There must be a couple of hundred from Andrea Cooper and Mark Roberts in Seattle, and Cat Fox in Seattle, to Pat Fitzgerald and Robin Dale Ford in Fairbanks, to Eric Graves and Tom Hart and Bob Bell (that's his singing on Black-Eyed Susie!) in Fairbanks, to Charlie Hunt and Lynn Basham and Richard Schoen and Joe Karson and Phil Cassel and Pete Bowers and also the Rosie Creek String Band in Fairbanks, to David McCormick and others in Anchorage, to Jim and Martha Stey and Tom Paul in Juneau, to Len Feldman in Haines, to Scott Pearce in Skagway, to Ned and Tia in Portland, to Ray Bierl and Erik Pearson in the Bay Area, to Barb Hansen all over the West Coast, to Barb and Andy and Paul and Joe and Walter in Southern California, to Jim McConnell in Tucson, Rus Bradburd in Las Cruces, Aaron Parrett in Montana, Michael Woods in Colorado, Norbert Sarsfield in Iowa, Eric Lind and Pop Wagner in St. Paul, John Fabke in Wisconsin, Jordan Wankoff in Chicago (along with WABOLABR, which includes Angela Bowman, Elizabeth Lamberti, and Clayton Brown), Jeff Miller in St. Louis, Jerry Hagins in Austin, Mitch Reed in Lafayette, Hogie Siebert in Breaux Bridge, Doug Berch in Michigan, Mark Ward in Ohio, Matt McElroy and Tim Peacock in Athens, Hilarie Burhans in Athens, Doug Van Gundy in West Virginia, Mark Tamsula and Don Shean in Western PA, and dozens and dozens more--I'm heading East and South with the names here . . .
Influences
All those revivalist old-time bands I've been listening to since the early 80's, when I started on the fiddle in Carrboro NC--locals like the old Red Clay Ramblers, and the Fuzzy Mountain String Band that predated them. Then there was that Seattle scene in the mid-80's when I moved there--big parties in big houses, folks like Sandy Bradley--and then it was up to Alaska and getting inspired by Scotty Meyer and Fiddling Wolf. Fiddle Tunes week in Port Townsend certainly helped. Now I've been making the trip to Clifftop. And, oh yeah, it doesn't hurt to be spending lots of time in Louisiana.
Sounds Like
John Hartford and a bunch of friends gigging with Spalding Gray somewhere between Morgantown and Elkins.
Since 2000, 22-year Alaska resident Ken Waldman has released six CDs that have received wide radio airplay and acclaim. In that same period, he's also had published six full-length poetry collections.
Though he still performs solo on occasion, Waldman teams with other musicians, The Secret Visitors, when he headlines such venues as Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, Johnny D's outside Boston, The Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., or else for concert series or festival shows.
A popular visiting artist in classrooms, he has led workshops in over 150 schools in 30 states nationwide, and has been a guest writer at over 80 colleges and universities, including SUNY Brockport, University of Tennessee, University of Alabama Birmingham, Knox College, Murray State University, Idaho State University, and San Diego State University.
Ken Waldman & The Secret Visitors's Friend Space (Top 39)
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Hiya again Ken! - You've a great page here, and I love your music! - Go raibh míle maith agat as do cairdeas anseo ar mo leathanach nua ceoil! (Thanks a million for your friendship here on my NEW MUSIC PAGE!) - Some songs from my all-instrumental album, "AULD CHRISTMAS" are up now, and songs from other albums will be up soon. - I really hope you'll enjoy the tunes I've uploaded so far, and all the ones still yet to come. - I'll be making steady daily improvements to the page, featuring music from the past 25 years of recording my Hammered Dulcimers, as well as new work that has yet to be recorded. - Please help us spread the word that I'm back from "retirement," and I'm here on MySpace. Síocháin leat- (Peace be with you-) Pádraig + personal myspace page: www.myspace.com/celtmann = My *New* MUSIC PAGE: www.myspace.com/padraigmichaelmann + (Gaeilge/Irish Gaelic above) +
Hiya Ken! Go raibh míle maith agat as do cairdeas, agus bionn tú anseo ar an "myspace." Is máith liom dó leathanach é agus dó ceoil é. Ádh mhór. (Thanks immensely for your friendship and for being here on Myspace. I really like your page and your music. All the best.) Síocháin leat- (Peace be with you-) Pádraig + (Gaeilge, or "Irish Gaelic" above) + +
Howdy. Hope to see you at the second annual BLACK POT FESTIVAL in Lafayette, LA FOOD, MUSIC, DANCING, CAMPING & MORE! www.blackpotfestival.com PS-You should put BLACK POT FEST in your TOP FRIENDS so everyone will know how cool it is!
No problem. :) I've been in touch with some of the poetry-minded Berea folks, and I'm waiting to hear back from them now (everybody's just returning from end-of-summer vacations, etc).
Ken, Thanks for the add. If you're ever in Omaha, we'll have to play a show. Love the tunes, would love to hear more, might have to buy a CD or two. JK
Hi Ken, Thanks for finding me on MySpace!! Do you remember playing tunes a couple of years ago at Clifftop? I was over there visiting with Tim J. Are you getting down this way anytime soon?
