Mar 5 - Big Spike Bluegrass Band Returns To Palmer Street Coffeehouse
Big Spike Bluegrass
Big Spike Bluegrass, the five-piece traditional bluegrass band from Vermont, returns to Palmer Street Coffeehouse Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:30 PM.. Big Spike, whose latest CD, “A New Day” has been receiving significant airplay on bluegrass radio stations around the United States and Canada, plays bluegrass with impeccable vocal harmonies, a powerful stage presence, a sense of humor, and mastery of their instruments. They feature twin fiddles and powerful original material in the traditional style.
Bluegrass is a style of music created by Kentucky mandolin player Bill Monroe and later popularized by Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt featuring acoustic instruments such as the five-string banjo played in a driving, syncopated style, along with fiddle, guitar, mandolin and bass. It is recognizable by its powerful three- and four-part vocal harmonies and has most recently been associated with the movie “O, Brother, Where Art Thou”.
Based in northern Vermont, the band members are long-time mainstays of the New England bluegrass scene. Banjo player Bill Gaston sings all the vocal parts. Mike Santosusso plays upright bass, and sings tenor and lead. Guitarist Pete Langdell sings lead, and handles much of the songwriting. He is also the designer and manufacturer of the popular Rigel mandolin based in Cambridge, VT. Fiddle player Freeman Corey is the son of a fine old time fiddler, and started playing at age ten. Mandolin player Neil Rossi doubles on fiddle, and sings lead and baritone.
Judging from their past Palmer Street appearance while playing to a full house, the band struck a responsive chord, combining honky-tonk and country tunes from the 40’s and 50’s with a strong bluegrass beat, leaving North Country Coffeehouse fans begging for more.
The band’s enjoyment of the music is infectious. Says mandolinist Neil Rossi, “With as much rehearsing as we do, we still never think of this as work when we get up on stage. We’re having too much fun up there.”
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Big Spike Bluegrass, the five-piece traditional bluegrass band from Vermont, returns to Palmer Street Coffeehouse Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:30 PM.. Big Spike, whose latest CD, “A New Day” has been receiving significant airplay on bluegrass radio stations around the United States and Canada, plays bluegrass with impeccable vocal harmonies, a powerful stage presence, a sense of humor, and mastery of their instruments. They feature twin fiddles and powerful original material in the traditional style.
Bluegrass is a style of music created by Kentucky mandolin player Bill Monroe and later popularized by Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt featuring acoustic instruments such as the five-string banjo played in a driving, syncopated style, along with fiddle, guitar, mandolin and bass. It is recognizable by its powerful three- and four-part vocal harmonies and has most recently been associated with the movie “O, Brother, Where Art Thou”.
Based in northern Vermont, the band members are long-time mainstays of the New England bluegrass scene. Banjo player Bill Gaston sings all the vocal parts. Mike Santosusso plays upright bass, and sings tenor and lead. Guitarist Pete Langdell sings lead, and handles much of the songwriting. He is also the designer and manufacturer of the popular Rigel mandolin based in Cambridge, VT. Fiddle player Freeman Corey is the son of a fine old time fiddler, and started playing at age ten. Mandolin player Neil Rossi doubles on fiddle, and sings lead and baritone.
Judging from their past Palmer Street appearance while playing to a full house, the band struck a responsive chord, combining honky-tonk and country tunes from the 40’s and 50’s with a strong bluegrass beat, leaving North Country Coffeehouse fans begging for more.
The band’s enjoyment of the music is infectious. Says mandolinist Neil Rossi, “With as much rehearsing as we do, we still never think of this as work when we get up on stage. We’re having too much fun up there.”
http://www.bigspikebluegrass.com/index.asp
http://www.bigspikebluegrass.com/video.asp
| Oct 2 - Joan Crane & Steve Feinbloom |
Nov 6 - Roy Hurd |
Dec 4 - Patti Casey & Steve Light |
Jan 1 - Tim Hartnett & Julie Canepa |
Feb 5 - Too Tall String Band |
Mar 5 - Big Spike |
Apr 2 - Harvey Reid |
May 7 - Beartracks |
Jun 4 - Eddy and Kim Lawrence |
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