Podcast appearances and mentions of David Bromberg

Here's a thought experiment. You're a seasoned clean energy developer. You've got a pipeline of projects. You've navigated permitting, secured financing, refined your technology stack. Everything's lined up, and you're ready to build. There's just one problem: interconnection.To connect your projects, you have to go through a complex study process run by your utility, or your Regional Transmission Organization (RTO), or your Independent System Operator (ISO). They need to evaluate how your project impacts the grid, what upgrades are required, and how the costs get assigned. It's a system built for a different grid era, and today, the system is completely overwhelmed.For both developers and transmission providers, the interconnection queue has become a major obstacle. Developers depend on timely approvals to move projects forward. Transmission providers, meanwhile, are inundated with requests while also trying to maintain grid reliability, plan for future capacity, and, in many regions, meet aggressive decarbonization goals. And they're doing all of that with legacy software that was never built to handle this kind of volume or complexity.If you've been in the energy world for a while, you know this bottleneck well. But if you're new, here's the scale of the challenge: around 2.5 terawatts of renewable energy projects alone are currently stuck in interconnection queues across the U.S. At the same time, electricity demand is surging, driven by data centers, AI, EVs, and industrial electrification. The average wait time for grid interconnection in the U.S. is 6 years. Speeding up the interconnection study process could remove one of the most significant barriers to getting clean energy and storage projects online. But that requires smarter, modern tools. Our guest today, David Bromberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Pearl Street Technologies, has built those tools, and is helping transmission providers and developers navigate the interconnection process with unprecedented speed. Sponsors:Watt it Takes is brought to you by Powerhouse Innovation. Powerhouse Innovation is a leading consulting firm connecting top-tier corporations and investors - including corporate innovation teams, CVCs, and pensions - with cutting-edge technologies and startups that meet their specific criteria for engagement. Are you seeking strategic startup partnership or investment opportunities? Get in touch to see how you can leverage Powerhouse Innovation's expert team and vast network, including a database of over 13,000 startups, to help accelerate your innovation and investing goals. To learn more visit powerhouse.co.About Powerhouse Innovation and Powerhouse Ventures Powerhouse Innovation partners with leading corporations and investors to help them find, partner with, invest in, and acquire the most innovative startups in climate. Powerhouse Ventures backs entrepreneurs building the digital infrastructure for rapid decarbonization. To hear more stories of founders building our climate positive future, hit the “subscribe” button and leave us a review.

Send us a textDonna Hughes has written north of 500 songs.  She has released 6 albums, containing mostly original material. Nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2024 & 2025, for the SPBGMA Awards, her songs have been recorded & performed by Multiple Grammy Winner Alison Krauss & Union Station, Grammy Nominated Band-The Seldom Scene, Wyatt Rice's solo Album (with Vocals by Dale Ann Bradley & Russell Moore), Caroline Owens, The Snyder Family, Kati Penn, Kim Robins, Linda Lay, Wilson Banjo Co., Amanda Cook, Darren Beachley, A.J. Lee & The (Molly) Tuttles, Grass Country, Carlos & The Banditos, Nu-Blu & 2004 Country Colgate Showdown Winner Heather Shelley, as well as Bria Kelly of The Voice/America's Got Talent, Newtown, and various other Artists both well known & undiscovered, around the world.  Donna recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award, and an Award for her "Naomi Wise" Video at the Sunset Film Festival. She wrote the words & music for the Naomi Wise song, based on the life of a girl from her area, who died in 1808. The Video features Jenee Fleenor on Violin, who was awarded the CMA Musician of the Year for the last four years in a row (first female ever to win.) In 2014, Donna was awarded the "Key" to the City of Trinity, (where she resides), from the late Thomasville City Councilman Jesse Hill, as a gift of honor for all of her accomplishments.Donna's songs have been written about every subject from being stuck at Walmart, to dogs on chains.  She tries to balance life through song, from the spectrum of emotions life has to offer, from hilariously funny, to extremely sad.  Donna has judged Songwriting Contests & Conducted Songwriting Workshops around the Nation. Donna's career received a huge boost, when the Late & Legendary Tony Rice, approached her about producing an album for her, which he did, entitled “Gaining Wisdom.”Her next CD after that, “Hellos, Goodbyes & Butterflies,” was produced by the Late & Extraordinary J.D. Crowe. Donna's more notable appearances have included private performances for Race Car Giant Richard Childress; opening for David Bromberg at B.B. King's in NYC, playing the World Renowned Music Festival "Merlefest," playing The Bear Trap in Wyoming, The Ossippee Festival in Maine, the PBS  “Song of the Mountains" in Marion, VA, the PBS Program "Live from the Dennison Lodge" in Dubois, Wyoming, multiple performances at Bluebird Cafe & The Station Inn, both in Nashville, multiple times at Eddie's Attic in Atlanta, opening for Marty Stuart at a Premier Dinner Club near Washington D.C. known as "The Birchmere." Donna has opened for many Country Stars such as Ricky Skaggs, at Dollywood, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush & Tony Rice on their solo Tours, Joe Diffie, Gene Watson, and numerous other popular, high profile venues.   Donna is an Award Winning Realtor in North Carolina, and enjoys spending her spare time on her Grandaddy's 3rd Generation Farm with her Belgian Horses, her Bassett Hounds, Beagles, other rescue Animals, and painting Barn Quilts.Check out our Special Episode featuring “Divided We Fall”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ha_duIn0wITop 5 Songs of Encouragement1) “One Less Dog In the Cold” by Donna Hugheshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLfkg-vxkMo2) “The Corona Virus Beer Song” by Donna Hugheshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQAc82DPTNw3) “The Stable Song” by Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphonyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqyAmmEkVvI4) “Barbed Wire Boys” by Susan Wernerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpsF2wb6NmE5) “Picture in a Frame” by Tom Waitshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fphxDPTV2BwSupport the show

