Interview with Eric Frey
QUI-026 - Episode with Eric Frey
01:02 - Made In the Shade by the Red Stick Ramblers
03:31 - Interview
- Talks about working with Tom Krueger on a music video
- Grew up in Birmingham, Alabama
- Dad played bass
- Grew up around bluegrass music
08:20 - Drifting Too Far Away From Ashore by Ricky Skaggs
12:28 - A Vision of Mother by the Stanley Brothers
15:56 - Interview
- Grew up in Alabama
- Dad would play in bands at church
- Legend was that he was born at a festival
21:31 - Mando Bass Boogie Sonata by David Grisman and Edgar Meyer
24:28 - After You’ve Gone by Riders In The Sky
27:04 - Interview
- Started learning bass
- Played clarinet and contra-alto clarinet in the school band
- Joined the marching band
- Started getting back into bluegrass in college
- Played bluegrass and swing bass
32:26 - Six More Miles to the Graveyard by Hank Williams
35:15 - Right or Wrong by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
38:08 - Interview
- Was in rock n’ roll bands in high school and college
- Moved to Louisiana to play with the Red Stick Ramblers
- First gig with the Red Stick Ramblers was in Albuquerque, New Mexico
43:49 - Bring It On Down by Red Stick Ramblers
46:20 - Moi j’connais pas by Lost Bayou Ramblers
49:54 - Interview
- Started learning French
- Talks about life on the road with the Red Stick Ramblers
- Talks about Clifftop Festival and playing old-time music
- Talks about latest Red Stick Ramblers video, “Made in the Shade”
56:20 - Katrina by Red Stick Ramblers
