What No Depression sez about Danny Paisleys IBMA performance: AH, that voice! THAT VOICE! Danny Paisley may hail from Pennsylvania, but he’s heir to a rich tradition of Appalachian music, from the holler bluegrass of his father Bob Paisley, to the old-time fiddle tunes of the Lundy family, long-time members of Bob Paisley’s band. With a thick Southern accent and the kind of razor-sharp song diction that gives his vocals the drive of a square dance fiddler, Paisley is the real-deal in bluegrass. So real that he almost didn’t fit at IBMA. He seemed like a man out of time, playing mountain music so deeply Southern that he steamrolled over all the imitators of this great sound. His band was tight as could be and bass player/harmony vocalist Eric Troutman was a perfect foil for Paisley’s cutting vocals. Paisley’s young son Ryan Paisley on mandolin has gotten even better in the few years since I last saw him at the Pickathon festival outside Portland. He shredded like the teenage prodigy he is, ripping into tunes with a wild ferocity. I also loved banjo player Mark Delaney who brought a lot of outside jazz sensibilities to his hardcore picking. The band played hard and everyone on stage was amazing, but there’s nothing like Danny Paisley’s voice. It’s the kind of voice that kickstarted bluegrass in the first place and it’s great that true Southern music is still at the very heart of the tradition
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:50:03 +0000
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