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Thread #11769   Message #200129
Posted By: GUEST,Tommy Mooney
23-Mar-00 - 04:52 PM
Thread Name: Info: Greenbriar Boys
Subject: RE: greenbriar boys
Recently played an old vinyl of Joan Baez and (I had'nt played it since the 70's, it was left in a "box in the attic" after moving house) re-discovered the "Greenbriar Boys" who joined her on "Banks of the Ohio" and "Little Darling, Pal of mine". They were the band who first turned me on to Bluegrass , it must be - oh, some forty odd years ago. Wonder where are they now. I was amazed to hear that Eric Weisberg was a member, as I saw and heard him here in Ireland a few years back. He was playing Nylon guitar with a band called something like "New Purple South"???? It featured Bill Keith on Banjo, Jim Rooney on rythym guitar( He played it "Back-to-front" - a left-hander) and a Bass player and fantastic fiddle-player whose names have presently escaped me. Are these the same Greenbriar Boys who had all those records that an old thread mentioned. (I was advised to try the archive before posting this, but here goes anyway.) If anyone can provide a cassette I'd love to return the favour if there's some thing I can get?? Tommy