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One weekend in October 2005, five guys teamed up to jam and
play some Bluegrass, just to have a good time After a while
they realized that they really had something going on, which
they wanted to develop. So they met again a few months
later. This time they all agreed to make something out of
it. The group G2 was started. These guys are determined to
play the Bluegrass and they do it in their own way.
Hear them on
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Dick smith and mike o'reilly |
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Dick Smith is a multi-talented musician and singer, he has
toured and recorded with several of the most award winning
bands in Bluegrass Music. These include The Country
Gentlemen, The Del McCoury Band, The Country Store and The
Lynn Morris Band. Dick has also worked with many of the
first generation Bluegrass pioneers, such as Bill Clifton
and Don Stover, The Goins Bros, Joe Stuart and Red Rector,
Bill Harrell and others. Their Live shows are packed with
humour and great Singing and playing. Dick plays 5 String
banjo, and sings harmony parts as well as lead on some
numbers. Mike O'Reilly, guitar and vocals.
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Baker's Fabulous Boys are a Cheshire-based Bluegrass band
who, as well as playing traditional Bluegrass, also compose
our own material and take songs and tunes from other genres
and arrange them in our own unique way. Tight exciting
music, fluent flatpicking, driving bass and the most
mesmerising and truly innovative banjo work all combined to
form an absolutely riveting set.
Listen
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A BAND LIKE ALICE is a bluegrass band formed in 1996. They
only play bluegrass music, mainly on the specialist British
bluegrass circuit. They like the music of Bill Monroe, Flatt
and Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers and the others who
invented bluegrass in the 1940s and 50s, and the style is
similar to the modern US bands which favour a hard-driving
approach, such as Del McCoury's band.
www.abandlikealice.com |
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Chris is a very highly regarded Flatpicking Guitarist. He is
less well-known as a banjo picker and even less as a
mandolinist. Although flatpicking is his forté, he is almost
as good on the other instruments.Chris has been playing
guitar for 30 years and was five times Guitar Champion at
the Edale Bluegrass Festival. In 1996 he won the Guitar
Magazine's Acoustic Guitar Championship.
Find out more about Chris Here |
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Doghouse Central are John Dowling on banjo and vocals, Ian
Reddy on guitar and vocals, and Russ Williams on the double
Bass and vocals. They blend rockabilly with bluegrass and
jazz, and have been enjoying a rapid amount of success in
the few months they've been playing together.
www.doghousecentral.co.uk |
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This band draw much of their material from the archives of
classic bluegrass although occasional forays into everything
from old time country to newgrass results in a repertoire of
broad appeal.
Hear them on
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Roots and Galoots appear regularly in the music scene
throughout Wales, and can be heard at festivals and venues
in Britain and Ireland. The material includes lively
traditional Bluegrass music and a wide range of songs
featuring close 3-part harmonies.
www.rootsandgaloots.co.uk |
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Shake the Roots are a Cheshire-based acoustic band. They
perform both covers and original material, playing an
eclectic mix of music including bluegrass, folk, rock'n'roll,
country and blues. For excellent musicianship, good-time
music and friendly banter, Shake the Roots never fail to
deliver.
www.shaketheroots.co.uk |
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Old is a reference to time. This bunch were exceptionally
good a goodly time ago--- for whatever reason have met up
again,with their wealth of other musical adventures on
board,--- Steaming up for a Jog along the Old Road.Get on
board. |
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Festival Dates:
Friday 25th April - Sunday 27th April
Location:
Hallow Tree Camp Site
Ipswich, Suffolk
See What's Going On
G2
Dick Smith & Mike O'Reilly
Baker's Fabulous Boys
Band Like Alice
Chris Moreton
Dog House Central
Monroe's Revenge
One Tree Hillbillies
Roots and Galoots
Shake the Roots
Them Old Harvey Boys
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