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Rootbound
Deb Kauffmann is a powerful singer with a deep appreciation for both Appalachian old-time and Irish music traditions. Born near Boston, she now resides in Glen Rock, PA, a musical hotbed that has produced many fine musicians. Mentoring with West Virginia singer Ginny Hawker, Deb is a gifted vocalist whose lead and harmony singing and driving rhythm guitar is at the core of ROOTBOUND's sound.
Deb was lucky to be born into a musical family. Mom sang, Dad played accordion and harmonica, and both loved folk music. Music was always an important part of family life. Deb got her first taste of bluegrass music in the 1970's, listening to bands like Country Cooking in Ithaca, NY, where Deb attended school. A short time later, in Madison, WI, Deb was introduced to traditional Irish music and sang professionally for the first time with a local Irish band.
Henry Koretzky, a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, came to playing music late in life and has spent the past few decades trying to make up for lost time.
First picking up the guitar seriously at age seventeen, more than [mumblemumble] years ago, he began playing and listening to an eclectic mix of folk, bluegrass, rock, jazz, and blues. Making his stage debut in 1979 with a garage band whose repertoire ranged from traditional blues to Dave Brubeck to the Allman Brothers set the tone for what can be generously termed as a variegated musical career.
In 1983, Henry joined High Strung, a central Pennsylvania bluegrass band known as much for its forays into jazz and celtic music as for its regional hit, "Beam Me Up, Scotty" (written by the late Sean Downey) on guitar, hammered dulcimer, and mandolin. He continued with that group off and on until its demise in the mid-'90s. But as High Strung reconstituted itself at various points in the '80s, Henry joined forces with various other groups, including The Old World Folk Band, a large klezmer ensemble with whom he continued to record and perform for 18 years. OWFB released two live recordings (both out-of-print), two studio CDs, and a documentary videocassette.
In the early '90s, Henry began playing for contradances, beginning with the quintet Medicinal Purpose, led by fiddler Ryck Kaiser. MP released one cassette-only recording, and continues to regroup for occasional dances and concerts. Henry's principal contradance outlet is with York County fiddler Todd Clewell, with whom he performs as The Contra Rebels (sometimes adding 3rd and 4th members to the group.) Todd and Henry have played dances together in NY, DE, MD, OH, GA, NC, SC, NJ, as well as throughout Pennsylvania. Henry also sometimes teams with fiddler Bruce Young and pianist Jill Smith as The Gnu Tones.
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| Rootbound on Wikipedia |
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| Song | Album | Length | Played | Overall | You | Tags | Single Request |
| Mining Camp Blues | Rootbound | 2:29 | 5 |  1 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Bluegrass / Folk | There's A Mailbox On The Dark Side Of The Moon | Rootbound | 3:42 | 8 |  8 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Bluegrass / Folk / Acoustic guitar / Solo vocalist / Acoustic / Band | If I Should Fall Behind | Rootbound | 2:48 | 22 | 9 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Folk / Acoustic guitar / Vocal duo / Vocal harmonies / Acoustic / Band |
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Artist name is|Rootbound Last played| more than 1 month ago ---------------------------------------- Show name| Songs by Rootbound Length| 15 minutes Order by| random Limit| 3 songs ----------------------------------------
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- Spotlighted: Wednesday, May 18th 2005
- Songs on WWR: 7
- Total plays: 65
- Total requests: 39
- Total listens: 1453
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