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Dom is indeed a full-fledged member of ARSC. I had the extreme pleasure of running into him at the Chapel Hill meeting a few months ago. He was a presence in various areas of the hotel and could be seen at all hours jamming on banjo, bones, quills, etc.with whoever happened to be around. A wonderful performer in every sense. Peter Hirsch On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I noticed in the last ARSC Newsletter that former Carolina Chocolate Drops > member Dom Flemons has joined our membership ranks. > > Out recently is Dom Flemons' new CD, "Prospect Hill": > http://www.domflemons.com/discography/dom-flemons-prospect-hill.html > and > http://www.amazon.com/Prospect-Hill-Dom-Flemons/dp/B00KJFZXIK/tomslinx > > One man's opinion, this album is highly recommended. The booklet notes are > a bit extensive and academic (do you really need to know exact details of > how Flemons discovered the songs he covers on this album? OK, maybe some > people obsess about this kind of information). But the music is fun and > fresh. Really superb playing, and nice tune choices. Flemons has a > soulfulness to his approach that is missing on a lot of "Americana" > projects that I've heard. And he doesn't overdue old-time mannerisms. The > whole thing sounds like it's not forced at all. It sounds like what I like > about the best old-time records -- like a bunch of guys having a good time > making music together, and by the way they happen to be expert musicians, > not the other way around. > > -- Tom Fine >