The inaugural Ramble Festival at Camp Ramblewood in Darlington, MD has announced its lineup, featuring the best in jam, grass, and brass performing on three stages from Oct. 7-9.
The community-centric music festival is located about an hour from Baltimore and Philadelphia, about two hours from Washington DC, and about 3 hours from New York. Camp Ramblewood is nestled on more than 200 acres in Harford County, MD.
The Ramble Festival is born out of the idea that sharing the unique experience of live music with others is a powerful and unifying force that brings people from all walks of life together and builds community. We believe that live music is one of the most compelling catalysts to building meaningful connections with others, and that’s exactly what we are doing at The Ramble. Oh, and the lineup is killer too.
festival co-founders Brandon “Brick” Lohr and Jason “J” Hubert.
The three-day festival features a lineup of high-energy jam bands. On Oct. 7, the lineup features Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass featuring The Hillbenders. Williams’ band is inspired by the Grateful Dead, and his impact on the Upstate New York groove scene is large, often cited as the “one-man-jam-band.” Other bands on the lineup that day include Big Something, Abby Bryant & The Echoes, and Annie Sellick & Pat Bergeson.
The second-day features Dogs in a Pile, Fishing for Hippies, Naptown Brass Band, and more. The third day features The Travelin’ McCourys and Pink Talking Fish along with more bands. The Travelin’ McCourys became the only group to have each member recognized with an International Bluegrass Music Association Award for their instrument at least once. Pink Talking Fish is a fusion tribute band that plays Pink Floyd, The Talking Heads, and Phish.
The Ramble Festival is happening from Oct. 7-9 at Camp Ramblewood, and weekend and single-day tickets are on sale now.
Bluegrass grows among the Damn Tall Buildings in Brooklyn. Music discovery is quite an expedition; you never know what you’re going to find. Brooklyn is a melting pot, with its cacophony of beautiful genre influences, which can be heard moment by moment as you walk down its litered city streets. Discovering the band, Damn Tall Buildings is an absolute joy.
Assembled now as a trio, this Americana-Bluegrass band hails from various points around America, from Montana, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. Max Capistran is the main lyricist, playing guitar and banjo while contributing vocals. Avery Ballotta, plays the fiddle and banjo and vocal harmonies. Sasha Dubyk completes the vocal trifecta with her beautiful voice while playing the Upright Bass.
On September ninth, they released their latest album, Sleeping Dogs. Playing their album and getting to know the band, I interviewed two members on the The Long Island Sound podcast. Max Capistran, and Avery Ballotta recounted their beginnings and their decade -long relationship which resulted in a friendship that is clearly exposed in their newly released album. Starting out as buskers on Newbury Street in Boston, they began touring nationally, and then moved the band to Brooklyn in 2017. They connect in the day to day interactions and hope their music brings joy to be spread around.
“Our innate desire is to connect with people on a level that’s beyond day-to-day interaction. Our hope is that the joy that making this music brings us will somehow get passed along to the people listening, which they can then take with them to pass along to someone else. It’s a shared celebration of positive energy, and that’s what keeps us cooking.”
Damn Tall Buildings
Popping their album, Sleeping Dogs into my car CD player, yes I still have a CD player, I was able to digest the essence of their music into my subconscious. The result brought a smile to my face and a hop in my step.It may do the same for you.
The curiosity lies in wondering why three people from diverse parts of our country would decide to settle Brooklyn? I have been to Montana. Fearing an extended stay would keep me in that heavenly place, my vacation soon ended and I was back to the familiarity of taxes and traffic on Long Island. Why anyone, with roots in paradise, would transplant themselves to Brooklyn is still a mystery. No disrespect to the “forgetta-bout-it” borough, but I wonder why? Maybe this new resignation from a rural existence is a lesson on how to immerse yourself into a metropolitan culture to get your creative juices flowing.
