Critic's picks - Bluegrass and country
Jack Bernhardt on the best bluegrass and country
Published: Fri, Aug. 18, 2006 12:00AM
Modified Fri, Aug. 18, 2006 03:10AM
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closeIn 1972, local pickers Jim Watson, Bill Hicks and Mike Craver joined with Tommy Thompson to form the Red Clay Ramblers, a brilliant acoustic quartet that bridged the old-time/bluegrass divide. Today, Watson, Hicks and Craver perform as the Original Red Clay Ramblers, with banjoist Joe Newberry taking over for Thompson, who died in 2003. The "O'blers" maintain the spirit and energy that graced such crowd-pleasing recordings as "Merchant's Lunch," "Twisted Laurel" and "Stolen Love" and their joyous off-Broadway romp in "Diamond Studs." On Sunday, the band fiddles, picks and sings tunes old and new at Southern Village in Chapel Hill (www.southernvillage.com).
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