Adam Hurt gourd banjo "John Riley the Shepherd"

Adam Hurt's new solo gourd banjo CD "Earth Tones" is now available on CD Baby. You can sample tracks and purchase it by going to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adamhurt3

Adam Hurt's music makes me think of how a classical lutenist might approach traditional old-time American mountain music on a 5-string banjo. The technical skill, feeling and creativity, which Adam applies to his music, easily put him in the upper tier of clawhammer banjo players.

In this video, Adam plays "John Riley the Shepherd" on a beautiful gourd banjo sent from Arkansas to Colorado by its maker, David Hyatt, to be part of a solo concert I produced for Adam in Pagosa Springs, Colorado in April 2009. The remarkable sounds of the gourd banjo, and its historical significance, added an exciting dimension to this concert.

"John Riley the Shepherd" is one of the tunes on Adam's solo gourd banjo album, a project I'm proud to have helped him produce. The CD, entitled "Earth Tones" is available for previewing and purchasing at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adamhurt3

If you want to find out more about Adam Hurt check out my website where I have nice section devoted to this innovative and inspiring virtuoso clawhammer banjo player.

http://www.banjocrazy.com/adamhurt.shtml

Paul Roberts
http://www.banjocrazy.com/

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[rickymullenmusic]

wow. if i had money i would get the album. this is .... cant find a word for it.. just.. wow.

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@rickymullenmusic

Wow -- yes, I think that's an accurate appraisal. If you go the CDBabydotcom and look up "Adam Hurt Earth Tones," there you'll be able to listen to a nice sample of each of the tunes on the CD. If you can manage to scrape together the money to buy it, this CD is sure to give you many hours of listening pleasure.

PauL banjocrazydotcom

[JamesHunterRoss]

Oh my! Wow. Hypnotic and perfect, this just took me off and away. We have an artist here. I really didn't expect to find something so great here; thanks so much for that. I'm so much more into banjo having been listening to this Adam Hurt. (This is a random youtube find for me, I don't even listen to banjo.)

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@JamesHunterRoss

Hi James, I'm glad you "stumbled" across this gold mine. Check out Adam's solo gourd banjo CD, Earth Tones.

Regards,

PauL

[JamesHunterRoss]

@strumstering

I ordered it straight away... the CD should be here next week. (I forwarded links to all my music loving friends too. They'll understand.)

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@JamesHunterRoss I believe it's an album of great musically historical significance. Glad I was able to play a role in it's creation.

PauL

[PHJimY]

Is the small head at the bass of the fingerboard just for decoration? I see that you have one mic pointed at the small head. Wouldn't it be louder if there was no membrane on it?

Super playing! I'll be back to listen to this again.

[nancejo]

I really like the look of the bottle-necked gourd. Clever. 

[evankerry]

melodic mush

[AntonEmery]

Just discovered this album a few days ago. What beautiful sublime playing

[Labrabob]

Wow! (I also got the album.) The gourd provides this banjo design a natural and ideal frailing scoop.

[ThomasHale]

Thank you for uploading these videos of my teacher playing these two songs. A few months ago I saw these videos. Then asked Adam Hurt teach me them, and I never got tired playing them.