Our own Jason Sypher will be on Austin City Limits on South Carolina ETV tonight at 11pm, with a repeat at 1230am on North Carolina PBS at 1235am. He will be with Rhiannon Giddens.
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Double Bass Jason Sypher
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Hopefully there'll be a stream - I'll try to catch it. One of my faves:
He shared a clip on facespace shortly after the episode was filmed.
It is not to be missed. They really lay down some heat.
It is not to be missed. They really lay down some heat.
Diggin' Ms. Giddens as always.
Diggin' Jason as always.
Wishing the cellist would take a long coffee break as always.
Diggin' Jason as always.
Wishing the cellist would take a long coffee break as always.
They did in fact bring the heat!!! Rhiannon plays her fretless banjo really well in tune. Jason plays perfectly.
Got to meet and hear Jason this past Friday. What a nice person and a great player as you know. Rhiannon and the band were playing at a local performing theatre. I already had tickets for another event in Memphis - Trevor Noah's live tour that same night. Anyway, I managed to get over to the theatre where Jason was to play about an hour before their sound check. I meet Jason and he took me on stage to show me his setup. Showed me how he's blending a Krivo pickup (which he thought he would never buy) with a copper Realist to get a bit more volume without feedback. Next he pulled out his American Standard - asked me what I was "working on" - and began to give me an impromptu lesson including his percussive style tricks and his approach to arco when playing fiddle tunes. Amazing!!!
Trevor Noah's show was incredibly funny and savy. (Be sure to catch his show if you can.)
I was able to make the 25 mile dash from theatre-to-theatre to catch Rhiannon's last 3 tunes in an encore. As expected, the band sounded great, and Jason's bass couldn't have sounded better.
BTW, Jason was looking for some flatwound strings for a Jazz bass he had recently bought - he plays it on a couple of tunes on the tour. I found an old set of Chromes in the string drawer and brought them with me for the theatre-to-theatre dash. Never know when someone might need an old set of flatwounds.
Trevor Noah's show was incredibly funny and savy. (Be sure to catch his show if you can.)
I was able to make the 25 mile dash from theatre-to-theatre to catch Rhiannon's last 3 tunes in an encore. As expected, the band sounded great, and Jason's bass couldn't have sounded better.
BTW, Jason was looking for some flatwound strings for a Jazz bass he had recently bought - he plays it on a couple of tunes on the tour. I found an old set of Chromes in the string drawer and brought them with me for the theatre-to-theatre dash. Never know when someone might need an old set of flatwounds.
Most excellent stuff. Still loving all I've heard from the band and Jason.
And I notice the video I linked above no longer works, so let's re-post it:
And I notice the video I linked above no longer works, so let's re-post it:
Fantastic band. Unfortunately life got in the way when they were in Albany recently, but there's always a next time.
My old man almost keeled over when I relayed Jason's Robert Plant story.
My old man almost keeled over when I relayed Jason's Robert Plant story.
