FestivaLink.net presents Ribbon Of Highway, Endless Skyway: Woody Guthrie Tribute at MerleFest, NC 4/29/06

In the future, you'll be able to purchase a 2-CD set of the entire Ribbon of Highway Review. For now, you can have the highlights of this brilliant performance at MerleFest. The Special Guests include a stageful of friends and family:

Players:
Bob Childers (narrator)
Jimmy LaFave
Eliza Gilkyson
Slaid Cleaves
Sarah Lee Guthrie
Johnny Irion

Band:
Jeff Macy (bass)
John Inman (fiddle)
Elenoir Whitman (fiddle)
Champ Howard (fiddle)
Chuck Hamilton (drums)
Michael O'Connor (guitar)

Special Guests:
Pete Seeger, David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, David Bromberg, Nancy Josephson, Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson, Shawn Camp, Nora Guthrie, Tao Rodriguez Seeger

Reviews

Related FestivaLink Sets:
David Bromberg and Angel Band at Philadelphia Folk Festival 8/16/07

The David Bromberg Quartet with guest appearances by Gillian Welch, Johnny Irion, and Sarah Lee Guthrie at MerleFest 4/29/06

Related FestivaLink.net collections:
MerleFest

For more info:
ribbonofhighway.com

Photos: Leila Jackson, Gnu Moon Graphics (gnumoon.com).

Tribute to Woody Guthrie  (8/20/2006 8:39:57 PM)
I really liked this show but I particularly wanted to hear Slaid Cleaves and Eliza Gilkison do "This Morning I Was Born Again" but it's not on the list of available recordings. Can you get it added to the songlist for this show?

Tribute to Woody Guthrie  (8/20/2006 8:37:20 PM)
This was a highlight for me at Merlefest. I was very moved by the words and music of Guthrie presented in such a meaningful way. I felt like I was in church - there were readings of the word, hymns, testimonies and a sermon from the man. I'm from... MORE>