""Rich, engaging new acoustic and bluegrass arrangements...the most sophisticated and moving music of Pettee's career."
-- Independent Weekly, May, 2003 (Durham, NC)
Charles Pettee & FolkPsalm |
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1. "The Way of Manna" from The Way of Manna
2. "Fisherman's Daughter" from The Way of Manna
3. "Naboth's Farm" from The Way of Manna
4.
Psalm 144 "Refuge" from Steady Love
5. Psalm 143 "Level Ground" from True Wealth
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Charles Pettee and
FolkPsalm offer an exciting
and entertaining concert of bluegrass and new acoustic
music featuring Charles Pettee's settings for various
Old Testament Psalms, as featured on the CDs Steady
Love and True Wealth. FolkPsalm features the
talents of renowned professional musicians from NC, (including
Pettee, the longtime mandolinist and songwriter for Flying
Fish recording artist The Shady Grove Band, outstanding
freelance upright bass player, Robbie Link, Steep Canyon
Ranger’s founder fiddler Elizabeth Bahnson, freelance
drummer and vibraphonist for Chapel Hill's The Old Ceremony,
Mark Simonsen, Taz Halloween, vocalist extraordinaire,
fiddling icon Al McCanless, Oxford NC's singer/guitarist
Brian Bolton, and singer Brittany Whitmire), performing
masterfully arranged instrumentals, and intricate harmony
vocals that delight even the most discriminating audience.
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To purchase FolkPsalm music, including their newest release, "The Way Of Manna" click here. View flyer
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The Shady Grove Band |
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1. Silvery Moon
from Back In Circulation
2. The Old Cross Roads
from Back In Circulation
3. One Too Many Mornings
from Back In Circulation
4. Golden Highway
from Chapel Hillbilly Way
5.
Crossties
from Mulberry Moon
6. Out Of The Blue
from Out of the Blue |
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From the Netherlands
to Napa, from Calgary to the Carolinas, The Shady
Grove Band has made a tradition of delighting audiences
with its unique “new-timey” bluegrass sound.
"One of our state's musical treasures," says
the Raleigh News and Observer of The Shady Grove Band,
whose accomplishments in more than two decades of touring
and performing include nationwide appearances on CBS
and NBC television, 13 concert tours of Europe, and
six CDs that have received airplay literally all over
the world. The band is comprised of founding members
Jerry Brown, guitar, vocals), and Charles Pettee (mandolin,
vocals), along with Adael Shinn (upright bass, vocals),
and John Boulding (banjo, dobro, vocals) who together
have entertained countless kids and adults from North
Carolina to the Lincoln Center in New York City.
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1.
Two-Lane Blues
2.
Dunrovin'
3. Stony Point/Turkey In The Straw - Live
4. Crossties - Live
5. Long Journey Home - Live |
For close to 20 years, Chuck
and the Waggin'Ears have delighted audiences at clubs,
festivals, and special events with their blend of traditional
bluegrass and original compositions. In addition to Charles
Pettee on mandolin, guitar and voice, the group features
the talents of the legendary Fiddlin' Al McCanless (current
fiddle player for the group CelticJam, and formerly with
the Red Clay Ramblers), and the outstanding John Boulding
(currently banjo and dobro player with The Shady Grove Band).
Chuck and the Waggin'Ears have the spontaneity and joy of
good friends making the music they love, combined with the
stage presence and audience appeal of the seasoned professionals
that they are.
Untied Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County has voted Chuck and the Waggin'Ears "Presenting Artist of the Year 2007-2008"
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Charles
Pettee |
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1.
Deep Elem Blues from It's All In Your Mind
2. Corey Leigh from It's All In Your Mind |
“On ‘It’s All in Your
Mind,’ Charles Pettee has fashioned a CD that
draws on bluegrass, folk, blues, and even mandolin orchestra
traditions to create a musically rewarding work. Backed
by the always creative Jack Lawrence on guitar, Tony Williamson
on mandocello, and a group of other talented musicians,
Pettee captures many elements of musical Americana to
create his own vision here that will ring deep chords
with many listeners. . . Special note should go to the
recording quality, which captures and reproduces the acoustic
sound of the instruments very well and places them in
an un-muddied mix that allows the listener to really enjoy
hearing each note. . . this is solidly played, musically
arresting acoustic music. . . [Pettee has] built a CD
that will stay in the minds of many listeners for a long
time.”
(Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine, 1997)
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Wiffer
Creek |
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1.
I
Know You Rider from Wiffer Creek
2.
Fisherman's
Daughter from Wiffer Creek
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"Wiffer Creek is North Chatham singer-songwriters Charles Pettee and
Doug Bremseth, who've played acoustic music together (mostly
bluegrass-based) for nearly a decade. Bremseth relocated
here from Fresno, Calif., to take the banjo seat with
Chapel Hill's The Shady Grove Band, for which Pettee served
as mandolinist, co-lead singer and chief songwriter for
20 years. Physical problems forced Doug to give up the
five-string, but he continues to sing, write and play
guitar."
(The Independent Weekly, 2002)
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Discography
Charles Pettee and FolkPsalm, "The Way Of Manna,"
Ears to Hear, 2009
The Shady Grove Band, "Back In Circulation,"
2008
Charles Pettee and FolkPsalm, "True Wealth,"
Ears to Hear, 2005
Charles Pettee and FolkPsalm, "Steady Love," Ears
to Hear, 2003
The Shady Grove Band with Franklin Golden, "Cotton Patch
Gospel" cast recording, Mojo Productions, 2002
Wiffer
Creek "Wiffer Creek," BWR Records, 2001
The Shady Grove Band, "Out of the Blue," BWR Records,
1998
Chuck
and the Waggin'Ears, "It's All in Your Mind,"
Waggin'Ear Productions, 1996
The Shady Grove Band, "Chapel Hillbilly Way,"
Flying Fish Records, 1994
The Shady Grove Band, "Mulberry Moon," Flying
Fish Records, 1990
The Shady Grove Band, "On the Line," Flying Fish
Records, 1987
The Shady Grove Band, "Shine On Me," Blue Ridge
Records, 1984 |
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