Refresh me - give me some OLD TIME.
Jim Costa who's on at the festival does an unbelievably good Uncle Dave Macon impression, complete with foot stomping, twirling the banjo, shouts of HOT DOG etc. I watched him in a session on the porch at Cliffop festival last summer for three hours, playing with Mark Campbell on fiddle. It was beautiful - I can't wait to see him at Gainsborough.
Two other great guys to see are Dave Bing and Ron Mullenex from the Gandydancer band - Dave's a fine West Virginia fiddler who used to hang out with the Hammons Family, and does workshops with Dwight Diller. Ron is a great clawhammer banjo player also from WV
I think this year's Gainsborough is going to be a classic.
Cheers
Ray