The Freight Hoppers
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The Freight Hoppers is an old-time string band that performed for several years during the 1990s before disbanding. David Bass and Frank Lee formed The Freight Hoppers in 1992. The band gained national attention when they were featured on Garrison Keillor
's A Prairie Home Companion
on National Public Radio in 1996, winning second place in the show's Talent from Towns Under 2000 contest. They recorded two albums on Rounder Records
: "Where'd you come from, Where'd you go?" (1996) and "Waiting on the Gravy Train" (1998). The Freight Hoppers 4th album is 'Mile Marker',released in 2010. Current musicians include David Bass, fiddle; Frank Lee, banjo and vocals; Isaac Deal, guitar and vocals; Bradley Adams, upright bass.
The Freight Hoppers reformed in 2007 after a five-year hiatus during which fiddler David Bass underwent heart transplant surgery.
specializing in old-time music
. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio
. Bass began playing fiddle at the age of seven and mandolin at 14, and started playing in Contra dance bands in his mid-teens. He has remained active in the Old-Time music scene since then.
's A Prairie Home Companion
on National Public Radio in 1996, winning second place in the show's Talent from Towns Under 2000 contest. They recorded two albums on Rounder Records
: "Where'd you come from, Where'd you go?" (1996) and "Waiting on the Gravy Train" (1998). The Freight Hoppers 4th album is 'Mile Marker',released in 2010. Current musicians include David Bass, fiddle; Frank Lee, banjo and vocals; Isaac Deal, guitar and vocals; Bradley Adams, upright bass.
The Freight Hoppers reformed in 2007 after a five-year hiatus during which fiddler David Bass underwent heart transplant surgery.
specializing in old-time music
. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio
. Bass began playing fiddle at the age of seven and mandolin at 14, and started playing in Contra dance bands in his mid-teens. He has remained active in the Old-Time music scene since then.
The Freight Hoppers is an old-time string band that performed for several years during the 1990s before disbanding. David Bass and Frank Lee formed The Freight Hoppers in 1992. The band gained national attention when they were featured on Garrison Keillor
's A Prairie Home Companion
on National Public Radio in 1996, winning second place in the show's Talent from Towns Under 2000 contest. They recorded two albums on Rounder Records
: "Where'd you come from, Where'd you go?" (1996) and "Waiting on the Gravy Train" (1998). The Freight Hoppers 4th album is 'Mile Marker',released in 2010. Current musicians include David Bass, fiddle; Frank Lee, banjo and vocals; Isaac Deal, guitar and vocals; Bradley Adams, upright bass.
The Freight Hoppers reformed in 2007 after a five-year hiatus during which fiddler David Bass underwent heart transplant surgery.
specializing in old-time music
. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio
. Bass began playing fiddle at the age of seven and mandolin at 14, and started playing in Contra dance bands in his mid-teens. He has remained active in the Old-Time music scene since then.
Garrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality. He is known as host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio...
's A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time, and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, although it is frequently taken on the road...
on National Public Radio in 1996, winning second place in the show's Talent from Towns Under 2000 contest. They recorded two albums on Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
: "Where'd you come from, Where'd you go?" (1996) and "Waiting on the Gravy Train" (1998). The Freight Hoppers 4th album is 'Mile Marker',released in 2010. Current musicians include David Bass, fiddle; Frank Lee, banjo and vocals; Isaac Deal, guitar and vocals; Bradley Adams, upright bass.
The Freight Hoppers reformed in 2007 after a five-year hiatus during which fiddler David Bass underwent heart transplant surgery.
David Bass
David Bass is a founding member of The Freight Hoppers. He also performs with the North Carolina-based old-time band The Forge Mountain Diggers. Bass is an award-winning American fiddlerFiddler
A fiddler is a person who plays a fiddle or violin.Fiddler may also refer to:*Fabrangen Fiddlers, an American musical group founded in 1971*Tupolev Tu-28 "Fiddler", a fighter aircraft*Fiddler , a DC Comics villain...
specializing in old-time music
Old-time music
Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of many countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland and countries in Africa. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dance, buck dance, and clogging. The genre also...
. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. Bass began playing fiddle at the age of seven and mandolin at 14, and started playing in Contra dance bands in his mid-teens. He has remained active in the Old-Time music scene since then.
Discography
- The Freight Hoppers: Where'd You Come From Where'd You Go? (Rounder RecordsRounder RecordsRounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
, 1996) - The Freight Hoppers: Waiting on the Gravy Train (Rounder Records, 1998)
- The Forge Mountain Diggers: The Forge Mountain Diggers(2006)
External links
- [ Allmusic.com: Biography]
- FiddleAid Benefit for David Bass's heart transplant described on The Old-Time Herald website
- Freighthoppers page on Stringband.com
- David Bass wins Second place in the Old-time fiddlers contest at the 2005 Galax Fiddler's Convention
- Review of Where'd You Come From Where'd You Go? by Arthur Berman
- Article about Freighthoppers reforming and signing with Roe Records
Videographic documentation
The Freight Hoppers is an old-time string band that performed for several years during the 1990s before disbanding. David Bass and Frank Lee formed The Freight Hoppers in 1992. The band gained national attention when they were featured on Garrison KeillorGarrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality. He is known as host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio...