A Band Built on a Solid Foundation
New Album “Sleeping dogs”
Damn Tall Buildings has been around as a group for the past ten years, Max, Avery (a.k.a. Montana) and Sasha met in college at the Berkelee School of Music in Massachusetts. They honed their craft by literally playing on the street. What a great incubator for this Bluegrass-Americana band to grow. You’ll find that the album, Sleeping Dogs, is much more than a toe-tapping exercise in Bluegrass-Swing style music.The band invites us into their living room to experience their music. Their style is stripped down to the essentials, a standup bass plucked by Sasha, Banjo, a guitar fenesed by Max and Montana’s fiddle bringing it all together. Add some select harmonies, the twang of Max’s voice and you’ve got something special.
Their sound fits like an old coat, that’s weather worn, yet comfortable. A cloth that carries you through the seasons of your musical journey. The band makes you feel at home, warmed by the fires of a hearth, alongside your sleeping dog.
Discovering a well-spring of talent in New York is a worthwhile endeavor. The streams of creativity in Brooklyn and the rest of Long Island may have many flavors and are drawn from distant sources, but the satisfaction comes from drinking it all in.
Until next time, be generous with your joy, and let the music take you on a journey!
The Long Island Sound Podcast can be found at GigDestiny.com or wherever you listen to your podcasts. We feature original singer/songwriters and showcase some of their songs, as you get to know the artist behind the music.
On this day in 2007, the first ever Farm Aid was held in New York State, with the annual benefit concert for farmers held on Randalls Island.
The official announcement came on June 11 with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp making the official announcement in New York City alongside then-NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and farmers and food buyers at Union Square’s Greenmarket.
Mayor Bloomberg welcomed the Farm Aid co-founders, saying “The City strongly supports sustainable family farming through our Greenmarket program — which has nearly doubled its locations over the past five years — and it’s an honor to be hosting Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Farm Aid for their 2007 concert.”
Willie Nelson shared “Farm Aid is coming to New York because your enthusiasm for family farm food is keeping family farmers on the land. We are thankful to Mayor Bloomberg, the City Council and the many activists here who are leading efforts so that every New Yorker has access to more food from family farms” while John Mellencamp said of the importance of the event, “Things change when we all take personal responsibility for our food and where it comes from. Farm Aid is a force for change that works hard to keep farmers on the land so that we’ll have good food on our tables.
Photo By Greg Allen/Shutterstock
Why did Farm Aid take so long to get to New York? Nearly the first two decades of Farm Aid (1985-2003) brought the festival to states whose economies are strongly based in agriculture – Texas, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Virginia, and South Carolina. In 2004 the festival moved to Washington State and headed east for New Jersey in 2006. Given the quintessential urban setting of New York City, bringing a festival promoting support for local farms and farmers doesn’t seem like the right fit at first, but five boroughs of 8 million people need to eat.
It took being invited to The Big Apple, per executive director Carolyn Mugar, by environmentalists, politicians, Mayor Bloomberg’s office as well as chefs, that finally brought Farm Aid to the Empire State. “Farmers are never going to survive if they don’t have as allies the people who want this good food,” Ms. Mugar told the New York Times. “New York has a huge density of eaters and a density of people who are doing excellent things. There are restaurants, farmers’ markets, community-supported agriculture programs, even people who are growing food in the city and teaching people how to grow it.”
photo via @ceefar74
The lineup for the day included Farm Aid staples in New York, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews, the latter of whom was joined by Merle Haggard. Also on the day long festival-style lineup were the Allman Brothers Band (along with Derek Trucks Band and Gregg Allman performing solo), Counting Crows, Matisyahu, Ray Price, Guster, Billy Joe Shaver, Tim Reynolds, Montgomery Gentry, Supersuckers, Pauline Reese, Danielle Evin, The Ditty Bops, Jimmy Sturr, Paula Nelson, 40 Points, and Jesse Lenat.
