Jimmy and Moondi will be on the road promoting their new "2:10 Train" CD as the opening act for Emmylou Harris on her summer tours. There will be two tours -- the first in the eastern US in late June and the second in the western US from the middle of July to early August. The tour dates are listed on jimmyandmoondi.com and will appear on this site's tour schedule soon.
The new CD continues to get excellent reviews and the title track was one of the ten selections for the USA Today playlist on April 22nd: "What more could you ask from a bluegrass tune? A train, a prison and a mandolin
player who cops riffs from Sweet Home Alabama."
The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band's CD "Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, and Gray" is now available through the MandeauMart. It has also been getting good reviews and is a must-have for all Gentlemen fans -- as Tom Henderson of WNMF in Tampa says, it is "an instant classic".
Jimmy and Stuart Martin, who engineered the "2:10 Train" CD, have partnered to create the new Stonebridge Records of Virginia label. The label's first release will be a vintage studio project of Kevin Church, Wyatt Rice, Jimmy, along with Ernie Sykes and Warren Blair, that was recorded in preparation for their 1987 European tour. (During that tour the Bluegrass Unit "Live in Holland" project was recorded.) The CD will be release later this year. Of course, it will be available right here at the MandeauMart.
Jimmy is still hard at work on his instrumental album, which will consist solely of tunes he has written. The project has been underway for some time and it appears that progress will be slowed (but not stopped!) due to the summer tours opening for Emmylou Harris with Moondi.
Jimmy continues to enjoy playing with his new toys (a bouzouki & an octave mandolin) from Trinity College Instruments. He's even used the octave mandolin on some of his recent gigs.
The performance page is up to date except for the Emmylou Harris tour dates - those will be added soon but can be seen at the Jimmy and Moondi site in the meantime.
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