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| BYRON BERLINE: Fiddler Extraordinare |
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| Written by Ed Schaffer |
| Thursday, 20 May 2010 23:14 |
 TONIGHT
Saturday, July 31 Workshop: 2-4:30 p.m.
Concert: 7:30 p.m.
Buy your tickets to the Byron Berline Concert tonight at the door.Byron Berline and Gold Rush
Christ Church - 20 Carroll Street, Poughkeepsie, NY at 7:30PM Member Tickets: $15/person Non-Member Tickets: $20/person Children under 12/free All tickets sold at the door will cost an additional $3.00 For a guy that received his higher education in a Phys Ed program, Byron Berline’s life certainly took off in a different direction! Around when he graduated college he was playing with (of all bluegrass artists) Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys. After graduation from college and a few years working with Uncle Sam, he decided to leave the soccer balls and baseball bats behind for his bow and fiddle. He has played fiddle from the age of 5. He won three National fiddle contests. He headed for the west coast and stayed there for 26 years, where he (among other things) recorded with the Burrito Brothers and played a bit part in the movie The Rose. He played with various groups and was a founder in the group California, named the IBMA instrumental group of the year for ‘92-94. In 1995 Byron moved back to his roots, and opened a Guthrie, OK fiddle shop “Double Stop” and formed his own band. He has helped promote Bluegrass and has recorded with many of the top musicians, and appeared on TV and film. The musicians that he has played with over the years constitute a list of the “best of” bluegrass, country, and folk artists in this country. Not only Monroe, but others such as Dylan, Scruggs, Nelson, Parsons, the Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Harris, Gill…the list goes on and on. He has led or been a member of the following bands : Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys, 1966 - 67; Dillard & Clark, 1969-1970; Dillard Expedition, 1970-71; Country Gazette, 1971-75; Sundance, 1975-85; Berline, Crary & Hickman, 1978-90; L. A. Fiddle Band, 1978-93; California, 1990-96; Byron Berline Band, 1996- Present. For more information about Byron Berline and his activities, check out doublestop.com on the net. The concert will be held at Christ Church in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, July 31 at 7:30pm. The band is Byron Berline and Gold Rush. Did you know that Gold Rush was co-written by Byron and Bill Monroe? The Band: Byron Berline: fiddle Jen Larson: guitar/vocals Keith Edwards: bass/vocals Michael Sassano: mandolin Jerry Oland: banjo
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I don’t get excited about much, but Byron Berline played the fiddle for the greatest bluegrass-country-rock band ever, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and he also played fiddle on the Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris albums, "GP" and "Grievous Angel." Don’t you get it? Man, this was the greatest group of musicians and vocalists ever to record music.
If that doesn’t fry your bacon, he also played fiddle on the double album with Steve Stills on Manassas. Those of you who can obtain obscure cuts off the internet, check out the song "Hide it so Deep" from the Manassas album to hear an amazing bluegrass/county fiddle intro to kick off the song.
Well, this is just one guy’s opinion, this guy has all of those Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram Parsons CD’s, including all the out-takes. Do I like this stuff of what