Tangleweed
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General Info
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Genre: Americana / Bluegrass / Folk
Location Chicago, Illinois, US
Profile Views: 34854
Last Login: 12/9/2012
Member Since 7/22/2005
Website http://www.tangleweed.org
Record Label Squatney
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
..For generations, practitioners of that uniquely American art form known variously as old-time or string-band music – progenitor of country, precursor to bluegrass – have labored in obscurity, their talents unrecognized, their provenance maligned. The men of Tangleweed are proud to uphold that tradition. .. ..Their personal histories, while colorful, bear witness to the manifold hardships and hard-scrabble existences so commonly borne by folk artists. Only one was educated on the Continent. Most were forced to leave college after graduation. .. ..Like most such groups, Tangleweed typically performs at drinking establishments and other communal gathering places, where ordinary people come to wash away the trials and tribulations of their workaday lives. Such venues are far removed from the niceties of the concert hall. Yet they testify to the formative influence that context can exert on performance style. How easily does the plaintive keening of Tangleweed's vocal harmonies rise above the whine of milk frothers and espresso machines. How cleanly do their finger-picked melodies cut through the din of mobile telephones and personal computing devices. .. ..Tangleweed’s repertoire, which encompasses traditional fiddle tunes, African-American blues, rags, and stomps, was born in the rich soil of the rural agrarian South. Unlettered and without formal training, its originators gave rise to a deeply expressive musical idiom that spoke for and to a vast, poverty-stricken community of Euro- and African-Americans, for whom such music functioned first and foremost as an accompaniment to social dance. Tangleweed is proud to claim this rich cultural legacy, without in any way sharing in it. .. ..Relieved of the burden of authenticity, unencumbered by troublesome notions of historical accuracy or, indeed, of personal accountability, the men of Tangleweed are free to pursue their own startlingly original interpretive impulses. So does a great tradition reinvent itself, often beyond all recognition. .. -
Members
..Billy Oh - Fiddle.... ..Kenneth Rainey - Mandolin.... ..Paul Wargaski - Bass.... ..Scott Judd - Guitar -
Influences
The Dillards, Flatt and Scruggs, Doc Watson, the Pogues, The Dubliners, scratchy 78s, The Carter Family -
Sounds Like
Americana, Dillards, Flatt and Scruggs, Old and In the Way, Old Crow Medicine Show
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Tangleweed
Tangleweed has a show on 01/10/2013 at 08:00 PM @ Abbey Pub in Chicago, IL http://lnk.ms/dnDjB #concert
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Tangleweed
Tangleweed has a show on 12/06/2012 at 09:00 PM @ Reggie's Music Joint in Chicago, IL http://lnk.ms/dVhSd #concert
Videos
Fox on the Town
02:33 | 11 plays | Dec 3 2011
Music
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13 Songs | Jul 29, 2011
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14 Songs | May 28, 2010
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14 Songs | May 28, 2010
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12 Songs | May 28, 2010
Comments
- Cassandra INgram2 years ago
A very touching story, share with you! - Sesame Ellis2 years ago
your music is so awesome,i love all

- Darla V Rocha2 years ago
Have a nice day. - Michael Edsey - songwri…2 years ago
Excellent set at the Hideout! Short but solid as a rock. Cool to see the bass out front with everybody!
- Clayton Hall2 years ago
Thank you for your friendship!
- The Influence3 years ago
Sweet tunes there.........Do you find Old Bones sonorous?
- Andsen Kal3 years ago
Hi,
Pleasure to meet you and thanks for being my friend here on myspace!
Have a great day, kisses. Yola
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4th annual Bluegrass Adventure & Roots Festival
September 18/19 Algoma Wi.
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This year's schedule!
Friday
5:00 to 7:00-Take Solace
7:15 to 9:00-The Nicks
9:15 to 10:30-Past Blue Rhythm
10:45 to 12:00-Oak Street Ramblers
12:00 to close in the club-Eddie Biebel and A.J. Srubas with special guest Barbarella
Saturday
10:45 to 11:45-Take Solace
12:00 to 12:45-Colin O'brien
1:00 to 1:45-Good Time Specials
2:00 to 2:45-Frogwater with 'Lil Rev
3:00 to 4:00-Tanglweed
4:00 to 5:00-Dinner Break
5:00 to 6:00-Good Time Specials
6:15 to 7:15-Madwaukee Stompers
7:30 to 8:30-Oak Street Ramblers
8:45 to 10:00-Tangleweed
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