Mandolin player Doug Spaulding is a career and family man by day, musician by night. He is an accomplished guitarist in his own right, but has been devoting his free time to working out the old traditional American songs on the mandolin.
John Capalbo, 5-string banjo, spent a number of years as a working rock bassist, until switching to the banjo. He is quickly becoming a master of the finger picking technique made popular by notables such as Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley. He is also a master carpenter and craftsman.
Fiddler Erick Feucht has been actively playing fiddle, mandolin, and guitar in Connecticut for the past several years. His interests include bluegrass and old-time music along with Celtic themes. A passionate jammer, he is happiest in musical settings that challenge his creativity and expand his knowledge. Erick lives in Newtown and is, along with his wife, Kim, the owner of Stockbridge & Berry Home Furnishings in Monroe and Southbury.
Guitarist Larry Brish has a long history on the guitar, with original roots in American folk and bluegrass music. He is also an adjunct college professor, baseball coach and family man.
Bassist Jamie Doris attended the Jazz and Contemporary Music program at the New School in New York City, where he studied with jazz greats such as Reggie Workman, Chico Hamilton, Junior Mance, Buster Williams and Cecil McBee. In addition to his work with The Bandolins, Jamie is also a freelance website developer. He teaches private bass and guitar lessons at his home as well as at New Fairfield Guitar Studio, and occasionally performs private functions with his jazz group, The Emissaries.
Susan Spaulding, percussionist, is a multi-talented artist and musician. Her contribution includes keeping time on the washboard, triangles and concertina. She is currently studying the violin, and is responsible for the bands artwork.
Influences
Stanley Bros, Bill Monroe, Carter Family, Osbourne Bros, Johnny Cash, Eire, Doc Watson, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Flatt and Scruggs, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Hot Tuna, Bob Dylan, Sierra Nevada, Mountain Dew, a good cup o' Joe, Rail Lines
Sounds Like
Grandpa's been brewin' up that old Mountain Dew again...
The founding members of the Bandolins started out doing rock and roll covers purely for fun. But when bassist John Capalbo went AWOL for a few weeks, it seemed the fun was over. Then one night, John returned with a banjo in place of his bass, and thus began the transformation toward an older and simpler form of music. Guitarist Doug Spaulding hung up his guitar for a mandolin, and Larry Brish swapped his electric guitar for the acoustic. The trio found themselves starting from scratch, learning from the traditional American folk songbook. Soon the group was joined by Ralph Volpe on violin, Jamie Doris on bass and Susan Spaulding on percussion.
After spending the last few months mastering the Old Tyme songs that make up the foundation of American roots music, the band has just begun to bring their sound to the people, to share with them the joy and the message the band has found in this music.
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Hey!
I found you through the Bass group on here!
Erm...no, I didn't know my page played all the videos at once!I did disable them from starting automatically...but maybe I didn't do it properly!
How's life treating you guys at the moment then?Hope all is good.
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