Kathy returns to Sonoma County with her award winning band and a load of new material! A long time Sonoma County favorite, Kathy’s first rate band and stellar songwriting have propelled her to the front of the California Bluegrass scene.
“Kathy Kallick is one of the best songwriters in bluegrass and acoustic music, always coming up with interesting, sometimes playful, always sure-handed songs [featuring] conversational yet evocative lyrics and solid bluegrass sensibilities. But this is primarily a band album, and the Kathy Kallick Band is a wonderful combination of youth and experience. It feels like they’re very comfortable playing together and with playing to the song. All are strong musicians and they create a distinctive band sound. ” – Chris Stuart, Sing Out!
Kathy Kallick & her fabulous band:
Annie Staninec: fiddle, clawhammer banjo, vocals
Tom Bekeny: mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Greg Booth: dobro, banjo, vocals
Cary Black: acoustic bass, vocals
There is a tendency to think of West Coast bluegrass as being softer, jazzier, and somehow “other” than traditional. This can be the case, but there is also a school of bluegrass in Northern California which has, from the beginning, been steeped in Monroe-based tradition—as well as welcoming to women and original songs.
Kathy Kallick (guitar, vocals) has been leading bands in this traditional brand of West Coast bluegrass since co-founding the internationally-acclaimed band, Good Ol’ Persons, in 1975. She continues to evolve as one of the music’s extraordinary composers and vocalists.
Along the way, she has:
-won a Grammy and two IBMA Awards for her part on True Life Blues: The Songs Of
Bill Monroe …
– had five title tracks and albums — Call Me A Taxi, Walkin’ In My Shoes, Warmer Kind Of Blue, Between the Hollow and the High-Rise, and Time — each spent a year in the upper echelon of the national bluegrass charts …
– performed and recorded with the Frank Wakefield Band …
– written and recorded award-winning music for children and families …
– appeared on three high-profile Rounder collections of bluegrass songs by women, as well as noteworthy compilations of songs about baseball, trains, spiritual matters, families, broken hearts, Christmas, and mothers …
– toured throughout North America, Europe, and Japan …
– received a Lifetime Membership award from the California Bluegrass Association … and collaborated with the country’s top acoustic musician.