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Host Paul Trenwith is a founding member of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, playing banjo and occasionally singing harmony parts. From the mid-70’s to the mid-90’s, Paul and his fiddle-playing wife Colleen played as mostly gospel music, bluegrass-style, with a group of friends, and often featuring songs that Paul had written. He has become something of a musical ‘jack-of-all-trades’, playing banjo, dobro, pedal steel and rhythm guitar. He also plays double bass in the Hamilton-based Irish band. Paul has always been an enthusiastic advocate for and promoter of bluegrass music, and the show includes tracks from the classic bands, the traditional stylists and contemporary groups as well as some ‘roots’ bluegrass and new-grass. NZ and Australian bluegrass gets an airing, and every show includes some of his personal favourites.
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Host Paul Trenwith is a founder member of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, playing banjo and occasionally singing harmony parts. From the mid-70’s to the mid-90’s, Paul and his fiddle-playing wife Colleen played as mostly gospel music, bluegrass-style, with a group of friends, and often featuring songs that Paul had written. He has become something of a musical ‘jack-of-all-trades’, playing banjo, dobro, pedal steel and rhythm guitar. He also plays double bass in the Hamilton-based Irish band.
Paul has always been an enthusiastic advocate for and promoter of bluegrass music, and the show includes tracks from the classic bands, the traditional stylists and contemporary groups as well as some ‘roots’ bluegrass and new-grass. NZ and Australian bluegrass gets an airing, and every show includes some of his personal favourites.
There’s so many tracks of great songs and tunes that often remain ‘hidden’ on lesser-played albums. I like to dig them out, and I think I’ve got some beauties here. Bluegrassers like Sawmill Road, Lou Reid, the Bluegrass Album Band, Monroe Crossing and Mike Compton come up with some real gems, and I’ve included a couple of tracks from a ‘live show’ from Slim Dusty and the HCBB. The Soggy Bottom Boys feature, as do Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss from ‘O, Brother’, and David Parmley gets to sing a song too. Lots to like.
Album / Source Artist Track Title Date
1 Bluegrass Picking Paul Trenwith /Colleen Trenwith Dobro On The Loose 1976
2 Fire In The Kettle Sawmill Road Rose Of Donally’s Hollow 2009
3 Carolina, I’m Coming Home Lou Reid & Carolina Carolina, I’m Coming Home 2003
4 Across The Blue Mountains Monroe Crossing Nail That Catfish To A Tree 2001
5 Bluegrass Album Volume 2 Bluegrass Album Band Your Love Is Like A Flower 1982
6 3 Silver Dollars David Parmley & Continental Divide She’s Lying In The Cold, Cold Ground 2008
7 Rare & Fine Mike Compton California Forest Fire 2022
8 Live At Tamworth Slim Dusty & HCBB Cunnamulla Feller 1973
9 Live At Tamworth Slim Dusty & HCBB feat, Joy McKean My Clinch Mountain Home 1973
10 Oh Brother Where Art Thou Soggy Bottom Boys In The Jailhouse Now 2000
11 Across The Blue Mountains Monroe Crossing Letter From My Darlin’ 2001
12 O Brother Where Art Thou Alison Krasuss & Gillian Welch I’ll Fly Away 2000
13 Lady’s Fancy Dan Crary Pretty Little Indian 1977