The day was hot and quite dusty, part of the unkept nature of Randalls Island (which was prone to flooding at the time) prior to more events being held on the grounds. Thus, there was straw/hay laid down to keep the dust to a minimum. Much has changed over the past 15 years, as Randalls Island has become a destination for concerts and music festivals, among them Governors Ball, Panorama and Electric Zoo.
photo via @ceefar74
Farm Aid 2007 was “A Homegrown Festival,” was the first major music event that served local, organic and family farm food at concessions stands around the venue. The Homegrown Village featured interactive exhibits to educate concert-goers on soil, water, energy, food and farmers. On the heels of the 2007 Farm Aid, the next year Homegrown.org was launched, creating an online community for those interested in growing, cooking, crafting, brewing, preserving, or making anything Homegrown.
The announcement for Farm Aid was momentus, being the first time the traveling single-day multi-band event would make its way to the Empire State.
Can you believe it?!?! Farm Aid in NYC! I have been working on a pun that references the movie “Babe: Pig in the City” but I haven’t quite figured it out yet. We are so pumped about Farm Aid 2007: A HOMEGROWN Festival at Randal’s Island. 100% delicious family farm food, good tunes and a summer of events in a huge urban food and farm hub. On the DL, this show has been in the works for a few years and we are just thrilled that the time has come to bring Farm Aid into the lives of New Yorkers, to work with upstate farmers and urban growers and to show all of our concert growers that even after 22 years we have a few surprises up our sleeves!
The idea for Farm Aid originally grew out of a remark that Bob Dylan made at Live Aid in 1985. The Bard said, “Wouldn’t it be great if we did something for our own farmers right here in America?” This inspired Willie Nelson to contact Neil Young and John Mellencamp, who was about to release Scarecrow, which includes a song about a farmer losing his land to a foreclosure.
Six weeks after those calls, the trio put together what became the first Farm Aid, on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Ill. While they expected the event to be a one-off, the inspiration that came from raising money for family farmers to preserve their land and push for laws that support family farms over Big Ag.
Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001, and Margo Price joined in 2021. To date, Farm Aid has raised more than $64 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture. A nonprofit organization, Farm Aid holds dear their mission to keep family farmers on their lands.
While the Randalls Island Farm Aid was the first held in New York State, it was only six years later that the event headed Upstate to Saratoga Springs with a performance at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). The day was highlighted with the unexpected arrival of Pete Seeger, who sang “This Land is Your Land” with the audience, in addition to some new lyrics referencing fracking. The 2022 edition of Farm Aid will take place on September 24 in Raleigh, NC at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek.
While there was no live broadcast of Farm Aid, video from the concert was available on-demand on September 19, 2007, via Farmaid.org. A good deal of video from the day exists, as seen below. Setlists via ConcertArchives.org
Montgomery Gentry setlist: Hillbilly Shoes, Daddy Won’t Sell the Farm, What Do Ya Think About That
photo via @ceefar74
Supersuckers setlist: Paid, Breaking Honey’s Heart, Roadworn and Weary
Warren Haynes setlist: Indian Sunset, Fallen Down, One, Soulshine
The Derek Trucks Band setlist: Soul Serenade, Sailing On, Key to the Highway
Guster setlist: The Captain, Manifest Destiny, Satellite, Amsterdam, Airport Song
Counting Crows setlist: Rain King, Thunder Road, Recovering the Satellites, Washington Square, A Murder of One, A Long December
Gregg Allman setlist: Midnight Rider, Melissa
Allman Brothers Band setlist: Trouble No More, Revival, Who’s Been Talking, Black Hearted Woman, Statesboro Blues, One Way Out
Billy Joe Shaver setlist: I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train, Live Forever, Try and Try Again
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds setlist: Lie in Our Graves, Gravedigger, Crush, The Maker, The Dreaming Tree, Ants Marching
Neil Young setlist: Human Highway, Silver and Gold, Beautiful Bluebird, Too Far Gone, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Heart of Gold, Homegrown, Four Strong Winds
John Mellencamp setlist: Troubled Land, Rain on the Scarecrow, If I Die Sudden, Paper in Fire, Our Country, To Washington, Small Town, Pink Houses
Willie Nelson setlist: One Day at a Time, Jackson, A Peaceful Solution, Whiskey River, Stormy Weather, I Saw the Light, Superman, You Don’t Think I’m Funny Anymore, I’ll Fly Away, On the Road Again
Andy Falco has deep New York roots. Stretching across the South Shore of Long Island and into the Hudson Valley, these roots gave him his introduction to bluegrass music, leading him to Nashville, The Infamous Stringdusters, and soon, Borderland Festival in East Aurora.
