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Carnival Knowledge began when bassist and contra dancer Jeff Hersk decided it would be cool to draft some hot Nashville musicians to play improvised music for contra dances. The result was a quintet that traveled all over the Southeast and Midwest playing dances, dance festivals, and concerts. The instruments, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, dobro, and upright bass, blend to form a full rich sound. The players are all veteran Nashville session players. The repertoire draws from a wide variety of sources, from traditional old-time reels to Irish Jigs to jazz composers Duke Ellington and Horace Silver. It's great music for sitting and listening, or for kicking off your shoes and dancing around the room.
Track List:
1. Old French/Tater Patch/ Cockapoo in the Cornfield
2. Normandy Jig/A Cold Day in August/Tipsy Gipsy
3. Road to Lisdoonvarna/Meg Gray/Tam Lin
4. 4th of July Waltz
5. Uncle Joe/I Found a New Baby/Sweet Georgia Brown
6. Song For My Father/It Don't Mean a Thing
7. St. Anne's Reel/Golden Slippers/Red Wing
8. Bluesette
9. Waiting for the Federals/Caravan
Suggested CDs:
- Ryan Thomson
- The Clayfoot Strutters
- George Penk, Clyde Curley, Sue Songer
- FOLK: Modern Folk
- FOLK: Traditional Folk
- MOOD: UPBEAT