Artist: Tony Trischka
Genre(s):
Country
Discography:
Solo Banjo Works
Year: 1995
Tracks: 24
The van banjo sylings of Tony Trischka elysian a solid generation of progressive bluegrass musicians; he was not merely considered among the selfsame best pickers, he was likewise one of the instrument's top teachers, and created numerous instructional books, teaching video tapes and cassettes.
A native of Syracuse, New York, Trischka's interest in banjo was sparked by the Kingston Trio's "Charlie and the MTA" in 1963. Two age later, he united the Down City Ramblers, where he remained through 1971. That class, Trischka made his transcription debut on 15 Bluegrass Instrumentals with the band Country Cooking; at the same time, he was also a member of Country Granola. In 1973, he began a biennial least sandpiper with Breakfast Special. Between 1974 and 1975, he recorded deuce solo albums, Bluegrass Light and Heartlands. After one more than solo album in 1976, Banjoland, he went on to become musical drawing card for the Broadway show The Robber Bridegroom. Trischka toured with the show in 1978, the year he also played with the Monroe Doctrine.
Start in 1978, he besides played with artists such as Peter Rowan, Richard Greene, and Stacy Phillips. In the early 1980s, he began recording with his novel group Skyline, which recorded its first-class honours degree record album in 1983. Subsequent albums included Automaton Plane Flies all over Arkansas (solo, 1983), Stranded in the Moonlight (with Skyline, 1984) and Hill Country (solo, 1985). In 1984, he performed in his first base feature plastic film, Foxfire. Three age later, he worked on the soundtrack for Driving Miss Daisy. Trischka produced the Belgian group Gold Rush's No More Angels in 1988. The following year, Skyline recorded its final record album, Fire of Grace. He also recorded the radical birdsong for Books on the Air, a popular National Public Radio Show, and continued his tie-up with the electronic network by coming into court on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, Lot Stage, From Our Front Porch, and other radio shows. Trischka's solo recordings include 1993's Earth Turning, 1995's Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection and 1999's Crimp. New Deal followed in 2003. The new studio record album was a bluesy adaptation of bluegrass standards that featured, among other things, a vocal cameo by Loudon Wainwright. Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, featuring an appearance by comic Steve Martin, came kO'd tetrad age afterwards.
