Bluegrass in Baltimore release show live clips

As I prepare for the announcement of my newest book, Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival!, I wanted to take a moment and share some of the highlights of the release show for my previous book, Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound & its Legacy.  I was lucky enough to have some of Baltimore's best musicians, Caleb Stine, Cris Jacobs, Patrick McAvinue, Mike Munford, and Bluestone, join me for a night of amazing music at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore to celebrate the release of the book.

You can check out all their performances below, as well as the show ending group jam that featured  an impromptu 45-minute jam session.

Neville Jacobs debut due out September 28

Ivan Neville of New Orleans’ first family of funk and Cris Jacobs, the soulful Baltimore-bred bandleader and songwriter, have joined forces to collaborate on their first full length, self-titled, nine song album. Neville Jacobs will release their debut on September 28^th via Harmonized Records.

This unlikely duo came together in the most unlikely of ways. One day during the great celebration and intermingling of music and culture known as New Orleans Jazz Fest, Ivan Neville and Cris Jacobs found themselves killing time between gigs, seated next to each other at a poker table.

As Jacobs tells it, “I was killing some time one day during my first ever Jazzfest and I sat down to play some poker in Harrah's casino. Coincidentally, there was an empty seat next to me and in walked Ivan and sat down. We recognized each other from having crossed paths with our bands, Dumpstaphunk and The Bridge, but had never really met. We played poker for a few hours and chatted a bunch and left with a casual ‘let's make some music together sometime’ agreement.”