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LIVE AT LUCKY BARN: Sam Amidon, ‘Way Go Lily’
We've teamed up with the good people at Pickathon to present a season's worth of archival — and incredible — videos from the Pacific Northwest festival's Lucky Barn Series. Tune in every fourth Tuesday of the month to catch a new clip.
The second video from the Spring season of the Lucky Barn Series features alt-folkster Sam Amidon who recruits the crowd to sing along with him on "Way Go Lily." Amidon comes by his folkiness honestly — from two parents who traveled the same path before him — and started playing fiddle when he was a three-year-old growing up in Vermont. Somewhere along the way, he wandered over to guitar and began reimagining classic songs with contemporary twists.
Pickathon comes back to the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, from August 5-7, 2016. Recent additions to the festival lineup include Mac DeMarco, King Sunny Ade, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Joseph, Ry X, Cory Henry, Promised Land Sound, Town Mountain, Myke Bogan, Blossom, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms, Open Mike Eagle, and Chanti Darling. Tickets and the full lineup are available now.
Click here for more, and stay tuned for another wonderful season of Lucky Barn videos.
Photo credit: Miri Stebivka
LIVE AT LUCKY BARN: Ernest Ranglin, ‘Congoman Chant’
We've teamed up with the good people at Pickathon to present a season's worth of archival — and incredible — videos from the Pacific Northwest festival's Lucky Barn Series. Tune in every fourth Tuesday of the month to catch a new clip.
The first installment for the Spring season of the Lucky Barn Series comes from Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin. Known for his work with reggae legends like Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, Ranglin steps out with his own band of hotshots — horns and all! — for "Congoman." At the 3:45 mark, he tosses his pick and starts … well, see for yourself.
Pickathon comes back to the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, from August 5-7, 2016. Recent additions to the festival lineup include Mac DeMarco, King Sunny Ade, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Joseph, Ry X, Cory Henry, Promised Land Sound, Town Mountain, Myke Bogan, Blossom, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms, Open Mike Eagle, and Chanti Darling. Tickets and the full lineup are available now.
Click here for more, and stay tuned for another wonderful season of Lucky Barn videos.
Photo credit: Tobin Copeland Turner
LIVE AT LUCKY BARN: William Tyler, ‘Missionary Ridge’
We've teamed up with the good people at Pickathon to present a season's worth of archival — and incredible — videos from the Pacific Northwest festival's Lucky Barn Series. Tune in every fourth Tuesday of the month to catch a new clip.
The final installment for the Winter season of the Lucky Barn Series comes from guitarist/composer William Tyler. On "Missionary Ridge," Tyler lays an easy, finger-picked foundation that lulls the listeners right along. But, then, around four-and-a-half minutes in, the proverbial boots come out and he kicks up a storm before settling the dust back down to close out the tune.
"I started playing, when I was very young, with a band called Lambchop," Tyler says, giving some background on his career. "That just shifted my whole attitude about music … It was like bootcamp in a cerebral indie rock band." Eventually, though, he taught himself how to compose for solo guitar and set out on his own as an instrumentalist, harkening back to his love of lyric-less classical music. "Also, I don't write good words," he notes.
Pickathon comes back to the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, from August 5-7, 2016. Click here for more, and stay tuned for an exciting season of Lucky Barn videos.
Photo credit: Miri Stebivka