Send us a textDonna Hughes has written north of 500 songs.  She has released 6 albums, containing mostly original material. Nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2024 & 2025, for the SPBGMA Awards, her songs have been recorded & performed by Multiple Grammy Winner Alison Krauss & Union Station, Grammy Nominated Band-The Seldom Scene, Wyatt Rice's solo Album (with Vocals by Dale Ann Bradley & Russell Moore), Caroline Owens, The Snyder Family, Kati Penn, Kim Robins, Linda Lay, Wilson Banjo Co., Amanda Cook, Darren Beachley, A.J. Lee & The (Molly) Tuttles, Grass Country, Carlos & The Banditos, Nu-Blu & 2004 Country Colgate Showdown Winner Heather Shelley, as well as Bria Kelly of The Voice/America's Got Talent, Newtown, and various other Artists both well known & undiscovered, around the world. Donna recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award, and an Award for her "Naomi Wise"Video at the Sunset Film Festival. She wrote the words & music for the Naomi Wise song, based on the life of a girl from her area, who died in 1808. The Video features Jenee Fleenor on Violin, who was awarded the CMA Musician of the Year for the last four years in a row (first female ever to win.) In 2014, Donna was awarded the "Key" to the City of Trinity, (where she resides), from the late Thomasville City Councilman Jesse Hill, as a gift of honor for all of her accomplishments.Donna's songs have been written about every subject from being stuck at Walmart, to dogs on chains.  She tries to balance life through song, from the spectrum of emotions life has to offer, from hilariously funny, to extremely sad.  Donna has judged Songwriting Contests & Conducted Songwriting Workshops around the Nation. Donna's career received a huge boost, when the Late & Legendary Tony Rice, approached her about producing an album for her, which he did, entitled “Gaining Wisdom.”Her next CD after that, “Hellos, Goodbyes & Butterflies,” was produced by the Late & Extraordinary J.D. Crowe. Donna's more notable appearances have included private performances for Race Car Giant Richard Childress; opening for David Bromberg at B.B. King's in NYC, playing the World Renowned Music Festival "Merlefest," playing The Bear Trap in Wyoming, The Ossippee Festival in Maine, the PBS  “Song of the Mountains" in Marion, VA, the PBS Program "Live from the Dennison Lodge" in Dubois, Wyoming, multiple performances at Bluebird Cafe & The Station Inn, both in Nashville, multiple times at Eddie's Attic in Atlanta, opening for Marty Stuart at a Premier Dinner Club near Washington D.C. known as "The Birchmere." Donna has opened for many Country Stars such as Ricky Skaggs, at Dollywood, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush & Tony Rice on their solo Tours, Joe Diffie, Gene Watson, and numerous other popular, high profile venues.   Stay tuned, as Donna will continue to write songs & make records packed with original material. Donna is an Award Winning Realtor in North Carolina, and enjoys spending her spare time on her Grandaddy's 3rd Generation Farm with her Belgian Horses, her Bassett Hounds, Beagles, other rescue Animals, and painting Barn Quilts.“Divided We Fall” by Donna Hughes (video version)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTjqYPuQ_AUSupport the show

Happy BLUE Year! It's all songs that contain a reference to the color blue as the guys think perhaps the new administration might not live up to their supporters expectations. Inbluedes.. I mean INCLUDES tracks from Thelma Plum; Lucinda Williams; Joni Mitchell; First Aid Kit; Van Morrison; Ideal; Charlie Parr; Ella Fitz Gerald & Louis Armstrong; David Bromberg; The Rolling Stones; Magnolia Electric Company and David Gilmore.

Holidays were hard for Roger Samples in 1975.He was living alone, just him and Josephine the Cat rattling around on Mount Union Road where he was house-sitting for Susan and David Peyton. (As reported earlier, the Peyton family had left town for six months in Lafayette, Louisiana, where Dave was researching Cajun culture for his Alicia Paterson Foundation fellowship project.)Nonetheless, that autumn was a fertile one for Roger and the fledgling Flood. That's because every few days, Joe Dobbs would come by to jam with Rog; when he didn't, Charlie Bowen did. In those waning days of the year, life-long friendships were formed.Holiday AdoptionAs the holidays rolled in, though, the pickings got slim. Busy with Dobbs family affairs, Joe couldn't drop by as frequently. As a result, Roger starting spending many of his evenings at the Bowen house with Charlie and Pamela.“Y'all take in strays?” Roger asked the first night he appeared on their doorstep.“Come on in, buddy! Pull up a chair.”A new routine developed. Getting home from a day of teaching at Mason County's Hannah High School in Apple Grove, Rog would have supper with Charlie and Pamela, then he and Charlie broke out the guitars.That year Roger was even there to help decorate the Bowens' Christmas tree, stringing lights and hanging tinsel while they listened to the new albums by Jackson Browne and David Bromberg, Steve Goodman and John Prine.Pamela usually was the only audience for the tunes Roger and Charlie worked out in those last weeks of 1975, songs like this one, which she recorded in the Bowen living room on Nov. 28, the night after Thanksgiving.About the SongOne of the first things Charlie and Roger learned about each other was their shared love for Bob Dylan songs. For nearly a decade by then, both had been listening to Dylan discs and working up their own versions of his songs.Quickly they found they each had a rendition of “Tomorrow Is a Long Time” which they had heard a few years earlier on the 1971 release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II.Dylan wrote the song in 1962, including it as a demo for M. Witmark & Son, which became his publishing company at the time. (That particular track, incidentally, has long been available as a bootleg; so has an outtake from the June 1970 studio sessions for Bob's New Morning album.)Over the years, “Tomorrow Is a Long Time” has been covered by many Dylan friends and admirers. Most notably, Elvis Presley recorded it in the spring of 1966, appearing as a bonus track on his Spinout album.Elvis and OthersPresley was taken with the song after learning it from West Virginia's legendary harmonica player Charlie McCoy, who played it the previous year on Odetta's album Odetta Sings Dylan. Dylan has said Presley's cover of the song is "the one recording I treasure the most.”Besides Elvis and Odetta, others who have recorded the song include Joan Baez and Ian and Sylvia (1963), Judy Collins (1965), the Pozo-Seco Singers (1966), The Kingston Trio (1969), We Five and Glenn Yarbrough (1970), Rod Stewart (1971), Sandy Denny (1972).Stay TunedMeanwhile, if you enjoyed today's trek in the time machine, hang around. More of that late ‘75 vibe will be featured in a Flood Watch report next week, including a trio of Roger-and-Charlie originals and some vintage solos by fiddlin' Joe Dobbs. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

