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The Forge Mountain Diggers

Dear friends, there'll be no sad farewells...

About Me

It's true.
The Diggers' sense of pragmatism took hold and we have packed it in.

We played our last show on Oct 05, '07 to a sold out crowd at Koordinaten in Oxelösund, Sweden.

A heartfelt thanks goes out to the many kind folks who have gone out on a limb with us...and for us; you know who you are. Thanks again for everything, it was big fun.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/31/2005
Band Members: David Bass/ fiddle, footwork
Thomas Bailey/ guitar & vocals
Allison Williams/ banjo & vocals

plus their all star stringbass auxilliary:

-Meredith McIntosh (Ida Red, the Heartbeats, & featured on our debut CD)

-Tammy Sawyer (she rocks and you better believe it!)

-Joe "Bass" Dejarnette (the Wiyos)

-Ben "Super-dooper" Cooper (the Buvas)

-Benny Gould (Old Crow Medicine Show)

-Andy Edmonstone (Ralph Blizard's New Southern Broadcasters, GreenGrass Cloggers)

-Abby Ladin(the Monks, Gary Harrison's Mule Team & featured on our demo)

-Andrew Norcross
Influences: Fred Cockerham,
The Coon Creek Girls,
Doc Watson.
Sounds Like: The Forge Mountain Diggers
Record Label: self-produced
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

festival season

Festival season is in full swing! We're headed up to Clifftop next weekend, aka the Appalachian String Band Festival, in West Virginia. The weekend of August 10-11 will find us at Asheville, NC's Jack...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:59:00 PST

new for spring

hi! things are warming up here at Digger headquarters. spring is springing, and we're gearing up for a busy year. we got our first run of T-shirts this month, and they look great! come on down to ...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:47:00 PST

Augusta, Ga: home to "The Godfather" and a small, but kickass bunch of fans.

Augusta Metro Spirit ..> Issue #18.33 :: 03/15/2007 - 03/21/2007 Whoop and holler Forge Mountain Diggers' raucous sets set audience screaming BY JOSH RUFFIN You know it's going to be a good...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:08:00 PST

Bluegrass Unlimited

Well, looky here what some kind soul at BGU had to say about our debut CD: The Forge Mountain Diggers are an old-time band consisting of David Bass (fiddle), Allison Williams (banjo and vocals), and ...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:14:00 PST

our new webpage

hey friends,myspace is nice, but now we've got an official webpage as well! come visit us at:http://www.forgemountaindiggers.comsign the guestbook, and get on the mailing list if you're not already!t...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:58:00 PST

Old Time Herald Review

Here's what Joe Newberry of Big Medicine had to say about our li'l ol debut CD in the latest issue of the Old Time Herald.   The Forge Mountain Diggers began life as a pick-up band at the Mt. Air...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:06:00 PST

Liner notes for guitar geeks

Hey there, Thomas here with a note to all you guitar pickin' shovelheads.    If you own a copy of our debut CD, you'll notice an absence of liner notes for the tunes. We produced t...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:48:00 PST

stolen fiddle

hey friends,we want to get the word out: David's fiddle has been stolen. Someone took it from his tent at the Watermelon Park Festival in Berryville, VA. It's a very old German fiddle. The label i...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:34:00 PST

FMD News!

hi, everybody! this is mattie belle, checking in to tell y'all about clifftop! if you missed clifftop (a.k.a. the Appalachian String Band Festival) you missed a good old time. the Forge Mountain D...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:59:00 PST

the big news!!!

hey y'all! it's mattie belle! listen up, now... are you listenin? THE DIGGERS CD IS OUT! and y'all thought i was messin with you when i told you it was comin! no sir, it's for real, and it's got...
Posted by The Forge Mountain Diggers on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:01:00 PST