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DANNY BARNES

Danny Barnes rolls into Millheim for a very special Wednesday night show!

Danny Barnes is already known as an iconic American musician, a banjo playing innovator whos earned high praise from everybody from Bill Frisell and Dave Matthews to Steve Martin, who presented Danny with the Prize for Excellence in Banjo in 2015. From the days with his groundbreaking Austin band, the Bad Livers, to his two decade solo career experimenting with electronic music, jazz, old time string band music and more, hes a genre bending, rule breaking original who prefers to color outside the lines.

Now, with Stove Up, out March 3, 2017, hes showing us that it was always a choice, that hes always had the chops to play straight ahead bluegrass banjo with the best of them. With a top-flight band backing him up, Danny turns in an amazing set of tunes that demonstrate his respect for tradition and his commitment to his own musical voice.

Happily, with Stove Up, our five-string hero steps out of the lab and into the sunlight where his pre-war Gibson can really shine, says Tim O'Brien. Producer and guitarist Nick Forster wisely loosens the reins and lets his pack of thoroughbreds set a fast pace around the bluegrass track. Mandolinist Chris Henry, with his bone-dry tone and expanded traditional approach, is a particularly inspired foil to Barnes. Along with Forster, much decorated fiddler Jason Carter, and everyones favorite bassist, Mike Bub, they cut through some beautiful territory, including two Don Stovers compositionsBlack Diamond and Rockwood Deer Chase. Three vocal tracks peek through the instrumentals and give new listeners a look into the quirky mind of Barnes These are live and lively performances where you can almost hear the musicians smile.