Showman and Coole

About this event

Super-Deluxe Fiddle, Banjo, and Song

Through twenty years and a couple of thousand

shows together in bands such as The Foggy Hogtown Boys and The Lonesome Ace

Stringband, John Showman and Chris Coole have developed a deep and instinctual

musical bond. Their music lurks in a truly unique space, somewhere on the

outskirts of old-time, bluegrass, and folk. The songs of John Hartford, Hank

Williams, Dock Boggs, and The Band share space with the fiddle tunes of Eck

Robertson and Ed Haley. The duo's original songs and tunes take in all these

vistas and paint something both personal and timely.

They have performed across North America and Europe at festivals such as

Merlefest, Rockygrass, Greyfox, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mariposa, Wintergrass,

The Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, and The Bluegrass Hall of Fame and

Museum. In addition to the five Lonesome Ace albums, John and Chris have

released two duo albums - " Afield" a collection of

old-time fiddle tunes, and "Much Further Out than

Inevitable - A Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford."

"Powerful musicians, playing and singing some powerful music" -

Bluegrass Unlimited

"Danceable, poppy, and soulful, it's old-time that's modern and

timeless, both" - Bluegrass Situation

(Roddy Campbell,

Penguin Eggs Magazine)