Butch Ross Stops By Folkcraft (Posted by Nicholas Young on 8/19/2010)
All of us here at Folkcraft Instruments had the pleasure of meeting Butch Ross yesterday. He is on the road right now, so while in the area he stopped by for a tour of the facilities, lunch and a private mini-performance in our showroom (a sampling of which may be viewed below).
As with nearly all professional dulcimer players I meet, I liked him right away. Great guy, great musician.
Later that night he performed at an Irish pub in Fort Wayne. Naturally, we planned dinner and went downtown to watch the show. Butch promptly went on at 7pm and played 3 sets up until 10pm. The focus was the mountain dulcimer, but he mixed it up with some loops, effects and percussion. Richard was able to snag some more video from the show:
The set was definitely unique. He did a good mix of traditional folk tunes, along with some pop/rock adapted to the dulcimer (Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin, and my personal favorite, Death Cab For Cutie).
On behalf of the Folkcraft staff, we sincerely thank Butch Ross for stopping by Woodburn and bringing his talents to the area. It was indeed a pleasure, and we look forward to seeing him again soon.
Top: Richard, Steve, Butch, Nick, Bruce
Bottom: Cindy, Josh, Jim, Ellen
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