frequent guests: Zeke Mazurek Clayton Yates Josh McCallen Martin Chapman Dennis Delorme
Influences
Jackie Washington, Bob Snider, Scotty Moore, Don Reno, Todd Snider, Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Clarence White, John Hartford, Mississippi John Hurt, Fred J. Eaglesmith, David Essig, Willie P. Bennett, Mose Scarlett, Yank Rachell, Geoff Muldaur, Guy Clark, New Lost City Ramblers, Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk, Elizabeth Cotton, The York County Boys, The Greenbrier Boys, Johnny Young, Rev. Gary Davis, Carl Martin, Skip James, Ken Whiteley, Chris Whiteley, Ry Cooder, David Bromberg, Cheap Suit Serenaders, James Burton, Cliff Gallup, Danny Gatton, Lenny Breau, Jorma Kaukonen, Hazel Dickens, Cathy Fink, Mickey Baker's Jazz Guitar Book, rockabilly and old time string and jug bands...
Allan Kirby and Jim Yates have a total of over 90 years experience playing music for Ontario audiences. They have opened for Valdy and Fred Eaglesmith and played in various groups at Toronto's Glen Gould Studio, Cobourg Waterfront Festival, the Shelter Valley Folk Festival, the Peterborough Folk Festival, The Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic, The Mariposa Folk Festival, Palmer Rapids Bluegrass Festival, River Valley Bluegrass Festival, Orono Bluegrass Festival, Marmora Jamboree and more beer joints and concert halls than you want to hear about. Between them they play guitar, banjo, Dobro, accordion, mandolin, harmonica, concertina, Autoharp, dulcimer and pedal steel guitar.
Jim and Al were also the mandolin and banjo players of McCormick, one of Ontario's leading bluegrass bands. McCormick disbanded after playing their last gig in September of 2006.
Allan and Jim met in 1976 on a radio broadcast where they were each performing with different bands. They thought then that it might be fun to get together and make some music, but it took 25 years before that happened. Finally, in 2001, they began performing as a duo. The result was an eclectic mix of acoustic music, ranging from folk, old-time country, rockabilly and bluegrass, to jazz and swing.
Jim and Al released their first recording, Sittin' In The Kitchen, recorded at Through The Cedars Productions in Cherry Valley, in July, 2005. This recording reveals some of the range of music styles played by Kirby & Yates, two veteran musicians who seek out unique musical material and interpret it their own way.
Learn more about Kirby & Yates at: www.peterboroughpromotions.com/kirbyandyates/
www.peterboroughpromotions.com/jimyates/ www.peterboroughpromotions.com/allankirby/
Contact Jim at jim14076@hotmail.com
Contact Al at northbluebanjo@hotmail.com
Thanks for joining our circle of friends, and thanks for helping to keep Redd's legacy alive! Billy & Sharon www. reddstewart. com (Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys)
Thank you for the add. I like your music very much. It's right up my alley. I'm a child of the folk revival in the 60's. Though living far away over here in Denmark. Later I took a break for about 20 years, and was so lucky to run into these young guys playing old time music a couple of years ago, dusted off my instruments, and began to play again. Best thing that have happened for me in years. We'll talk again later I hope. Here or on the Flatpicker Hangout. I have been on the BHO and the FHO for a couple of years.
Untill later Jesper "Toons & tunes" Best thing that have happened for me in years¨
We thought it might interest you to hear that our debut CD is now available on CD Baby. Click on the little picture below and listen to some samples. Hope you like what you hear :-)
Cheers Jesper Big Hungry Joe Old-time band from Denmark
thank you kindly... I'll be look'n forward to meet'n you guys down the road! maybe you could learn me a few new murder ballads, drink some beer, and play some foot stompin good music.
Hi Kirby & Yates, hola amigos, thanks for the add and for being my friends, good music here!!! nice sounds, all the best, take care, greetings from Madrid-Spain
Thanks for the kind words.
And yes. Blue Ridge is awailable in Denmark.
I bought a BR-143 a couple of years ago, and I can't recommend it enough. I love it very much.
We played a gig friday 2/16/2007
And someone made a video of our last number. It can be seen on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZQeILBdC50
Hope you like it.
The late jug master (1939-2005) plays some of the spookiest tones ever on the previously unreleased "Visiting Day." Recorded by the Jailhouse Jug Band, the tune is currently spotlighted on the Jug Bandolier player.