This week we feature guitar player Mark Cosgrove.  Mark is a national flatpicking guitar champion who has toured with musicians like Jerry Douglas and Liz Meyer and, most recently, he spent 12 years on the road with David Bromberg and has performed and recorded with many others, including his own band called Good Medicine.  Mark has also produced a number of solo albums over the years and is recognized as one of the heroes of flatpicking guitar.

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The first time Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers walked into a recording studio in New York City, they blew the doors off the place.It was July 27, 1925, and the first record by the three of them — banjoist Poole, fiddler Posey Rorer, whom he had met in West Virginia eight years earlier, and guitarist Norman Woodlief — sold more than 100,000 copies.That was raging success in anyone's book. It is especially true, considering that at the time there were only about 6,000 phonographs in the entire American South, the intended market for what Columbia Records called its “Hillbilly series.”It didn't make Charlie and guys rich, though. Alas, in 1925, artists were paid by the song recorded, not by the copies sold. The Ramblers got $75 for the session.About the SongThe song that made all those wave — “Don't Let Your Deal Go Down” — was an old blues that was a favorite of Piedmont pickers from Virginia down to Georgia.A year after Poole's waxing of it, Ernest Stoneman recorded a version. So did Vernon Dalhart. West Virginia singer/guitar Frank Hutchison did it as “The Deal” in 1929.Thirty years later, bluegrass pickers were loving on it. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs recorded a rendition in August 1957. Since then there have been tasty takes by Doc Watson, The New Lost City Ramblers, The Grateful Dead, David Bromberg, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Bob Wills and many others.The song apparently has deep roots — a man named Tyler Meeks once told a folklorist that he learned the song in 1911 from a guitarist named Charlie Blackstock — and while “Don't Let Your Deal Go Down” is often referred to a “white blues,” Black Piedmont artists like Etta Baker and John Jackson also have taken swings at the song.The Deal? What Deal?But what “deal” are we supposed to not let go down? The song's title seemed to refer to card playing, but what game?Author Zora Neale Hurston, who beautifully documented much 20th Century culture, recorded in her 1935 book Mules and Men that “Let the deal go down" was a chant associated with what card fanciers used to call “The Georgia Skin Game.” Of this largely forgotten game, Hurston wrote:Any number of “pikers” can play at a time, but there are two principals who do the dealing. Both of them are not dealing at the same time, however. When the first one who deals “falls,” the other principal takes the deal. If he in turn falls, it goes back to the first dealer. The principals draw the first two cards. The pikers draw from the third card on. Unless a player or players want to “scoop one in the rough,” he can choose his own card which can be any card in the deck except the card on top of the deck and that one goes to the dealer. The dealer charges anything he pleases for the privilege of “scooping,” the money being put in sight. It is the player's bet. After the ones who wish to have scooped, then the dealer begins to “turn” the cards. That is, flipping them off the deck face upwards and the pikers choose a card each from among those turned off to bet on. Sometimes several pikers are on the same card. When all have selected their cards and have their bets down, they begin to chant “Turn 'em” to the dealer. He turns them until a player falls. That is, a card like the one he is holding falls. For instance, one hold the 10 of Hearts. When another 10 falls he loses. Then the players cry “hold 'em” until the player selects another clean card, one that has not fallen. The fresh side bets are down and the chant “turn 'em” and the singing “Let de deal go down” [continue] until the deck is run out."Whew! That's a long trip to take to a title, but, hey, now you know….Our Take On the TuneDave Peyton and Charlie Bowen first heard this song back in the mid-1970s when they were lucky enough to regularly sit in with the good folks of The Kentucky Foothill Rambler. Band founder H. David Holbrook already was a walking/talking encyclopedia of all-things Charlie Poole — he still is! — and taught the fledgling Flood so many of those good old tunes.So it was only natural when The Flood got re-energized 30 years ago, this old tune was on the playlist. And it still here, as you can hear in this track from last week's rehearsal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

Kat Riggins and Kevin Burt perform live on the Blues Radio International SoundStage at the 2024 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on Edition 656 of Blues Radio International, with music from Little Milton, Eddie Taylor and David Bromberg.Mix by Audrey Michelle.Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net/

Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, David Bromberg, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Photo of John By Trudy Gerlach. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors.

