"Stepping Stone" JD Crowe & The New South, 1993

This post is dedicated to the memory of my late friend, Wayne Fields. This is J.D. Crowe & The New South at the Eagle's Club, Flatrock, Michigan, in March, 1993. Band members are J.D. Crowe, banjo; Richard Bennett, guitar; Wayne Fields, mandolin; Phil Leadbetter, resonator guitar; Curt Chapman, electric bass. Listen to the great trio singing! You can see why J.D. wanted to have Wayne's voice in the band, and Wayne plays some very respectable mandolin, too, though he was well-known to be -- with the possible exception of J.D. -- the BEST banjo player anywhere around central Kentucky.

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• JD
• Crowe
• New
• South
• Wayne
• Fields
• Richard
• Bennett
• Curt
• Chapman
• Phil
• Leadbetter
• bluegrass
• banjo
• guitar
• dobro
• mandolin

[Vaultcracker2]

who is the singer?

[BanjoChief]

Richard Bennett (guitar and lead), plus Wayne Fields (mandolin and tenor) and J.D. Crowe (banjo and baritone).

[mjcje101]

This is a very hard video to watch...it makes me happy but at the same time very sad...I love and miss uncle Wayne so much...there will never be anyone who will ever be able to play the banjo like him.

I have spent all day today just thinking about what a great man he was.

[BanjoChief]

I completely understand . . . and I miss Wayne too . . .

[08MandolinMan]

Wayne Fields was such a wonderful person, plus one of the best 2 banjo players to ever come out of Kentucky. Southern Blend is one of my favorite bands of all time!

[owsleyforkmusic]

This song is amazing, And what else is amazing is how much Richard sounds like tony rice.

[sdarnall1]

Thats a great job of singing your steppin stone. The original song writer and recorder of this song is my dad, BOZO DARNELL. Brandon Bonn Darnall...

[ImDMang]

Wish we could see Phil. 

[Dpkll5]

@mjcje101 .........What Happen to your Uncle Wyann

[FlyingTiger64]

Wayne was an excellent picker and singer. He is missed. Thanks for posting this great song. JD's banjo work was inspired, and Richard sounded great. Harmony was flawless. Is it Phil playing dobro on this?

[TruegrassBoy]

Bluegrass with all the feeling it should have! Excellent.

[Granada90]

@BanjoChief Wayne was a good man............So was Kieth Whitley!

[FishinChipWWB]

I sure remember "Southern Blend" RIP Wayne

great song

[AntiDarkHeart]

Good ol' Richard. To bad his hair isn't still that length. Really miss Wayne, RIP Wayne Fields.