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Joe Troop
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Carrboro, North Carolina
United States

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Member Since2/9/2008
Band MembersTown Mountain keeps me busy most of the time playing bluegrass fiddle. I play swing fiddle, sing and compose for my band, the Firehouse Rhythm Kings when I'm at home. The Common World Collective is also a band I wrote the material for, but we don't get to play too much anymore, since Andy Thorn moved to Colorado. I also sing and play banjo for Keep Off the Grass.
Influencesbluegrass drive, swing, Andalucian concept of "duende", Japanese minyou, Muslim call to prayer


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   About Joe Troop
I am a fiddler and banjo player, and I love to sing. I grew up in Winston-Salem, NC. My big brother, Josh exposed me to the importance of music as a kid, letting me sing as he played piano. Thanks to him and a chance encounter with a banjo player when I was 14, I discovered the wonderful world of strings and was sold. I learned to play in high school from some of the greatest musicians out there. I'm lucky to be from the Piedmont region of my state. I got really into languages when I was in college, and I decided to live abroad in Spain for a couple years, a beautiful era rich in friendship and inspiring sound. I embraced being queer and began to love myself without fear. I lived in Japan for another couple of years after graduating from UNC Chapel Hill, and I was an English teacher in a remote village in the Japanese Alps, Kamimura. To make a long story short, I'm a musician and language/culture lover, and I play music for a living. I play lots of gigs here in NC, and I tour around the country playing fiddle with Town Mountain, my brothers. That's a little about me. ..

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temples of grey

Betsy Harris temples grey



Sep 12 2009 7:43 AM



I was hoping to see you tonight at Ryan Gustafson's cd release.  Before he played "Let Go", he talked about you, your recording violin on his cd, how beautiful your work is, and how talented you are.  Sure enough, (though no surprise to me), hearing the cd a little while ago, I agree.  -Adds a vibrant dimension to Ryan's already great song.

I'll look forward to seeing you again soon!

Abigail

Abigail



Sep 7 2009 8:35 AM

You are the best, Joe.  Keep up your inspiring work!
Stuff Smith

Stuff Smith



Aug 22 2009 10:51 AM

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Thereza López

Thereza Lopez



Jun 23 2009 5:03 AM

Hey Joe!!

El pasado martes 16 de Junio participé en el evento Subcutaneo "acciones bajo la piel de la ciudad" con el performance llamado PINGSPLASH en las vitrinas del metro Pino Suárez en la ciudad de México.

La acción consitió en rebotar una pelota de hule mojada con pintura por aprox 6-7 horas. Al botar la pelota yo gritaba pero el sonido se generaba desde mi estómago dando así fuerza al lanzamiento de la pelota. El concepto fue llevar mi cuerpo a un extremo con esta acción repetitiva y como objetivo fue pintar la vitrina con los resultados azarosos de los rebotes y la salpicada de pintura en el lanzamiento.

Después de esto soy TherezaPollock (¡ajajaja!)
Besos muchos, abrazos ¡¡mas!!



PINGSPLASH PERFORMANCE

foto cortesía de Gabrielle Civil



Anne-Sophie Roullin

Anne-Sophie Roullin



May 13 2009 10:47 PM

HEY JOE !
Just to say I love your compositions... Especially "Por Caer"...
All the best to you!
Annso.
Anne-Sophie Roullin

Anne-Sophie Roullin



Mar 25 2009 7:44 PM

Hey Joe !
Thank you so much for your comment in my page.
You play really great, I like your energy !
Yeah ! Who knows ? Maybe I'll see you one of these day in France.
Do you play in france?
See ya !
Annso.
Courtney

Courtney Rose Williams



Mar 23 2009 2:51 AM

Its not too far from the realm of possibility! I love you too Joe, no one warms my bed like you.
When will I see you next?
Charlie Chamberlain

Charlie Chamberlain



Feb 26 2009 1:12 AM

one of the finer endings.
Thereza López

Thereza Lopez



Feb 25 2009 7:38 AM

Debido al pasado 14 de Febrero se llevó a cabo la exposición virtual dedicada a este día a través de “La Sociedad de los Artístas Cursis”, hay un video de mi creación ¡¡chécalo!! Es el 2do de este link:
"CORAZON MI CORAZON" Thereza Lopez

“La imagen mental o la idea de la vida autosostenida continua e incesante que significa en general la autosuficiencia para el individuo, vida eterna, autosostenida y autosuficiente; el sentir y el amar corresponde al corazón. Sangre arterial amor a los demás, sangre venosa amor a mí misma.”

CORAZON, MI CORAZON
Foto cortesía de Paola Paz Yee
Jon Stickley

Jon Stickley



Dec 7 2008 12:42 AM

good pickin last night dude! sorry about hating on your triplet licks.
Thereza López

Thereza Lopez



Nov 2 2008 5:48 PM

¡¡HOLA JOE!!
¿Que tal tu regreso a casa?

Comparto contigo mi Calaverita y Ofrenda de Día de Muertos ;)

CALAVERITA

OFRENDA
SONGS FROM THE ROAD BAND

SONGS FROM THE ROAD BAND



Oct 31 2008 7:00 PM

The new taxman ep is here! Just click the picture of the ep to download it! It features members of steep canyon rangers, larry keel and natural bridge, emmitt-nershi band, shannon whitworth, town mountain and more!
..SONGS FROM THE ROAD BAND: Taxman - EP..
You're invited to the Holday Festivus CD Release Winter Tour!
WED DEC 17 grey eagle asheville
THUR DEC 18 the back room flat rock
Thereza López

Thereza Lopez



Oct 7 2008 2:56 PM

¡HOLA JOE!
Gracias por el add ;)
Me gustó mucho tu música, se me hizo un tanto hipnotizante...
¡Abrazos!

PERFORMANCE "REFLEJO"
"El amor es tan solo un reflejo de lo que realmente somos..."



foto cortesía de Antonio Juárez
Town Mountain

Town Mountain



Sep 17 2008 6:00 PM

Hey Friends,

Town Mountain here, we are very excited to have the day finally arrive for our CD Release Party of HEROES and HERETICS. We will be having a show to celebrate this occassion on Friday September 26th at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC and we hope that you will come out and join us!

Here are the details for the evenings show:

Friday September 26th
The Grey Eagle
Town Mountain CD Release Party
w. special guests Packway Handle Band
Doors at 8PM
Packway Handle Band starts at 9PM
Tickets - 8.00

Town Mountain will also be appearing live on WNCW radio on Friday the 26th before the show at 1PM, and you can listen online at www. wncw. org!


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Sweet By and By

Sweet By and By



Jun 21 2008 4:53 PM

xoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxx
Charlie Chamberlain

Charlie Chamberlain



Mar 13 2008 4:41 PM

Chaa!
Gravy Boys

Gravy Boys



Mar 13 2008 1:48 PM

Joe - can't wait til tomorrow night at the General Store! Get ready to rock...try to arrive by 6:30 or so so you have time to enjoy your free meal...food is great there!
Jon Stickley

Jon Stickley



Mar 12 2008 4:37 PM

where you goin' wit dat gun in your hand
Kristen

Kristen



Feb 24 2008 12:52 AM

Hey Joe
Griggs

Griggs



Feb 20 2008 5:24 PM

Hey Joe
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