Bob Dylan tunes have probably been the most covered songs in folk music history. This week on the Magazine we'll sample some new and classic covers along with some surprises from Peter Keane, Lisa Bastoni, Nina Simone, David Bromberg, The Rolling Stones and many more. Tune in and sing along … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysLloyd Green & Jay Dee Maness / “You Ain't Going Nowhere” / Journey to the Beginning / Coastal ReefPeter Keane / “I Want You” / Walkin' Around / Flying FishLisa Bastoni / “Workingman's Blues #2” / How We Want to Live / Sweet OndineRani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / “Farewell Angelina” / Big Old Life / Signature SoundsPeter, Paul & Mary / “Too Much of Nothing” / Late Again / Warner BrothersKeith Murphey / “Girl From the North Country” / Land of Fish and Seals / Black IsleNina Simone / “Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues” / Just Like A Woman / RCAFairport Comvention / “Million Dollar Bash” / Unhalfbricking / IslandLloyd Green & Jay Dee Maness / “Nothing Was Delivered” / Journey to the Beginning / Coastal ReefDavid Bromberg / “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” / Try Me One More Time / AppleseedMartin Simpson / “Blind Willie McTell” / Vagrant Stanzas / TopicThe Rolling Stones / “Like a Rolling Stone” / Stripped / VirginThe Byrds / “Positively 4th Street” / Umtitled / ColumbiaManfred Mann / “If You Gotta Go, Go Now” / Take What You Need / AcePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Episode 581 also includes an E.W. Poetic Piece titled "Deliberate Lunacy." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson, Leon Redbone, David Bromberg, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors. 

This raucous David Bromberg composition that The Flood has covered since the song's release in the early 1970s opens with a stream of similes worthy of any precocious English major: She's got eyes like crystal water, Lips like cherry wine, A body like fine brandy, … And a soul like turpentineBut the best bit — the capper for the song — is a borrowed line, in fact, one of the greatest lines in the entire blues oeuvre: When I ask for water she brings me gasoline!In other words, Bromberg used “Jug Band Song” — released on his Demon in Disguise album, his second for Columbia — to pay tribute to one of his idols. Or maybe more than one idol, actually.So Where Did That Wild Line Come From?Most of us who have mucked about in the midnight milieu of blues and hokum think the line is obviously from The Wolf, Mister HOWLIN' Wolf. And that's true. But only up to a point.The fact is that in 1956, with the great Willie Dixon at his side on bass, Howlin' Wolf recorded “I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)” for Chess Records. The disc is considered by many to be a defining moment in a remarkable career.However, dig a little deeper — as we usually try to do around here — and you find that Howlin' Wolf was honoring one of his own heroes with that line.Almost 30 years before Wolf, Delta blues innovator Tommy Johnson of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, opened his 1928 recording of “Cool Drink of Water Blues” for Victor with: I asked her for water, and she gave me gasoline.As near as we can tell, that is where the line was born.Tommy in RockTommy Johnson made a habit, incidentally, of contemplating unconventional brews. Remember Alan Wilson and Bob Hite's rocking 1960s blues band Canned Heat? Well, they took their name from a Johnson song, one that was recorded at that same 1928 Victor session in Memphis, in fact. Singing about drinking methanol from the fuel Sterno, Johnson recorded, “canned heat, mama, sure, Lord, killing me!…”) Tommy on the ScreenIn popular culture, Johnson was enshrined in the year 2000 when the Coen Brothers included a character named Tommy Johnson in their film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? Portrayed by Chris Thomas King, the character at one point memorably tells The Soggy Bottom Boys how he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for killer blues guitar chops. (“Oh, son, for that you traded your everlasting soul? / Well, I wasn't using it.”)Props to the Coens for including that bit of music lore. The story of Johnson's dealing his soul to the devil was first told by his brother, LaDell Johnson, and was reported in David Evans' seminal 1971 biography of the artist. (This legend was subsequently attributed to the unrelated blues musician, Robert Johnson, but in fact the story started with Tommy.)Our Take on the TuneIn our world, some songs turn up at the beginning of a Flood night and gauge the energy in the room. Others — like this one — come at the end of the evening and give everybody one last blast before they pack up and head for home. Oh, and be sure listen to the end of this track to catch Sam St. Clair's special sound effects. We think you'll agree they're right on the nose! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

For our very first stab at a Dylan record, Chicago singer/songwriter Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden) veered away from the obvious and chose 1970s 'New Morning'. Coming on the heels of his widely ill-received 'Self Portrait', 'New Morning' was a tight, solid collection of songs many considered a welcome return to form from Mr Zimmerman. Super-fun conversation! Songs discussed in this episode: The Man In Me (Live at Budokan, 1978) - Bob Dylan; At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree - Steve Dawson; Surrounded By The Sound - Dolly Varden; Time To Let Some Light In - Steve Dawson; Blue Moon - Bob Dylan; Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash; The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band; If Not For You - Bob Dylan; If Not For You - George Harrison; If Not For You - Olivia Newton John; Day Of The Locusts, Time Passes Slowly, Went To See The Gypsy, Winterlude, If Dogs Run Free - Bob Dylan; See It Was Like This When - Lawrence Ferlinghette; New Morning, Sign On The Window, One More Weekend, The Man In Me - Bob Dylan; The Man In Me - The Clash; Three Angels, Father Of Night - Bob Dylan; Weather In The Desert - Steve Dawson

