Photo by Margaret Webb
October 2011
RED-DEVIL SPEEDWAY
Thanks to all who have purchased and enjoyed my newest CD, Red-Devil
Speedway. It's a album of some of the great traditional American
folk songs and banjo tunes, played on guitars and banjos, and all
great fun. It's been called an "informal second volume" of
my banjo CD, Full Circle: The Solo Banjo Sessions. But
there's a lot more on it, including old-time and bluesy guitar
picking, and vocals. You can purchase this album from cdBaby and
Elderly Instruments, as well as directly from this website. Log onto
http://cdbaby.com/cd/bobwebb or
http://elderly.com/recordings/items/RWA-CD11707.htm.
You can find my other CDs by entering "Bob Webb"
in the sites' general search box.
COMING THIS WINTER/SPRING
My musical partner and fabulous singer Dave Peloquin and I will be
presenting a program entitled "Woody's a' Hunnerd: The Life &
Times of Woody Guthrie," whose 100th birthday falls in 2012. We
are now looking for venues around the country, and I'm pleased to say
that we have a few New England dates already, which I will list in
forthcoming issues of this website. If you have an interest in hosting
this program, in a house-concert or concert venue, please get in touch
with me through our "Contact Bob" page on this website.
SOUNDS LIKE OLD TIMES
Dave Peloquin and I hope to acquaint you with our CD, Sounds
Like Old Times. We took a look back at the old-time,
"hillbilly," mountain, country music that influenced all the major
performers of the 1930s through early 1950s, and released some of our
favorites. There are banjo and guitar pieces, with some mandolin
for good measure, and harmony singing. We have included songs both famous
and less well-known by the likes of Woody Guthrie, Alton and Rabon Delmore
(the Delmore Brothers), the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. To their
greatest hits, we’ve added some traditional tunes on banjo and guitars, and
a more recent composition (about coal mining) by Billy Edd Wheeler. Fifteen
tunes in all.
MAILING LIST
We do keep a mailing list. If you want to receive our occasional
e-mailings about upcoming concerts and new album releases, please click on our
"Contact Bob" tab, and send an e-mail with the simple words:
"Mailing List." We’ll keep you informed!
Bob Webb
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