BRAD BAHLER-mandolin, guitar, banjo, resonator guitar, fiddle.
LYNN GRABER-guitar
KAREN BAHLER-doghouse bass
JOHN BAHLER-guitar, banjo, mandolin
Hailing from the rural farmland near Bennetts Switch, Indiana, north of Kokomo, the Bahler-Graber Band specializes in Old-time country, harmony singing, and "Midwestern Swing," approaches the �Golden Age� of rural music with freshness, oringinality in instrumental styles and harmonies, and the vitality of a Living Tradition...
The Tradition of the Golden Age of radio, of Louvins, Delmores, Blue Sky Boys, Monroes, Stanleys, McReynolds, Osbornes; of Jimmie Rodgers, Carters, Mainers, Autry, Acuff, Hank Snow, Uncle Dave, Doc Watson, Reno & Smiley, Flatt & Scruggs...
The Tradition which absorbed sounds of Reinhardt, Grappelli, Venuti, Lang, Johnson, and Louis Armstrong, giving us the
music of Bob Wills, Milton Brown, Sons of the Pioneers & Farr Brothers, Rocky Stone, Merle Travis, Hoosier Hotshots, Prairie Ramblers, Pee Wee King, Captain Stubby, Homer & Jethro...
The Tradition of square dances, of the music brought from Southern Highlands to Midwestern Flatlands, which we were rivileged to be brought into, to become part of our tradition...
The Tradition which speaks to the Eternal, drawing from our rich church music backgrounds: Old-Time Gospel, Southern Gospel, Spirituals, Sacred Harp, instrumental,a cappella, originals, and perhaps the most �Old-Time� source of all. The music was here before we were, and is all around us, if we listen with our hearts. We seek out music that seems to draw deeply from this Everlasting source, to present it with freshness and familiarity.
CDs ($15.00; 2 for $25.00; 3 for $35.00) :
"A WORD FROM HOME"
Our Best Yet! *Ain't Gonna Rain No More* Not A Word From Home* Cool Water* Hedgehog Scramble* Seven Year Blues*
Choo-Choo-Ch-Freight Train Boogie (Dobro version)* Flop-Eared Mule* Jacob's Vision* They're Holding Up the Ladder*
The Family Who Prays* Shall We Know Each Other* My Lord and I* Gone Home* In My Heart There Rings a Melody
"FROM BENNETTS SWITCH" 22 songs!
*Blues For Dixie *Raining Here This Morning* When I Stop Dreaming* Not Made With Hands *I Still Do* Are You Afraid to Die
*I Hear the Special Coming *Fishing Blues *Mercy Seat *I'll Never Go Back *River of Jordan *My Heavenly Home *Lazy River
*Realms of the Blest *In My Robe of White *Stay Out of the South *Where We'll Never Grow Old *Who Broke That Lock
*Joy Unspeakable *Choo-Choo-Ch-Freight Train Boogie *East Bound Freight Train
GOLDEN AGE OF RURAL MUSIC 24 songs!
*Ain't Gonna Rain No More *Blues for Dixie *Shady Grove *Stay out of the South *Lost Creek Breakdown *Cool Water
*Rawhide *In the Pines *Long Lonely Hours *Moon Country *Get Up John *I Hear the Special *Tumbling Tumbleweeds
*Choo-Choo-Ch-Freight Train Boogie *Dreamy Melody *Alabama Bound *Jolly Blacksmith *Mary of the Wild Moor
*Swingline Blues *Miss Molly *Midnight on the Stormy Deep
*I Wouldn�t Take Nothing for my Journey *Springtime in the Blue Canadian Rockies *Lazy River
WHERE THE SOUL NEVER DIES 24 songs!
*Where the Soul Never Dies *We Shall Rise *He's In Control *Come Morning *Come, Lord Jesus *My Lord and I
*Hebron *There is a Place *Robe of White *Great Getting� Up Morning *Wonderful Grace of Jesus *If You Believe It
*I Saw a New Heaven and Earth *Were You There *Just a Closer Walk *Church on the Hill *Babylon is Fallen
*When the Angels Carry Me Home *A Few More Seasons *Unclouded Day *I Can Tell the World *For I Believe
*I Like to Hear �em Preach it *He�ll Hold My Hand
OLD~TIME BANJO STYLES 42 Songs!
by Brad Bahler. Featuring a different side than the music of the Bahler-Graber Band, this is a product of my own interpretation,
and love of old-time music, with �pre-Bluegrass� picking styles, Clawhammer banjo,and some fiddle and singing
NEWS:
The Bahler-Graber Band will appear at the Indiana Fiddler's Gathering, held at the Tippecanoe Battlefield in Battle Ground, Indiana June 2008.
We will be featured on an upcoming Roots Radio program in Connecticut:
"Thank you so very much for the excellent CDs.... "Old-Time Banjo Styles", "Where the Soul Never Dies",
and "Golden Age of Rural Music"....I will be spotlighting them during one of my upcoming shows. Once again,
thanks for the CDs and for keeping the music alive.
Matt Schuyler (Johnny Timewarp)
"Dark Side of the Highway",
WFCS 107.7 FM
CONTACT ME for CDs, for Bahler-Graber Band bookings, for Sacred Harp information, of for a
MUSIC TEACHER: I give Lessons on Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Fiddle,
and Resonator Guitar, from my
home studio. For directions and map,
CLICK HERE (this file loads slowly) .
Brad Bahler 765-457-9159
4903 N. County Road 200 E.
Kokomo, IN 46901
LINKS:
LAFAYETTE-KOKOMO
SACRED HARP SINGERS
fasola.org
Indiana Fiddlers Gathering
Genealogy
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