Musician and music historian Skip Heller returns to the podcast with a copy of David Bromberg's self-titled debut. As we discuss the immense influence that Bromberg had as a multi-instrumentalist, we also look at his impact as a performer and a session player.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Canada's folk music scene in the 1960s produced legends — from Gordon Lightfoot and Ian Tyson to Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Neil Young — and that remarkable community also nurtured a whole world of talented acolytes.One such folkie follower was British-born David Wiffen. Growing up singing skiffle with the Kingston-upon-Thames-based Black Cat group, Wiffen at age 16 moved from Claygate, Surrey, England, to Canada, where he became something of a rambling man.Initially part of Toronto's burgeoning folk music scene, Wiffen hitchhiked to Edmonton in 1964 and later managed a Calgary folk club called “The Depression.” The following year he moved again, this time to Vancouver, where he was invited to perform at The Bunkhouse club on what was intended to be a live ensemble album. However, when the other invited musicians failed to show up, the gig became 23-year-old Wiffen's first solo album. David Wiffen at the Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC was released on the Universal International label.By 1970, Wiffen had written what was to become his best known song. “Driving Wheel” was included on his self-titled first album for Fantasy Records. However, David Wiffen, the album, received such spotty promotion that the song was not widely known until it also appeared on Tom Rush's own self-titled 1970 album, his first for Columbia Records. Since then, “Driving Wheel” has become something of a signature song for Rush, still today often making it onto the set list for his shows around the country.Other artists also have covered the song over the years, notably David Bromberg (who 50 years ago played dobro on Rush's classic rendition) as well as Roger McGuinn and The Cowboy Junkies.About Driving WheelsWhile Wiffen's lyric contains a memorable automotive reference (My car broke down in Texas, stopped dead in its tracks…), the “wheel” in “Driving Wheel” actually is locomotive in nature.When the chorus says, I feel like some ol' engine that's lost its driving wheel, the “engine” in question is a stream engine. In that context, we're talking about a powered wheel that is driven by the locomotive's pistons… … or turbine, in the case of a steam turbine locomotive. Uh, class dismissed.Our Take on the TuneIt's funny sometimes how songs come to us. A while back Charlie was just noodling with his new resonator guitar while waiting for a phone call, when suddenly he landed on chords from this song, which he'd not even heard for decades, much less played. A week later he was sharing it with the guys at a rehearsal, and they latched on to the sound too. Just like that, the song comes soaring in from the Seventies. More from This YearBy the way, if you'd like to hear more songs that have popped up at practices this year, be sure to check out the 2024 playlist in our free Radio Floodango music streaming service. Click here to give it a spin. Everything in that randomized rotation has been recorded since January.Note that other buttons in that section of Radio Floodango let you zero in on different specific years of Floodishness, from the present all the way back to 2009. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

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This week it is another listerner's pick as we dig into the debut solo LP by Texas music legend Doug Sahm, 1972's Doug Sahm and Band. Doug Sahm was by all accounts a musical prodigy, having mastered the guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, and fiddle by age 8. Born and raised in San Antonio, TX, Sahm was attracted to a variety of music: blues from the black clubs of his neighborhood, the  horn heavy conjunto music of the west side, country, polka, rock n' roll, really anything that had soul. Like a sponge, Sahm soaked it all up and used it to create his own sound, first with the Sir Douglas Quintet and later on his own as a solo artist, that was a unique blending of all of it. For his first real solo effort Doug Sahm and Band, Sahm was joined by one heck of a studio band, with Bob Dylan, Dr. John, David "Fathead" Newman, Flaco Jimenez, David Bromberg and Kenny Kosek (to name a few). Instead the ego driven mess this could have been, the album is a fun and energetic romp that  draws upon all of his musical influences. Its eclectic and its a joy to listen to. 

Our version of this traditional tune originated with Roger Samples and the quiet picking sessions he and Charlie Bowen had back in the mid-1970s. They had been listening to David Bromberg's then-new debut album, on which they both liked Bromberg's arrangement of something that Philadelphia folkie called “Dehlia.” But of course, as usual, Samples had his own ideas for the song. Crafting a new melody that he borrowed from assorted sources — versions had been recorded over the years by everyone from Blind Willie McTell and Blind Blake to Pete Seeger and Josh White, from Harry Belafonte and Burl Ives to Johnny Cash and Bobby Bare — Roger then turned the lead vocal over to Charlie so he could sing the harmony himself on the choruses.Their resulting rendition of “Delia's Gone” made the rounds at the Bowen Bashes and put in regular appearances at occasional Flood gigs. But eventually, the song was retired. And it remained so for the next several decades, until one night earlier this summer. That's when the tune popped into Charlie's head during a weekly rehearsal. Right from the start, Danny, Randy and Sam were giving new life to the old number. It looks like it's back to stay.Murder HistoryThe story behind “Delia's Gone” begins on Christmas Eve 1900, when Moses "Cooney" Houston shot and killed Delia Green in the Yamacraw neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia. And if that isn't tragic enough, both were just 14 years old.Legend has it the two had been fussing all evening during a Christmas Eve party at the home of Willie and Emma West, where Delia worked as a scrub girl. Delia and Cooney had been going together for several months. Folks say that night the quarreling started when a very drunk Cooney began teasing Delia about their having sexual relations. Perhaps, some say, he was just trying to embarrass her in front of the Wests.At some point, according to trial transcripts, Delia got angry at being characterized as Cooney's wife, and she cursed him, calling him a “son of a b***h.” Sensing a situation that was getting out of hand, the Wests ordered Cooney to leave. That's when Cooney pulled a pistol.After shooting Delia, he fled, but Willie West chased after and caught him. He turned Cooney over to a police patrolman who later testified that the young assailant confessed.Houston served 12 years in prison, paroled in 1913. Accounts of his later life are sketchy, but he is said to have died in New York City in 1927 after other brushes with the law.Delia Green is buried in an unmarked grave in Savannah.The SongIf it hadn't been for a song, Cooney and Delia's sad story surely would have been quickly forgotten.However, as early as 1906, folklorist Howard Odum collected a fragment of the ballad in Newton, Ga., and published it in The Journal of American Folklore. This version — a three-verse fragment called “One More Rounder Gone” — implied that Delia was a prostitute. That insinuation was to move in and out of other renditions in the years to come.After that, the ballad traveled from Georgia to the Bahamas, then back to the States during the folk boom of the 1950s and ‘60s, sung by generations of balladeers and recorded by musical icons like Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.In 1928, Newman Ivey White's American Negro Folk Songs included a five-verse variant called “Delie,” collected four years earlier from Frank Goodell of Spartanburg, SC, who reported that he learned it sometime around 1904. The first recording of the song was by Georgian Reese DuPree in the winter of 1924. (If you've heard of DuPree, it's probably because he's widely recognized as the first African-American male to record a blues. Incidentally, he's also generally credited with writing the song, “Shortnin' Bread,” which he was singing in public as early as 1905.)But back to Delia and Cooney. Early versions of the song like "One More Rounder Gone" and "Delia" were originally accompanied by the traditional "Frankie and Albert" tune.But when the song made its way to the Bahamas, new lyrics were added, and the tune took on a decidedly Caribbean flavor. As early as 1935, Alan Lomax recorded a local version in the Bahamas by the renowned Nassau String Band. Curiously, most subsequent versions of the song would use that form rather than one based on the song's older, original American cousin. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

