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The Duhks
From the how to download music from youtube to mp3 hockey haven of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
waded The Duhks.
Twelve years and myriad shifts in music taste later, The Duhks recently reemerged from their
several-years pause. Catch them mid-flight back into the realm of touring when they helm Thursday
Jams on May 29 -- tonight -- in Abingdon.
Christened acoustic, nary a name befits The Duhks' style. Plied with folk, soul, gospel, old-time
country, Cajun, Irish, Latin and no doubt more sounds than this page can hold, their sound bespeaks
a studied patchwork approach. Add eye-catching showmanship. Filter four albums and five lifetimes
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these Duhks.
Letters to Abigail
From the Appalachian hills of North Carolina trod Letters to Abigail.
Astride their 11-tune debut album, "Say Anything," the trio's way leads to Bristol's Machiavelli's on
May 30. Laced with sweet harmonies and life-straddling lyrics, Letters to Abigail dawn anew like
warm sunrises reeled in from the horizon.
Kelli Redmond sings lead. Coupled with guitarist James Harrell's harmonies on such tunes as "Angel
In Ordinary Shoes," radiant warmth as if from the sun mixes with love as if from the heart for
passionate moments worth embracing. But that's their album. That's their style. Love Letters to
Abigail and they'll love you right back.
Virginia Luthiers
Luthiers make musical instruments. They typically hole away in a nondescript woodshop amid piles
of sawdust, allotting mountains of hours and love and care into the making of a single instrument.
A band of Virginia's finest luthiers and musicians how to download music to call cell phone from
computer will step out of the shop and into the band, The Virginia Luthiers. Hear them on May 31 at
the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Va.
Wayne Henderson plays guitar. Gerald Anderson handles bass. Jimmy Edmonds fiddles while upon
the mandolin Spencer Strickland applies his pick. Banded, they play string-band tunes including a
warm "Flor-ida Blues" and Carter Family selections from "Wildwood Flower" to "Will the Circle Be
Unbroken." Brand them lively and memorable, these Virginia Luthiers.
Music Notes
What a long weekend of music!
Music like gold from a rainbow's pot glittered throughout the Mountain Empire over Memorial Day
weekend. And it started early. Thursday night and the Bristol Train Station welcomed The Infamous
Stringdusters and The Whiskey Gentry.
Oh, like Elmore James' broom, the Stringdusters dusted Tune Town into a heated frenzy. For
instance, folks danced as if upon the revival of The Dead via the Stringdusters' cover of The Grateful
Dead's rendition of "Deep Elem Blues." Sweat flowed like the Holston in a gale spread wide with
sunshiny smiles.
Now, that's music. Skip to Friday night, way up on the mountain to McClure, Virginia's Hills of Home
Park during the 44th Annual Memorial weekend Bluegrass Festival. Bluegrass legend Larry Sparks
dipped as with a ladle into a water bucket deep into his heart and gifted a flock of fans with pieces of
himself. Tunes including "What Kind of Man" exhibited well just what kind of man thereby stood
within the frame of Larry Sparks. Call him a giant.
Same place, one day later. Ralph Stanley eased carefully to the microphone. His vivid eyes cast out,
looked as if into the great beyond and sang "O Death." Folks dared not move, speak or even whisper.
"Won't you spare me over 'til another year," sang Stanley, 87. Just over his shoulder, a few hundred
yards away and atop a hill, lay still the body of his brother, Carter Stanley, dead since 1966. Stanley
first sang "O Death" alongside his brother. Someday the American treasure will be buried alongside
his brother. But not yet. Spared for what classified as a can't-miss moment from the man whose
voice was surely carved from Appalachian Mountains rock, Stanley mesmerized.
Sunday brought Adam Bolt's heavens-parting band, the Ordinary Bitters to Wolf Hills Brewing Co. in
Abingdon. Fine? Well, backstage members of the legendary New Riders of the Purple Sage listened
and loved Bolt's band.
"That band needs to be on the road," said David Nelson, longtime leader of Jerry Garcia's former
band, New Riders of the Purple Sage. "Those are killer songs."
Moments later, Nelson and the New Riders galloped on stage for two sets of about two hours of
country-rocking fun. Buddy Cage's steel guitar bit like a bear. Conviction laced Nelson's voice. Tunes
from a reggae-flavored "Panama Red" coupled with covers including The Grateful Dead's "Ripple" to
inject dancing genes into the feet of most as the band played on. Oh, what a night!
Abingdon's Thursday Jams series welcome The Wood Brothers on June 5. Sample them via this
week's free MP3 downloads. Visit www.noisetrade.com and search "The Wood Brothers." Four
downloadable songs including the title cut from their most recent album, "The Muse," will follow.
Tom Netherland is a freelance writer. He may be reached at features@bristolnews.com.
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