I. Seem. To Lose. Before that one gives me shivers I'm tired every time it's American Chestnut's from a lorry Louis's record skipping and flying she released that in 2011 that's Laurie sing in and playing guitar Tom Rosen playing mandolin Chad Manning on fiddle Patrick Sauber on banjo Andrew Conklin on string bass before that we had of the refugee that's from 1998 record seen things I keep thinking that it has to be from a more recent record because goodness that song has not aged a day but nope 9098. Laurie called it. That's of course Laurie singing and playing fiddle Tom singing harmony playing Mendelian Sally then meter on Dubrow Mike Marshall on guitar Todd Phillips on bass hope y'all caught that Hill's my home reference in the 2nd verse to go. One Lori circling back to her own music I love it and we started off with a mill that's from one of my childhood favorite records true stories that were released in 1903 that's Laurie sing in sing in the lead tone Rosen sing in the tenor Peter McGlothlin sing in the baritone and Carey black just coming in clutch with those low notes on the bass very cool that's someone from Beth while who learned the lyrics from her mom and then set it to music really cool stuff with West Coast trees earlier in the show with oaken Laurel and American Chestnut's gave us a look at the destruction of an East Coast Ecosystem but as Lori points out in her liner notes there is some hope for the return of this giant tree as people plant bright blight resistant strains so fingers crossed I think you've got another song about resilient trees for us don't you elaborate Tom's And I it's true I do Laurie has written a lot of songs about trees it turns out Leon I've been putting together this show in celebration of Lori Lewis's birthday which is today oh yeah I and a lot of those songs happen to be kind of. Heart string tuggers which you certainly played a lot of those in the last that I you know that American Chestnut's and the refugee get me every time. We're going to move on move along Morey of course is known for playing bluegrass music and writing great bluegrass songs but she often will push the boundaries of that genre the term John Robin Ding is increasingly popular put really a lot of Lori songs really they do defy categorization as Leah mentioned this next song is arboreal in subject matter and it's another yes thank you thank you very much it's a truly spooky song. I would say it's maybe even spookier than American chess. Nat's it was recorded all live at the freight and salvage on May 8th and 2013 this is trees. We. When the play. And there. We stand. Traffic jams night. Everyday. You get stuck. To me in any way. To feel so good. But if you can't you can't you just got to go slow. Minutes so you just cool. Movin and this. Is as good as you. Then the best. Thing is. To. The least. Little minute he may. Come. a. While to just stand there. So just to. Sleep next to. Me. I just wish that before I. Go back out to be. This is going to come Tom. I'm. Going. To Sleep one morning. Before. The group. I'm just going. To be up to the. Good. Place for. You on. The far right. In the. Got. Me. That's Laurie Lewis with kiss me before I die from her in 1988 record seeing things that's a song Laurie wrote after a terrible car accident in 1904 she was joined there by Todd Phillips on bass Billy Lee Lewis on drums Tom Rosen on Mandela and Darrell anger on his fiddle with. Who else who also you know in case you couldn't I guess I remember watching Laura do that live and how she always you got a big jump in like a tard thing you're to be. Like. Laurie's rock star moment exactly I was going to say this was a little taste of it no no no not at all this is a little taste of Laurie's rock and roller Sajda we started out that set with. Trees from one evening in May That's a 2014 collaboration with guitar wizard Nina Gerber who plays electric guitar They're also joined by Tristan Claridge on fiddle the t. Sisters provide some atmospheric background vocals and Tom Rosen on mandolin. After that cool your jets from Laurie's 2009 cd blossoms another song about cars I hope none of you are stuck in a traffic jam which is where Laurie wrote this song she is joined by Andy Murray and Jeannie burns on harmony vocals Todd sick of who's on string bass and Brian Rice on percussion of course car talks Tom and Ray Michael Yo z. Making a special appearance on that 2nd verse following that up with kiss me before I die this is Laurie's. Nonna bluegrass are something I don't know it's as I said it's Laurie's rock n roll side and this set a something different for our listeners at a bluegrass signal we're celebrating Laurie's birthday and Lee has got a little more coming up on I do some of my earliest memories that just period are dancing around the house listening to Laurie's records and as an adult I'm blown away by her songwriting but as a kid I was kind of too young to process what she was singing about so instead I latched on to her fiddle playing and she is without a doubt the reason I started playing fiddle and today she still one of my favorite fiddle players these next few tracks should explain why we shall bit a fond farewell to the Bluegrass Country listeners