Nate Leath - Rockville Pike    reviews

Nate Leath is a scary-good fiddler, band-member of Old School Freight Train, tunesmith, producer-and now, ringleader of one hell of a rollicking musical party as captured on his new old-time inspired album "Rockville Pike." For this project, ("one of most collaborative I've ever been part of," he says), Nate's thrown together veterans like Mark Schatz (on bass, banjo, and feet), Danny Knicely, and Tom Mindte, with rising stars in what I call the Formidable Companionable Youth of contemporary "neo-trad." Youth: yes, there's something curiously compelling about 13-year old Tatiana Hargreaves wailing out on "Boll Weevil": "Saw a little spider climbing up and down the wall / He must have been goin' to get his ashes hauled…". Formidable: because awesome technical chops, deep listening in diverse styles, musical knowledge and inventiveness are givens, not exceptions, in this extended circle of brilliant players. Companionable: because as a community these young Turks are incredibly good-hearted, supportive, welcoming, spirited, playful, aware. - Mark Simos

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Nate Leath
Danny Knicely
Mark Schatz
Sarah Jarosz
Tatiana Hargreaves
Eric Robertson

& Guests
Kimberly Frazier
Tom Mindte
Maya Lerman
Brian Vollmer

Ride Old Buck to Water * Wild Bill Jones * Richmond *
Moonshiner * Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase listen (mp3)*
Boll Weevil * What Time is it My Pretty Little Miss? *
Miss McCloud's Reel / The Squirrel Hunters / St. Anne's Reel *
No One Knows My Name * Rockville Pike *
Sittin' on Top of the World * Greasy Coat
Rhythm Masters' Red Tag Waltz *
Rosin on the Gourd

Rockville Pike


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Nate Leath - fiddle
Rex McGee - banjo
Daniel Knicely - mandolin & vocals
Stefan Custodi - bass
Tom Mindte - lead vocals, mandolin
Dede Wyland - vocals

Tater Mash * I've Always Been a Rambler listen (mp3)*
Cherokee Shuffle *
Long Time Gone * Sally Ann *
I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home * Leather Britches *
Kentucky Waltz * Cluck Old Hen * One Woman Man *
Lauren's Lullaby

I've Always Been a Rambler
2005
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VIOLIN: Nate Leath
GUITAR: Steve Abshire
MANDOLIN: Danny Knicely
DRUMS: Mike Shepherd
BASS: Dave Wundrow

Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Limehouse Blues *
Out Of Nowhere * Foggy Mountain Special * Eurudice *
Mojo Espresso * Blue Skies * Jessica's Theme
Mojo Espresso
2003
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Extra Medium
2000
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Nate Leath - Violin & Percussion
Bob Rubin & Bill Queen - Guitars
Daniel Knicely - Bass & Mandolin
Bruce Krohmer - Sax & Clarinet

Lady be Good * Summertime * Take Five * Satin Doll *
I’m Confessin’ * It Don’t Mean a Thing * Misty *
Minor Swing * Honeysuckle Rose *
House of the Rising Sun *
Girl From Ipanama / Song for My Father