard in a while. I hope to see them again, soon.

Paleface // Hank Williams from his Grave

PALEFACE "Hank Williams From His Grave" from Captain Crazy Productions on Vimeo.

Killer song, Paleface channels Hank Williams..........Check it out!

Bristol Rhythm and Roots 2009

Just home from another great year of kickass music at Bristol Rhythm and Roots. We enjoyed seeing Jeni and Billy again, we first met them at Sugar Hollow Campground in Bristol, four years ago during our first visit to Rhythm and Roots. This year they were performing and we got to enjoy listening to them sing their old-time Appalachian ballads and coal mining songs from the stage of the Bristol Theater. Big time, J&B!

Their new CD is called Jewel Ridge Coal, check them out, it's the real thing. Their website is :http://www.jeniandbilly.com/home.html