Buffalo Gals 22/10/09

Another opportunity to see a class band within walking distance of the house due to the Centre Stage subsidy for village performances. This time it was a largely British set of musicians playing American folk music mostly Appalachian. In fact the leader of the band was from West Virginia and she was an excellent fiddle player. Unusually her playing underpinned and unified the music whereas fiddle players are often relatively showy and solo instruments. The band also featured a 'percussive' dancer who had an amazing skill with a still upper body and her feet beating out a rhythm. The music included bluegrass and other folk styles. One of the stand out tracks was "In My Time of Dying" which has been covered by Led Zeppelin amongst others. It still echoes in the mind a week after the gig. Kate Lissauer the band leader did a lot of the singing but a second vocalist had a distinctive voice and it suited a Patsy Cline song she did down to the ground. I must get some Patsy Cline albums.