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Old Man Luedecke

This is what they had to say…

Old Man Luedecke lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and works all over the huge country of Canada, from the Yukon to Vancouver. In the tradition of solo banjo men and women of days gone by like Doc Boggs, he sings his songs accompanied only by his loving five string, foot stomps and the occasional yodel. His songs are melodic gems blending old time sensibilities with an unusual vision and poetic sense. His music belies someone more than slightly ill at ease with modern life and he performs with a gentle and endearing charisma, stories littered with a canny oblique humour. Almost a sly entertainer with a hint of contemporary vaudeville about him and he plays a mean claw hammer banjo clearly derivative of the old time and Appalachia. His latest album Proof of Love is winning him a whole new legion of new fans in his homeland and has slotted beautifully into a young market hungry for new growth from old roots.

OK what they forgot was, he is infectious and his music is just wonderfully uplifting. For a guy who sings his songs accompanied only by a five string banjo, foot stomps and the occasional whoop he is just amazing.

When I headed over to his MySpace site at http://www.myspace.com/oldmanluedecke I was truly lucky, the song it came up on was “I Quit My Job”. This is just one of those perfect folk songs. I really suggest that you head over an have a listen

Here is a video from Youtube, bad sound but it will give you an idea…

Old Man Luedecke and The Junes are playing on Thursday 19 March 8.30pm. at The East Brunswick Club

Recommended (even more so because of the banjo)

Websites at http://www.myspace.com/oldmanluedecke and http://www.oldmanluedecke.ca/