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| February 1, 2008, III |
Larry Keel & Natural
Bridge w/Special Guest Bobby Lee Rodgers
When: Saturday 2/16/2008
Where: Stella
Blue
Time: 9 PM
Connecting traditional songs of
yesterday with their own original and inventive sounds of today, Larry Keel
& Natural Bridge create astonishingly powerful acoustic music rich in
heritage, heart and hot licks! With a style that evokes both atomic rock
energy and dynamic tonal purity, Keel and his ensemble are intent upon
taking their instruments and their voices to their fullest potential for
emotion and amazement. While paying respect to the legacy left by the
forefathers of bluegrass, Keel bridges the gap between traditional and
contemporary American Mountain Music. Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
includes flatpicking guitar master Larry Keel (guitar, vocals), Jenny Keel
(bass fiddle, vocals), Mark Schimick (mandolin, vocals), and Jason Flournoy
(banjo, vocals).
Over the years Larry Keel has become a
world-class flatpicking guitarist, and that talent has earned him
legendary status with fans and the highest respect amongst his musical
peers. In recent performances Larry has led bands involving such industry
icons as Tony Rice, Jeff Austin, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger, Curtis Burch
(New Grass Revival), Vassar Clements, Joe Craven, Jim Lauderdale, and Tony
Trischka; in addition he has played specialty sets alongside Darrell Scott,
Keller Williams, and Sam Bush and guitar workshops along side David Grier
and Jorma Kaukonen. Keel’s distinct style of flatpicking the guitar is
the tool with which he creates his original brand of songwriting and his
peers have taken notice. Both Del McCoury and Acoustic Syndicate have
recorded Larry’s material. The Del McCoury Band recorded Larry’s
‘Mountain Song’ on their 2005 Grammy award winning release, The
Company We Keep. Acoustic Syndicate recorded ‘Long Way Round’ as their
title track for their 2004 release.
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Special Guest Bobby Lee
Rodgers
A gifted musician and songwriter, BOBBY LEE RODGERS began
playing the upright bass at age seven, then went on to the banjo and
bluegrass and to the drums. He had the fortune of playing in one of the
most recognized high school bands in the country which allowed him to play
with some jazz greats at a young age. He attended the state university on a
music scholarship, and went on to become one of the three youngest
professors to teach at the world's largest music college, the Berklee
College of Music in Boston, Massachusettes (Herbie Hancock & Pat
Methany were the others.)
As soon as he could write, he began putting his tunes on paper, and
now has well over a hundred in his published library, with a hundred more
that have never been performed or published. Bobby Lee writes all the
songs performed by The CodeTalkers, which was formed in 1999. Since then,
Bobby and the band have regularly shared the stage with such figures as
blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin, bluegrass Godfather Vasser Clements and
Motown organist Ike Stubblefield.
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