Make your guesses at our Facebook event page. Here's the link: 2012 Hillside Album Hour Guess-A-Thon!
Make your guesses at our Facebook event page. Here's the link: 2012 Hillside Album Hour Guess-A-Thon!
Make your guesses at our Facebook event page. Here's the link: 2012 Hillside Album Hour Guess-A-Thon!
In keeping with tradition, we'll be parceling out a handful of cryptic and intriguing clues here, on Twitter, and on our Facebook page and you'll use your cultural smarts and native ingenuity (as opposed to Google) to figure out what album we're gonna play. In fact, these clues are completely Google-proof, so don't even waste your time. We learned what not to do on Album Hour #2.
Make your guesses at our Facebook event page. Here's the link: 2012 Hillside Album Hour Guess-A-Thon!
Guess early and often, but don't offer the same guess more than once; there are no bonus points for that.
We'll announce a cut-off time for guesses in advance of the show and announce a winner after the last note sounds. In the event of multiple correct guesses, we'll use a secret and elaborate algorithm to pick the winner. We can't divulge the details, but it involves a hat.
Good luck! You'll never guess the right answer. We never even heard of this record until last weekend. Hope to see you all at Merlefest!
Our first clue is a riddle. CLUE #1: No way back name, foot to head, live or dead, bred or read.
We'll be taking a bit of a break from touring this year, so here's a perfect chance to catch the band while you can in an intimate setting. If you're in the Bay Area or anywhere nearby, come hang out with us for a great hometown gig. Sweetwater shows have been selling out swiftly, so you may want to get tickets sooner than later at the link below.
Resident Waybacks guitarist extraordinaire James Nash has just released an instructional guitar video, aptly titled "Making the Acoustic Guitar Rock!" The two-hour DVD covers a wide range of topics, from basics like alternate picking and how to make bar chords and string bends easier, to more advanced strategies for moving around the fingerboard and playing over chord changes. James shows how he works influences like Keith Richards and Neil Young into his flatpicking, and shares ideas for improvising over bluegrass standards like "Cherokee Shuffle" and "Blackberry Blossom," as well as songs like "Hide Your Love Away," "Cocaine," and his own "Bright Place."
There's a lot here for players of all levels, as well as some exciting off-the-cuff studio jams. So, if you want to get a glimpse at how James does what he does on the acoustic and bring some new ideas and techniques to your own playing, head on over to our Mercantile & Boutique at the link below for more info.
We're happy to announce that we captured every note and are now able to share them with you via the modern miracle of CD or Digital Download, as you choose. To check out what took place on that sun-drenched afternoon under a fine Carolina blue sky, click the yellow peach colored link below, head on over to our Mercantile & Boutique, and get a healthy dose of those timeless tunes.
We hope to release the proceedings on CD and via download in the not too distant future, so stay tuned to this space for updates. We'll also be posting some videos here and at Facebook for those who couldn't make it to Merlefest.
We're already looking forward to next year's Album Hour. Feel free to visit our Facebook page and make suggestions!
Head over to our Facebook Event page at the link below to weigh in for a chance at winning cool stuff.
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