A fine number from Mississippi blues legend Bill "Jazz Gillum". I sing and perform it here with my band The Second Fiddles featuring on this duet Jon Vesey (guitar)
3) THE SATURDAY NIGHT WALTZ (Traditional, adapted & arranged by The Brooklyn Corn Dodgers)
I learned this beautiful piece from an old 78 rpm record from the late 1920s, made by Fiddlin' Bob Larkin-- probably the only traditional Ozarks fiddle master who was born in Brooklyn (!?!). Featuring me and Randy Weinstein on twin harmonicas, Rena Rubin (guitar), Hank Sapoznik (5-string banjo) and Dave Gandin (bass).
4) PUT YOUR HABIT IN YOUR HAND (Traditional, adapted & arranged by Trip Henderson & David Lightborne)
Here's a classic down-home blues tune from the late great Skip James. Joining me on this is guitarist/vocalist David Lightborne.
I'm a harmonica player who has been performing American folk and vernacular music in all its many forms since the mid-'70s. Blues (early acoustic style and electric Chicago-style), Appalachian fiddle tunes, old-time country, bluegrass, honky-tonk, and Louisiana Cajun and Zydeco are just a few of the various different styles I play and teach.
Over the years, I've had the privilege and honor of performing and recording with the likes of Otis Rush, Bruce Springsteen, Sonny Burgess, John Sebastian, The Sun Records Rhythm Section (the band of the King himself, Elvis Presley) and Bo Diddley. I've also shared the stage and recording studio with blues legends BB King, Homesick James, Honey Boy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins and John Hammond, as well as stellar bluegrass and folk artists like Hazel Dickens, Tom Paxton, and the late great John Herald. In addition, I've appeared on soundtracks for both film and television.
The Alphabet City Opry. East Village, NYC, 1998 (NY Times)
My love of Americana-- especially the rich and varied musical heritage of the South-- came from my parents. My mom was originally from Memphis, TN. Our frequent trips down south to visit her kinfolk provided me with my first experiences with country music.
My late dad was a New Yorker who was stationed in Mississippi during World War II. There he fell in love with the down-home blues. Dad learned how to finger-pick his Gibson flat-top guitar by watching and listening to local bluesmen. Likewise, he took up the "blues harp" style of playing harmonica. Upon his return to the Big Apple, my dad got to know the legendary East Coast/Piedmont-style bluesman Josh White and got involved in the burgeoning folk scene which was just getting started in the late '40s and early '50s. Dad's love of the blues and folk music engendered in him an open-mindness and tolerance that was rare for a middle-class Republican WASP of that time. (This is especially significant when you consider that the political convictions of most NYC folkies back in the day swung a 180 degrees to the left of my dad's and their ethnic/religious/social backgrounds were just as radically different from his own.)
My dad passed on to me his passion for the blues and traditional American music. In fact, he gave me my first lessons on the harmonica, sharing with me the blues harp style he had picked up in Mississippi when he was a young draftee.
I really got into the music when I relocated to Morgantown, West Virginia in 1976 to escape from suburban New Jersey. At the time, Morgantown had a large community of young folks like myself from all around the country who played old-time fiddle and string band music, as well as bluegrass, blues... and reggae! (I was a member a local reggae band, The Good Tones.) I was priviledged to play with blues/ragtime guitarist Ernie Hawkins, who had apprenticed with the late great Reverend Gary Davis back in the '60s. I also performed with The Snakedrivers, a hot Chicago-style blues band out of Baltimore.
The Gowanus Canal Hotshots at The Good Coffee House. Park Slope, Brooklyn, 2002. From left to right: Shlomo Pestcoe (fiddle); Trip Henderson (harmonica); Rena Rubin (banjo-ukukele); Bob "Dr. Frets" Jones (bass); and "NYC's Mayor of Old-Time Music" Jack Hirschorn (guitar).
After living and performing in the South for many years, I moved back north to New York City and became active in the vibrant old-time, bluegrass, country, and blues scenes here in the Big Apple. I now regularly play with a quite a variety of different bands and performers throughout the Tri-State area such as The Booglerizers, The Dirty Water Dogs, and The Demolition String Band to name but a few.
And you're sure to find me at the Sheriff Uncle Bob's weekly old-time and bluegrass Good Times Jam Session, Wednesdays, 9 pm till late, The Baggot Inn, 82 W 3rd Street (between Sullivan & Thompson Streets), Greenwich Village, NYC. Come on down and we'll have a few tunes and a few beers!
I'm a founding member of Sufferin' Succotash, one of NYC's foremost string bands performing a rich flavorful gumbo of old-time country breakdowns and heart songs; down-home blues, rags and hokum favorites; and Louisiana Cajun and Black Creole "Bal d'Maison" dance tunes from the 1920s, '30s and beyond. I also lead The Brooklyn Corn Dodgers, a unique old-time band which features two harmonicas as the main melody instruments, following in the tradition of The Crook Brothers Band, early stars of the Grand Ole Opry.
In addition to my performance work, I teach harmonica and produce concerts and events. With Sheriff Uncle Bob, I co-produce The Sheriff Sessions , an annual Fall roots music festival in NYC which offers the finest in bluegrass, old-time country, and early blues music today.
How are you, Trip Henderson? Haven't checked in on you lately, so I swung by to wish you a happy halloween & hope you are feeling well! Listen, I have another track up on my page, "Attack Of The Mushroom People." You can Hear it right Now, if you'd like at: www.myspace.com/psychedelicpablo adios for now! Pablo
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Trip! I was in Chicago this past weekend and outside Dickson Illinois there sat an ice cream slash hotdog stand. Which might i add a three year old boy danced his heart out with cone in hand to my friend and I jammin with harp.. only wish i had that shot for ya!!
Hey Darlin', I came back just to listen to Jug Band Waltz. Man I love that song! It was great to get a bunch of songs in last week. Martin & I are trying figure out how we can take up on your offer and come and stay with you.
"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
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Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Trip, we remember you from Augusta! Mayfly (julia and i) are playing Pete's Candy Store Tues. April 21st, 11pm. And a house concert the following night in Brooklyn...hope we see you in the big city.
Dusted off the old harmonicay (and the jaw harp). Got a new song called "The Ballad of Popcorn Sutton." Bout a man from East Tennessee. Killed himself. But quite a character before that. Enjoy, DBP