Song Review: Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam - “Kentucky Bullfight”
Sound Bites couldn’t tell ya what a Kentucky bullfight might look like - he’s from backward Oiho after all - but in Tony Trischka's capable hands, “Kentucky Bullfight” sounds right fine.
Taking the rotating-guests concept of his recent Earl Jam LP to the stage, the banjoist was captured on video performing the “Bullfight” with assistance from fiddler Brittany Haas, guitarist Micheal Daves and bassist Jared Engel.
The music crests and breaks like waves as first Hass, then Daves and, finally, Trischka step toward the mic to solo on their unplugged instruments. They’re not a regular band, but, if “Kentucky Bullfight” is any indication, they’re as tight as just about any working band out there at the moment.
Grade card: Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam - “Kentucky Bullfight” - A
9/20/24
