TMTMBanjonique (RR-0337) ©1994 "......The skin head and fine digital recording quality let you hear the natural beauty of a fine old instrument in the hands of a master...........", Bluegrass Unlimited, April 1995
Also available from John
Hatton at Cleff'd Ear Productions. Good chance he has some.
( Mudthumper now has a few copies. Email Walt
Koken.)
and Hei-wa Hoedown (RR-0367) ©1995 "......hard to distinguish the originals, 10 in all, from the older, traditional numbers....", New Country, March 1996
Also on Rounder is Highwoods
Stringband,
Feed Your Babies Onions (Fat City Favorites)
(RR-11569)©1994.
This is a compilation of the three LP
albums the Highwoods made starting in 1972. It has 23 cuts with
Jennifer
Cleland on bass, Doug Dorschug on guitar, Mac Benford on banjo, Bob
Potts
and Walt Koken on fiddles. This is some of the best in old time music! Order here.
Mac Benford's cassette Kentucky Favorites has sold out. He may have
some left, and Mel Bay Publications is reproducing it in CD format with
added tunes and accompanying book of tab. Contact Mac
for details.
Mac has several recordings.The 1st 1/2 C,
with Mac Benford and the Woodshed All-Stars, is
a
cassette on Marimac, ©1991. "..... old time
music
at its very best....", Dirty Linen magazine. Marimac
Recordings, P.O. Box 447, Crown Point, IN 46307 USA. Stars in the shed
are, John Kirk and Pete Sutherland, fiddles, John Rossbach, guitar,
Doug
Henrie, bass, and Marie Burns, Mandolin, with nearly all players
vocalizing.
On Rounder,
also with The Woodshed All-Stars, is Willow, (RR-0371)©1996.
"....an extremely fine piece of art....", Bluegrass Music
News.
Available from Rounder, Marimac, or order directly from:
Mac Benford
4029 Buck Hill Road
Trumansburg NY 14886