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 Joe Newberry's Profile |
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Banjo, Guitar |
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| Location: | Durham, N.C., |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 18, 2008 (554 days back) |
About Me |
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Joe Newberry is a Missouri native and North Carolina transplant who has played music most of his life. His powerful and innovative banjo playing has won contests around the country, including first-place at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival. A prizewinning guitarist, fiddler, and singer as well, Joe plays with Big Medicine, bigmedmusic.com , which won first place Traditional Band at the 2002 Appalachian String Band Music Festival. He also can be heard playing banjo and singing with Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, and Jim Watson - original members of the Red Clay Ramblers. For more about these great players, and early heroes of Joe's, take a trip on the cyber highway to originalredclayramblers.com . Joe's latest musical adventure is the Grey Eagles - a trio with Rafe Stefanini and Jim Collier. You can find out more about the "Silver Haired Monarchs of the Sky" at myspace.com/greyeagles When not working as a writer and editor, he does solo and studio work, and teaches and performs at festivals at home and abroad. More music clips and glowing reviews of his debut CD "Two Hands," can be found at cdbaby.com/joenewberry . ABOUT JOE'S PLAYING I have had the pleasure of playing music with Joe Newberry for a number of years now, and I continue to be astonished at his talent as an instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Put a banjo, guitar, or fiddle in his hands, and it sounds like he has played it most of his life. Come to think of it, he has. However, if I think of one instrument that is exceptional in Joe Newberrys hands, it is the banjo. Joe's banjo playing has long been heard as part of the band sound of such outfits as the Tar Heel Hot Shots and Big Medicine ( bigmedmusic.com ). Where he really shines, however, is as a solo player. When it is just Joe's two hands a-playing, you get to really appreciate his style--based in traditional music, and inventive without going off in some esoteric direction. Driving at times, sensitive at others, with subtle complexity in rhythm and melodic variation. Beautiful tone, and real feeling. And it is the latter that I think will ultimately pull you in. Here is not a cold, mechanical banjoist, but a musician with heart to go along with his formidable chops. This is rooted music. Joe may be innovative, but at the same time you can tell that he loves where he comes from and that his musical roots feed him. Although he lives in North Carolina now, Joe grew up in Missouri, a state also rich in traditional rural music; his Grandfather was a hunting and fishing buddy of the great Ozark folk song collector Vance Randolph. Singing old Ozark songs was part of Joe's upbringing, and he intimately knows the music of some of the great Missouri fiddlers. Along with his instrumental skills, Joe Newberry writes songs that you won't forget; "Resurrection Day," a personal favorite, is one of those. What it comes down to is this: Newberry makes some awfully fine music, and its the real deal. Listen and enjoy. Here's a banjo, guitar, and fiddle in good hands. --Kenny Jackson ( kenejackson.com ) |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 6/17/2006Band Website: joenewberry.com Influences: Late, Great - Taylor McBaine, A.C. Overton, Bookmiller Shannon, Ollie Gilbert, Tommy Jarrell, Holly Carlson, Dee Hicks, Jimmy Driftwood, Albert Hard, Fred Cockerham, Ralph Blizard, John B. Newberry, Steve Newberry, Odell Thompson, Tommy Thompson, Will Keys, Grandpa Jones, Original Carter Family, Wade Ward, Fields Ward, Norm Edmonds, John Salyer, Arthur Smith, Robert Sykes, Kyle Creed, Janette Carter, Paul Sutphin, Ernest East... Still Here - Jim Collier, Kenny Jackson, Bobb Head, Paul Brown, Marvin Gaster, Joe Thompson, Mike Bryant, Bob Atchison, John Murdock, Chris Germain, Heinrich Leonhard, Wayne Martin, Margaret Martin, LaNelle Davis, Gail Gillespie, Dwight Rogers, Mike Seeger, Bruce Molsky, Jim Newberry, Brett Riggs, Pandora Riggs, Jim Nelson, Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, Jim Watson, Frank Bode, J.P. Fraley, Andy Cahan, Rafe Stefanini, Bruce Greene, Bob Herring, Jim Lansford, Kim Lansford, Cathy Barton, Dave Para, Joel Zimmer, Bob Carlin, Bill Rogers, Mac Benford, Jim Ruth, Lee Ruth... Sounds Like: Good old country music... Record Label: 5-String Productions /Yodel-Ay-Hee w. Big Medicine Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Roots Music / Americana / Folk) |
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My Blog |
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Lullabye |
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| This has been rolling around for a while... I had never written a lullabye before, and it made me remember so keenly what it was like when my daughter Virginia was little. Sweet Hour at Close of... Posted by Joe Newberry on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:52:00 PST |
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New Year's Song |
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| A friend asked a few weeks ago if I had ever written a New Year's song...until she asked, I had not. I set it to the tune of "Nelly Bly." Happy New Year! THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR Rosin up your bow j... Posted by Joe Newberry on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:27:00 PST |
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Two Hands Track Notes |
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| Rachel One of my first older musician friends growing up in Missouri was Boone County fiddler Taylor McBaine. He played a memorable version of "Rachel," also known as "Texas Quickstep." Rocky Island ... Posted by Joe Newberry on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:01:00 PST |
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"Two Hands" Reviews |
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| Here are some reviews of my solo CD project, "Two Hands" The following was sent to rec.music.country.old-time, alt.banjo, alt.banjo.clawhammer, and the Banjo-L CD Review--Joe Newberry Bill Rogers... Posted by Joe Newberry on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:16:00 PST |
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Tunings - "Two Hands" |
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| Rachel (octave down) c#F#C#F#G# Rocky Island (octave down) eAEAB Rambling Hobo ... Posted by Joe Newberry on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:10:00 PST |
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Here I am... |
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| I'll be playing a fair amount this summer with Big Medicine and with Craver, Watson, and Hicks, plus trying out a little combo with Rafe Stefanini and Jim Collier that we are calling "The Grey Eagles.... Posted by Joe Newberry on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:36:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Mike Craver, Rafe Stefanini, J.S., Big Medicine, Kenny Jackson, Laura Boosinger, ~tammy~, Polecat Creek, sharon leahy and rick good, Rachel Eddy, Henry Thomas, Rachel Bryan, Donald Zepp, Philippe Revel, The Grey Eagles, Chris Clarke, Kendall, Bruce Molsky, Nance - nytimes, The Earl Brothers, eugene mirea, Doyle, Friends Of MAYBERRY OPRY, Joseph "joebass" DeJarnette, The Tacoma Project no. II, Annalee, Claire Lynch, Julie Sutton, Sweet Hollywaiians, Lo-Fi Breakdown, CAROLINE ROSS, Ninth Wave and Counting, Bruce Wilson, Grace, dreambird, Rebekah Weiler, Triangle Bluegrass Jams, Twangzone, Melissa, kitten meets fawn!, The Chairs, Mebanesville, OLD TEA HOUSE, Steven Hedgpeth, Dennis, ben paley, Jesper Deleuran, Gintas Vaigys, The KittyHawks, Natalya Weinstein, Tony Thomas banjo, blues, and folk, Bess McCrary, Amerie's mom, Sisters Of Sheynville
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