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FRED CARPENTER AND TIM MAY

Virtuoso fiddler Fred Carpenter and acclaimed guitarist Tim May have joined forces to create an explosive yet soulful musical duo. Some of the names on Fred's music resume include The Tony Rice Unit, Emmylou Harris & the Hot Band, Suzy Bogguss, and Kathy Mattea, while Tim has shared the stage with names like Patty Loveless, John Cowan, and a host of other bluegrass artists. Fred Carpenter and Tim May taped a live concert at The Violin Shop in March 2009. Here's some clips.

 

VINTAGE GIBSON: A Closer Look

Tim May is an avid collector of fine vintage instruments, mainly Gibsons used in the ‘teens. Tim’s personal collection is all red sunburst models, all in original condition. Tim and coconspirator David Harvey created a presentation that would give a brief history about the unique features of each individual piece and demonstrate the beauty of the instruments in their respective collections.

 

Master Luthier David Harvey currently oversees Gibson’s mandolin production and is a collector himself. David produced the acclaimed Moody Bluegrass CD and is now in the studio producing Moody Bluegrass II. He performed on Larry Cordle’s Grammy-winning Murder on Music Row, which also became IBMA’s Song of the Year 2000. Harvey also played on Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs of the Louvin Brothers which won a Grammy in 2005.

The presentation was given twice in Nashville at the Gibson Showcase for guests of the Gibson Guitar Corp. A third presentation took place at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on June 27, 2007, and was taped before a live audience. The hour-long film was been broken down into nine chapters, which are available for viewing on YouTube.

Songs on the videos include Cedar Hill (Chapter 1) and Eat My Dust (Chapter 9), used with special permission from David Grisman, Never on Sunday, Sweet Sue, Django Reinhardt's Nuages, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Angeline the Baker and Sweet Hour of Prayer. The tune The Late Waltz was written by David Harvey. All are preceeded by information about the vintage instruments used in the performance.

Come catch Tim and David in RADIOLA to catch a live performance of many of the tunes on the video -- and more like them.

 

LIVE IN KANSAS CITY: CODY KILBY, BRAD DAVIS & TIM MAY

Recorded at Jim Curley’s Mountain Music Shoppe in Shawnee, Kansas, this red-hot DVD features blazing solo, duet and ensemble numbers by Tim May, Cody Kilby and Brad Davis, three of America’s hottest flatpickers. Catch eighteen memorable instrumentals on this dynamite video recorded December 18, 2004.

There are a total of 18 tunes presented on this DVD: Angeline the Baker, Gold Rush Rock, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, My Heart's An Open Door, Miss Nari, Cypress Walls, Song in B, Love Affair with Misery, Old Bud, All I Need to Know, Uncloudy Day, Song In G, Lacrosse, I'm Not Through Loving You Yet, Catwalk, Ain't That Just Like Love, Song for Sophie, and Big Timber.

You can pick up a copy over at Flatpicking Merchantile.