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Monday, June 1st, 2009

Just wanted to share this picture of Corrie and Maggie hanging out with Rhonda Vincent after her recent show at Johnny D’s in Somerville.  Word is that the show was pretty awesome!  Corrie has a Martha White Flour T-shirt to prove it!

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Amy Black and the Red Clay Rascals (sister band of the GTSB) will be performing this Thursday, May 7 in Lowell, MA. Great barbecue and great music! No cover charge! How can you not come out to this?
Here’s a taste of what you can expect at the show.
This video was recorded at the Bull Run [...]

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Goodtime Maggie’s other musical project Chasing Blue will be appearing at the Cantab Lounge on Tuesday night May 5th at 8pm – Cinco de Mayo.
Chasing Blue is a whole lot of hard driving bluegrass with a healthy helping of old-time, a hint of rock, and a sprinkle of swing. Band members hailing from opposing Canadian [...]

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

I just read an interesting article/post on the Berklee Today blog about bluegrass/old time music’s new found credibilty and the school’s programs impact on the national and local music scene.
Some quotes I found to be interesting:
“That notion of  ’silly hillbilly music’ still lingers, but people stop arguing once they see the chops involved in playing [...]

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

The Claire Lynch Band will appear at the East Hartford Cultural Community Center in East Hartford, Connecticut on Friday, January 9th. Doors open at 7:00 PM, and the concert begins at 8:00.Tickets are pegged at $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at the gate, and plenty of seats are still available.
The band, a quartet whose bluegrass [...]

Monday, October 27th, 2008

The band had a great time this past weekend performing at the Sherman’s Halloween party. What a great group of family and friends! Passing the pumpkin to Clinch Mountain Backstep was awesome!
Goodtime Spencer has confirmed that Rhode Island is his second favorite state (next to Massachusetts). Nicki Singleton and Ryan Spraker of the original Hard [...]

Monday, October 20th, 2008

The band had the pleasure of performing on Saturday night at Wheaton College in Norton, MA. Yodelin’ Alan Kaufman and Suz Slezak (of the David Wax Museum) did a wonderful job of singing and playing twin fiddles! Waltzes were played, yodels were yodeled and hot chocolate cookies were eaten – it was a goodtime indeed!
Original [...]

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

The band had a fun time performing this past weekend at Lynn’s surprise birthday party in Plymouth, MA.  The party was right up the street from Plimoth Plantation at a beautiful ocean-front property.  Hubbie Allan really did it up for his wife by getting a GREAT group of folks together for the celebration.
After the big [...]