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Peter
Rowan in Concert
The festivities begin with an outstanding musical event featuring Peter Rowan in concert, with Bill Keith on banjo and Jay Ungar on fiddle. Buddy Merriam and Back Roads will kick off the show with some hard drivin' bluegrass. The concert, which is in tribute to “Bluegrass Journey”, a new film from local filmmakers Ruth Oxenberg and Rob Schumer, will take place at the Spotted Dog in Mount Tremper. Seats are limited. Grammy-award winner Peter Rowan began his professional career in the 1960s, playing guitar, singing lead vocals and co-writing as a member of the Bluegrass Boys, led by the founding father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. In the early ‘70s, Rowan, David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements and John Kahn formed a band called Old & In the Way, which brought bluegrass to new audiences. Rowan subsequently embarked on a well-received solo career, releasing critically acclaimed records such as Dustbowl Children, Yonder (a record of old-time country music in collaboration with ace dobro player, Jerry Douglas) and two bluegrass albums, The First Whippoorwill and Bluegrass Boy. His most recent release is High Lonesome Cowboy, a recording of traditional and old-time mountain music with Don Edwards and Norman Blake. Peter is featured in "Bluegrass Journey," a documentary portrait of the contemporary bluegrass scene, playing Thursday evening at the Bearsville Theater, and Saturday afternoon in Hunter." Peter will be joined by legendary banjo player and longtime Woodstock resident Bill Keith. Bill was a member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in the early 60s. He invented a revolutionary style of chromatic and melodic banjo playing that has influenced generations of banjo players since, and which paved the way for such contemporary stylists as Tony Trischka and Bela Fleck. He is widely considered one of the foremost bluegrass banjo players in the world.
New York native
Buddy Merriam formed
Back Roads in 1980, a traditional bluegrass band determined to
carry on the style of music first invented by the "father of bluegrass," Mr.
Bill Monroe. They play music with hard drive, high lonesome singing, blues,
fiddle tunes and good songs, both new and traditional, sung from the heart.
Buddy is known for his original mandolin style, his fine songwriting and his
close association and friendship with Mr. Monroe, who invited Buddy to play with
his legendary band, The Bluegrass Boys, on more than a dozen occasions.
*Sponsored by Catskill Corners and the Chamber of Commerce of Ulster County, with help from Keegan Ales.
THREE
Joey Eppard of Three is a true, musical triple-threat: a brilliant songwriter, an astonishing instrumental player and a phenomenal singer. His notoriety to date is significantly derived from his work with a five-piece rock/pop band based in legendary Woodstock, New York and known as 3. The group came together in the early 1990’s and appeared at the Woodstock ‘94 Festival in Saugerties, New York and the Woodstock ‘99 Festival in Rome, New York. In recent years, Joey has been building a strong presence as a solo performer and in 2003 has appeared regularly on the Acoustic Thunder Jam-boree Tour assembled by celebrated acoustic-duo, Aztec Two-Step. 3’s debut CD recording, “Paint By Number,” was released in 2000 and received national and international radio promotion, airplay and sales. The band’s highly-anticipated follow-up, the live album, “Half Life,” was released in October, 2002, to raves from audiences and critics alike. The band’s latest studio recording, “Summercamp Nightmare” is scheduled for release in the fall of 2003. Joey also released his debut solo CD, “been to the future” in December, 2002 and he has just completed a second solo recording project with legendary session drummer, Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney). All of the releases are on indie label, Planet Noise Records, www.planetnoiserecords.com. Listen to Joey Eppard's "Been to the Future," and Three "Paint by Number." The opening Night Film Gala is Sponsored by Planet Noise Records
SEPTEMBER SONG: A
Magical Autumn Night” featuring Lillias White & Joshua Pearl 
Lillias White who can be
seen in the upcoming Peter Hedges film “Pieces of April,” is the
quadruple-crown winner of the 1997 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics
Award, and the People’s Choice Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
for her performance as Sonja in “The Life”. Ms. White received unqualified
acclaim for her triumphant portrayal of Jonesy in the revival of “How to
Succeed In Business...” Lillias’ recordings include the cast albums of “How To
Succeed”, “The Life” and “From Brooklyn to Broadway”, her one woman show. She
is the voice of the lead muse, Calliope, in the Disney animated film Hercules.
Joshua Pearl is an Internationally recognized
pianist, composer, arranger, and music director. He has performed throughout
the United States and Japan on such stages as Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher
Hall, New York City’s Town Hall, and The Garden State Arts Center.
Mr. Pearl has worked on numerous Broadway
productions, performed on NPR’s “A Prarie Home Companion”, and produced
several independent albums. He composed the original score for the recently
premiered Tennessee William play “The Day On Which A Man Dies” and had the
premier of his original musical “Courting The Muse” in 2002 starring Lillias
White. Joshua has also worked with many musical luminaries regionally and
nationally including Peter Schickele, Kate Pierson, Amy Helm, Paul Winter,
Greg Brown, Hariprasad Churasia, Hamsa El Din, and Mellissa Erricco.
For more info, contact
Ian@letitoutproductions.com
Stay tuned for more announcements regarding
music at the 2003 Woodstock Film Festival
performers include... KARL BERGER, AND FRIENDS Karl Berger, the founder of the legendary
Creative Music Studio (www.CreativeMusicStudio.org ) in Woodstock, NY, is a six
time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll as a jazz soloist and has gained
acclaim for his original scores for live orchestras/ensembles and for
film/TV/video. TAMAR HAVIV The following musicians can be heard on the 2003 Woodstock Film Festival
complimentary CD. Use them for your next
project. Mark Suozzo Dusty Micale Mark Wike Tamar Haviv Mark Donato Brandon Roberts Tinker Street, Upstate Films and the Catskill Mountain Foundation Theater are 35mm facilities. Upstate and CMFT will also screen beta sp and digibeta films. Bearsville, Mountain View, WCC are are beta sp & digibeta Copyright, 2000-2004 - Woodstock Film Festival, Inc. |
