My good friend Cory Seznec, an innovative country blues and old time guitar and banjo player, teamed up with the WIYO's own Parrish Ellis at the downhome Jalopy Theatre in the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn for their first, and hopefully not their last, performance together. Tonight they presented their takes on old field recordings of Tidewater and Virginia blues for fingerstyle guitar, and they rocked. Parrish even made his 'hambone' debut with a southern prison song. Both are leaving the fertile musical bastion of Brooklyn - Cory is embarking on another UK tour with the Groanbox Boys, and Parrish is relocating to Asheville, NC. No doubt these young, like-minded folk and blues wizards will cross paths again. Adding to the magic on stage was a cameo appearance by Seattle-based boogie-woogie blues veteran Del Rey. She's as real as they get.
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