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Firenze (with Quintin Stephens)
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Firenze (with Quintin Stephens)
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Released: Jan 1, 2009
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  • Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Roots Music

    Location CHATTANOOGA!, Tennessee, US

    Profile Views: 36134

    Last Login: 3/19/2013

    Member Since 1/24/2006

    Website www.butchross.com

    Record Label Like You Need One!

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..Butch Ross can't do anything right... .. ..He plays the mountain dulcimer... ..He plays it standing up like a guitar... ..He holds it upside and strung backwards... ..And Butch Ross plays rock n roll on it... .. ..Despite all this wrongness, somehow it all sounds just right... ..Okay, sure, he plays his own funny, poignant songs and some traditional mountain tunes, but somehow, in Butch's hands, they rock, too... ..Besides, it's pretty clear that Led Zeppelin always intended for "Stairway to Heaven" to be played on the dulcimer. It just took Butch to figure it out... ..Butch Ross was given a mountain dulcimer for his birthday a few years ago, at the time the regionally touring singer/songwriter had no idea of the impact the instrument would have on his career. "I thought it's be cool to have one around the house, but I found myself playing it more and more. It had made music fun for me in a way that I hadn't felt since I first picked up the guitar.".. ..More than "making music fun," this primitive mountain instrument began to open doors for him too. Not long after adopting the dulcimer he met Robert Force a musician, producer, independent label owner and all-around hippy who had once written a best-selling book on the mountain dulcimer. He saw in Butch "a spirit, talent and vision" that he last saw in his own idol; 60's folk-icon Richard Fariña. Almost immediately, he offered to sign him to his Blaine St. Records and produce, for free, his debut CD "the Moonshiner's Atlas.".. ..The dulcimer has opened other doors for Butch Ross as well: a full-ride scholarship for a graduate degree in folk studies, a quickly-earned reputation amongst the dulcimer community as one of the most innovative and exciting players on the scene, endorsement offers, including one builder who working with him on a "Butch Ross Signature Model,," opening slots for wide variety of performers from Hayseed Dixie and Little Country Giants to the Jazz Mandolin Project, Great Big Sea and the legendary Jean Ritchie. Additionally the dulcimer has found him invited to play festivals and clubs in England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and most recently Budapest, Hungary... ..Sean Phipps of the Chattanooga Times Free Press says, "His set consisted of folk songs and various instrumentals, including blistering version of Richard Thompson’s ..1952 Vincent Black Lightning.. and The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” We’re lucky to have such a talented, interesting musician living in Chattanooga.".. ........ .. ..[if !IE]> .. ..[endif]>

  • Members

    Me, usually.

  • Influences

    I steal liberally from ..Jeff Lang.. and with good reason....... Other folks in no particular order.... Tom Waits, ..Christabel and the Jons.., Mark Eitzel and the American Music Club, Richard Thompson, Bill Mallonee and the Vigilantes of Love, Jimi Hendrix, Yo Yo Ma, Eric Johnson, Chris Whitley, Kelly Joe Phelps, Adrian Legg, Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke, David Schnaufer, Robert Force and Al d'Osscche, Stephen Siefert, Uncle Tupelo, Jerry Rockwell, Ani DiFranco, Shaun Colvin, Bill Morrissey, U2, The Smiths, The Sex Pistols, The Crooked Jades, the Foghorn Stringband, The Wilders, Adam Brodsky, Antje Duvekot, Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, Woodsongs, The Saturday Jams at Bread and Bagel, the "contemporary" singer/songwriters I hate because they're really just failed actors trying to get their pedestrian love songs placed on Grey's Anatomy, all the people I've forgotten and you.

  • Sounds Like

    A thousand bees stinging you on the inside..... .. .. .. .. ..

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    New shows announced in Appomattox, VA - Scottsville, VA - Staffordsville, KY http://t.co/AVxG2349jf

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    New shows announced in Appomattox, VA - Scottsville, VA - Staffordsville, KY http://lnk.ms/6T9gk

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    Playing a show in Rutledge, GA at 9:00 AM today at Hard Labor Creek State Park http://t.co/X1HfGYS1jM

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    Playing a show in Rutledge, GA at 9:00 AM today at Hard Labor Creek State Park http://lnk.ms/fC178

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    2 years ago
  • Esther J. Larry


    Hello,How do you do?

    2 years ago
  • Chelsea Echelon Iskande…

    You may not remember me but I saw you at Rock City and you signed my cd. I just wanted to tell you I think your music is amazing. Someday This Will All Be Underwater is my favorite song of yours. You're incredibly talented. Keep up the good work. :)

    3 years ago
  • CRISTIAN HUET, l'homme …

    hello butch,
    here is some new dulcimer video i recorded. i hope you enjoy it.
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    cristian

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZke0byhvJY

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usb8Q4fKTMU

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZuwbEef4s

    3 years ago
  • Industry Recording Comp…

    Coming through by to show some Chattanooga love !!

    3 years ago
  • Roxie Randle

    Hi Butch!  Thanks for the friend request.  It was great meeting you last week... hopefully, the Mascara Tour will be back to play at the Mudpie again soon!

    3 years ago
  • Rachel Pearl

    Heya!
    We had a great time in Chattanooga.
    We're finally back in Nashville now. It was SO fun.
    I'm gonna look up the guy in KY. Thanks for the tip.

    Love your tunes.

    3 years ago
  • TiGrEzZ

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    3 years ago
  • TiGrEzZ

    Thanks 4 the add Butch!...hope all is well with you...God Bless hugs-n-kisses...ciao 4 now.. :D

    3 years ago
  • Steel String Session

    Butch... Let's pick. :-) It feels right.

    Love,
    Lisa, Pete, Denny, J-Rod, John
    Steel String Session

    3 years ago
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