TomFoolery Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 So, Saturday morning I checked my email to see that a good friend was heading to Ymir BC to see David Grisman. I hadn't heard a thing about it.I emailed for tix and was told there'd be a pair waiting a will-call.My dad bought me a mandolin for my birthday ten years ago. The same day, he gave me a copy of Doc and Dawg. I spent about a year trying to learn the opening four bars of music. I have spent the last 9 lamenting the fact that I would probably never get to see Grisman play live.Needless to say, when I got word he was playing two hours down the road - I hit it.What a day. We headed down around three in the aft. Caught a couple of opening bands. John Reischman being the afternoon highlight. Reischman had a woman playing upright and singing the lead - holy smokes what talent! Traditional bluegrass arrangements of original material - great stuff.Grisman hit the stage around 8pm and played two sets of some of the most smokin' music I've heard in a long while.As a tribute to Jerry, Dawg and his son played an upright bass / mandolin duet of Dawg's Waltz. This almost brought tears to my eyes, it was such a powerful moment in the show. They followed this with Old and In the Way. The show continued on with the band doing a retrospective of sorts spanning the history of bluegrass music and demonstrating some of the stylistic changes that have occured while blowing the crowd's mind with their virtuosity.It should be noted that while the entire band is UNBELIEVABLE, the guitar player, Jim Nunally, played two full sets with Reischman then followed up with two more smokin' full-bore bluegrass ballztothewall mad sets with the Dawg. The guy was warming his hands over the stage lights during his second set with the Jaybirds. It was pretty cold out when the sun went down - but this guy just got better and better the colder it got.Anyway, they came back out for their encore and just couldn't stop. They played a mind-blowing four song encore (Shady Grove in there, of course) and left the crowd howling.Anyone getting close to Grisman shows should not miss the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 wow. That sounds like you experienced something fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark tonin Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 wow. That sounds like you experienced something fantastic. Thanks for sharing. What bouche said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Right on!! A buddy of mine put that show on (Earle). I'm glad it was such a success. I have yet to see Grisman perform One of these days ... one of these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ersh Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 In Ymir? That's damn cool. Is that Proctor Earl of years ago? If so, it's been too many years since I've see that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Earl Nestmann! Good buddy of mine from back in high school. Turned him on to the Dead (was a complete preppy guy) and he's been dread-locked and blowin' glass since Great guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.p. Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I guess Earl saw that they were playing Edmonton (lucky Edmonton folks got to see this show as well) and talked him into coming to Ymir. I couldn't make it but sounds like it was awsome!Here's Earls web page for his company...Mountain Thunder Presentshttp://mountainthunderpresents.com/the web page is a little scattered but, well if you know Earl.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 the web page is a little scattered but, well if you know Earl....LOL ... I gotta give him a call and catch up. Haven't seen him in wayyy too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 that sounds awesome jay! lots of envy here. looks like he will be back your way in november: 11/8/08 Vancouver,BC Chan Centre for the Arts 8.00PM 604-822-2697 DG with John Sebastian 11/9/08 Victoria, BC Mcpherson Playhouse 8.00PM 250-386-6121 DG with John Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 cool shit, thanks for the run-down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainsunshine Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hell yeah!We will be checking him out Saturday night here in Asheville! I've seen him one other time with his quintet, but this time it's billed as David Grisman's Bluegrass Experience, and I'm super excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 my sister and brother-in-law and 2 young nephews were there. they raved about the show as well. my nephews (11 & 6) were invited backstage to meet David. Riley (the 6 year old) told David that he had a band (The Black Dragon Band) and said to David that it must be really hard. David's response "is what really hard" Riley - "you must really miss Jerry, it's got to be hard" well I guess David got a wee choked up and came back out and mentioned Jerry my nephews ROCK! oh yeah, Riley also took his There Ain't No Bugs On Me book and David autographed it for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainsunshine Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Riley - "you must really miss Jerry, it's got to be hard"What a cool 6-year-old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.p. Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Another good review of the show is right here....http://upstreamdiscussiongroup.yuku.com/topic/2400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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