Private Concert - Potter Valley, California - March 9, 2008, sponsored by Performance Coatings, Ukiah
Private Concert - Potter Valley, California - March 9, 2008, sponsored by Performance Coatings, Ukiah
Look who just flew in
"It's been the same personnel for 11 years, which is fairly unusual," said John Reischman, founding member and mandolin player in the five-piece, British Columbia-based bluegrass and folk fusion group.
The band's upcoming N.B. shows kicks off the band's first Maritime tour, with nearly all the gigs booked at intimate venues.
"I think we tend to go over well in these smaller performing arts centres," Reischman sad. "I describe us as traditional, but it comes more from our old-time repertoire, real old songs, some of which have made it into the bluegrass repertoire, but mostly we look for tunes that haven't made that leap over."
The Jaybirds have released five albums and were nominated for two Junos and two Canadian Folk Music awards. They've toured through Western Canada and the U.S., but haven't ventured east.
"With a five-piece band, just the finances make it difficult to travel east very often...But we're really looking forward to playing for folks we haven't performed for, and I have a sense that there's a pretty good bluegrass following in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia."
John Reischman has been a big figure in acoustic music for many years starting with the Tony Rice Unit, and for the last ten years he has been recording bluegrass music with his group, John Reischman & the Jaybirds. “Vintage & Unique” is this band's