Legendary guitarist David Bromberg is performing his last concert at the Beacon on June 10th. Bromberg speaks slowly, but has a dry sense of humor underpinning his words, as well as a distinct honesty. If you hang in there, the podcast will pay dividends, you'll hear how David played on four albums with Bob Dylan and on Jerry Jeff Walker's original "Mr. Bojangles," made records for Columbia and Fantasy and then gave it all up to go to violin making school and open a violin shop in Wilmington, Delaware, taking a twenty two year sabbatical before returning to the stage. Bromberg is a musician, don't confuse him with the self-promoting entrepreneurs of today. He's different, he's an artist, he succeeded on his playing, not hype. This is his story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Eight of Season Two of 'The JamBase Podcast' features an interview with legendary musician David Bromberg.

This episode was recorded on February 24th, 2023, at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The lineup includes David Bromberg Quintet, Peter Rowan, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, The High Hawks, and Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman. https://bit.ly/3V9xU6z

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For the past several decades, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams -- both together and separately -- have lived a life on the road performing music across the country and around the world.  Now over the past several years, this lovely couple has been playing music and traveling together, touring behind their new album, Live at Levon's!, representing the special time they have spent over the years at the iconic Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY.  Larry is a gifted in-demand sideman originally from New York City, while Teresa is an extraordinary vocalist who came to NYC as an actor and singer, and eventually toured as a backing vocalist with legendary acts such as Mavis Staples, Emilou Harris, Jackson Browne and Bob Weir.  Larry is a noted record producer, toured as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band for many years and was the Musical Director of Levon's Midnight Ramble Band for over a decade. Their musical lives are a tale of time spent on the road -- and now their paths have converged allowing them to create music and tour together. Their combined knowledge of road life and shared love of live performing serves as the constant impetus in their lives and they are here to share their wisdom about life, love and what is all means to them both individually and as a couple.  Come share Larry's and Teresa's love of music and road life on  this week's episode of Roadcase!For more info:https://www.larryandteresa.com/For more information on Roadcase: https://linktr.ee/roadcasepod and https://www.roadcasepod.comContact: info@roadcasepod.comTheme music:  "Eugene (Instrumental)" by Waltzer

From the archives, David Bromberg and Jorma Kaukonen in performance at the Fur Peace Ranch from October 25, 2008.

"Welcome to your lifeThere's no turning backEven while we sleepWe will find youActing on your best behaviourTurn your back on mother natureEverybody wants to rule the world"Spy Balloons, Senseless Shootings, Freezing Weather? Stay safe and avoid the chaos with me this afternoon on the "DayTripper" edition of 'Whole 'Nuther Thing. We'll have a musical tribute to Black History Month in our 2nd Hour. Also joining us are today are Television, The BoDeans, Nick Drake, Bruce Springsteen, David Bromberg, Seatrain, The Shadows Of Knight, Warren Zevon, Maria Muldaur, Michael Penn, Toto, Bob Seger, Tom Petty and Patti Smith.

The always wonderful mixture of reviews, previews, tributes, and recommendations this time includes looks at The Eagles visit to Kansas City, the 2022 Rock Hall ceremony, the passing of Christine McVie, a Quincy Jones tribute, David Bromberg doc, and more. Enjoy!

RERUN: TC GREYHOUNDS – DAVID BROMBERG - WANDA JACKSON eTown favorite and American musical legend, David Bromberg joins Rockabilly legend, Wanda Jackson for an unforgettable eTown show from our 2014 season. Bromberg's versatile variety of bluegrass, blues and country is a perfect foil for Wanda's unmistakable take on her classic songs she made famous in the 50's, back when she was on tour with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. Bromberg, who got his start playing with his own set of legends like Jerry Jeff Walker and Bob Dylan, joins Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Wanda Jackson at the end of the show, but their conversations with host Nick Forster make great radio.  Great music, insightful conversation and an E-Chievement Award winner who is feeding her Idaho community in a sustainable way. Be sure to join us!  

We lost a wonderfully talented musician to cancer last year. Ellen McIlwaine was an inspiration to guitarists worldwide. Her muscular style and adept use of the slide was remarkable. This week and next on the program we'll present the two-part feature “It's a Slippery Slope,” featuring great slide guitarists including Ellen, along with David Bromberg, Geoff Bartley, Bonnie Raitt, Donna Herula and more. A variety of players, each with their own individual style … on the next two editions of The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysEllen McIlwaine / “Losing You” / Up from the Skies / PolydorDonna Herula / “Bang at the Door” / Bang at the Door / Self-ProducedRy Cooder / “At the Dark End of the Street” / Boomers Story / RepriseThe Jerry Douglas Band / “2:19” / What If / RounderWill Kimbrough / “Cape Henry” / Spring Break / DaphneRoger Williams / “Slipped Disc” / Masters of Slide: The Spider Sessions / Mountain HomeSally Van Meter & Orville Johnson / “Tex Mex Shindig” / Masters of Slide: The Spider Sessions / Mountain HomeSanto & Johnny / “Sleepwalk” / Sleepwalk / JasminBonnie Raitt / “Write Me a Few of Your Lines-Kokomo Blues” / Takin' My Time / Warner BrothersEllen McIlwaine / “Sliding” / Up from the Skies / PolydorLeRoy Parnell / “On the Road” / On the Road / AristaDel Rey / “Tennessee Local” / At the Uke Shack #2 / HobemianLeo Kottke / “Pamela Brown” / Ice Water / CapitolGeoff Bartley / “Grinnin' in Your Face” / Hear That Wind Howl / WaterbugThe David Bromberg Band / “Walkin' Blues” / The Blues the Whole Blues and Nothing but the Blues / Red HousePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

