photo by Micheal Stewart
Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte
Duet singing may be the finest distillation
of the high lonesome sound, with its roots lodged deep in the
boulders of the Blue Ridge and its soul in the rarified ether where the
Monroes, the Stanleys, the Louvins, the Delmores and the Blue Sky Boys
will meet to trade
tunes up in heaven. Now you have the good fortune to encounter Jeremy
Stephens and Tom Mindte, linked up for some Old Time Duets. As Tom puts
it, “Duet singing is the nexus of music, as I see it. Everything
else is peripheral.”
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Mindte, who has produced several recordings with bluegrass virtuosos The Patuxent Partners, is a dynamic mandolin picker and powerful singer well known on the music convention circuit. He recounts that “when Jeremy Stephens happened by our campsite a couple of years ago, carrying a guitar instead of his banjo, I kicked off 'The Lord's Last Supper,' written by one of Jeremy's banjo heroes, Don Reno. Jeremy caught the tenor vocal and the blend sounded pretty good. We discovered that we knew a lot of the same songs, so we decided to do the album.”
Jeremy, a relative newcomer to recording and performing, says he “began listening to old time and bluegrass banjo and guitar players, but some of the first traditional music I ever heard was Dock Boggs, so I've always loved old time music.”
TOM MINDTE
Mandolin & Lead Vocal
JEREMY STEPHENS
Guitar & Tenor Vocal
COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES
IT RAINED A MIST
ON THE JERICHO ROAD
I STOOD ON THE BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT
SPARKLING BROWN EYES
TRAGIC LOVE
YOU MADE THE BREAK
WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT LOVE
DO YOU CALL THAT RELIGION?
HE'S COMING BACK TO EARTH AGAIN
DON'T FORGET TO PRAY
THERE'S AN OPEN DOOR WAITING
TOM MINDTE
Mandolin & Lead Vocal
JEREMY STEPHENS
Guitar & Tenor Vocal
THEY SLEEP TOGETHER NOW
AT REST
DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE
ARE YOU LOST IN SIN?
THE LOVERS’ QUARREL
THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS
THE LORD’S LAST SUPPER
MANSIONS FOR ME
MARY OF THE WILD MOOR
OUR DARLING’S GONE
SHE HAS FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING NOW
STORMY WATERS
TINY BROKEN HEART
THE TOUCH OF GOD’S HAND