the Beatles, the Byrds, Townes Van Zandt, Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, Rodney Crowell, David Grier, Blue Highway, Flatt & Scruggs, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, it goes on and on.
Multi-instrumentalist Kathy Barwick (guitar, banjo and dobro) has more than 30 years of experience playing bluegrass, folk and, most recently, traditional Irish music. Kathy started on folk guitar, added bluegrass banjo, dobro and bass, and finally returned to guitar as a flatpicker. The founder of the groundbreaking All Girl Boys, Kathy has also performed with The Good Ol’ Persons, High Country, Mountain Laurel, and Bill Grant and Delia Bell. Kathy has toured with Nashville guitarist Brad Davis, performed with rock icon Sal Valentino, and played on numerous recording sessions in northern California. Kathy currently is the dobroist with Mountain Laurel Bluegrass Band and the folk/blues outfit Poetic Justis, and the guitarist for the traditional Irish quartet Nine-8ths Irish.
Kathy has performed at such important northern California acoustic music venues as the Great American Music Hall, the Freight & Salvage, the Palms, the Strawberry Music Festival, the CBA Father’s Day Festival, Midsummer Bluegrass Festival, the Grass Valley Center for the Arts, the Auburn Bluegrass Festival, Plymouth Bluegrass Festival, International Bluegrass Music Association Showcase, and the KVMR Celtic Festival. A well-known and respected music educator, Kathy has taught guitar and dobro at many acoustic music camps, including the California Coast Music Camp, Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp, the American River Acoustic Music Camp, and the CBA’s annual music camp. Kathy also writes a popular instructional column for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.
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Cathy, Music sounds great! We've got a lot of mutual friends- Jack Leiderman, Bill Evans etc. Colin started touring Ireland with me after David Miner passed away. You can check out some of Dave's Dobro and Weissenborn work at the 2 links below. Colin and janet are great to play music with and hang out. Great folks! All the best with all your music! gary www.myspace.com/garyferguson www.myspace.com/slidedreams
Thanks Kathy =). Ethan and Aimee are sick now, so that's a bummer. Aimee said she couldn't believe I got on stage with such a sore throat and high temp. Have a safe trip to Ohio, and we will see you soon! The family says hello back =).
Looking froward to seeing you Saturday, and at the festival. We will be camping there, so our place is your place! Hopefully we can play some tunes at Malakoff this weekend =)
thanx Kathy! It was great playing with you. You are such a great musician and a blast to hang out with. Thanx for sitting in with us. Love Your Playing :)
Thanks! Wish you were at Paul's for his party, we all missed you! How have you and John been? Tell him hi for us. We can't wait to here your new album.
Kathy, We never had a chance to talk on Saturday - either you were teaching, or jamming, or I was runnin' around doing stuff that needed to be done. The day was a huge success, so thanks ever so much for your inestimable contribution toward making it so! Sorry that you couldn't stay for the concert, but I have a feeling that you had a really fine evening at Mondavi. I just love that hall. Hope to see you again soon with a little less hecticness (is that a word?) John
Gettting closer and closer to Blue Goose! See you there (I'll be the one withOUT the bells on...) And speaking of "with bells on," this apparently hails from the days of the horse-drawn carriage when folks headed for a festive activity would bedeck their horses' harnesses with bells to make merry on the way to the party and announce to everyone (possibly to their annoyance) that they were having a good time! (Sorry, I can't help it sometimes - I'm just a repository of useless knowledge).
Kathy, how great to have you as a long-time friend and fellow picker, and good to have you as a friend here too. I'm loving your music and photos. You look great and sound great as always. Hey, keep up the Green Power movements down there in Californy!
Kathy, Just realized I never thanked you for adding me. Also much thanks for your willingness to hold workshops in support of ARAMC. I'll definitely see you at the ARAMC benefit concert on April 4 (looks like I'll be playing a few songs before City Folk takes the stage), but hopefully I'll be able to make it to one of your gigs at The Palms in February! Thanks again for all the fine music and friendship, John
