get up johns

if you were the methodists of mt. kisco, ny. you might have thought that it was a good idea to have a three-day open air big ten revival this summer. not only that, you would have hired these guys to do the music. and i quote the organizers....

"The featured camp meeting preacher is no stranger to either of those strands within historical Methodism. Coming from Monroeville, Alabama, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts is acknowledged to be one of the premier preachers in United Methodism today. As a young preacher, he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to secure voting rights for minority Americans at Selma, and his powerful voice has been heard numerous times on the "Protestant Radio Hour". Dr. Butts is a pastor, university educator and noted author.

Rev. Butt's evening messages will be opened each evening at 7:30 p.m. with the progressive bluegrass fusion music of The Get Up Johns, a Minnesota-based duet whose guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo music recalls the "high lonesome" sound of the father of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe. One reviewer unequivocally stated that no one could beat The Get Up Johns "for calling up the old tunes in a beautiful, harmonious way". The revival gatherings will also feature a black gospel choir and local acoustical musicians during the nights of this Methodist event."

come on, pilgrim.

ladies and gentlemen, the get up johns.





they let me sit in on a couple of numbers too. i was doing my best david rawlings...thanks to k* for the cool pics.