Louis Ledford on Voice, Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica.
Will also be in company with Robert Blake, Anais Mitchell and Rachel Ries as part of the Tin Pan Caravan.
Influences
Abraham, Roy Acuff, Douglas Adams, Aesop, Captain Ahab, Fat Albert, Muhammad Ali, Woody Allen, Steve Allen, Robert Altman, Adam Ant, Marc Antony, Thomas Aquinas, Yasser Arafat, Fatty Arbuckle, Aristotle, Alan Arkin, Benedict Arnold, King Arthur, Arthur Ashe, Chet Atkins, Tex Avery, John Banner, Brigitte Bardot, Chuck Barris, P.T. Barnum, Count Basie, Batman, Mel Bay, The Beatles, Samuel Beckett, Harry Belafonte, John Belushi, Benedict XVI, Roberto Benigni, Beowulf, Cyrano de Bergerac, Irving Berlin, Chuck Berry, Richard Berry, Bert (and Ernie), Bigfoot, Billy the Kid, John Birch, Frank Black, Robert Blake, Blackbeard the Pirate, Humphrey Bogart, Simon Bolivar, James Bond, William Bonney, Sonny Bono, John Wilkes Booth, Ernest Borgnine, David Bowie, Paul Bowles, Milton Bradley, Eva Braun, Richard Brautigan, Charles Bronson, Garth Brooks, Mel Brooks, The Brothers Grimm, Charlie Brown, Greg Brown, James Brown, John Brown, Lenny Bruce, Pat Buchanan, Buddha, Jimmy Buffett, Bugs Bunny, Charles Bukowski, Ken Burns, Robert Burns, Aaron Burr, William S. Burroughs, Steve Buscemi, Barbara Bush, George Bush, Paul Butterfield, Julius Caesar, Andrew Calhoun, John C. Calhoun, Glen Campbell, Albert Camus, Al Capone, Truman Capote, Frank Capra, Captain Kangaroo, George Carlin, Wendy Carlos, David Carradine, John Carradine, Keith Carradine, Jim Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Johnny Carson, The Carter Family, Jimmy Carter, Raymond Carver, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Neal Cassady, Butch Cassidy, Fidel Castro, Willa Cather, Holden Caulfield, Cedric The Entertainer, Cerberus, Miguel de Cervantes, Jackie Chan, Raymond Chandler, Chris Chandler, Charlie Chaplin, Mark David Chapman, Chappaquiddick, Ray Charles, Bobby Charles, Geoffrey Chaucer, Cesar Chavez, Anton Chekov, Dick Cheney, Chief Joseph, Winston Churchill, The Clash, Emperor Claudius, Santa Claus, Cassius Clay, Beaver Cleaver, Samuel Clemens, Cleopatra, Montgomery Cliff, Hillary Rodham Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton, Inspector Clouseau, Kurt Cobain, James Coburn, Joe Cocker, Colonel Sanders, Samuel Colt, John Coltrane, Christopher Columbus, Confucius, Sean Connery, D.B. Cooper, Francis Ford Coppola, Roger Corman, Bill Cosby, Elvis Costello, Bob Crane, Hart Crane, Davy Crockett, Walter Cronkite, R. Crumb, Robinson Crusoe, E.E. Cummings, Tony Curtis, George Armstrong Custer, Czar Nicholas, Idi Amin Dada, Roald Dahl, Jeffery Dahmer, Dalai Lama, Salvador Dali, Dante, Virginia Dare, Darth Vader, Charles Darwin, King David, Leonardo Da Vinci, Jefferson Davis, Miles Davis, Richard Dawson, Daniel Day Lewis, Deep Throat, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis the Menace, Bob Denver, John Denver, Rene’ Descartes, The Devil, Neil Diamond, Moby Dick, Charles Dickens, Bo Diddley, The Dillards, Walt Disney, Fats Domino, Donovan, Fedor Dostoevsky, Dracula, W.E.B. Du Bois, Faye Dunaway, Jimmy Durante, Robert Duvall, Bob Dylan....
[Louis Ledford’s] land is the “Old Weird America” Greil Marcus
wrote so emotively about. His stories seldom end with a hero
on the proverbial mountaintop. His narratives are typically
told by the losers, those close to the edge, in the grandest
sense. This latest record puts him in front of a microphone,
sans accompaniment, where he pours out live-sounding
interpretations of his own music, which while not your
Daddy’s folk, has one foot planted firmly either side of
Cripple Creek. Adios King represents Ledford’s most
accomplished work, which at it’s peak stands shoulder to
shoulder with that of modern luminaries as Gillian Welch,
Patty Griffin, and the like. - J. Holgren, 9X Magazine.
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
Sorry I've missed the past couple of shows. I was doing a bit of traveling myself. Still stuck in Richmond? If so, I hope the tides and the wind realign in your favor soon. Take care old friend.
looks like you're in my neck of the woods tommorrow, playin at radio bean and all. i'll see you at the show. congrats on getting hitched by the by. jo robin
sorry I spelled your name wrong on the flyer I made:(. Ill make it up to you with a beer when we meet. Looking very forward to this show, one of my favorite providence venues is the speakeasy!
kamp dakota would take up a collection to get you back into the circle on the hill. what i wouldn't give for a few more episodes of 'treasure on a string'...
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