Dramtreeo

Dramtreeo is a popular folk group executing through the entire mid-Atlantic area of america because the early 1980’s. Starting like a trio greatly influenced from the Kingston Trio in 1981, the initial members required their name from your story from the “Dram Tree,” a story about a vintage cypress tree in the harbor of Edenton, NC. Relating to this story, sailors would collect in the tree ahead of their voyages to possess one last dram of rum once and for all luck. Ships time for the harbor would fill up the casks, keeping the custom alive. Obtaining a welcome house on the event circuit and in the tiny folk clubs around their home foundation of Norfolk, Virginia, Dramtreeo constructed a good and loyal pursuing as their design developed and staff shifted. The nautical styles from the group’s music experienced particular charm along the mid-Atlantic seaboard. The trio experienced mutated right into a quartet by enough time of Dramtreeo’s 1st recording in 1984, with banjoman Meade Stith the only real initial member. With multi-instrumetalist Jerry Cronin, string bass participant Marty Sachs and guitarist Chip Vogan completing the lineup, Dramtreeo was a rousing documented introduction with their limited vocal harmonies and acoustic musical workmanship. Following Sachs’ loss of life late that 12 months at age twenty nine, Carlton Lillard became a member of on electrical bass acoustic guitar. Waterside premiered in 1987, carrying on the mixture of ocean shanties, Irish ballads and Kingston Trio-like folk tracks displayed in the debut. Dramtreeo 3 implemented in 1992 using the same lineup. Stith still left following the discharge of the 3rd record, and Dramtreeo extended to a quintet by adding fiddle virtuoso Andy Cleveland and harmonica guy Jim Crutchfield. The 1995 launch, Surprise, included originals, traditional folk and gospel tunes, the Merle Travis traditional “Sixteen Lots,” Woody Guthrie’s “This Property is Your Property,” and Stephen Foster’s “CRISIS.” Throughout Dramtreeo’s profession, the group’s solid multi-part vocal harmonies and good musicianship possess helped produce a user-friendly, family-oriented design rarely found because the folk growth of the first ’60s. The albums have already been consistently solid, and taken collectively form a classic body of use broad charm. Recordings can be found from Southern Branch Music, 1026 Raleigh Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507.