Deeper Roots String Band: News

"Something Old, Something New" the new CD by Deeper Roots String Band is on CDBaby right now and all digital web outlets also. The CD will be reviewed in this issue of Dulcimer Player News magazine and some music on the sampler that comes with each issue. So read all about it listen to a little while reading a great magazine and then log on CDBaby and get one for yourself. And thanks for your support.

We finished the new CD last Saturday and should have product today or Friday July 31! It will be sent to CDBaby next week.

I believe we have all the basic tracks recorded now and most if not all the vocals recorded. Jerry and Steve are going to finish in the next week so we can start mixing. So far everything folks have heard has gotten good reviews so we move forward and hope you all like the results.

The work on our new CD is moving ahead, but slowly. The death of both my and Jerry's Mom's took a bit of wind out of us for a time and we getting through. Rick has had knee problems and will have to have an operation on it sometime soon. However, I made it in the studio the other night and got some work done. I hope to be there at least once a week till I finish? So for Dulcimer Player News Magazine and our fans we are moving just a little slow. That is how it goes up in the mountains a lot anyway so I guess it will be alright. Rick

Jerry Lankford found the time to go in and finish up his banjo parts on the five songs we have started. We now have three up on our site and two more coming very soon. We have the project writen now, so when we can get in and record we will with no presure to be done on any date. Hope you enjoy our new music!

"Off The Ground" is the first song we have recorded for our first project together to make it up on this site. We are excited about this new CD and hope to have songs up here soon.

We have started on a new CD project with mostly dulcimer (No fiddle this time so it can't be another fiddlin' with a dulcimer) Jerry Lankford on banjo adds a new and old timey kind of sound. Rick Gaughan, Jerry Lankford and I have done one song so far with Dulcimer Player News magazine following the progress. Our modern string band will do a CD of songs about mountain life today for a early 2010 release we hope. Stay tuned for up-dates and some new music on this site. Rick Brockner

All our new Deeper Roots CDs will be at CDBaby.com the best place to find new independent artists. For tee shirts email us at
JanRicMusic@aol.com

We will be playing the festival in Sugar Grove NC on July the 14th our time is not yet firm, but we will keep you posted.

It seems a lot of folk radio shows have been playing music from Black Mountain Brew! Thank you for your support with shows like "Orange Blossom Special" playing my music wow. Thank you for listening to folk radio.

Rick Brockner has added storytellin' to his mountain lore presentations. Rick has struck up a friendship with America's greatest storyteller Orville Hicks. Rick's interest in all things Beech Mountain North Carolina led him to contact Orville while looking for any of the Proffitt family. Rick and Orville became friends and as Rick listened to Orville tell stories he began to tell them to his boys. Soon the stories became a big part of Rick's live concerts. Rick and Orville are now trying to rasie money for a documentary about the all but gone mountain way of life on Beech Mountain. You can find Orville in the links on this site. The book on his life and mountain ways is beyond great. This is a book worth having about one of our last true mountain folk.

Rick is now teaching guitar, mountain dulcimer at Main Street Music and Loan in North Wilkesboro. Rick will also be at the pickin' stages at MerleFest to play and pick with everyone.