during this next track hope you've enjoyed the celebration of the great Laurie Lewis's birthday we're going to keep things chugging along with the duo with Susie Thompson this is Sophie's house Of a singing bird from Henri Lewis's record called True stories that you released in 1993 that's a traditional Irish song that she put to bluegrass and she's playing fiddle there so well Tom. Dozens on mandolin singing harmony Mike Marshall playing that epic Mike Marshall guitar and Todd Phillips playing bass so well just like you does more Louis happy birthday to you over here and I only have one burger in the studio here and we're are celebrating the great Laurie Louis' birthday today before that we had a bear song that's from. I was a previously unreleased track that Laurie released on earth and sky the songs of Laurie Lewis that was a sheep record was mostly tracks that had already been released but Bear Song had not so we got a little treat there I guess I should say bear a different version of Bear Song had been recorded on the Grand Street but that's was a new a new and improved I'm not trying to prove but a new fangled recording their. Of their song Laurie's playing all of the fiddles on that track again how does she do it how does she do it they have just become time. Craig Smith playing banjo Tom Rosen is on mandolin and made all that how does he do it oh my god it's like it's amazing to me and talk Phillips again on bass he had barely Culter song before that one that's from the 2009 neck of blossom when the both Barry poems that bore effect to music Laurie and Britain Haas playing those fiddles their lorry not taking not doing all the work yourself that time tripping Claridge having them on cello really nice stuff I think that the Lia and Allegro favorite song there oh yes that is definitely one of my favorites and from and from one of my favorite albums Yeah yeah you know one of them like everything about doing this show is that I realized how much I love the office it's just a great record so good check it out you all can get out y'all and that's why I put another song from blossoms right before that. Fiddle of Laurie and Susie Thompson putting together so but that's called Sophie's House we're going to get to hear a little bit more towards the play as I can things off to Peter Thompson for the calendar upcoming Bay Area all time a bluegrass event so I take your point Peter. This is Lori Lewis taken on Bill Monroe's of the Golden West and thanks to Lee and I like her for putting together such a great show to spotlight Lori on her birthday and it's timely as well because Lori in the right hands are one of the few bluegrass fans appearing at this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park from Friday through next Sunday all the dry branch fires water back of course also appearing Stuart Duncan and Dirk all with Buddy Miller Sarah Hall Raw bikes and Trey Hensley in the string dusters and about a zillion others including the Punch Brothers who are also at the freight a week from Monday all of that one is sold out Laurie Lewis is also part of the band the coming Alice Girard at the sweet water in Mill Valley on October 10th in conjunction with Alice Girard you gave me a song a documentary film screening at the Mill Valley Film Festival and Laurie Lewis and Tom Rosen were teaching vocals at the Walker Creek music camp of inner Petaluma from November 1st through 4th other instructors include brother mule members Ben Winship Brian wick London Eric Thorne Plus Jim Kweskin Eric Thompson Susie Thompson Sharon Gilchrist Mike Butcher me to go whom we just heard Del Ray Dave Kane and Molly towne Bob David pregnancies and plots and others and of course Laurie Lewis has a Thanksgiving show at the freight and salvage every year over Thanksgiving weekend this year's date is November the 30th for Laurie in the right hand and often special gas as you've probably heard been doing silent fundraising for the past couple weeks in an effort to pay some bills at this listener. Supported public radio station that's you listener then I've got a special offer for signal fans if you e-mail me at b.g. Signal at comcast dot net and agree to pledge $50.00 to over the next year I will mail you a hot off the press 2020 Northern California bluegrass and old time calendar that's right a 2020 calendar customized just for you it's got the dates of next year's festivals and music camps photos and birthdays of some 40 area bands and even a few dates of historical significance and you need one you know you do and if you'd like one just drop me an email b.g. Signal at comcast dot net. On Monday there's a couple shows high country is playing at Amnesia in San Francisco and the Molly Tuttle band will be down in Palo Alto Molly doing a home time show for the 1st time in quite a while at the Mitchell Park Community Center on Tuesday being creaks at Sam's barbecue in San Jose the whisky brothers at the albatross pub on Wednesday that's in Berkeley and then the usual Thursday shows at Neff and friends at the will of a chaos in Petaluma in the Mill Creek Ramblers at Mission Beach in Fremont and also on Thursday the Gold Hill girls playing summer house in Los Gatos there was a wonderful