"I awoke last night to the sound of thunderHow far off I sat and wonderedStarted humming a song from 1962Ain't it funny how the night movesWhen you just don't seem to have as much to loseStrange how the night movesWith autumn closing in"Well, Autumn's a ways off but we can still hum some tunes together like we used to on the Sunday Edition of Whole 'Nuther Thing. Joining us this afternoon are Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Beth Hart w Joe Bonamassa, Buzzy Linhart, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Big Brother & The Holding Company, James Taylor, Ten Years After, Dion, Buffalo Springfield, The Tradewinds, Hollies, Beach Boys, Alan Parsons Project, Traffic, Tears For Fears, David Bromberg, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, Spanky & Our Gang, Jeff Buckley, Richard Barone and Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

We talk at length about David Bromberg and Al's participation in Dylan's Self Portrait Album. At the end, Nilly the Dog adds a brief canine observation.

In this episode we talk about an album by a British prog band called Greenslade called Bedside Manners are Extra, an album by one hit wonder Elvin Bishop called Hog Heaven and another, a double album this time, by the David Bromberg Band (he has been on the show before) called How Late'll Ya Play Til. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reviewsfromthecrawlspace/message

"Time, Flowing like a riverTime, Beckoning meWho knows when we shall meet again, If everBut time, Keeps flowing like a riverTo the sea...Yes, the topic on everyone's mind as we Spring forward with hope only a new season can bring...Please join me along with John Batdorf & James Lee Stanley, Humble Pie, Sons Of Champlin, Billy Cobham, Free, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Ventures, Donovan, Booker T & The MG's, Joni Mitchell, Jefferson Airplane, Cozy Cole, David Bromberg, The Eagles, Sly & The Family Stone, J. Geils Band, Dada, Chicago Transit Authority, Earth Wind & Fire, Led Zeppelin, Ian Hunter, Cream, Preston Epps and The Alan Parsons Project.

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We continue our four-part series exploring Dylan's use of horns on record and in concert. Part three covers 1986 to 1994. This series delves into the producers, arrangers, and musicians with whom Dylan worked when adding horns to his song arrangements. This episode features Dylan's televised performances with horns and his recording efforts with horns in the studio in both 1986 and 1992. In "20 Pounds of Headlines" we memorialize three musicians that we lost in the last week: Tom T. Hall, Don Everly, and Charlie Watts. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did the same arrangement of Dave Bromberg's "Sloppy Drunk" better: The David Bromberg Band in 1976 or Bob Dylan as recorded with Dave Bromberg's band in 1992. Go to our Twitter page at @RainTrains to vote!

On this week's episode we have one Country Rock Album, the Eagles first self titled album and two Blues albums, one by David Bromberg called Out of the Blue: The very best of David Bromberg and finally, an album by a band called Roomful of Blues, again, their first self titled album. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reviewsfromthecrawlspace/message

This podcast launched with a heartfelt memorial to John Prine. And so kicking off Season 2 with a next-generation tribute to Prine made perfect sense. Rising star Karoline Lotti shares her divine interpretation of Prine--and brings her dad along too! Plus much more. 

An already seminal song can be completely reanimated when it goes to another continent, gender, genre, etc. And what if it is exported and re-imported? Check it out. And as always, here's the Spotify playlist of the full versions of (most of) what we played: https://spoti.fi/3igJj1k

50 years ago Bob Dylan was turning 30. He recorded four new songs in the studio, and a total of eight original songs (four were from previous years), but did not release a studio album, only Greatest Hits Vol. II. He performed in both Madison Square Garden performances for the Concert for Bangladesh, and joined The Band on stage at the New York Academy of Music at the end of the year, but did not tour. He had his own studio he operated for a year near Greenwich Village, he recorded on a David Bromberg record and he recorded with Barry Goldberg when Goldberg used Dylan's studio to record. He arranged the recording of 15 of Allen Ginsberg's songs and played guitar, piano, and organ on them. He even appeared on public television with Ginsberg. And 1971 was the year Macmillan finally published TARANTULA. Yet, despite this activity, he was not ready to tour yet. It's the golden (50th) anniversary of this interesting year, so we are pausing half-way through our own calendar year of 2021 to look back. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan as it was in 1971 and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "When I Paint My Masterpiece" better back in 1971: The Band or Bob Dylan?

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Tedeschi, Bromberg (of course), Baez, Hendrix, Kris, Simone, Odetta, The Dead, George, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Patti Smith, and more. Thank you, Mike Hall! Make sure to also check out the Spotify companion playlist for full versions and bonus tracks: https://spoti.fi/2QKWCh7

Episode 415 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Rainwater." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese reads two poems by W.H. Auden, and one by Robert Frost. We have an E.W. poem called "Old Man."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Thelonius Monk, David Bowie, Yussef Dayes, Charlie Stacey & Rocco Palladino, Brittany Howard, David Bromberg, Bransford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.  Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

"As I was walking down the street one day, a man came up to me and asked me what the time was that was on my watchAnd I said, does anybody really know what time it isI don't, does anybody really care"Please join me where time does not matter this last day of Standard Time on the Saturday Edition of Whole 'Nuther Thing. I'll be serving up tasty morsels from The Chris Daniels Project, Billy Cobham, Isaac Hayes, Dave Mason, Allman Brothers Band, Jean Luc Ponty, The Chambers Brothers, Steve Miller band, Little Feat, Stephen Stills, David Bromberg, Charlie Daniels Band, War and Chicago Transit Authority.T

