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Blue
Railroad Train 
"Kick-Ass
Bluegrass" (USA - France)
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Combine
an American veteran bluegrass player and four top French musicians who all share
a common passion for traditional bluegrass and country music -- with the accent
on that bluesy, high-lonesome sound – and you get Blue Railroad Train. The repertoire
is delightfully unpredictable and includes bluegrass and old-time classics as
well as country, swing, and even rock ‘n roll tunes. They also have several original
songs and instrumentals, all firmly rooted in the tradition. |
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Blue
Railroad Train has an international reputation, having appeared at
such venues as:
Holland - The European
World of Bluegrass, Voorthuizen.
Ireland
- Guinness International Bluegrass Festival, Dunmore East.
Northern
Ireland - The Appalachian and Bluegrass Music Festival, Omagh.
Switzerland - The Over Easy Festival,
Schaffhausen, The Family Festival, Stetten.
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is a band that plays and sings with an energy that gets an immediate reaction
from the audience. In five minutes, they had them out of their seats and dancing
in the aisles.
Franz Elsener, Over Easy Festival |
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- IBMA World of Bluegrass, Nashville, Tennessee. Missouri Southern State University,
Joplin, Missouri. The Parlor, Shawnee, Kansas. The Oklahoma International Bluegrass
Festival, Guthrie, Oklahoma. | |
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is a certain hard-driving bluegrass sound that just won't let you sit still. Call
it "Kick-Ass Bluegrass". Often at a Blue Railroad Train concert, audience
members will spontaneously get up and dance. For this band, that's what bluegrass
is all about: energy, entertainment, and fun! | |
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James
Field James’s career in bluegrass began when he was
a member of the New York City Ramblers along with David Grisman. (Vanguard CD,
Bluegrass Breakdown) He then joined the Charles River Valley Boys in Boston,
who became noted for their iconoclastic album, Beatle Country. (Reissue
CD, Rounder Records.)
Thierry Lecocq (vocals, mandolin and fiddle).
Thierry is accomplished on several instruments and in many different musical genres.
He has toured extensively throughout Europe, in the US, Africa, and Asia. He has
recorded four CDs with the group Station and a solo album, Push.
Philippe Perrard (vocals, lead guitar). Philippe first picked up a guitar
some 25 years ago. He has since become one of the best-known flatpickers in Europe
with an immediately recognizable style. He competes regularly in prestigious flatpicking
contests in the USA, where he has been a prize-winner.
Jean-Marie
Redon (vocals, banjo) Jean-Marie’s reputation is international. He is included
in the American book, Masters of the Five-String Banjo, and SPBGMA, the
American professional society, recognized his career with an award. He has recorded
three solo CDs as well as with Pierre Bensusan, Marcel Dadi, and Jean-Felix Lalanne.
Sharon Lombardi (vocals, bass) Sharon is equally at home playing bluegrass,
old-time, and the blues. She has been a member of the Cabs and Twenty-One. She
plays bass in the Mox Gowland Blues Quartet and accompanies American country artist
Sharon Cort.
Watch
for Going
Back to the Riverside,
the new CD from
Blue Railroad Train,
on Redstart Records. | |
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+33 (0) 6 14 83 94 51 | |
USA
+1 401 499 9659 | | | |
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