tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140772.post8937827480296829458..comments2023-11-29T02:22:49.926-06:00Comments on Coyotebanjo: "100 Greats" #070: Martin Grosswendt, Call and ResponseCJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758288418215601287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140772.post-16333525792829243272009-12-16T06:27:22.598-06:002009-12-16T06:27:22.598-06:00Jeff:
Thanks for your note. Yes, I was able to re...Jeff:<br /><br />Thanks for your note. Yes, I was able to reconnect with Martin a couple of years ago, and have been delighted, as the blog post says, to be reminded that his music is every bit as brilliant now as I thought it was when I was 16.<br /><br />Thanks again.coyotebanjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06971598659494084004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140772.post-8853865813306541422009-12-15T23:54:53.046-06:002009-12-15T23:54:53.046-06:00Great to read about Martin. Just tonight I "g...Great to read about Martin. Just tonight I "googled" him to see what I could find, and found this blog. The blog entry is July 08 and I'm writing this in Dec 09. Bob Franke has known Martin longer than I, but I do have the great fortune to play tunes regularly for over 7 years with Martin in The Pegheads, along with Karl Dennis, Mike Kropp, and Ben Pearce. A good friend of mine, the late Jerry Balchunas, years ago called Martin, "My favorite guitar player". But Martin not only plays guitar and fiddle, but also mandolin, banjo, and dobro (have I forgotten any, Martin?), each of them equally well. 2 things: I think he grew up in southeastern MA, not RI, and with Magnolia he plays electric, not upright, bass. He's a great bass player.Jeff Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090975144214070290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140772.post-72444072050345725132009-02-22T14:34:00.000-06:002009-02-22T14:34:00.000-06:00I have the honor of sharing a stage with Martin in...I have the honor of sharing a stage with Martin in Somerville, MA on March 28, 2009. He's quite active in the area (as one has to be, to survive) as a string band musician on fiddle and bass, and he brings the same qualities you've described to those instruments as he does to the country blues. He's got a few videos up on YouTube at this point--check 'em out.Bob Frankehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296932776495099385noreply@blogger.com