Keith Cary - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I live near Winters, CA with my wife, Diane, and play, repair and build stringed instruments. I play folk, blues and country music on mandolin, harmonica, cello, Hawaiian guitar, guitar, fiddle, banjo, etc and improvised music and jazz on string bass. Most of the instruments are homemade or old, broken and repaired. I'm lucky to play with all kinds of musicians playing all kinds of music. --- I build Commodiums and make messes in my shop. Playing music with other people feels like we're all plugged into the hum at the center of the world. Play music, it lights your hair on fire.-------If you want to know more about the instruments I build, particularly the Commodium (bedpan mandolin), go to my funky homemade website, keithcary.com. If you want to know more about the songs I've chosen to upload, try the Lyrics button under the song.-----For Barking Spiders (Bob Armstrong, Keith and sometimes Doug) songs and info go to the Barking Spiders site, located among my top friends, of course........For Axelrod, Cary and Foss I heartily recommend that you go to http://www.myspace.com/axelrodcaryandfoss (for some reason I can't get them/us to show up in my friends) ...... I can also be contacted at [email protected].

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/10/2006
Band Website: keithcary.com
Band Members: Meredith Axelrod and Bill Foss.... Charlie Baty, Jason Vanderford and Bob Armstrong (Little Charlie's Caravan)....Erin Espeland....Tony Passarell and friends.... Barking Spiders:Bob Armstrong and often Doug Kauffman.....Pete Bernhard....Jaroba.....Alkali Flats: Chris, Tim, Erik, Mark, Andy...Joy Buzzards: Bob Armstrong, Bill Scholer, Keith Cary....... ...Thanks, everyone.
Influences: Charlie Mingus, Charlie Poole, Charlie Hayden, Charlie Christian, Charlie Baty, Mike Seeger, Eric Dolphy, Bartok, Bach, John Tchicai, Don Helms, Bob Dunn, Bob Armstrong, Doug Kauffman, Jon Borah, Haywire Mac McClintock, more later
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Axelrod, Cary & Foss: Calls That Religion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obNBYgAFQQQ At the Make Out Room in SF. It's a good place to wear sunglasses after dark.
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 22:08:00 GMT

Axelrod, Cary and Foss-YouTubes

I have to share my enthusiasm for this band. I don't know how to do it except to refer you to our site:www.myspace.com/axelrodcaryandfoss ---And now we have YouTube videos shot at the SF JugBand Fest...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:23:00 GMT

Stomp and Swerve

Thanks to Ken of Loose Acoustic Trio for putting me onto Stomp and Swerve, by David Wondrich. "American Music Gets Hot, 1843-1924". He covers the origins of most of the American music I love, from jaz...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:59:00 GMT

Rest in Peace, Lulu Dog

obit, short.-- 17 (+/-) year-old Lulu died peacefully at her home. Beloved pet of Nora, Diane and Keith, she started her career as fastest dog on Earth. Reinvented herself as a notorious and accomplis...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:22:00 GMT

Why I like improvised music:

A. I have a crappy memory.B. It's not as stuffy as church.
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 22:09:00 GMT

In praise of the plumber...

When I was a kid my favorite photos were of my dad in his youthful strength, one arm cradling his Remington rifle, the other introducing us to a dead buck, tongue lolling from its mouth. This was the ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:42:00 GMT

J. Brown

I love my Country; I love my Western, but when the day is done and it's all added up is anything heavier, sexier, dancier, more subtle and more blunt than James Brown?
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:46:00 GMT

Mike & Peggy Seeger: American Folk Songs for Children

While out digging holes in the garden today I realized I had yet another song from Mike and Peggy Seeger's CD stuck in my head. This time it was Juniper Tree (thank you very much, Sam), but there are ...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:36:00 GMT