Andy Falco – photo by Trent Grogan
Born in Greenwich Village, growing up in Garden City and now residing in Sayville, Falco first played music at bars on Long Island. His brother Tom brought him to Fadeley’s, a small deli and bar in Patchogue, and one of the few places on Long Island in the late 1990s to find craft beer, on multiple taps no less. While it may seem unassuming from outside, Falco recalls the room fondly, saying “There’s something about that room, the wood or something, it really sounded good in there. Like playing inside an old Martin guitar.”
Exterior of Fadeley’s – photo by Rob Tellerman
Interior of Fadeley’s – photo by Rob Tellerman
As he and his brother got into bluegrass viaOld and in the Way, they were then introduced to The Seldom Scene, a bluegrass band from Bethesda, MD. For Falco, this was the way. “Getting into Bill Monroe at first felt a little harsh to hear, like a single malt scotch. At first maybe you’re like ‘Whoa what is that?’ and then you start to get used to it.” While tuning into David Bromberg for his more bluegrassy tunes, he met Buddy Merriam, a Long Island guitar teacher and member of Back Roads, and who has played traditional bluegrass music for more than 40 years. Merriam, who was friends with and played music alongside Bill Monroe, made mix tapes of various Monroe and Jimmy Martin tunes, a taste of more traditional, first generation bluegrass.
Andy Falco – photo by Trent Grogan
Falco would bridge the gap to Monroe in playing with Buddy for a number of years before Falco headed to Nashville. By 2021 The Infamous Stringdusters had released their GRAMMY nominated A Tribute to Bill Monroe, playing traditional bluegrass for a change, picking some of their favorites to record, mixing them at home during 2020’s shutdown, and finally mastered by Fred Guarino on Long Island.
Finding his way to Winterhawk Bluegrass Fest (now Grey Fox), Falco discovered his love for acoustic guitar during a workshop with Jack Lawrence, Doc Watson’s playing partner for more than three decades.
Andy Falco – photo by Trent Grogan
Reflecting on Winterhawk/Grey Fox, Falco recalls the time spent there fondly, noting that he and fellow Stringduster Chris Pandolfi “cut their teeth on that hill.” Hanging an Italian flag above their campsite, the pair would spend days in workshops, watching bluegrass, and jamming at night time pickin parties. This would be one of the first places Falco would run into Andy Hall, setting the stage for their eventual connection in Nashville where Falco joined the Stringdusters in 2007.
“I decided I wanted to play bluegrass guitar on that hill. I checked out a guitar workshop led by Jack Lawrence, went down there in the morning and it turned out he was Doc Watson’s playing partner, and he brought Doc with him. I sat so close to him I could string his guitar. I went and bought a Martin guitar not too long after that and just really got into bluegrass.
Andy Falco
Given this was the 1990s, there weren’t as many festivals in New York State as there would be a decade later, so Winterhawk and a charity-focused Labor Day festival on Long Island – Bradstock – would be the extent of Falco’s festival experiences. At Bradstock 2 in 1995, Falco would play his first real gig with Water Street Blues Band, and was the only other festival he would perform at until moving to Nashville.
Looking ahead to Borderland Festival, where The Infamous Stringdusters have played three times previously, Falco looks eagerly towards the Western New York festival. “The people are always so awesome to play for and the community they’ve put together is lovely to be a part of.” Borderland Festival founder Jennfier Brazill leads this community, having known the band for over a decade, having first worked with the band as a partner at WinterWonderGrass Festival in Colorado. Said Brazill, “I am their biggest fan and always want them as a part of my events.”
