Re Jerry Douglas on DoBro - Thought it was "Caroline in the Pines" but realized it was "Carolina in my Mind" when Jerry Douglas started playing. I did enjoy it - he is an awesome player and the master of the DoBro. In addition -singing with him - is my all-time favorite Alison Krauss.

Here's another great favorite - which heads up Earl Scruggs and friends which includes Jerry Douglas on DoBro, Vince Gill on guitar, Marty Stuart on mando and the always surprising Steve Martin on banjo. THey are playing Foggy Mountain Breakdown - a real test of 'speed-picking'! - just watch the finger picking & chording! - amazing!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMTVV5Lwaw&feature=related

JP Cormier -a Nova Scotia Musician

Raised in Nova Scotia, JP Cormier is a bluegrass/Folk/Celtic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He writes & sings songs about local Maritime culture - fishermen, local towns, lost traditions, etc. - Whenever I see him at a local performance- typically at festivals - I am always mesmerized by his guitar playing - his fingers just fly!



Check out this YouTube link - it starts off with a noisy crowd in a bar/cafe - but they eventully quiet down when he rolls into his guitar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDKsOxo5R_g&feature=related

Here's a show I would have liked to have attended. This was posted on his Facebook page...he's still kickin' after all these years!
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2010/04/22/levon-helms-ramble-at-the-ryman-42110

RE Levon Helm
Looked up his history on WIkipedia - amazing guy and still going!
Hadn't realized he was 70 yrs old!
Hadn't realized he also played with Ronnie Hawkins & Bob Dylan

Here's a classic Youtube with clips of Dirt Farmer music

http://www.youtube.com/user/dirtfarmermusic

He's definitely made some history!

I have the Hot Tuna LP from 1971, First Pull Up, Then Pull Down, which features Papa John Creach on fiddle playing with the band on an electric rock/blues version of "Candy Man." My brother had the album on 8-track for playing in his Chevy Nova back in the 1970s.

Pohook: I saw Levon twice with "The Band". Once in the early 1970's at a huge outdoor festival in upstate New York (Watkins Glen) where The Band, The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers played the weekend, and again in 1974 as Dylan's backup band at Madison Square Garden. That concert became the album "Before the Flood."

"The Last Waltz" film by Martin Scorcese is required viewing.

Aztec: They're still gigging. And still amazing live. I wore that LP out also. When I went to Fur Peace Ranch I had them sign my copy of their first LP, the acoustic one!!