's A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time, and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, although it is frequently taken on the road...
on National Public Radio in 1996, winning second place in the show's Talent from Towns Under 2000 contest. They recorded two albums on Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
: "Where'd you come from, Where'd you go?" (1996) and "Waiting on the Gravy Train" (1998). The Freight Hoppers 4th album is 'Mile Marker',released in 2010. Current musicians include David Bass, fiddle; Frank Lee, banjo and vocals; Isaac Deal, guitar and vocals; Bradley Adams, upright bass.
The Freight Hoppers reformed in 2007 after a five-year hiatus during which fiddler David Bass underwent heart transplant surgery.
David Bass
David Bass is a founding member of The Freight Hoppers. He also performs with the North Carolina-based old-time band The Forge Mountain Diggers. Bass is an award-winning American fiddlerFiddler
A fiddler is a person who plays a fiddle or violin.Fiddler may also refer to:*Fabrangen Fiddlers, an American musical group founded in 1971*Tupolev Tu-28 "Fiddler", a fighter aircraft*Fiddler , a DC Comics villain...
specializing in old-time music
Old-time music
Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of many countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland and countries in Africa. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dance, buck dance, and clogging. The genre also...
. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. Bass began playing fiddle at the age of seven and mandolin at 14, and started playing in Contra dance bands in his mid-teens. He has remained active in the Old-Time music scene since then.
Discography
- The Freight Hoppers: Where'd You Come From Where'd You Go? (Rounder RecordsRounder RecordsRounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
, 1996) - The Freight Hoppers: Waiting on the Gravy Train (Rounder Records, 1998)
- The Forge Mountain Diggers: The Forge Mountain Diggers(2006)
External links
- [ Allmusic.com: Biography]
- FiddleAid Benefit for David Bass's heart transplant described on The Old-Time Herald website
- Freighthoppers page on Stringband.com
- David Bass wins Second place in the Old-time fiddlers contest at the 2005 Galax Fiddler's Convention
- Review of Where'd You Come From Where'd You Go? by Arthur Berman
- Article about Freighthoppers reforming and signing with Roe Records
Videographic documentation
The Freight Hoppers is an old-time string band that performed for several years during the 1990s before disbanding. David Bass and Frank Lee formed The Freight Hoppers in 1992. The band gained national attention when they were featured on Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality. He is known as host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio...
's A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time, and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, although it is frequently taken on the road...
on National Public Radio in 1996, winning second place in the show's Talent from Towns Under 2000 contest. They recorded two albums on Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
: "Where'd you come from, Where'd you go?" (1996) and "Waiting on the Gravy Train" (1998). The Freight Hoppers 4th album is 'Mile Marker',released in 2010. Current musicians include David Bass, fiddle; Frank Lee, banjo and vocals; Isaac Deal, guitar and vocals; Bradley Adams, upright bass.
The Freight Hoppers reformed in 2007 after a five-year hiatus during which fiddler David Bass underwent heart transplant surgery.
David Bass
David Bass is a founding member of The Freight Hoppers. He also performs with the North Carolina-based old-time band The Forge Mountain Diggers. Bass is an award-winning American fiddlerFiddler
A fiddler is a person who plays a fiddle or violin.Fiddler may also refer to:*Fabrangen Fiddlers, an American musical group founded in 1971*Tupolev Tu-28 "Fiddler", a fighter aircraft*Fiddler , a DC Comics villain...
specializing in old-time music
Old-time music
Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of many countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland and countries in Africa. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dance, buck dance, and clogging. The genre also...
. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. Bass began playing fiddle at the age of seven and mandolin at 14, and started playing in Contra dance bands in his mid-teens. He has remained active in the Old-Time music scene since then.
Discography
- The Freight Hoppers: Where'd You Come From Where'd You Go? (Rounder RecordsRounder RecordsRounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
, 1996) - The Freight Hoppers: Waiting on the Gravy Train (Rounder Records, 1998)
- The Forge Mountain Diggers: The Forge Mountain Diggers(2006)
External links
- [ Allmusic.com: Biography]
- FiddleAid Benefit for David Bass's heart transplant described on The Old-Time Herald website
- Freighthoppers page on Stringband.com
- David Bass wins Second place in the Old-time fiddlers contest at the 2005 Galax Fiddler's Convention
- Review of Where'd You Come From Where'd You Go? by Arthur Berman
- Article about Freighthoppers reforming and signing with Roe Records
Videographic documentation
- YouTube video of Bass playing with the Forge Mountain Diggers
- YouTube video of Bass playing with the Forge Mountain Diggers at Watermelon Park Fest in Berryville, VA
- YouTube video of Bass playing Backstep Cindy with the Forge Mountain Diggers
- YouTube video of Bass playing fiddle with the Freighthoppers
- YouTube video of Bass playing Sally Ann with the Freighthoppers at the Free State Music Festival in Lawrence, KS