David Bromberg love?

[JohnSS]

Saw David Bromberg at Madison Sq Park in NYC yesterday. Almost forgotten how good he is in blending Americana, blues, jazz, bluegrass and Irish fiddle tunes into an entertaining mix almost reminiscent of chamber music but with urban humor.

He said he's is recording a new CD in which he asked different artists to not only produce him, but write the songs for him to do, and said he so far had songs that were written and produced by Los Lobos, Tim O'Brien, and John Hiatt, among them.

[Bryan T]

I met him a few years ago when I worked at a guitar store. At the time, I had no idea who he was, but complimented his playing quite a bit. He was quite friendly and humble.

[bobmc]

I recently treated myself to My Own House/Live twofer CD; it brings back memories that I don't even have.

That new album sounds very interesting.

[anais]

My ex sang in his Angel Band for a brief period and I taught at the grand opera house in DE catty corner from his violin shop for a few years...he would come out to the blues jam i frequented in wilmington to get his face kicked in every once in a while.. the man is anything but friendly and humble.

[zombywoof]

Lordy he was big back in the 1970s and pretty much up to the time he disappeared to study fiddle maiking. One of my fondest memories is catching him at a coffee house in NY the middle of a nasty snow storm.
During the mid-70s, Bromberg started hanging around up our neck of the woods in Putnam County- which was then a haven for folk musicians. We all thought it was cool when he took Jay Ungar into his band. I recall afterwards bugging Jay to show me how to play "Midnight on the Water" on fiddle (which he did).

[Bryan T]

Originally Posted by anais

.. the man is anything but friendly and humble.

Oh, my mistake.

[Bluedano1]

Originally Posted by zombywoof

Lordy he was big back in the 1970s and pretty much up to the time he disappeared to study fiddle maiking. One of my fondest memories is catching him at a coffee house in NY the middle of a nasty snow storm.
During the mid-70s, Bromberg started hanging around up our neck of the woods in Putnam County- which was then a haven for folk musicians. We all thought it was cool when he took Jay Ungar into his band. I recall afterwards bugging Jay to show me how to play "Midnight on the Water" on fiddle (which he did).

A David Bromberg concert (with hs great band!) was my soon to be wife and my first date. We went to college in PA, and during a break in Nov. 1979 we went to my "girlfriends" home outside of Rochester, NY for the weekend, and Bromberg was doing a show downtown...

He was one of my first experiences in acoustic blues guitar and bluegrass in terms or fingerpicking, flatpicking, and guitar tone and never knew until years later how much of the acoustic guitar stylings I play came from him-directly! (Plus John Prine!)
Bromberg did come back into the public to do some limited shows/festivals for a few years (maybe 4-5 years ago) and my wife and I saw him again, at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Jay and Molly Ungar were there too- great music, Bromberg was a great showman as usual.

He now owns a violin shop in Delaware, and I think actually hosts some kind of open sit-in folk/bluegrass jams at his shop , but I'm not sure of the details.

[forestryguy]

I haven't seen him perform recently, but David used to put on a helluva solo show.

[doublee]

Originally Posted by zombywoof

During the mid-70s, Bromberg started hanging around up our neck of the woods in Putnam County- which was then a haven for folk musicians.

Put Valley? I'm in Garrison................

His bass player Butch used to be in our band in Ohio.

[John Thigpen]

I went to UNC Chapel Hill from 1973-1977. Bromberg and his band were one of two concerts that absolutely knocked my socks off. (The other was Dave Mason). I saw them in 1976 or 1977, around the time of How Late'll You Play Till. The live cuts on that were very representative of what they actually sounded like live. Incredible musicianship. I had all the Bromberg records from before he retired, and loved them.

John

[zombywoof]

Originally Posted by doublee

Put Valley? I'm in Garrison................

His bass player Butch used to be in our band in Ohio.

Yup - Jay was playing with the Putnam String County Band with his wife Lynn (both had played with Cat Mother and the Allnight Newsboys), Abby Newton, and John Cohen The big hangout back then was the Town Crier Cafe in Hopwell Junction. Cohen made a film about the Putnam Valley music scene called "50 Miles From Times Square."

Hey, I used to teach music at the Garrison Art Center in Garrison's Landing.