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Groupe Bluegrass US fondé en 1976 par Ron Homason et composé de John Baker,
Robert Leach et John Carpenter, auquel s'est jointe deux ans plus tard Mary Jo
Leet.
Dry Branch
Fire Squad was a modern bluegrass band dedicated to bluegrass, old-timey, and
Southern gospel music traditions. Mandolin player and comedian Ron Homason
founded the Fire Squad in 1976. The earliest incarnation the group included
guitarist John Baker, banjo player Robert Leach, and bass player John Carpenter.
Two years later, Mary Jo Leet became the group's vocalist. The group released a
series of independent releases before signing with Rounder in 1978; they would
stay with the venerable roots label for the rest of their career.
The Fire Squad continued to release albums on Rounder throughout the 1980s;
standouts included Good Neighbours & Friends (1985) and the gospel-flavored
Golgotha from a year later. By 1996's Live! At Last, the group included Homason,
guitarist Adam McIntosh, and banjoist Dan Russell; Mary Jo Leet was joined by
her husband, Charlie, on harmonies and acoustic bass. The live album displayed
the Fire Squad's penchant not only for traditional bluegrass and other Americana
styles, but uproarious comedy as well. Memories That Bless & Burn appeared in
1999. The record mixed older material with new, and featured vocalist Suzanne
Thomas. The band followed with 2001's Hand Hewn, and continued to be a favorite
on the bluegrass and folk festival circuit. A second live album, the double disc
Live at the Newburyport Firehouse, was released on Rounder in 2005. In 2007
Rounder released Thirtieth Anniversary Special, a retrospective that included
four new tracks, followed by the all new Echoes of the Mountains in 2009.
http://www.drybranchfiresquad.com/
Talents : Ron : Mandolin, Comedy - John Baker : Guitar - Robert : Banjo - John Carpenter : Bass - Mary Jo : Vocals
Style musical : Bluegrass, Bluegrass-Gospel, Old-Timey, Appalachian Folk, String Band
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
| 1977 | LP 12" R.T. 513 (US) |
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THE DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD LIVE AT THE CRYING COWBOY CONCERT SALOON - Banjo In The Hills / When I Loved You / Cowboy Jim / Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake / Cripple Creek / Little Ellen / God Gave You To Me / White House Blues / Rawhide / I'll Never Make You Blue / Gray Eagle Hornpipe / Drunkard's Dream / Out On The Blue Ridge Mountain / Out On The Ocean / Black Lung / Old Joe Clark |
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| 1977 | LP 12" RITE 001 (US) |
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SPIRITUAL SONGS FROM DRY BRANCH - Oak Grove Church / Jesus On The Mainline / Working On A Building / Sweetest Gift / Happy On My Way / Scarlet, Purple Robe / I Believe In The Old Time Way / They Won't Believe / Lonely Tombs / Sunny Side Of Life / Upper Window / Children, Go Where I Send Thee / Angel Band / Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" RITE RT 002 (US) |
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DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD - Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / I Believed In You Darlin' / Pal Of Mine / Louisiana Love / Two Soldiers / Get Up John / Montana Cowboy / Medicine Springs / Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Road To Columbus / Sugar Coated Love / Out On The Mountain High | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" ROUNDER 0119 (US) |
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BORN TO BE LONESOME - Wild Mountain Honey / Born To Be Lonesome / Legend Of The Johnson Boys / On The Old Kentucky Shore / Where The Soul Never Dies / I Love No One But You / She's More To Be Pitied / Brand New Tennessee Waltz / I'm Lookin' For The Stone / Orphan Girl / Sweetest Love / Were You There? | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" ROUNDER 0139 (US) |
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ANTIQUES & INVENTIONS - Bachelor's Hall / It's Too Late Now / Golden Ring / I'll Forget The Tears I've Cried / Midnight On The Stormy Deep / Travel, Travel On / Old River / Leona / Goin' Across The Mountain / Jessie's Waltz / Cabin Of Love / I'm Only Human / Oh! What A Storm / Dak's Song | ||
| 1983 | LP 12" ROUNDER 0163 (US) |
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FANNIN' THE FLAMES - Down South In New Orleans / Fannin' The Flames / Walking Back To Richmond / I'll Be No Stranger / Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake / Cowboy Jim / Mount Zion's Lofty Heights / Love's Just A Game / When Heaven Comes Down / I Have Found The Way / Aragon Mill / Golden Vanity / Fatal Wedding | ||
| 1985 | LP 12" ROUNDER 0218 (US) |
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GOOD NEIGHBOURS & FRIENDS - Someone Play Dixie For Me / Adieu To Cold Weather / Please, Mommy, Please / Leather Britches / Faded Coat Of Blue / Cripple Creek / You've Been A Friend To Me / Do I Ever Cross Your Mind / Auction At The Home Place / The Name Of It / Drunkard's Dream / Women Make A Fool Out Of Me / Steels Of A White Man / Good Neighbors & Friends | ||
| 1985 | LP 12" GORDO 001 (US) |
