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- In 1975 Lewis was one of the founders of the Good Ol' Persons, an initially all-female group that was quite unusual in the generally male-dominated world of bluegrass. The band's eponymous debut release in 1976 was laced with Lewis's fiddle and featured her enthusiastic vocals on the bluegrass classic "High on a Mountain" and other tracks.
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Although she has played roots music since her teenage years and performed in various bands from her early 20s, it wasn’t until she was 36 that Laurie decided to venture out on her own. Her solo recording, Restless Rambling Heart, introduced the national music audience to Laurie’s talents and versatility. The CD, produced by Tim O’Brien ...
Laurie Lewis's Career. Performed on fiddle and bass in early 1970s in groups Phantoms of the Opry and Arkansas Sheiks; founding member, Good Ol' Persons, 1975-76; founding member, Grant Street String Band, late 1970s; recorded solo debut, Restless Rambling Heart, 1986; continued to record with Grant Street, with Kathy Kallick, and with Tom Rozum; signed to Rounder label; released True Stories ...
She, along with Tom Rozum, was nominated for a Grammy award in 1995, in the category of Best Traditional Folk Album of 1995. Laurie Lewis is an American bluegrass and folk musician, born 28...
The Bay Area’s vibrant acoustic music scene in the 1960s and 1970s helped make Berkeley’s Laurie Lewis, who grew up learning classical piano and violin, a bona fide bluegrass star and an...
and Laurie Lewis Lewis is a Peghead geek’s paradise of stringed instruments, played by Lewis and . . . They are annotated in detail in the liner notes, including a Carl. C. Holzapfel early 20th century 12-string guitar, a 1927 Vega Tubaphone banjo, Charles Sawtelle’s 1929 Martin 000-45, an 1889 Jerome Bonaparte Squier violin, a 1922 Gibson ...
1. Laurie Lewis “<” the Right Hands- “The Hazel “<” Alice Sessions” (Spruce and Maple) Laurie Lewis places Hazel Dickens with the bluegrass vocal big-three: Bill Monroe, Carter Stanley, and Lester Flatt. Alice Gerrard is a fearsome master of vocal folk, old-time, and bluegrass. “The Hazel and Alice Sessions” is not only a worthy ...
May 7, 2020 · Laurie Lewis has lived most of her life in Berkeley, California, yet she’s primarily associated with music from Appalachia. A highly respected producer, she is admired equally for her singing, songwriting, fiddling and arranging, and her influences range from old-time and bluegrass to swing and jazz. In 1986, Lewis released her first solo album, Restless […]
