Bob Harris has become quite the fan of our beloved Merle Fest over in Wilkeboro, NC. http://www.merlefest.org
Last year, Merle Fest even saw a visit by John Paul Jones who wound up jammin' with a bunch of folks and eventually went on tour with The Mutual Admiration Society, consisiting of those Nickel Creek kids and Glen Phillips of Frog The Moist Gear.
Chris Thile of Nickel Creek has a new disc out on which he plays all instruments, I hear it's pretty awesome.
I picked up the Old Grey Whistle Test DVD which features Bob Harris and it is great to see some of those vintage performances.
Edgar Winter performs Frankenstein with what must be the earliest strap-on, over the shoulder synth keyboard that I recall seeing and the band does an amazing job with the song. My only dissapointment is that they paired this set down from a two disc in the UK to a single disc in America, that is a bummer.
Anyway, it's great to see Newgrass and Americana getting some attention across the big pond.
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