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ON TOUR - RECORDED LIVE AT GRANITE HILL PARK, GETTYSBURG, PA. - Hot Corn, Cold Corn / Dak's Nursury Song / Lonesome River / Radio S-A-V-E-D / Touch The Hem / Bluegrass Breakdown / Black Lung / Whitehouse Blues / Fox On The Run |
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| 1986 | LP 12" ROUNDER 0224 (US) |
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GOLGOTHA - Walk The Streets Of Glory / The Gospel Way / There's A River / Dip Your Fingers In Water / Shine Hallejuah Shine / Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone / Goin' Up The Mountain / Gospel Ship / We'll Work This Jesus Comes / Looking For The Stone / There's Dust On The Bible / Golgotha | ||
| 1988 | CD ROUNDER 11519 (US) |
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TRIED AND TRUE - Down South In New Orleans / Brand New Tennessee Waltz / Someone Play Dixie For Me / Going Up On The Mountain / Auction At The Home Place / Legend Of The Johnson Boys / Aragon Mill / Goin' Across The Mountain / Faded Coat Of Blue / Wild Mountain Honey / Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake Girl / Oh! What A Storm / She's More To Be Pitied / Cripple Creek / Golden Ring / There's Dust On The Bible / Cowboy Jim / Walking Back To Richmond / Golgotha | ||
| 1989 | CD ROUNDER CD-0258 (US) |
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FERTILE GROUND - Devil, Take The Farmer / Darlin'Nellie Across The Sea / Where We'll Never Die / Turkey In The Straw / There's Nothing Between Us / Love Has Brought Me To Despair / The Honest Farmer / The Great Titanic / Golden Morning / Do You Ever Dream Of Me? / The Old Time Way / Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine | ||
| 1992 | CD ROUNDER CD-0289 (US) |
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LONG JOURNEY - Long Journey / Orphan Chid / Rain And Snow / I'd Rather Be The Girl You Left Behind / Oak Grove Church / I've Always Been A Rambler / Jesus On The Mainline / Saalo's Song / Old Katy Hill / A House Divided / Don't Ever Look Back / We Believe In Happy Endings | ||
| 1993 | CD ROUNDER CD-306 (US) |
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JUST FOR THE RECORD - I've Lived A Lot In My Time / A Distant Land To Roam / Going To The Races / Midnight On The Stormy Deep / A Mother's Last Words To Her Daughter / Going Across The Sea / Why Do We Keep Holding On To A Heartache? / The Girl At The Bar / Church By The Road / Sugar Tree Ridge / Unwed Fathers / Carolyn At The Broken Wheel Inn / The God That Never Fails / Our Darlin's Gone | ||
| 10/1996 | CD ROUNDER CD-339 (US) |
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LIVE ! AT LAST - Late Last Night / True Historia / Aragon Mill / Economical Talk / John Henry / A Pitiful Thing / The Cowboy Song / Housework Is My Life / Red Rocking Chair / Cultural Exchange / Someone Play Dixie For Me / Hambone - Balo's Song / Testosterone Poisoning / Midnight On The Stormy Deep / Banjo Jokes / Blue Grass Breakdown / Band Introductions / World's Greatest Folksinger / Hard Times / Goin Up On The Mountain / Walk The Streets Of Glory | ||
| 10/1999 | CD ROUNDER CD-469 (US) |
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MEMORIES THAT BLESS & BURN - Memories That Bless And Burn / Hide You In The Blood / Looking For The Stone (A Cappella) / Looking For The Stone / Were You There? / Travel, Travel On / I'll Be No Stranger / When Heaven Comes Down / I Have Found A Way / Where We'll Never Die / Dip Your Fingers In Some Water / The Gospel Way / The God That Never Fails / That Home Far Away / When I Wnet Down In The Valley / Touch The Hem Of His Garment | ||
| 04/2001 | CD ROUNDER CD-466 (US) |
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HAND HEWN - Angelina Baker / I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day / I Can Go To Them / Nazeer, Nazeer (Nazeer, Nazeer) / Atlanta Is Burning / Willye Brennan / While Roving On Last Winter's Night / Sailor's Return / Black Lung / The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird / Two Coats / Midnight, The Unconquered Outlaw / I'll Live Again / Papa's Billy Goat / Lonesome Road Blues | ||
| 01/2005 | 2 CD ROUNDER CD-0527 (US) |
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LIVE AT THE NEWBURYPORT FIREHOUSE :
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| 05/2007 | CD ROUNDER CD-0585 (US) |
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THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Devil, Take The Farmer / I Saw A Man At Close Of Day / Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Church By The Road / He's Coming To Us Dead / A Distant Land To Roam / Over In The Glory Land / Do You Ever Dream Of Me? / The Honest Farmer / Long Journey / Oak Grove Church / Hide You In The Blood / Golden Ring / Carolyn At The Broken Wheel Inn / When I Went Down In The Valley To Pray / The Orphan Train / While Roving On Last Winter's Night / Dip Your Fingers In Some Water / We Believe In Happy Endings / How Great Thou Art | ||
| 01/2009 | CD ROUNDER CD-0574 (US) |
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ECHOES OF THE MOUNTAIN - Dixie Cowboy / Echo Mountain / Rider On An Orphan Train / Up On The Divide / (You Got To Pray To The Lord) When You See Those Flying Saucers / Bring It On Home To Me / Little Joe / Seven Spanish Angels / Stormy Waters / O Captain! My Captain! / Power In The Blood / Rovin' Gambler / Grayson's Train / Thank You, Lord |
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