The Infamous Stringdusters have been on the lineup four times, but a hurricane prevented their arrival one year, in 2018. Held in 2022 over the weekend of September 17 and 18, The Infamous Stringdusters will perform on Sunday the 18th ahead of The Flaming Lips, who headline the night. The festival also features Portugal. The Man, Keller Williams, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Spafford, Dogs in a Pile, NYS Dead Coalition, Folkfaces and many more.
Having been on the road with Greensky Bluegrass earlier this year, the shift from buses to flights – given a shortage of drivers and parts for buses – has led to more hotels, less sleep and heading right to venues to soundcheck and prepare for a gig. Add in the crew who are working harder, arriving earlier and staying late, the collective effort is not lost on Falco. “When you’re on stage and playing music in front of everyone, it’s worth it. More people are coming to festivals, despite all the travel woes. It feels like it’s over, the music is still coming back in this transitional time that is by no means normal. You have to appreciate every moment.”
The 34th annual Byron Bay Bluesfest Festival’s initial lineup has been revealed. Featuring international artists for the first time since 2019’s pre-pandemic festival, the first lineup released features over 40 artists.
Set for April 6-10, Bluesfest will see some of the finest contemporary and legendary blues, roots, soul, rock, hip hop, r&b, world and americana artists take the stage. This will be the first original style Bluesfest since the world re-opened. Last year primarily featured Australian and New Zealand Artists. Among those making their way down under are Utica’s own and renowned blues guitarist, Joe Bonamassa, bluegrass music innovators Greensky Bluegrass and jam-band favorites, Southern Avenue.
Bluesfest 2022 daytime
What is Bluesfest All-About?
Bluesfest is held over five days at the Byron Events Farm each easter long weekend. Event facilities include seven performance stages, nine licensed bars and two undercover food courts. There are many independent food vendors, car parking for over 7,000 vehicles and camping for up to 6,500 people.
In the coming weeks, Bluesfest will release more of the line-up, along with artist performance dates so that both day-trippers and 3-day ticket holders can make an informed choice. There will also be further announcements on two special satellite events happening in Melbourne and Perth.
And more good news is that ticket prices, camping and VIP tickets remain the same as 2022’s prices. That’s despite the significant increase in cost of international flights and freight logistics, with artist fees also on the rise. Bluesfest will also invest in upgrading the VIP area in order to give its supporters the best experience possible. For the campers that seek a“class above” experience you can upgrade to the Rainbow Tipi accommodation this year.
Whilst there are still plenty of Aussie artists listed in this first and upcoming announcements it is wonderful to once again in 2023, after four long years be able to bring back some of the greatest Blues, Roots, Soul, Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, World and Americana artists (and so much more) back to our shores after so long. As well as, of course, the stars of tomorrow.
– Peter Noble, Festival Director
Tickets for Bluesfest are now available and can be purchased on their official website. While only the 5-day passes are on sale for now, Bluesfest also offers 3-day and single-day passes.
Darien Center will host Folkfaces Fest 6 from September 29th through October 2nd at Cherry Hill Campground, a perfect fall music festival in Western New York.
Folkfaces Fest is an emerging grassroots-style music festival hosted by Tyler Westcott & his band Folkfaces. Situated 40 minutes from Buffalo and less than an hour from Rochester, Folkfaces Fest welcomes a variety of bands and vendors with activities for kids of all ages.
The festival has three areas for performances – The Greystone Stage (main stage), The Gage Stage (side woods stage), and the Slyboots Tent (a large circus tent for performance, workshops, activities and more).
