The Dunegrass Boys
The Dunegrass Boys originated in Matunuck Beach around 2003 when the open mike at the Joyce Family Pub was hosted by Eric Neff. I had recently moved to Rhode Island from New Hampshire and looking to continue with my passion for playing Bluegrass when I was pointed towards the beach, where I found The Joyce Pub, some great pickers, and some dunegrass before it was washed out in a big storm a few years later. The early Dunegrass Boys were a pick-up band of players primary from the Joyce open-mike. Over the years the players that have been honorary Dunegrass Boys have hailed from Maine, Massachussetts, and Rhode Island. I still pull a bluegrass band together whenever there is an event that is oriented towards it and it is always a pleasure to get back to my grassy roots.
The list of players over the years that have been a Dunegrass Boy, and could be again, goes like this: Eric Neff - RI - Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar, and Vocal / Tom Donovan - RI - Banjo / Michael Boulay - RI - Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocal / Dan Gannon - RI - Fiddle and Vocal / Tim Flynn - RI - Guitar and Vocal / Mark Gibbs - MA - Guitar, Dobro, Banjo, and Vocal / Terry Spearrin - ME - Bass and Vocals / Chris Heinzmann - Fiddle / Matt Carlen - MA - Guitar, Mandocello, and Vocals / Mike Fishman - RI - Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, and Vocal / Tim May - Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, and Vocal / Gil Pope - Guitar, Bass, and Vocal / Tom Duksta - RI - Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocal /Bill Thibodeau - ME/RI - Mandolin, Guitar, Vocal / Harvey Marcotte - NS/RI - Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, Vocal / Glenn Nelson - MA - Banjo and myself - MA - Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocal.
Please scroll down to check out some recent Dunegrass Boys photos generously provided by Susan Ryan and listen to a few tunes.
If you want to watch a Youtube Video please scroll down to pause the audio that launches automatically when you open this page if it is still playing so that you don't have an active audio stream in the background while you are watching the video.
The list of players over the years that have been a Dunegrass Boy, and could be again, goes like this: Eric Neff - RI - Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar, and Vocal / Tom Donovan - RI - Banjo / Michael Boulay - RI - Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocal / Dan Gannon - RI - Fiddle and Vocal / Tim Flynn - RI - Guitar and Vocal / Mark Gibbs - MA - Guitar, Dobro, Banjo, and Vocal / Terry Spearrin - ME - Bass and Vocals / Chris Heinzmann - Fiddle / Matt Carlen - MA - Guitar, Mandocello, and Vocals / Mike Fishman - RI - Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, and Vocal / Tim May - Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, and Vocal / Gil Pope - Guitar, Bass, and Vocal / Tom Duksta - RI - Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocal /Bill Thibodeau - ME/RI - Mandolin, Guitar, Vocal / Harvey Marcotte - NS/RI - Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, Vocal / Glenn Nelson - MA - Banjo and myself - MA - Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocal.
Please scroll down to check out some recent Dunegrass Boys photos generously provided by Susan Ryan and listen to a few tunes.
If you want to watch a Youtube Video please scroll down to pause the audio that launches automatically when you open this page if it is still playing so that you don't have an active audio stream in the background while you are watching the video.
Links to YouTube Videos below (the first two video are activated by clicking on the song title buttons below this picture.
The Dunegrass Boys in the picture above are - (left to right) Glenn Nelson - Guitar, Dave Moretti - Guitar and Vocals, Dave Kassel - Fiddle
Blackberry Blossom - Traditional - Performed by the Dunegrass Boys at the Joyce Pub in 2004 - Eric Neff (Fiddle) - Tom Donovan (Banjo) - Dave Moretti (Guitar) |
Feast Here Tonight (Rabbit in a Log) - Performed by the Dunegrass Boys with Mike Boulay, and the Rank Strangers at a Joyce Pub open mike in 2004 |
Red Haired Boy and Salt Creek - medley - Performed by Dave Moretti (Guitar) and Tim May (Mandolin) |
