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Redgrass Collective

About Me

The Redgrass Collective sprung out of a weird winter in 2006 when Martin Conroy & Jo Fender sat around every Wednesday night and picked out some harmonies over Martin's guitar on songs we had written or loved. In the spring Oran Tait took his Buddhist charms and guitar into the room. After a few weeks Oran picked up a mandolin and never looked back. One sunny day we were sitting outside our local bar and Carys came by with a guitar on her shoulder. I bought her a drink and we asked her if she played, she said maybe. We asked if she sang, she said yeah with a country voice. We asked her to come and sing with us and she said yes. In August 08 Mike Sasadiek brought his banjo back to the fold and the lovely Rebecca Duncan joined us with her Bluegrass fiddle styleThat's the Collective

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Member Since: 5/19/2007
Band Website: Working on it - watch this space
Band Members: The Redgrass Collective is: Martin Conroy: guitar, mandolin, mandola, whistle, harmonica lead & harmony vocals, Oran Tait: mandolin, guitar tenor & 5 string banjo lead & harmony vocals, Jo Fender : lead & harmony vocals, Carys Lewis, cello, mandolin, lead & harmony vocals. Mike Sasdiek, 5 string banjo, mandola, mandolin & slide guitar. Rebecca Duncan fiddleFormer Collective members: Andy Wicks - Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Production, Mixing. Matt Fairman - Guitar, Georgia Alison - Mandolin, Vocals Catherine Conroy - Fiddle
Influences: The Clash, Lyle Lovett, Virgin Whore Complex, Steve Earle Dwight Yoakam, Ricky Scaggs Humpff Family Brian Eno Gram Parsons Hank Williams Uncle Earle Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Alison Krauss Woody Guthrie, Lindisfarne Nashville Bluegrass Band Matt McGinn Nanci Griffith Nick Cave The O'Kane's Lee "Scratch " Perry Hamlsh Imlach Nine Inch NailsThe list could go on forever
Sounds Like: Nothing you've ever heard before
Record Label: Lazy Bear Records

My Blog

The Bull

Well, dodgy though we were, you have to remember that we only rehearsed that set with that line up two hours before going onstage, so not so bad after all. Hopefully next time we will be better rehear...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:54:00 GMT

MySpace.com Blogs - Departures - Redgrass Collective MySpace Blog

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog... Bye all
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:20:00 GMT

Departures

Well gang, I've decided to hang up my spurs as far as the Collective is concerned. No joy in it anymore. I wish all the best to Jo, Carys & Oran and hope that they continue to perform and hope that co...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:13:00 GMT

Return of the Collective

Well, the kids (Oran & Carys) are back from India and Rebecca and Martin have returned from Kracow. We're back in rehearsals and look forward to seeing you all Hobgoblins in New Cross on Fridays for K...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:28:00 GMT

Crows: Redgrass Collective

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Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:39:00 GMT

Kitty

This is a traditional Irish song which Shane MacGowan used play when pissed (often in other words) The Pogues recorded back in the 80s on Red Roses For Me. My father loved this song. With Catherine Im...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:31:00 GMT

Travellers

Once again Carys and Oran are heading off to the Orient for several months not to return until Christmas. All is not lost, however. Mike Sasiadek has returned to the Redgrass fold on banjo mandolin an...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:47:00 GMT

Olympic Thoughts

Let us all remember on the opening of the Olympics in Beijing the atrocities taking place in Darfur, in Tibet, in Zimbabwe, in Burma, in Sudan, in Somalia and of course in Guantanamo Bay. Revenge...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:09:00 GMT

Beckpic

Hi All. It seems  that our resident photographer - Snapgrass - is up for an award, Nominated for a Guardian Newspaper award, the pics will be on display at the Pall Mall Galle...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:54:00 GMT

VIdeo

Shaky new video of The Collective performing Crows live in London
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:26:00 GMT