EarlJam with Tony Trischka, Live in Floyd

EarlJam with Tony Trischka, Live in Floyd
by Michelle Darby

January 2024

What do you do when you receive a thumb drive with over 200 rare and unpublished recordings of Earl Scruggs and John Hartford jamming? If you’re Tony Trischka, you set to transcribing them, note for note. Then you bring together fellow musicians and friends, old and new, to put them on an album celebrating Earl’s 100th birthday – and EarlJam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs was born.

Comprised of 15 songs, many never heard publicly, Earljam is a celebration of the breadth of Earl’s playing. “The depth of Earl’s genius becomes ever more apparent when I transcribe his solos, which I’ve been doing my entire life and with renewed vigor," as Trischka described, "discovering new twists and turns in his playing is pure joy and in fact the inspiration for this tribute show and the album."

Scheduled for release May 3rd on the newly formed Down the Road Records, with the first single, "Brown’s Ferry Blues" (featuring Billy Strings) due out January 12th, Trischka is traveling to local venues in support of this amazing and very special project. One such venue is the Floyd Country Store, this Sunday, January 14th.

When asked what attendees can expect from an upcoming show, Trischka shared, "great and talented musicians honoring another inspirational one, note for note, with a few surprises mixed in." <>

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