In search of a teacher, I find myself referred to Billy Novick. The loop closes, California to New England. And I find out what Billy and Guy have been up to all these years. Five LPs and three current CDs on Rounder Records. Standing invitations to play just about wherever they want to, though these days they prefer to stick close to home in Boston.
Swing music keeps catching up among bluegrass string players.
Each time, they discover us. The partnership began in an odd crossover of classical, jazz, and folk venues and influences, in the Congregational Church on Harvard Square. It was Valentine's Day, 1976. Modern dancers generally have only enough budget for leotards. Billy showed up with an avante-garde trio.