WS815: The Spinney Brothers and Roy Book Binder




The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour Podcast show

Summary: THE SPINNEY BROTHERS are based in Canada and heralded all over North America as champions of traditional bluegrass music, touring in support of their new CD, Tried & True. Allan & Rick Spinney, who still call Nova Scotia home, are known for their heartfelt, brother duet vocals. The siblings record for Mountain Fever Records in Willis, Virginia. They are coming off enormous success from their sophomore record for Mountain Fever, which garnished them both a #1 single and #1 CD on the Top 30 Charts. www.spinneybrothers.com YOUTUBE Clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBhuLcxSng ROY BOOK BINDER is one of America’s great folk and blues treasures. He was a friend of the blues master Rev. Gary Davis, he is equally at home with blues and ragtime, he is known to shift from open tunings to slide arrangements to original compositions, with both traditional and self-styled licks. He has toured with Bonnie Raitt, and has shared the stage with many great bluesmen including: BB King, John Jackson, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. THE GOOD BOOK, Roy’s latest release of all original songs, reached #3 on AirPlayDirect’s Americana charts. www.roybookbinder.com WoodSongs Kid: Silas Powell is a third generation bluegrass musician from Salem, West Virginia.