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Foghorn Stringband

The sound of Portland, Oregon's Foghorn Stringband could have come barreling through the grille-cloth of those big console radios in the living rooms of the 1950's, when the traditional sounds of rural America were still on the minds of young musicians transferring the old-time music to a distinctively modern age. Their tight instrumental work and line-up - fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass and guitar - is reminiscent of early bluegrass, but their powerful approach is whole-heartedly old-time, centered largely by the fiddle.   Foghorn Stringband plays old time string band music deeply rooted in the American folk tradition, but the Foghorns put their own stamp on it. Stephen "Sammy" Lind's fiddle and Caleb Klauder's mandolin play tight unison lead lines supported by the Rev. P.

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Foghorn Stringband 8/3/05: Foghorn Stringband

The Foghorn Stringband, at the forefront of Portland, Oregon’s old time music revival, encompasses in their style early country music, the fiddle repertoire of the Southern Appalachians and the Midwest, and the stringband sounds of the Piedmont region.

Foghorn Stringband

The Foghorn Stringband, at the forefront of Portland, Oregon’s old time music revival, encompasses in their style early country music, the fiddle repertoire of the Southern Appalachians and the Midwest, and the stringband sounds of the Piedmont region.

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