Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band:
Steve Rankin (mandolin)
Fred Sanders (bass)
Rob Carlson (dobro/guitar)
Rodger Phillips (banjo)
Charlie Otte (fiddle)
Susie Glaze & The Traveling Band:
Susie Glaze
Steve Rankin
Rob Carlson
Influences
Emmy Lou Harris
Jean Ritchie
Iris Dement
Gillian Welch
Lucinda Williams
Loretta Lynne
Dolly Parton
Broadway actress and singer, award-winning recording artist and critically-acclaimed Bluegrass powerhouse vocalist, Susie Glaze has been called by BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED "...an important voice on the California Bluegrass scene." A native Tennessean, Susie grew up in the shadow of the Grand Ole Opry, learning the craft of country and bluegrass from a short distance by regular immersion of Flatt & Scruggs, Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn among others. When just 16 she sang for her brother Rick's writer's nights song showcases in Nashville. New York audiences saw Susie's Broadway debut when she played the role of the young Southern matriarch Mary Jane Wilkes in the original Broadway company of Roger Miller's musical play "Big River." During her two years with that company, Susie began researching the works of the pioneering artists who developed country, folk and bluegrass music from the early years in America and was led inevitably to the work of The Stanley Brothers, The Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson and Jean Ritchie among others. After relocating to Southern California an d joining the bluegrass group The Eight Hand String Band, Susie debuted as a recording artist with the group's 2000 release "The Simple Truth" and was the winner of the Los Angeles 1999 Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival for Traditional Singing.
In 2002, Susie's debut solo CD "Home On the Hill" reaped praise from Sing Out! and Bluegrass Unlimited magazines. The following year Susie appeared alongside Jean Ritchie at the Conner Prairie Living History Museum's White River Folk Festival, and in 2004 Susie premiered her new concert piece "The Appalachian Songs of Jean Ritchie" at Southern California music festivals. The year 2003 also saw the formation of The Hilonesome Band with Susie and her husband, mandolinist Steve Rankin, to debut and showcase the work of Santa Clarita songwriter Rob Carlson. Susie's second solo CD "Blue Eyed Darlin'" was released in July 2005 to praise from Bluegrass Unlimited and Folkworks magazines (their top Bluegrass Album of 2005), and won her the Just Plain Folks 2006 Music Award for Best Roots Album. Her concert/theatre piece: "Singing the Moon Up: The Voice of Jean Ritchie" was a critical success in its debut at The Pennsylvania Centre Stage Company at Penn State University in September 2005, and the live soundtrack album was released in July 2007. Her latest CD "Green Kentucky Blues" will be released in April 2008, produced by Bluegrass legend Laurie Lewis.
~Impressionistic Beatles' Song Titles (from Please Please Me)~
#5 BOYS
"We were the Spice Boys." ~ G.H.
"All the world is Birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much." ~ G.H.
"Love one another." ~ george harrison
George was my ultimate favorite....I still treasure my bobble-head!
Although I used to mimic John, when they flashed his marital status
across the TV screen
during the Beatles' 1st Ed Sullivan appearance,
I immediately transferred my crush to George.
He was quiet & cool, and I found his crooked smile most beguiling!
Who has been your favorite?
~dvv@GW
Hi Susie, Thanks to you, Rob, and Steve for joining us and contributing to a lovely evening of song. We look forward to the next time our musical paths cross.
Happy New Year! We wish you a very happy and healthy year. We hope it's a year of peace and prosperity for all. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
We're really looking forward to your concert here on August 22, 2009.
Greetings from just up the road. Thanks for the add. Drifting off, listening to angelic sounds emanating from your general direction. Wish you much happiness and success.
Well the feeling is Mutual of Omaha, dear girl. I feel our bond grew deeper out in Phoenix, and will just get deeper and deeper. Your friendship just means the world to us. Let's hang out SOON, if I live through election day. Oh man I have been driven crazy by politics.
It was great spending time with you at the FAR-West conference this past weekend. We hope you had as much fun as we did. It's always tough to have to get back to the real world afterwards.
