Music from Of Spirit & Friends (Feb,’25)

Featuring Pappy Biondo (Cabinet) on banjo, Eric Graham (Haywire) on bass, Justin Park, mandolin, Mark Burds on guitar (both Mountain Dog) and Jeff Berlin (Reed Foehl,Bow Thayer) on drums. Special guest Sushi, (Adam Grande) on upright bass.

Spencer Lewis’ introspective, old-time, grass-tinged songs are driven by his inimitable cross-flat-picking guitar style and Biondo’s epic banjo riffs, which weave and climb in a swirl of melodic tonal modality. Additionally, Lewis’ fiddle / violin accompanies Biondo’s guitar and vocals as they re-interpret traditional roots music in their own freewheelin’ style. Eric Graham plays the fretless electric bass and adds another dimension with his fearless creativity. Lewis’ live-looping of guitar and violin overdubs steer the trio in unpredictable directions and impromptu jams, while rendering newly interpreted versions from a 22 album catalog of “Music that paint’s the rural landscape, and quiet’s the mind.” All in all, a most delicious melting pot of Americana and folkthatrocks.

They will be performing music to celebrate the release of Lewis’ latest album, “Of Spirit & Friends,” a collection of ballads commemorating those close to him who have passed and backwoods anthems of life close to the land.