Goldrush
July 16, 2008
New! Goldrush CDs! See
bottom of this page.
Around 1973, it was my pleasure to play with this group.
We played at a Straw Hat pizza parlor on
The original Goldrush consisted of Rolfe Wyer, myself, Ray Bierl, Bob Bigelow and Derek Krogh.
Yeah, I know. This is not Goldrush. It’s Touch of Grass. Paul Siese was the banjo player, and it was my second chance to work with him. The first was in Goldrush. He filled in when Derek Krogh left.
The final Goldrush lineup was Ray Bierl, Hoyle Osborne, Bob Bigelow, myself and Larry Blom.
Ray Bierl and Hoyle
Osborne have their own web sites. Have a look, and buy their albums. I
recommend them highly.
I have put together three Compact Discs from my tapes
of Goldrush. I don’t imagine there are many Goldrush fans left out there. If you were one, please
contact me through the e-mail link on my home page for further information.
Goldrush Compact Discs
Goldrush Demo Tapes (stereo)
Ray Bierl, Bob Bigelow, Larry Blom, Hoyle Osborne, Bob Huenemann
0:00:23 Lovesick Blues
0:03:03 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
0:06:54
0:10:14 Jambalaya
0:13:56 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
0:16:32 Tom Thumb's Blues
0:24:10 When The Saints Go Marching In
0:26:10 The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me
MIKE COGAN'S DEMO TAPE (?) (Stereo)
Ray Bierl, Bob Bigelow, Larry Blom, Hoyle Osborne, Bob Huenemann
0:28:58 Nine Pound Hammer
0:32:03 Bill Cheatham
0:36:06
0:40:27 Live And Let Live
0:43:39 Big
0:46:48 Big River
0:49:33 Uncle Pen
0:52:20 She Made Me Lose My Blues
0:55:00
Goldrush –
Woodminster Amphitheater,
Ray Bierl, Bob Bigelow, Larry Blom, Paul Siese, Hoyle Osborne, Bob Huenemann
1:00:28 Bill Cheatham
1:04:37 Widowmaker
1:08:15 The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me
1:11:16
1:15:45 Sitting On Top Of The World
1:21:40 Walking the Dog
1:26:10
1:29:23 Phantom 309
1:34:50 Muddy Water
1:38:23
1:43:09 I Like It
Goldrush Instrumentals (monaural)
COUSIN AL KNOTH'S KTAO RADIO SHOW 6-30-73
Dave Wilkie, Bob Bigelow, Derek Krogh, Rolf Weir, Bob Huenemann
2:05:43 Sally Goodin
GRAND OLD ORPHANAGE KSAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Ray Bierl, Bob Bigelow, Derek Krogh, Larry Blom, Rolf Weir, Bob Huenemann
2:58:59 Shenandoah Breakdown
3:02:09 Done Gone
PAUL'S SALOON 7-19-73
Ray Bierl, Bob Bigelow, Derek Krogh, Larry Blom, Bob Huenemann, George Ball
3:21:15 Bill Cheatham
3:31:54 Banjo Signal
3:57:08 Old Joe Clark
4:01:20
4:11:43
4:43:47 Fire On The Mountain
4:53:21 Big
STRAW HAT PIZZA PARLOR 7-21-73
Ray Bierl, Larry Blom, Bob Bigelow, Bob Huenemann, Bob Jones
6:15:04 Salt Creek
6:32:20 Pike
7:13:15
7:30:25 Rawhide
STRAW HAT PIZZA PARLOR
Location and date undetermined. Circa August 1973. Ray had a cold.
Ray Bierl, Larry Blom, Bob Bigelow, Paul Siese, Bob Huenemann.
Sound system arrives at start of third set (1:45:30)
Unidentified guest banjo player joins Paul on Foggy Mountain Breakdown (2:35:00)
0:37:40 Ace Of Spades
0:58:10
1:11:55
1:30:35 Goldrush
1:42:50
1:47:40 Paddy On The Turnpike
2:35:00 Foggy Mountain Breakdown
I used VHS HI-FI STEREO in the EXTENDED PLAY mode to archive the original tapes. This mode allows up to eight hours of material to be recorded with excellent audio noise and frequency response characteristics. These tapes play back without problems on the machines on which they were recorded. However, I have encountered occasional tracking problems when playing them back on other machines. This tape was recorded and played back on a Sony Model SLV- 798HF machine. Timings refer to my archive tapes.
The sessions from Paul’s Saloon and the pizza parlors were recorded on an Ampex Model 860 dual capstan reel to reel recorder. Unfortunately, I used the mikes that came with the machine. Live and learn……..