Roy book binder was on his cell phone, driving his 21foot camper on the way to his next gig. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from roy book binder at the discogs marketplace. A oneman blues fest jan 8th, 2018 owen salon, ware. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film. This book presents traditional and original blues tunes that have delighted his audiences for years. In 1973 he began a partnership with fiddler fats kaplin, and they recorded the git. Claudia scott is listed as a special guest vocalist. Book binder began playing with fiddler fats kaplin in 1973, recording git. A seasoned vet with a unique sound, roy book binder has been singing, playing guitar, and writing songs since the 60s. Crowe, doyle lawson and paul williams 777 tribute to buddy holly with david frizzell and helen cornelius 776 angaleena presley and. Music profile for roy book binder, born 5 october 1941. Bluesman roy book binders droll vocals and ragtimebased fingerpicking are front and center on this acoustic solo package. Binder got his start in the historic greenwich village folk. He has quite a fan base locally and hell be back saturday night for a concert at the virginia beach central library.
Roy book binder stumbled on it by accident when he returned to new york city in 1966 from his volunteer stint in the navy, and heard an old black blues singer at a small club in greenwich village. The great roy book binder is set to play a concert at the martin hotel on friday, august 31. Roy book binder born october 5, 1943 is an american blues guitarist, singer songwriter and. In the early 60s, jorma kaukonen or jerry, as he was then played blues guitar in the coffeehouses of the south bay area, sometimes with janis joplin. Kaplins professional career began at 17 when he went on tour with acoustic bluesman roy book binder. Roy book binder learned blues guitar at the foot of the rev. Roy bookbinder featuring fats kaplin ragtime millionaire. Roy book binder born october 5, 1943 is an american blues guitarist, singersongwriter and. Woodsongs show archives woodsongs old time radio hour. Columns artist, year and album can be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking on the heading of the column. General comments for all naweedna cds suny geneseo. Illustrated roy book binder discography stefan wirz. Roy book binder born october 5, 1943 is an american blues guitarist, singer songwriter and storyteller. Fats has been in music city for a long time, but he grew up in new york and got a gig as a youngster with roy bookbinder, a fantastic blues.
Bookbinder, roy, fats kaplin gitfiddle shuffle music. Music from americas legendary coffeehouse 196720, ragtime millionaire, and some people who play guitar. Bookbinder, roy, fats kaplin gitfiddle shuffle amazon. Roy book binder performing at the woody guthrie festival. Fats kaplin king edward blues one meat ball travelin man blues. Roy and fats were a duo for three years, playing numerous concerts and recording a second album, ragtime millionaire, in 1976. This is a bit of a repost, but, a few years back, kristi rose and fats kaplin created an album of music for the wintery season. He ran in greenwich village circles with the likes of dave van ronk, and he learned songs from one of his heroes pink anderson. Book binder began playing with fiddler fats kaplin in 1973, recording git fiddle shuffle the same year. The tampa sessions 1979 with knocky parker keep it clean every day of the week david travis rag church bell blues biscuits scandalous and a shame friend of mine travelin man kentucky blues hunkie tunke blues goin back to. Roy and fats were a duo for three years, playing numerous concerts and recording a second album, ragtime millionaire in 1976.
Roy book binder is an american blues guitarist, singersongwriter and storyteller. Roy book binder bought his first guitar in naples, heard his first lightnin hopkins record in marseille and read his first jack kerouac novels while cruising the north atlantic. Dont miss this extraordinary night of music and song featuring awardwinning artists kevin welch, fats kaplin, don henry, and weather. Bad luck blues by roy book binder lyrics damnlyrics. In 1973 he began a partnership with the fiddler fats kaplin, and they recorded git fiddle shuffle in 1973. Fats kaplin, decided we should relocate to where we were popular. Following the release of ragtime millionaire, the duo stopped performing together and book binder. Banff international songwriter showcase kevin welch, tamara. Price new from used from audio cd, import, october 7, 2002 please retry. Find roy book binder biography and history on allmusic an often stirring folkblues. Hes been on the road since april and this will be his. Dont hesitate to drop me a line if you have any questions about our lessons. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
One can still find it at places like cd baby, amazon and such. He has gone on to play with tom russell, the tractors, pure prairie league and others. Equally at home with blues and ragtime, book shifts from open tunings to slide arrangements to original compositions with both traditional and selfstyled licks. Something of a national treasure, book binder plays blues in the piedmont style, a very old east coast tradition based on. I got mine by roy book binder lyrics damnlyrics all. Roy book binder guitar artistry of roy book binder. It was 1965, and after three years of sailing around the world on an aircraft carrier with the u.
Following the release of ragtime millionaire, the duo stopped performing together and book binder bought a motor home, which became his permanent residence. Gary davis and pink anderson, a medicine show entertainer who recorded back in 1928. Gary davis, roy book binder is a blues guitar entertainer. Roy book binder has been rambling around the world for the past 45 years. Roy has been described as a guitar pickin hillbilly bluesman. Gary davis, he is equally at home with blues and ragtime, he is known to shift from open tunings to slide arrangements to original compositions, with both traditional and selfstyled licks.
His work in a trio with kieran kane and kevin welch has resulted in two albums. Book binder has recorded five albums and has performed at most major blues and folk. The 14 original songs at least some of which book binder featured in other versions on earlier albums include plenty of examples of his dry wit see particularly new age woman blues and cant do that no more. Find roy book binder biography and history on allmusic an often stirring folk blues. You cant save everybody is an album by kieran kane and kevin welch with fats kaplin. Producer roy book binder recorded by, executiveproducer nick perls violin fats kaplin. Stars in my crown by jorma kaukonen 33651020226 cd. Episode 14 fats kaplin steve dawsonthe henhouse studio. Bookbinder, roy, fats kaplin ragtime millionnaire mini. Stars in my crown is a jorma kaukonen studio album released in 2007 on red house records. Kaukonen returned to songwriting with this album, and again incorporated the work of several contributing musicians including barry mitterhoff, who had been playing mandolin with hot tuna since 2002. Back in the 60s he began his career, traveling and learning guitar from the legendary rev. Beautiful, reflective music for the christmas season from. Now, after stints with jefferson airplane and hot tuna, hes back to his first love, mixing blues, gospel, and country, backed by some excellent musicians.
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