SF rocker and ex-Flaming Groovie Roy Loney mixed with Ontario guitar ace and mandolin-orchestra-leader Kevin Breit. Plus Harry Manx, and some random Brits, BC bluegrass, David Grisman, and Rhiannon Giddens.
Signed Curtain Robert Wyatt (Matching Mole) - S/T (1972) |
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Poor Tuxedo Roy Loney & the Phantom Movers - Phantom Tracks (1980) |
Mandolin orchestras are structured like string sections in standard orchestras, with 1st and 2nd mandolin sections,1st and 2nd mandola sections, a mandocello section, plus an acoustic bass. They were at the peak of their popularity from the late 19th c. to the end of WW I. Where they persisted after that, they were often associated with immigrant communities and left-wing politics. Their popularity has revived somewhat in recent years. |
Worry Floor Kevin Breit & The Upper York Mandolin Orchestra - Field Recording (2013) |
Hey Bébé Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (2017) |
Bottom Of The Hill Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - In Good We Trust (2007) |
Nobody Does It Roy Loney & the Longshots - Drunkard In The Think Tank (2007) |
Jacob's Ladder Chumbawamba - Ready Mades (2002) |
Sisters Sisters Euclid (Kevin Breit) - S/T (2011) |
Return To Sender Ray Loney & the Phantom Movers - Out After Dark (1979) |
Any Trouble was an English band who recorded for Stiff Records, home to Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Ian Dury, The Damned, etc. They were led by songwriter & vocalist Clive Gregson, who performed with Richard Thompson after Any Trouble, including a show at Barrymore's c. 1984. |
Girls Are Always Right Any Trouble - Where Are All The Nice Girls? (1980) |
She Run Away Roy Loney & the Phantom Movers - Out After Dark |
The Unfaithful Servants are from Victoria, BC, and performed at the recent Vancouver Island Music Fest. They perform in classic bluegrass style, with only one microphone, around which the players gather for the harmony singing. |
She'll Never Be Mine The Unfaithful Servants - S/T (2019) |
Boom Chicka Boom Kevin Breit & The Upper York Mandolin Orchestra - Field Recording |
Ricochet David Grisman Quintet - S/T (1977) |
From The Flood Kevin Breit w/ Rebecca Jenkins - Ernesto & Delilah (2015) |
Dance With Delilah Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - Strictly Whatever (2011) |
loving the show, Bruce.
10:33 AM, July 31st, 2019