A check-in on the Banjo versus TV project — J.R.'s ongoing plan to spend more time on his banjo than on TV. This post covers 11/1/2009 through 11/7/2009.
They don't want you to take pictures at concerts at the Old Town School. Maybe that's because pictures come out badly.
So please imagine that that was a very clear photo of The Legendary Earl Scruggs, Family and Friends, who performed at the Old Town School of Folk Music on Saturday night.
It was nice to see the band again. I walked up to say hello and several of them remembered me.
Their opening act was Henhouse Prowlers, a great bluegrass band from my neighborhood of Rogers Park. The Prowlers were a perfect choice for an opener. Our other neighborhood band, Sexfist, would have been inappropriate.
Henhouse Prowlers set:
- Who Me?
- I'm a Drifter
- Syracuse
- Caroline
- Diesel
- Angeline Malone
- Helter Skelter
Earl Scruggs set:
- Salty Dog
- Borrowed Love
- Earl's Breakdown
- Steamlined Cannonball
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
- Soldier's Joy
- In the Pines
- Doin' My Time
- Sally Goodin
- Sittin' on Top of the World
- Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud, Loud Music
- Foggy Mountain Rock
- All Night Long
- Black Mountain Blues
Also in the last week:
- Since I went to Costello's jam for the sixth time, that's just four more jams before I get my free sandwich.
- Ran across All Folked Up: The Punk Rock Collection, Vol. 1 (folk covers of seminal first and second wave punk music).
Cross-posted at J.R.'s Banjo Hangout blog
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