GBH is one of the best kept secrets in NY and we’re giving you the sounds that show you why. Check out this recording of Jim Donovan of Rusted Root fame laying it down in this live recording.

Jim Donovan also hosted a most excellent drumming workshop on Sunday at the festival.

To find out when Drum The Estatic is playing near you or hosting a drum workshop check out Jim’s website at www.JimDonovanMusic.com

Many thanks to Jim for his generosity in allowing us to record and make this show available for download. If you like what you here I’d recommend picking up their latest CD  which can be found on their website.

For the lossless files head over to bt.etree.org.

Samples below are in MP3 format. I’d recommend firing up your torrent client and grabbing the lossless files.

enjoy!

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The weather was perfect with three days of sun, blugrass and zydeco music at The Great Blue Heron festival. The first day we saw a couple of great performances by Kelly and The Cowboys, Slo-mo, John & Mary and The Valkyries, and the Sim Redmond Band.

On Saturday there was a drumming workshop with Jim Donovan (of Rusted Root.) About 40 people packed into the tent for 2 hours of a drumming.

Saturday also featured a performance by Big Leg Emma, Entrain, The Avett Brothers, and of course Donna The Buffalo with the last set of the evening.

Here’s a 2 sets for download from the festival from Jim McGee:

Donna The Buffalo - Great Blue Heron Music Festival 7-7-07 | FLAC / MP3 The Archive

Big Leg Emma Live at The Great Blue Heron Music Festival on 2007-07-07 | FLAC / MP3 The Archive

Here’s a few samples from the show:

Better Days

Big Leg Emma w/ Jim Donovan

I will be updating this post with torrent and download information from the Archive for all shows as they become available.

Here’s video I recorded of Big Leg Emma live at the Great Blue Heron Music Festival.

enjoy!

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Here’s a video of Donna The Buffalo playing on the early morning hours of July 8th.

Part 1:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdKUoVt8UXA[/youtube]

Part 2

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjXYmS4J3tc[/youtube]

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There will be a drumming workshop and concert by Jim Donovan and Drum the Ecstatic International in upstate NY on July 14th. If anyone out there is into drumming I would highly recommend checking this out. You can sign up here at Jim’s Website.

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