Banjo player extraordinaire and ringleader of the upcoming Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs, Tony Trischka has released new single and video “Dooley” which features Molly Tuttle and Sam Bush.
Trischka says:
I first met Molly Tuttle at Shasta Camp in northern California. There were three banjo teachers, myself and two others, and there was only one banjo student, Molly Tuttle.
It wasn’t long before Trischka invited Tuttle to be part of his Of A Winter’s Night holiday show where the group recorded an album by the same name at Levon Helm’s Barn in Woodstock, New York. The rest is history with Molly Tuttle’s brilliant career.
The song “Dooley” was written by Mitch Jayne and Rodney Dillard and appeared on The Dillards’ first album, Back Porch Bluegrass. This version features not just Trischka and Tuttle on banjo and guitar, respectively, but the Newgrass artist Sam Bush. The track is rounded out with Tuttle’s Golden Highway bandmate Bronwyn Keith-Hynes on fiddle and backing vocals, Mark Schatz on bass, and Sean Trischka on backing vocals.
“Dooley” is the latest single from Trischka’s upcoming project honoring the man himself in what would’ve been his 100th trip around the sun. Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs, is due out on June 7th, 2024 on the newly-formed Down The Road label.
Catch Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam On Tour:
Mar. 22 – Barneveld, NY – Unity Hall
Mar. 23 – Albany, NY – The Egg
Mar. 28 – Charlottesville, VA – The Front Porch
Mar. 29 – Sparta, NC – Muddy Creek Music Hall
Apr. 4 – Duluth, GA – Red Clay Music Foundry
Apr. 5 – Savannah, GA – Savannah Music Festival
Apr. 18 – Hagerstown, MD – Hub City Vinyl
Apr. 20 – Rock Hall, MD – The Mainstay
May 3 – Boothbay Harbor, ME – The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
May 4 – Groton, MA – Groton Hill Music Center
June 7 – Amherst, MA – The Drake
June 8 – Cambridge, MA – Club Passim
June 13 – New York, NY – Joe’s Pub
June 16 – Palisade, CO – Palisade Bluegrass & Roots Festival
June 28 – Old Saybrook, CT – The Kate
June 29 – Great Barrington, MA – The Guthrie Center
June 30 – Bethlehem, PA – Godfrey Daniels
Aug. 30 – Brunswick, ME – Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival
Aug. 31 – Clarendon, VT – Kingsley Grist Mill National Historic Site
Sept. 21 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond Festival