Folkfaces Fest curates unique national and regional acts mostly of the roots music or world music variety. Over the last half a decade the festival has hosted many notable performers including Grammy award winning co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops Dom Flemons “the American Songster,” champion fiddler & ragtime banjoist Aaron Jonah Lewis, Viral YouTube sensation Abby the Spoon Lady, folk hero Bruce Molsky, ragtime blues guitarist Andy Cohen, Kentucky Colonel and front man of the Legendary Shack Shakers – JD Wilkes, Texas one man band, Scott H. Biram, Innovative folk duo Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton, freak folk legend Baby Gramps, and many many others…
Food vendors will be on hand with healthy options as well as standard fair fare. Don’t miss art and craft vendors in the artist village, where there will be held the yearly film fest, square dance, art installations, a paint wall, mycology foray, & workshops with artists. This years theme has been announced as “Denim & Dogs” so dress up in your best Canadian Tuxedo and bring your pup to the fest.
The festival will be accepting donations of lightly worn winter coats, unopened packages of socks and underwear, canned good and non-perishables at the gate to benefit Friends of Night People!
In a slight change from years past, camping is now a separate fee. Once you purchase your festival pass, visit cherryhillcamp.com to book your campsite. While RVs sites and Cabins are sold out, plenty of tent sites remain.
Cherry Hill Camp is a well manicured campground with 50 campsites scattered through out its 63 acres. Each with their own picnic table and fire ring. A few unfurnished barebones cabins. A bathhouse with 6 flush toilets and two showers, laundry and vending machines. There are numerous spigots with potable water spread throughout the festival grounds. A camp store with all your camping supply needs, snacks, drinks and more. Cherry Hill Campground is located at 1516 Sumner Road, Darien Center NY 14040
Folkfaces Fest 6 is sponsored by Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation, Jack Rabbit, Rigidized Metals, The Big Easy In Buffalo, The Fretted Buffalo, Bernunzio’s Uptown Music, The Hotel Crittenden, Allentown Music, 42 North Brewing Company, ANIAH, Slyboots School of Music, Art & Dance, Lavender Haze Collective and Meier’s Creek Brewing.
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, Chris Stapleton entertained some 20,000 fans at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) on Friday, August 26. Supporting tour acts included Morgan Wade and Elle King.
Setlist: Nobody to Blame, Parachute, Second One to Know, Starting Over, Millionaire (Kevin Welch cover), Hard Livin’, Worry B Gone (Guy Clarke cover), What Are You Listening To?, Traveller, Whiskey and You, Arkansas, You Should Probably Leave, Midnight Train to Memphis (The Steel Drivers cover), Might as Well Get Stoned, Cold, Free Bird/The Devil Named Music, I Was Wrong, Joy of My Life, Fire Away, Broken Halos, Tennessee Whiskey (David Allan Coe cover).
New York-based singer-songwriter Bill Scorzari has just independently released his upcoming album, The Crosswinds of Kansas, this Friday, Aug. 19. With his rich raspy voice and a stellar ear for lyrics and composition, Bill transcends titles like songwriter or poet. Later in his career, he transformed his life as a New York Trial Lawyer in Huntington to a full-time musician in 2014.
Scorzari spent the early days of the Covid lockdown finishing songs for the album and gathering the right instruments to fit the mood. He even began to learn Navajo from new friends that he met when commissioning a Native American flute to be able to recite his lyrics in the language for the closing track—a song with an intriguing backstory.
For me, the journey that had begun in 2019 (and in many respects, much earlier), became a journey into the depths of my soul, not just in a nebulous aspirational or conceptual sense, but in its fruition, and this album is a record of many of the ways in which it has all unfolded for me so far. I’m grateful for the opportunity to have occupied my time with this effort and for the opportunity to continue to participate in the dance that is life, through this pandemic and beyond.
—Bill Scorzari
Scorzari, a prolific songwriter, has taken his craft to new heights and deeper depths with his 4th studio album, The Crosswinds of Kansas. He became inspired by his three-month-long Now I’m Free Tour in 2019, which had become a journey of self-discovery. Thus, he ultimately arrived at a new awareness and desire to adapt and continue to create.
