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Betty Vornbrock
- fiddle Billy Cornette - guitar Andy Buckman - banjo with Doug Smith, who guests on faux-bass guitar |
1. Big Scioti 2. Twin Sisters 3. Chilly Winds 4. Wolves in the Wood 5. Lost Girl 6. Garfield's Blackberry Blossom 7. 28th of January 8. White Rose Waltz 9. Logan County Blues 10. Sugar Babe 11. Cold Frosty Morning |
12. Ducks on the Pond 13. Old Time John Henry 14. Green River Waltz 15. Shelvin' Rock 16. Dusty Miller 17. Shades of the Yellow Rose 18. Waiting for Nancy 19. Little Rose 20. Camp Chase 21. Uncle Henry |
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Old-Time dance tunes, dark tunes & waltzes |
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The players: (those who appear on this recording- for updated
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Betty Vornbrock ~ fiddle Betty has been fiddling a variety of styles since the early '70s. She has lived several years in rural West Virginia and now Southwest Virginia, with a stint in Austin Texas in between. Her inspiration is drawn from the playing of Kentucky fiddler - JP Fraley, West Virginia fiddler - Wilson Douglas, and Eastern Tennessee's Ralph Blizard as well as the recordings of Ed Haley, the Hammons Family, Edn Hammons and others who have gone before. |
| Billy Cornette ~ guitar Billy Cornette has been a great fan of folk & traditional music most of his life. Born in Kentucky to a family of fiddlers and musicians, he was exposed to a variety of country musicians & early Bluegrass greats. After moving to Virginia in 1989, he decided to connect back to some of these roots by teaching himself fiddle and guitar. He & Betty met in 1990 at a local jam session, and he's concentrated on playing back-up guitar to her fiddling ever since. He & Betty married in 1995. They grow Christmas trees on their farm north of Hillsville, in Carroll County, Va., where Betty also runs her custom sewing business, "Autumn Wind". |
| Andy Buckman ~ clawhammer banjo Andy has studied the banjo styles of many areas, having lived in Turkey Foot, North Carolina in the 1970s, Canada in the 1980s and now rural Floyd County, Virginia. His influences include Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, Dwight Diller, the Hammonses and Jackie Horvath. He is known for his sensitivity on the banjo and his ability to 'fit in' with most any style of O-T fiddling. After playing with the Rounders from 1994-1999, he is now busy with a new career, wife and child. |
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Old-Time Herald:
"This cassette (and CD) of 21 instrumentals features the fine fiddling
of Betty Vornbrock. The majority of the selections are modal tunes and
waltzes, and the group is at their best with these pieces. Frankly, Betty
is one of the best waltz fiddlers I've ever heard.
Andy Buckman's melodic banjo compliments Vornbrock's fiddling very well. The mix is a good one, nicely highlighting the interplay between the fiddle and banjo." ~Dale Morris |
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| Fiddler Magazine:
"Betty's fiddle and Andy Buckman's banjo are of one mind as
they wend their ways through these tunes. Billy Cornette's guitar shadows
the two melodic adventurers.
This set of well-played tunes should be in every old-time music lover's library. Even if you think you already know these tunes, these folks have put something special into them that makes them come alive all over again." ~Bob Buckingham |
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| The Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette:
"The Rounders know their music and are comfortable playing
together. With tasty versions of 21 well-chosen tunes, "Wolves in the Wood"
offers the right balance of fiddle, banjo & guitar."
~Paul Gartner |
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| The Old Time News: (Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance, FOAOTMAD Gainsborough, England): "I sometimes feel that some of the modern Old Time bands play dance tunes too fast to dance to, so perhaps that's why I like this tape so much. Many of the tunes are well-known ones but not played in that kind of frantic way that takes all the swing and subtlety out of them. And subtle & tasteful is what this playing is, without losing any of the drive and rhythm essential to this music." ~Fiona Cameron |
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Bluegrass Unlimited:
"The Reed Island Rounders is an old-time trio that has a firm grasp of
things old-time and melodic. There are some mighty fine waltzes to be heard on
this recording, along with some of those great crooked West Virginia
tunes.
Betty's bowing has an organic grittiness to it that inserts a pointed drive to
the tunes. |
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{...no wolves were harmed in the
production of this recording}
© Reed Island Rounders, 2007
