The Bee Eaters & Bill Evans - Beatles Medley

Sun Feb 13 at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, California. San Francisco Bay Area musician and Virginia native Bill Evans has been involved with bluegrass music and the banjo for over thirty years as a player, teacher, writer and historian. He occupies a unique niche in the banjo world: celebrated world-wide for his traditional and progressive banjo styles as well as his innovative original compositions, he also enjoys a reputation as an outstanding instructor and workshop leader. He authors the popular "Off The Record" instructional column for Banjo Newsletter magazine and has released two critically acclaimed banjo CDs, Native and Fine (Rounder 0295) and Bill Evans Plays Banjo (Native and Fine 906-3) in addition to appearing on CDs by Dry Branch Fire Squad, Bluegrass Intentions and Due West. Bill has three instructional DVD projects available from AcuTab Publications and is one of the artists included in the Mel Bay book Banjo 2000. In addition to teaching at bluegrass and banjo camps all over the world, Bill co-hosts the annual NashCamp Banjo Retreat, held each fall in Cumberland Furnace, TN. http://www.billevansbanjo.com Boasting four of the most accomplished, creative young talents of the emerging new acoustic music scene, The Bee Eaters mingle bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, jazz, and pop influences into a striking, elegant fusion of tradition and innovation. Dubbed "the instrumental cream of the brand new string nation" by fiddle legend Darol Anger, the quartet features hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman and Dominick Leslie on mandolin, plus the inimitable brother-sister fiddle duo Tristan and Tashina Clarridge. http://www.BeeEaters.com

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Music

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• Tashina Clarridge
• Tristan Clarridge
• Simon Chrisman
• Dominick Leslie
• Bill Evans
• Beatles
• Hard Days Night
• Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds
• banjo
• fiddle
• cello
• dulcimer
• hammer dulcimer
• mandolin
• Beatles Medley
• Bee Eaters
• Freight & Salvage

[DTShibui]

This is so cool to see/hear. When Simon was 17-18 years old I was on him a little trying to get him to mix covers into his repertoire since people like hearing familiar tunes. Baby Boomers (like me) were the largest demographic group so I thought he should toss in some Beatles and other pop/rock tunes. He looked at me like I was nice, but still just an old fogey. This kind of fusion, apparently unrehearsed, showcases how great they all are as musicians. I'm so proud to know him!

[BillEvansBanjo]

I don't think we rehearsed this before we went out on stage and played it, did we?