Joan Harrison - banjo, lead vocals • Betsy Rome - guitar, vocals
Michael Sassano - mandolin • Jamie Doris - bass, vocals
Upcoming
Performances 2012
• Fri. Jan. 27: Concert, Poughkeepsie, NY
Hudson Valley Bluegrass Assoc. Showcase Series. Christ Church, 20 Carroll St., Poughkeepsie NY.
Open jam at 7 pm, followed by Too Blue in concert. Refreshments available. Admission: $10
www.hvbluegrass.com
• Sun. Jan. 29: The Firebox Restaurant, Hartford CT
Sunday bluegrass music series. 5-8:30 pm. No cover. Hosted by Nick Novia & Joe DeLillo. 539 Broad St., Hartford. 860-246-1222.
www.fireboxrestaurant.com
• Sat. Feb. 4: Huntington St. Café, Shelton CT
8 - 11 pm. 90 Huntington St., Shelton CT.
No cover. (203) 925-9064.
www.huntingtonstreetcafe.com
• Sat. Feb. 18: Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Framingham
MA
Too
Blue will perform at 6:00 pm on the Joe Val Showcase stage (lower level). Festival runs Fri-Sat-Sun.
www.bbu.org/jv_schedule.htm
• Sat. Mar. 24: Huntington St. Café, Shelton CT
8 - 11 pm. 90 Huntington St., Shelton CT.
No cover. (203) 925-9064.
www.huntingtonstreetcafe.com
• Sat. June 16: (private engagement)
• Sat. Aug. 18: Long Island Bluegrass Festival
Too Blue recording at Ampersand Records, Bridgewater NJ
Bob Harris at the board – Come in when you know where you are!
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Too Blue photo shoot on the streets of New York, by photographer Richard Bram.
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Joan & her banjo having a studio moment, while Betsy solos on her Gitane while the Santa Cruz waits its turn.
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Michael polishes off a solo; Jamie & his bass, ready for a take.
Guest fiddler Rob Hecht lays down some tasty fills...then break time!
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Hot licks . . .
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Guitarist Jim Hurst trading licks with Betsy at the Westchester Bluegrass Club.
Michael Sassano with fiddle legend Byron Berline, in concert, Poughkeepsie NY.
Jerry Oland, Michael Sassano and Buddy Merriam onstage at the 25th Joe Val Bluegrass Festival.
Banjoist Tony Trischka (Joan's former banjo teacher) and Joan, having a banjo moment.
CD
Release
Our 1st CD,
A Little On the Blue Side, is also available. Featuring 13 all-original
vocal & instrumentals, with guest fiddler Joyce
Andersen and liner notes by Jim
Hurst, IBMA Guitarist of the Year, 2001 & 2002.
"Too Blue makes an auspicious debut with this CD, offering clever songs, good singing, strong instrumentals and great flatpicking in a well-recorded package."
– Dave McCarty, Flatpicking Guitarmagazine, Sept./Oct.2002" From all aspects, "A Little On The Blue Side" is a class production from a contemporary bluegrass band that knows how to put swing into their bluegrass."
– Les McIntyre, Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, Oct.2002
Send check or money order
for $15 + $2 S&H per CD to: Too Blue, 35 Heritage Dr., Woodbury,
CT 06798. US orders only; foreign orders please email
for price.
Reviews
* Click here
to read the CD review by Joe Ross on the California Bluegrass Assoc.
website, Aug. 2003
* Click here
to read the CD review in Taconic Weekend, 2/6/03.
* Click here to read the CD review in Flatpicking
Guitar magazine, Sept/Oct 2002.
Download free 30-second mp3 samples by clicking on highlighted tracks from "A Little On The Blue Side".
1. The
Leaving Kind
2. Blue Side
3. Two Dogs
4. Start All Over
5. Three Rivers
6. When the Bloom Is Off the Rose
7. Too Good To Be Bad
8. Morning Dew
9. Too Little Too Late
10. Brand New Blues
11. Emma's Dilemma
12. Bad News
13. Full Time Job
Mailing
List
Send us an email
with your name, address and email address, and we'll keep you up-to-date with
our latest news & events.
Links
Here's some sites
you may want to visit:
ibluegrass.com -- bluegrass
news, reviews, interviews
Mockingbird Music
-- Glenn Nelson, luthier in central MA; Joan plays a Mockingbird banjo. See
Joan's profile here.
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine
-- great flatpicking guitar site
NY Bluegrass -- NY/NJ/CT regional
calendar & info
Hudson Valley BG Assoc.
-- jam sessions, events in the Hudson Valley NY area
Boston Bluegrass Union -- info
about New England bluegrass events
International Bluegrass Music Assoc.
-- trade organization for bluegrass music
Rosendale Cafe -- acoustic
venue and vegetarian cuisine, Rosendale NY
The Guitar Specialist
-- Doug Proper, luthier in S.Salem NY, also a fine jazz guitarist
Out to Lunch -- great
band in NY state, featuring our own Michael Sassano
CTBMA
-- Connecticut Bluegrass Music Association, info about CT bluegrass scene
Darwin Davidson -- bluegrass photographer
& radio personality, WERU-FM, Deer Isle ME.
Contacts
Joan Harrison
Betsy Rome