Bruce Graybill & Friends play Sweet Georgia Brown Stage 7 Winfield Vol. 2 of 5

Sweet Georgia Brown for Five-volume video set shot 9/14/07 11:30 PM at Stage 7 in the Pecan Grove at the Walnut Valley Festival. Walk-on all acoustic improvisational set by Two-Time National Mandolin Champion Bruce Graybill with Scott Schmidt (2002 National Mandolin Champion), James McKinney (1982 National Banjo Champion), John Lowell (of Weber fine acoustic Instruments), and Marvin Gruenbaum (of Kansas City Symphony and Spontaneous Combustion). Several of these musicians met and played together for the first time (for about 30 minutes) a few hours before they met to do this set. Marvin and James walked on during the set after being delivered by security (from the campground Radio area where they were performing, so they had not even met the other players (except Bruce). Tunes and arrangements were decided on the fly while on stage yielding a truly improvisational music session. Video shot Mike Whalen who kindly prepared it for our use.

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• national
• mandolin
• champion
• banjo
• Walnut
• Valley
• Festival
• improvisational
• acoustic
• stage
• wvf
• Winfield

[JohnnyKaw665022]

I LOVE Stage 7 and THIS was one of the best sets in it's illustrious history.

And I really LOVE that Papa Pete. His big burly Santa Beard makes me wanna get naked and sit on his lap and whisper what I want in is ear? Does anyone know if there is a Mrs. Clause?

[TBSMandolin]

James! Your amazing man. I played DIA Salt Creek with Drew in Boulder. Hope to play or even see ya at Winfield 08 -Tristan

[BanjoCrazyDude]

I like the way this one lays back and kinda bounces. Hot pickin, and the Banjo dude is amqazing!

[ktbriggs]

Awesome pickin' guys, I was trying to keep up at home. The only time it made sense to me was that last all-together now.