Acoustic-Celtic-Appalachian-Folk-Rock-Jazz

19 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, WORLD: Celtic



Details:
Multi-instrumentalist Mike Furbee releases a solo album. Although fiddle is his primary instrument, this album features Mike on mandolin, electric bass, pennywhistle, tenor banjo, guitar, vocals, saxophone and keyboards as well as a few other odds and ends. Bob Shank, George Arata, Myron Bretholz and Mark Walbridge pitched in to make this very listenable CD. Although this group usually plays a sort of Neo-Celtic-Appalachian style they sometimes call 'Sissy Old Time' some of the tracks on this CD definitely show folk rock, and jazz influences. All the tunes are Furbee originals. Mike describes the project heimself:

"This band came together to produce the Artery Project Soundtrack in Late 2004 and early 2005. This project started out with a book of abstract artwork by Mary Furbee, my wife, who died in April 2004. The project soon expanded to include a DVD to accomodate all the images which wouldn't fit in the book, and this required a soundtrack. What better soundtrack than to record some of the tunes I had written over the past 25 years from when I first met Mary.
I have had the good fortune to play with all these guys before, in the Frothy Band and in Curmudgeon. Bob and Mark go back even further, playing in the legendary band, Hickory Wind. Although Bob and I recorded two albums with Curmudgeon, I never got to record with George, Myron or Mark until this project. They were fantastic, traveling to Morgantown from Boston, Baltimore and DC to help me. Bob did a beautiful job of recording and led me through hours of painstaking edits to end up with the final product. I included 3 of my tunes from old Curmudgeon recordings too.


Curmudgeon was:
Monica Andis
Jack Barker
Mike Furbee
Bob Shank
Larry Spisak


The full details of the Artery Project can be found on my website and I've posted some of Mary's paintings under the PICS section of my profile.

The DVD can be purchased at Film Baby

The book and the CD and the notecards and the prints can be found at MountainMade in Thomas, WV - Tamarack in Beckley WV, and Appalachian Galleries in Morgantown. Or you can contact me directly or go to my website.

I was a member of:
Yukon Jack and the Wharf Rats - Progressive Bluegrass in the late 70's
The Frothy Band - Celtic mostly in the 80's
Curmudgeon - Celtic Appalachian in the 90's


In this decade I have played in:
Shank, Karukis and Furbee
The Curmudgeonly Old Hickory Winded Frothy Slosh Band
Boys to Mennonites


My past recording projects include:
Primary Recordings:,
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon: Country Life
The Artery Project


Guest Appearances:
Owen Davis - Fred MacMurray on Safari
James Nelson - Ghost Dance
Patrick Westoo - Peoples Bills and Thrills
Keith Myath and the Sore Losers - A James on the Run
Rena Perozich - Heirloom Time
The Duty Brothers - Bubbas Rhapsody
Danny Williams - Pretty Little Dog
We Are Not For Sale - WV Compilation
The Short Brothers Band - Just How Wild Do You Want It To Be
Up to Our Necks In Christmas - Morgantown Compilation
Musicians for the Met - Morgantown Compilation
Shannon Brown - Thirsty
Todd Burge - Tin Since
Brian Porterfield and Cheap Truckers Speed - Some Other One
Moon - Get It Through Your Heart
The Janes - The Janes
Dan Cunningham - I Think Of Home
Halftime String Band - The Halftime String Band
More to come? Call me!"