We have always been huge country fans. But not the kind of country you might think. We skip the crass commercial stuff and instead go for outlaw country from Nashville and Texas, 70s West Coast country rock, delta country blues Americana, some 60s Greenwich Village influence, and British Invasion! Oh yeah, and Saskatchewan. Here's the Spotify playlist (minus the YouTube stuff, and plus some bonus material we didn't have time to play): https://spoti.fi/3jkkKkp

With qualities ranging from blues to jazz, country and americana, Cary Morin is perhaps one of the best finger pickers on the circuit today. He has been touring internationally for decades, including performances at Paris Jazz Festival, Winter Park Jazz Festival, Folk Alliance International and the Copenhagen Blues Festival. He's won many prestigious awards including an Independent Music Award for Best Blues CD (Cradle to the Grave), 2018 International Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention, and a 2017 Indigenous Music Award for Best Blues CD (Cradle to the Grave). Also... he has a standing invitation to stay at David Bromberg's place whenever he's in town. In our conversation, we chat about his brand new record, "Dockside Saints" (8/7/20), which was recorded at Dockside Studios in Lafayette, LA and produced by grammy winning engineer/producer, Tony Daigle. We also chat about how he's navigated 2020 as an artist who normally spends 8-9 months of the year on the road. This is Cary's second visit on Middle Class Rock Star podcast. If you want to hear our first conversation, check out episode 19. If you enjoy the podcast, please let others know, subscribe or write a review. 5 star ratings and reviews on Apple Music as well as subscribing to our YouTube Channel help us out the most!! PLUS.. we now have a Middle Class Rock Star Podcast Spotify Playlist. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST IN A MONETARY WAY, I'M NOW ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/andysydow You can support my artist career and this podcast for as little as $3 per month. The price of one cup of coffee helps keep this podcast one its feet. Any and every contribution is greatly appreciated! Guest Links: Purchase Dockside Saints: https://carymorin.com/music-merch Website: https://www.carymorin.com/home YouTube (for live streams!!): https://www.youtube.com/user/carymorin Episode Music: Theme: “Secret Rodeo” by Andy Sydow Monologue Music: "Bare Trees" by Cary Morin Sponsor Music: "Wicked Dreams" by Andy Sydow Interview Outro Music: “Who I Want To Be” by Andy Sydow Guest Music: "Nobody Gotta Know" by Cary Morin Sponsors: A huge thanks to our sponsors, PQ Mastering and Narrator RF. For any sponsorship inquiries, shoot me an email at middleclassrockstar@gmail.com http://pqmastering.com https://narratorrf.com

We were bowled over by the incredibly warm reception to Episode 1! We were also pretty psyched when David Bromberg agreed to hang out with us for Episode 2. The theme is "What We Miss" as we isolate and endure this stupid pandemic. And I miss some things pretty bad. We also remember Little Richard, and horn virtuoso (and possible alien), Peter Eckland. Thank you for listening. Email us at aronandhisdad@gmail.com with gushing compliments, unvarnished criticism, questions (musical or not), requests (ditto), whatever.Here's what we played:Waiting on a Friend - Rolling Stones (Intro)Make Me a Pallet - David BrombergTutti Frutti - Little Richard Tutti Frutti - Pat BooneVentura - Lucinda WilliamsTill There Was You - Meredith Wilson (YouTube)Salt Creek - Clarence WhiteSt. Judy's Comet - Paul SimonJust Because You Didn't Answer - David Bromberg (Outro)And you can find all the tracks (plus bonus material we didn't have time to play!) here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3bZRK92orQC5e5mJfet8sa?si=W-AL0zjlRLmUw8Jd6BClGA

With qualities ranging from blues to jazz, country and americana, Cary Morin is perhaps one of the best finger pickers on the circuit today. He has been touring internationally for decades, including performances at Paris Jazz Festival, Winter Park Jazz Festival, Folk Alliance International and the Copenhagen Blues Festival. He's won many prestigious awards including an Independent Music Award for Best Blues CD (Cradle to the Grave), 2018 International Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention, and a 2017 Indigenous Music Award for Best Blues CD (Cradle to the Grave). Also... he has a standing invitation to stay at David Bromberg's place whenever he's in town. We had a great conversation. Do it up! If you enjoy the episode, please let others know, subscribe or write a review. Links: Purchase When I Rise: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/when-i-rise/1436498222 Website: https://www.carymorin.com/home

Aereo-Plain is probably the greatest album John Hartford ever made - but when it came out in 1971, even his record label didn't know what to make of it. We're still not quite sure - is it a genuine nostalgiafest, or was hippie Hartford pulling bluegrass's leg? And can producer David Bromberg and Vassar Clements superfan Alex Hargreaves help us solve the mystery?

Singer-songwriter David Bromberg is a human bridge between at least a half-dozen different styles of music. David and Marc talk about the pivotal evolution of modern music, as folk transitioned into rock, and all the people David worked with over the years, including Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, The Band, The Grateful Dead, and Reverend Gary Davis. Plus, David explains why he quit for 20 years and developed a highly specific obsession. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast.

David Bromberg has had two successful careers. One as an in-demand blues guitarist and master sideman for acts from the Eagles to Link Wray to Phoebe Snow, his crowd included Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Jerry Garcia. Then, in 1990, he stepped back " way back " and became a violin expert (he still has a thriving business selling and repairing instruments). He couldn't stay away for long and returned to the stage in 2002. On tour supporting his 2016 release, 'The Blues, the Whole Blues and Nothing but the Blues,' Bromberg and his band (Nate Grower - fiddle; Mark Cosgrove " mandolin, guitar; Josh Kanusky - drums; and Suavek Zaniesienko - bass) stopped by BeeHive Studios in Saranac Lake, New York for an in-studio performance and interview.