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The Horton River Band
Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival 2006.
Hello and welcome.
Dorrigo 2006 saw the return to the festival circuit of The Horton River Band.
The band's extensive repertoire draws on a wide spectrum of instrumental and vocal traditions. This includes the music of Frank Collins, Charlie Batchelor, Sally Sloane, Rita Croker, Jim French and Joe Cashmere and many other traditional players, as well as band compositions, and anything else we might care to play.
The unique blend of playing styles, using four fiddles, guitar and button accordions in many combinations was warmly received by a diverse and sophisticated listening audience. The workshop on the fiddle music of the late Charlie Batchelor(an original member of the HRB) conducted by Mark was well attended hopefully inspired many new players to become involved with playing traditional tunes.
Our site includes:
A comprehensive History of the Band from 1984 to the present. History and photos by Chris Sullivan.
CDs and Publications. Including, Kind Regards, from fiddler, Charlie Batchelor. And the compilation album, Your Good Self, featuring the anglo-concertina playing of Dooley Chapman . Mastered from the excellent field recordings from Chris Sullivan's collection. Chris and Mark Rummery supporting Dooley on, Your Good Self.
Articles on Australian old-time musicians who provide some of the sources for the music we play.
Photos of some of those players and others we have known.
At our MP3 Audio page are some free samples of field recordings of some of those players.
Links to some interesting sites on folk, traditional and old time Australian and overseas music.
Feel welcome to contact us.