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The Itinerant Band is made up of seven musicians from the Tidewater
region of southeastern Virginia. They come from diverse musical
backgrounds and have a shared passion for history that has led them to
specialize in the music of early America. They perform tunes and songs
from the Irish, Scottish, English and French traditions that would have
been heard in 17th and 18th century America. In the spirit of the
itinerant colonial musicians whose style they emulate, you may find as
few as two or as many as seven of them at any given time and place
performing everything from airs to sea shanties to dance tunes. When all
together the group consists of George Bame on guitar & vocals, Paul
Brockman on fiddle & vocals, Bob Clark on hammered dulcimer, Susan
Lawlor on flute, whistle, & recorder, Dave McNew on Appalachian
dulcimer, bodhran & vocals, Mary Normand on Celtic harp, and Marsha
Wallace on guitar, mandolin & vocals.
Jefferson and Liberty also by The Itinerant Band, is a collection of 18th century tunes and songs
chosen as representative of those played and sung by working class
musicians in the North American colonies. It features jigs, hornpipes,
and reels from the English and American country dance repertoire, as
well as a French-Canadian dance and party song, "La Bastringue"; airs
from Ireland and Scotland, military fife tunes from England and France,
a Charles Wesley hymn and a Caribbean sea chantey. The title cut,
"Jefferson and Liberty" is an Irish jig that was adopted as Thomas
Jefferson's 1800 presidential campaign song. Also included is "O! Say
Bonnie Lass", a song taken from the recently discovered musical
notebooks of Capt. George Bush, a soldier in Washington's continental
army. The album is a sampling of colonial American and European music
that would have been shared across political and social boundaries from
the pubs and taverns to the dances and parlors.
The Road Out of Town is our third CD by The Itinerant Band..
The music ranges from the 18th into the early 19th century and features
several examples of tunes and songs that traveled from old countries to
new. Some of which are Robert Burns' anthem “A Man’s A Man,” love songs
such as "The Blackest Crow" and "Down By the Sally Gardens" and several
medleys of jigs, reels, and hornpipes. This album also includes three
original ("neo-traditional") tunes inspired by 18th century musical
style and written by members of the band.
A Collection of 18th Century British and American Marches
Including a Variety of British Regimental Quicksteps
Brigade of the American Revolution.
A selection of over 45 18th Century British and American marches and
favorite airs including a variety of British regimental quicksteps, most
of which have never been recorded before. Many of the tunes are played
twice enabling the listener to gain the full feeling for the music. All
music was painstakingly researched and edited from primary sources and
is available in the Brigade's music books.
Father Son and Friends started when a 24 year old Joey and his 4
year old son Shawn were attending historical reenactments playing music
around the campfire. In the early 1980’s Joey and Shawn were turned on
to Celtic music by some musician friends in Indianapolis. Shortly after
listening to acts such as, Silly Wizard, Tannahill Weavers, Stan
Rodgers, Patrick St. and The Battlefield Band, just to name a few,
“Father and Son set to explore their Celtic roots. Today, Joey and
Shawn, along with good friends, take their music to the stage and do
what they love best - play traditional Celtic music. "We do this for
fun," Joey says emphatically. "This is our hobby." These days, their
hobby takes them all over the place.
When they're not playing locally, they're traveling to perform at
historical festivals throughout the continental United States. Their
brand of traditional Celtic music is again rapidly growing in popularity
as America rediscovers traditional folk music. Their repertoire includes
songs that tell stories of a time and culture long since past-everything
from Celtic battle songs to gentle folk ballads-songs that celebrate a
unique time and place.
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