Heritage
Authentic Music of Early America
Old-time music: 1700s to early 1800s
Historical Re-enactments & Encampments, Festivals, Mountain Man Rendezvous, Schools, Museums, Wooden Boat Shows, Private Events
Depicting Mountain Men, Lewis & Clark, Colonials, Pirates
Instruments: Fiddle, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Tin Whistle
Larry "Friar" Edwards and Chuck "Capt. Strummer" Preble are both members of the Corps of Rediscovery, a group of dedicated living history re-enactors specializing in the time period 1740 to 1840.
Pirates Capt. Strummer and Friar at the Koehler Kraft Wooden Boat Festival Dressed in period costumes, Friar and Strummer play authentic music of the 18th and early 19th centuries on fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and tin whistle. They portray mountain men, members of the Lewis & Clark expedition (including Pierre Cruzatte, the one-eyed fiddler), colonials, Revolutionaries and pirates.
Heritage performs regularly at San Diego-area mountain man rendezvous as well as historical encampments, schools, museums, festivals, fairs and special events.
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| L to R: Friar, Hatman, Strummer, Nathaniel, Steve at the 2005 Manzanita Rendezvous |
Friar and Strummer are often joined by fellow Corps of Rediscovery members Mike "Hatman" Robinson on spoons and other percussion instruments, Steve Wood on guitar, and Nathaniel Wood on guitar and mandolin — and anyone else we can talk into settin' a spell and makin' some music with us.
All tunes are period correct or recent compositions by Friar and Strummer in the old-time tradition. Some of the dozens of fiddles tunes and songs we perform include:
Fiddle Tunes Songs 8th of January
Durang's Hornpipe
Fisher's Hornpipe
Hatman's Reel
Leather Britches
Liberty
Old French
Rendezvous Reel
Sailor's Hornpipe
St. Anne's Reel
Whiskey Before Breakfast
World Turned Upside Down
Gum Tree Canoe
Lowlands (Golden Vanity)
Mole in the Ground
Old Rosin the Beau
Peg and Awl
Rocky Mountain Dreams
Rove, Riley, Rove
Wayfaring Stranger
Which Way Does Your Stick Float?
For additional information or bookings, contact:
Larry "Friar" Edwards
(858) 292-9232 (San Diego, Calif.)
Chuck "Strummer" Preble
(760) 765-2827 (Julian, Calif.)
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