duo a few years ago with Eli West and the Hale and Morrison and they're both coming to freight and salvage although not together he lies there on October the 11th with Abbey Gardner and they're on October 15th with Lula whiles other shows are coming up at the freight include Robin and Linda Williams on the 23rd of October the Del McCoury Band on November the 1st from countries coming back to the area between October 16th and $1000.00 the be in Chico Santa Cruz Sandra Phelan winter's cafe Calif band will be playing between October 18th and 20th in Folsom San Francisco and. Sebastopol and coming up November 7th through 11th California banjo extravaganza Bill Evans joined this year by Jennifer Tato and Leroy Troy plus an all star band playing the fray as well as winter's Sebastopol and Los Gatos and Allegro Thompson's going to be back in this chair 3 weeks from today to host bluegrass signal previewing the events in late October November and December. Jam sessions while there's a bluegrass jam every Sunday at 4 pm at the lucky horseshoe on Cortland Ave in San Francisco jams on Monday include bluegrass jams at Amnesia and San Francisco in the Star Club in Oakland and old time jam of the future in church in Palo Alto and the invitational jam at Battah Korea in Oakland on Tuesday there's jamming in Pacifica Sebastopol and severed Cisco on Wednesday Jeannie and Chuck pollings long running jam at the plough and stars in San Francisco will be happening along with bluegrass jams Unitarian Church in Palo Alto and l. 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Signal dot com That's b g s I g n a l dot com And speaking of instruction Richard Brandenburg has its traditional bluegrass and country slow jam class tomorrow at 1 pm at the freight and there's an old time string band class starting up on October 13th every Sunday through the middle of November at La Mar and the music in Lafayette with Harry and Cindy lead strand and David Brown next week on bluegrass signal I'll be back atcha to provide a little antidote to the hardly any bluegrass festival will be going on by playing . 90 minutes of actual bluegrass songs between 630 and 8 pm and they've all Copley grass in the title so tune in to k.l. W. For that and again the e-mail address if you would like a 2020 calendar. Bay Area Northern California bluegrass and old time music you can email me and get all the information about it b.g. Signal at comcast dot net. Hall It's hard to say that one outlet is flying clouds from Laurie losing Kathy Calyx record long into the sing songs of Vern and Ray. A couple other internals are listening to their stealing chickens from restaurant 100 and the Golden West from the Golden West. Well we're bringing this celebration of Lori Lewis is Birthday to a close My name's Leah Wallenberg and I've been here with Allegro Thompson Maurie just want to send out a big happy birthday to be Birthday and birthday thank you so much for all of your music and inspiration that just keeps coming and we love you Lori and hope you've been able to listen to this show. Yeah my understanding is Laurie's on her way back from i.b.m. a Right now but where she as she should be known as she should be and you know what though can you hold up your programs are available for one week on demand on all or yes to some she goes home go to the local music player select bluegrass signal and she can hear it all for herself That's right it'll be a belated birthday ladies happy birthday and yes it's been such a pleasure going through Lori's catalog and getting reacquainted with old favorites I remember hearing a lot of these songs from my childhood as as Leah mentioned I had that experience as well especially this next one I remember her singing a lot when I was young it's another example of her fine songwriting although as my mom pointed out when I was talking to her about putting together the show it's only partly true Laurie has always been the wind This is from restless rambling heart I'm going to be the wind that. In the. I am not afraid. This. Those Some made. I still. But I sing me. In these quite. Soon. I see the tape as to whom they. Take. This. With more song than we can. But I. Was in. This. Sin my Honda the to east of ho this hooey. They. But I can see you in the hearings. And he. Is in the. Us. He. Is in the. That's Lori Lewis and Tom Rosa quiet hills from their a 24000 release guest house before that we heard I'm going to be the wind from restless rambling heart Lori Lewis playing she's going to quadruple duty vote lead vocals harmony vocals fiddle acoustic bass Tim O'Brien playing mandolin and lending harmony vocals joined by Mark McCormick on banjo Greg Townsend on guitar that's I'm going to be the wind quite hills is that beautiful acapella number written by Claudia Schmidt Lori and Tom are joined by Todd 6 foods and Craig Smith on that one and with that we're going to bid you good bye I've been Allegro Thompson I am still leo all member. Oh you've had such a nice time with this Laurie Lewis birthday celebration and you really have got one more from Laurie and Tom this is just in time on fiddle and guitar singing and playing this John Hartford number this is from Golden West goodbye waltz. Or.