Jerry Epstein and Ralph Bodington at Ryedale Folk Museum

I was working last night hosting Jerry Epstein and Ralph Bodington at Ryedale Folk Museum. The two guys are over from America touring the UK during July and August they sing and play American folk ballads and tunes unaccompanied or with banjo or squeeze box. They played to a full house and we had a very laid back evening and a great time.

Here's a couple of samples from the night(with permission).
I'm afraid the audio is poor but you can always pop over to Minstrel Records(click on their names) to hear samples from their CDs.

Ralph Bodington


Jerry Epstein

Ralph Bodington and Jerry Epstein

A couple of sample songs from Ralph Bodington and Jerry Epstein who are playing at Ryedale Folk Museum on 1st August. Should be a good night.

Ralph Bodington Handsome Molly


John Henry



Jerry Epstein Booth Shot Lincoln


Been All Around This Whole World

Jerry Epstein and Ralph Bodington

Ryedale Folk Museum Present -

Jerry Epstein and Ralph Bodington Tour 2009 1st August

Join us for fantastic singing and banjo performances from these great American musicians. Jerry regularly sings 'old songs old style' on both sides of the Atlantic whilst for Ralph this will be his first visit to England after retiring from well-digging. Ralph is an exceptional exponent of the old-time style of banjo and a great ballad singer.

For more information and to hear some sample tracks please visit the following websites... http://www.minstrelrecords.com/bodington.htm.

www.minstrelrecords.com/epstein.htm

Mini-afternoon concert (included in museum admission) to be held at 3:30pm.

Main evening concert to begin at 7pm - Tickets: £5 Adults, £3 Children.

T 01751 417 367