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Posted
by
Jodi
Ducke+
at
12:20:11
PM
on
March
28,
2010
Dave
Howell
Special
to
the
Morning
Call
Two
hours
of
solo
banjo
might
even
challenge
the
paEence
of
music
geeks,
but
not
when
the
show
is
by
Tony
Trischka.
Trischka,
one
of
the
world's
best
players,
absorbed
the
audience
of
120
at
the
second
Listen
Live
Music
show
last
Saturday
night
in
Zionsville.
Trischka
dedicated
the
first
half
to
the
history
of
the
banjo,
using
five
different
ones
with
five
strings
each,
including
a
lower
pitched
cello
banjo
and
a
mbanza,
a
predecessor
of
the
instrument
using
a
ABOUT THE WRITERS
gourd
for
a
soundboard
and
a
fretless
neck.
His
easygoing
style
and
inclusion
of
stories
and
jokes
made
this
an
entertaining
exploraEon
of
the
past. GARY
BLOCKUS
He
bought
his
first
album
at
age
14:
Bread's
"Baby
I'm
A
Want
You."
The
He
began
with
styles
where
banjo
was
strummed
instead
of
picked,
as
in next
day,
he
bought
Black
Sabbath's
minstrel
shows.
He
used
the
frailing/clawhammer
style
for
"Old
Joe
Clark," "Paranoid"
and
Deep
Purple's
"Machine
Head."
He's
covered
everything
in
the
and
fingerpicked
the
Sousa
tune
"Washington
Post
March". metal/hard
rock
genre,
from
Motley
Crue
to
Trischka
brought
back
the
techniques
of
many
famous
banjo
masters, Papa
Roach
to
Ted
Nugent
and
Aerosmith
to
the
soYer
including
Gus
Cannon,
Elizabeth
CoWon,
and
Pete
Seeger.
Seeger
is
best side
like
Bon
Jovi.
known
for
folk
music,
but
Trischka
recreated
his
jazzy
version
of
Irving
Berlin's
"Blue
Skies"
taken
from
a
'50s
recording.
He
also
showed
the
picking
wizardry JODI
DUCKETT
As
The
Morning
Call's
of
Earl,
who
like
Elvis,
does
not
need
a
last
name
to
be
recognized. assistant
features
editor
responsible
for
entertainment,
she
spends
a
lot
of
Hme
This
was
not
exactly
a
solo surveying
the
music
landscape
and
sizing
up
performance.
Trischka's the
Valley's
fesHvals
and
club
scene.
She's
no
son
Sean
joined
him
on expert,
but
enjoys
it
all
—
especially
arHsts
mandolin
for
a
few who
resonated
in
her
younger
years,
such
as
Crosby,
SHlls,
Nash,
Young,
Tracy
Chapman,
Santana
and
Joni
Mitchell.
bluegrass
numbers,
and
played
snare
drum
on
a KEITH
GROLLER
Our
local
sports
editor
strays
from
his
post
on
Groller's
Corner
for
few
more. another
of
his
passions.
He's
a^racted
to
the
The
second
half
put
aside sights
(Shania,
Faith,
Carrie,
MarHna)
and
sounds
(Paisley,
Strait,
Adkins,
Keith)
of
the
"walk
through
history", today's
country
music
scene
and
likes
to
add
but
conEnued
with
many a
li^le
twang
to
the
conversaHon.
medleys,
including
those
with
songs
by
John ARLENE
MARTINEZ
Her
music
was
influenced
by
her
mom,
who
hasn't
turned
Har[ord,
Bill
Monroe,
and the
radio
off
since
Arlene
came
home
from
the
Beatles.
Trischka
also
did
his
own
tunes,
including
one
called
"Rainbow the
hospital.
She's
a
top-‐40
kinda
girl
with
a
Yoshi"
and
others
that
were
unEtled. special
place
in
her
heart
for
hip-‐hop,
R&B,
rancheros
and
musical
soundtracks.
He
ended
with
a
"shameless
pandering"
medley
of
songs
banjoists
cannot Favorites
include
the
Bee
Gees,
Jill
Sco^,
Neil
Diamond,
escape,
including
the
"Theme
from
the
Beverly
Hillbillies"
(with
sing-‐along), Q-‐Tip,
Juan
Gabriel,
T.I.,
Britney
Spears
and
all
of
"Les
"Rocky
Top,"
Dueling
Banjos"
(with
more
sing-‐along),
and
"Foggy
Mountain Miserables."
She
is
used
to
people
making
fun
of
her
Breakdown".
http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2010/03/concert-revi... taste. 2/20/11 7:55 PM
Chris
Murphy
(guitar)
and
John
Pospischil
(banjo)
of
Fellswoop
opened
with
a JOHN
L.
MICEK
caught
the
rock
bug
young.
The
TMC
Harrisburg
Correspondent
bought
25-‐minute
set
of
bluegrass/Americana.
Their
high
spirited
songs
had
clever his
first
record,
U2's
"Under
a
Blood
Red
Sky,"
and
ocen
quirky
lyrics,
including
those
from
the
group's
2009
release at
age
13
and
hasn't
looked
back.
Besides
"Against
the
Odds". listening
to
arHsts
ranging
from
The
Ramones
http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2010/03/concert-revi... 2/20/11 7:55 PM