a r t i s t : Larry Unger & Ginny Snowe
t i t l e : Waltz Time II
d a t e : 2005
l a b e l : Black Socks
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Jul/2006
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 76,0 MB
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Larry Unger has been a full time musician since 1984, and has
presented a diverse range of musical performances at contra
dances, Scottish dances, waltzes, dance weekends, dance camps,
festivals, and concerts all across the United States and in
Canada, France, Scotland, Denmark, and Sweden.
He has played guitar, banjo, and bass with many top bands for
contra dances including Reckless Abandon, Uncle Gizmo, Big
Table, and the Reckless Ramblers. He has also accompanied such
fiddlers as Elke Baker, Rodney Miller, Alisdair Fraser, Matt
Glaser, and Ralph Blizard, to name a few. The bands Larry has
been a part of might vary in style from Oldtime to New England
to Celtic, but they are all lively groups with exciting
rhythms and an emphasis on fun. They might also play some of
Larry's many original fiddle tunes.
Larry has written more than 500 fiddle tunes and waltzes, many
of which have been recorded by one of his bands or by other
bands. His tunes are widely played at contra dances
everywhere. He has published 2 books of original tunes, as
well as one CD of original waltzes (with Ginny Snowe) and
another CD with the contra dance band Uncle Gizmo.
Besides playing for contra, waltz, swing, or Scottish dances,
Larry also gives solo concerts which include a wide variety of
music including fingerstyle blues and slide guitar, rags,
oldtime banjo tunes, original waltzes and fiddle tunes, as
well as melodies played on a handful of unusual instruments
like banjo guitar, fretless banjo, and piano harp. He has a
great breadth of understanding of traditional music to
complement his considerable technical proficiency on stringed
instruments, and enjoys telling the stories about the origins
of his music and the people who taught him.
Larry has spent countless hours playing blues with Etta Baker,
John Jackson, Turner Foddrell, Ted Bogan, and other masters of
the style as well as playing at numerous sessions at old time
fiddle conventions in the south. He has even played for Bill
and Hillary Clinton!
Unger teaches guitar and oldtime banjo at the Music Emporium
in Lexington, Massachusetts. (He has also been known to teach
bass or ukelele lessons.) He gives workshops at camps and
weekend festivals on a variety of topics from guitar and
banjo, to dance band workshops and tune writing workshops.
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01-two rivers [04:54]
02-yolanda [02:54]
03-lucky penny [05:13]
04-carina and gary [03:44]
05-leroy's [04:38]
06-chehalis [05:02]
07-cafe waltz , in the boulangerie [04:00]
08-ice storm [04:23]
09-donna's birthday [04:01]
10-gaye's steps [03:28]
11-gosport harbor [03:16]
12-annadeene [04:56]
13-i'm takin' my time [04:29]
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