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| Red Clay Ramblers 2010 |
Back in my VCU days, when The Grateful Dead, Phish, Leftover Salmon and moe. seemed to be in constant rotation, I would often throw on some
Red Clay Ramblers into the mix. This didn't always go over well. It seems the oldtime dixieland stringband sounds of this North Carolina troop were a bit too foreign for my jamband loving friends and roommates. My go to CD was 1986's
It Ain't Right, a heady amalgam of folk music, complete with horns and jazzy vocals. It remains one of my favorite albums.
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| It Ain't Right album cover |
This was the mid to late 90's, and the internet wasn't quite as ubiquitous as it is now, so back then I found out about music from magazines like Relix, No Depression or Dirty Linen, from Flying Fish, Rykodisc or Rhino catalogs, and from a thick print version of the
All Music Guide. Just as music-obsessive then as I continue to be today, I would scour these pages to discover overlooked or undiscovered gems. One of my best finds, I thought, was the Red Clay Ramblers, found via a tiny paragraph in the All Music Guide.
I suppose I loved the joy and craziness they brought to roots music. (Richmond, VA darlings The Hot Seats have a similar appeal). I never knew that much about the Red Clay Ramblers, there didn't seem to be a whole lot of information available at the time that I would have been looking, but I always thought they would be a good band to see live. Now I'll get the chance as they bring their repertoire of old-time mountain music, bluegrass, New Orleans jazz, gospel and the American musical to the
Modlin Center's Camp Concert Hall on Wednesday, October 26th at 7:30pm.
Click here for tickets and info.
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