Eden and John's East River String Band
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Eden and John's East River String Band are a New York City
based duo who play country blues
from the 1920s and 1930s. Members are John Heneghan (guitar/mandolin/vocals) and Eden Brower (ukulele/vocals). They often have other musicians sit in with them including Dom Flemons of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Pat Conte of The Legendary Otis Brothers and Robert Crumb
of The Cheap Suit Serenaders. Some Cold Rainy Day was chosen by David Fricke
as one of his 'picks' of the month in the November 2008 issue of Rolling Stone
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The East River String Band has released four albums. Be Kind To A Man When He's Down (2011) which features special guests Robert Crumb
on mandolin, Dom Flemons of the Grammy Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops
on guitar and Pat Conte of the Canebreak Rattlers and Otis Brothers on fiddle, banjo, harmonica and vocals. Drunken Barrel House Blues (2009) with special guests Dom Flemons on guitar and quills, Pat Conte on fiddle and Eli Smith on banjo. Some Cold Rainy Day (2008) which features special guests Terry Waldo on piano who plays with Leon Redbone
and Woody Allen
.Sweet East River (2006) which features special guests Sophie Crumb on banjolin, Alec Morton from Raging Slab
on bass, Jim Stout on banjo and Sam Hopkins on bottleneck guitar.
Sweet East River features cover art by Sophie Crumb. Some Cold Rainy Day, Drunken Barrel House Blues and Be Kind To A Man When He's Down all feature artwork by Robert Crumb
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based duo who play country blues
Country blues
Country blues is a general term that refers to all the acoustic, mainly guitar-driven forms of the blues. It often incorporated elements of rural gospel, ragtime, hillbilly, and dixieland jazz...
from the 1920s and 1930s. Members are John Heneghan (guitar/mandolin/vocals) and Eden Brower (ukulele/vocals). They often have other musicians sit in with them including Dom Flemons of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Pat Conte of The Legendary Otis Brothers and Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb —known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb—is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded...
of The Cheap Suit Serenaders. Some Cold Rainy Day was chosen by David Fricke
David Fricke
David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. In the 1990s, he was managing editor before stepping down.-Background:David Fricke is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania...
as one of his 'picks' of the month in the November 2008 issue of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
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The East River String Band has released four albums. Be Kind To A Man When He's Down (2011) which features special guests Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb —known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb—is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded...
on mandolin, Dom Flemons of the Grammy Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops
Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Carolina Chocolate Drops is an old-time string band from Durham, North Carolina, United States. Its 2010 album, Genuine Negro Jig, won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, and was number 9 in FRoots magazine's top 10 albums of 2010.The Drops are one...
on guitar and Pat Conte of the Canebreak Rattlers and Otis Brothers on fiddle, banjo, harmonica and vocals. Drunken Barrel House Blues (2009) with special guests Dom Flemons on guitar and quills, Pat Conte on fiddle and Eli Smith on banjo. Some Cold Rainy Day (2008) which features special guests Terry Waldo on piano who plays with Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone is a singer and guitarist specializing in interpretations of early 20th-century music, including jazz and blues standards and Tin Pan Alley classics....
and Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
.Sweet East River (2006) which features special guests Sophie Crumb on banjolin, Alec Morton from Raging Slab
Raging Slab
- History :The group formed in 1983 when Greg Strzempka and Elyse Steinman, both guitarists, met in New York City. The two had a shared interest in the heavy rock sounds of 1970's style "boogie" rock and such contemporary punk rock groups as the Ramones and Black Flag...
on bass, Jim Stout on banjo and Sam Hopkins on bottleneck guitar.
Sweet East River features cover art by Sophie Crumb. Some Cold Rainy Day, Drunken Barrel House Blues and Be Kind To A Man When He's Down all feature artwork by Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb —known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb—is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded...
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Discography
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Sweet East River |
| 2008 | Some Cold Rainy Day |
| 2009 | Drunken Barrel house Blues |
| 2011 | Be Kind To A Man When He's Down |
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