New York-based singer-songwriter Bill Scorzari transcends titles like songwriter or poet. He catapults past categories into a dark, ruminative, and ultimately life-affirming realm where family folklore, memories, pain, prayer, and incantation meet.
In early 2022, he recorded some backing vocal and harmony vocal tracks for the song, “Tryin’, Tryin’, Tryin’, Tryin.’” For the final piece to complete the record, he asked his friend to send him a short cell phone recording of himself singing a Navajo chant, which he edited to make it sound like a historically older recording before adding it in at the end of the song. Talking about the song, he said, “When I was done and listened back to it, the song (and the album) felt complete, and the history it has gathered is abundant and beautiful.”
To pre-order and listen to Bill Scorzari’s new album The Crosswinds of Kansas, click the link here.
Leftover Salmon stopped by the Rochester JCC’s summer concert series on Wednesday, August 3rd, with the Colorado band inviting up-and-coming artist Daniel Donato to close out each set. Donato and his band were in town for his show at Party In The Park on Thursday.
photo by Kyler Klix
Salmon kicked off the show with”Zombie Jamboree” and the lively song had people out of their seats right away. The venue was seated, but people could stand outside of the tent and dance.
The band played through a set that consisted of mostly originals and saving some cover songs to close the sets. Donate was invited on stage at the end of the first set to play a version of the Louvin Brothers’ “Cash On The Barrel Head” and closed the set with a rocking “Big Railroad Blues” (Noah Lewis cover), with Vince Herman pulling out the washboard vest to end it all.
The second set was filled with more originals and ended with another Donato sit in. The crowd was livelier and wanted to dance. They filled in the empty space in front of the stage after Herman invited them in. I don’t think the JCC planned to have that happen at their shows, but it felt more appropriate for the type of show Leftover Salmon puts on.
The band invited Donato back at the end and they played New Riders of the Purple Sage cover “I Don’t Know You.” Then they had everyone dancing like crazy with Salmon favorite “Ain’t Gonna Work” and they ended it with Waylon Jennings’ “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way.”
Leftover Salmon – Rochester JCC – Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Set One: Zombie Jamboree, Lonesome Road, Tu N’as Pas Aller, Get me out of the city, Mama Boulet, We’ll Get By, Light behind the Rain, Two Highways, Better Way, Cash on the Barrel Head?* (Louvin Brothers cover), Big Railroad blues* (Noah Lewis)
Set Two: Boulet, Midnight blues, Mountain Top, Hollerwood, Red Fox Run,m High Country, Foreign Fields, Freedom, I don’t know you * (New Riders of the Purple Sage cover), Ain’t Gonna work *, Are you sure Hank Done it this Way* (Waylon Jennings cover)
Country-folk artist Willie Nelson will perform at SummerStage this fall with special guest Charley Crockett, on September 20.
The SummerStage concert will begin at 6:00 pm and the doors open at 5:00 pm at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. All ages are welcome, and tickets are available for purchase now. Willie Nelson is currently on his Outlaw Music Fest tour and will also stop in Bethel on August 13, Darien Center on August 14, and Saratoga Springs on September 18.
At 89 years old, the country musician has long made a name for himself in the genre. Popular albums include 1973 Shotgun Willie, Red Headed Stranger (1975), and Stardust (1978). Willie Nelson’s most recent album, 2022’s A Beautiful Time, was released on the singer’s 89th birthday this past April and received positive reception.
Nelson is also expected to perform at Farm Aid Fest this September alongside other acts such as Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow, and Charley Crockett, among others. Nelson currently serves as one of the board members for the festival.
Willie Nelson is one of many guests who have come to Central Park to perform at the SummerStage Festival. Since 1986, the event has curated acts across multiple genres. Previous performances include pop duo Oh Wonder, jazz legend Roy Haynes, and many more.
Tickets to see Willie Nelson & Family, and Charley Crockett, at SummerStage are available now at the City Parks Foundation website.
