- Uncle Earl
Infobox musical artist
Name = Uncle Earl
Img_capt = Uncle Earl; from left to right:Rayna Gellert ,Abigail Washburn ,KC Groves andKristin Andreassen
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Background = group_or_band
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Origin =United States
Genre =Americana Old-time music
Years_active = 2000–Present
Label = Rounder
URL = [http://www.uncleearl.net/ uncleearl.net]
Associated_acts =Sparrow Quartet Sometymes Why Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble
Current_members =Kristin Andreassen Rayna Gellert KC Groves Abigail Washburn
Past_members =Jo Serrapere Tahmineh Gueramy Amanda Kowalski Sharon Gilchrist Casey Henry Sally Truitt Uncle Earl is an American
old-time music group, formed in 2000cite web | title=Uncle Earl FAQ | work=Uncle Earl | url=http://www.uncleearl.net/FAQ.htm | accessdate = 2007-06-12] byKC Groves andJo Serrapere . They are an all-women-band and often they refer to themselves as "the g'Earls". Their fans have also been nicknamed as "g'Earlfriends". [cite web | title=Uncle Earl's Newsletter | work=Uncle Earl | url=http://uncleearl.net/news.htm | month = July | year = 2005 | accessdate = 2007-06-12]The band has released five records. The members live in different parts of the United States.
Their last CD, "Waterloo, Tennessee", was released in March 2007. John Paul Jones of
Led Zeppelin fame produced the 16-song CD.Name
KC Groves mentions in an interview how the band got its name: "We just thought it would be a funny name for an all-women's group," she says. "But we are fans of
Earl Scruggs ,Steve Earle , andUncle Tupelo . It did come up in our discussion that there's some important Earls in this business. And uncles." [cite web | title=Uncle Earl adds modern sass to old-time music | work=Real Country Music | url=http://realcountrymusic.org/cgi/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9384 | month = July | year = 2005 | accessdate = 2007-06-12]History
Jo Serrapere left in 2003 and plays now with the
Willie Dunns . [http://www.joserrapere.com Willie Dunns Band Website (accessed 9 April, 2008)] ]By the end of 2003 the current line-up had fallen into place. All the band members are co-vocalists. It consists of
KC Groves onmandolin andguitar ,Abigail Washburn onbanjo ,Rayna Gellert onfiddle andKristin Andreassen ,guitarist ,fiddler , andclogging . Currently there is no permanent bass player.Bass players
For nearly four years
Amanda Kowalski played upright bass with Uncle Earl.Sharon Gilchrist joined the band in late 2004 and can be heard on the seven songEP "Raise a Ruckus" [cite web | title=Raise a Ruckus Liner Notes | work=Uncle Earl | url=http://www.uncleearl.net/ruckus.htm | month = April | year = 2005 | accessdate = 2007-06-14] . There is a rather long list of other bassists with whom Uncle Earl have performed. On their website they mention Eric Thorin, Sally Truitt, Erin Coats Youngberg, Alana Rocklin, Mary Lucey, Bryn Davies, Laura Cortese, Kyle Kegerreis,Missy Raines , and Dan Rose, with whom they have recorded their album "She Waits for Night" [cite web | title=Uncle Earl Newsletter Nov. 2004 | work=Uncle Earl | url=http://www.uncleearl.net/newsletterarchives/newsletternov04.htm | accessdate = 2007-06-12] . Youngberg and Thorin play bass on the album "Waterloo, Tennessee".Sharon Gilchrist left the band in early 2005 to playmandolin in thePeter Rowan andTony Rice Quartet.Discography
he Went Upstairs
January 2002 (
Jo Serrapere )# Charlie He's a Good Ol' Man
# The Blackest Crow
# Orphan Train
# Dream My Girl
# Rubber Dolly
# Where the Soul of Man Never Dies
# Baby
# Lost Child
# Over in the Glory Land
# The Fox
# Snow White Dove
# Feight TrainGoing to the Western Slope-EP
July 2004 (Uncle Earl)
# Coffee's Cold - Tater Patch
# Pale Moon
# Backstep Cindy
# Going to the West
# Coon Dog
# Keys to the KingdomRaise A Ruckus (EP)
December 2004 (Uncle Earl)
# Raise a Ruckus
# Stacker Lee
# Little Annie
# Julianne Johnson
# Walker
# Keys To The Kingdom
# The Izze Jinglehe Waits For Night
July 2005 (Rounder Records)
# Walkin' in My Sleep
# There Is A Time
# Sugar Babe
# Warfare
# Pale Moon
# Booth Shot Lincoln
# Willie Taylor
# Sullivan's Hollow
# How Long
# Old Bunch of Keys
# Sleepy Desert
# Divine
#Ida Red
# Take These ChainsWaterloo, Tennessee
March 2007 (Rounder Records)
# Black-Eyed Susie - (trad., arr. Uncle Earl)
# The Last Goodbye - (Ted Piney & Uncle Earl)
# One True - (Kristin Andreassen, Eric Merrill & Abigail Washburn)
# Wish I Had My Time Again - (trad., words & arr. Uncle Earl)
# My Little Carpenter (trad., arr. Uncle Earl)
# My Epitaph - (Ola Belle Reed )
# Buonaparte - (public domain, arr. Uncle Earl)
# Bony on the Isle of St. Helena - (trad., arr. Uncle Earl)
# Sisters of the Road - (Rayna Gellert, arr. Uncle Earl)
# Streak o' Lean, Streak o' Fat (a.k.a Hongshao Rou) - (music: trad., words: Abigail Washburn & Jon Campbell, arr. Uncle Earl)
# D & P Blues - (Uncle Earl)
# The Birds Were Singing of You - (A. P. Carter )
# Wallflower - (Bob Dylan )
# Drinker Born - (Rayna Gellert, arr. Uncle Earl)
# Easy in the Early ('Til Sundown) - (Kristin Andreassen & Uncle Earl)
# I May Never - (K.C. Groves, Carol Groves & Uncle Earl)External links
* [http://www.uncleearl.net/ Uncle Earl's official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/uncleearl Uncle Earl's myspace site]
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