They follow the trail.
Old & In the Way?
Theyre slinky and groovy.
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch perform with Peter Rowan at the Ryman in Nashville on Thursday.Emma McCoury*
Theyre not so rigid and firm its loose and fun.
It brought the hippies and the old-timey bluegrass people together, multi-instrumentalist Tim OBrien says of OITW.
They kind of were able to see eye-to-eye and it definitely brought a new audience into the music.
It made us youngsters with longer hair more welcome in the community.
Backed by the Sam Grisman Project, Rowan held court during the Ryman tribute.
you’re able to feel the energy from all these people who played here before.
And that evolved into playing [shows].
Lets take this outside.
Richard Greene, John Hartford, and Vassar Clements rotated on fiddle.
Its fun to have something that is still recognizable after 50 years, Rowan says.
Thats a gift in the music world.
This is a band that happened in a flash.
But, instead, its changed the world.
