Barefoot Manner has put on a NYE show at the Lincoln Theater every year since 2002 (2001 was at the Pourhouse). To their fans anguish, NYE has recently become a focal point of change for the band. In 2005 bass player Walt Hensey played his last regular show and Leo Kishore took over the duty. On NYE 2006 we saw another forming member guitarist David Kleiss retire. Sadly, NYE 2007 looks like the end of the road for BFM as they have announced a hiatus of indefinite length.
Following the Stevie Wonder cover with YMBFBB, Barefoot wasted no time getting into a the bluegrass mood with “Little Man” which led into the psychedelic “Pulse” featuring Hank Smith’s keyboard, Shawn’s electrified mandolin and Leo’s funky bass. Staying with the bluegrass/newgrass sound, they did “One More Round”, “Heard the Sound” and “Nervous Breakdown”. This was followed by “Root”s which has a trippy segment of bass and keys. Longtime Barefoot friend Myron Koch joined in on sax for “Happenstance” and “Mudhen”. Myron announced that his band Paradigm has just been signed by Ropeadope Records and has released their new album Melodies for Uncertain Robots.
In “Coming to Grips”, Leo, Shawn and Hank traded licks between bass, mandolin and synthesizer. This led into “Al Qamar” and a 15 minute version of the “Pencil” song. Jeff Garland moved to the front with his washboard on “Wake Up”, a nostalgic sounding Dixieland/Ragtime sounding ditty. Genevieve Garland, Jeff’s wife, took center stage and clogged during “Lower on the Hog”. For those who don’t know her, Genevieve is the girl clogging at every Barefoot Show and she’s been responsible for the decorations, handouts, beads, rings, balloons, and cap guns fans have played with over the years. “Cool Breeze” was the last song of the regular set featuring the current Barefoot lineup.
Original Barefoot members Walt Hensey and Dave Kleiss came on for the encore and last bow. They played “Barefoot Blues” and ended with “NC Sunrise” featuring Dave on lead vocals and acoustic guitar. The crowd would’ve liked to hear “Airplane” one more time, but the night was late and the NC Sunrise was due in a few hours.
Additional images of the show are available for viewing at:
http://www.richardfcox.smugmug.com/gallery/4092262
The recording of Barefoot Manner’s set is available for downloading at:
http://www.archive.org/details/BMFNYE0708
Following the Stevie Wonder cover with YMBFBB, Barefoot wasted no time getting into a the bluegrass mood with “Little Man” which led into the psychedelic “Pulse” featuring Hank Smith’s keyboard, Shawn’s electrified mandolin and Leo’s funky bass. Staying with the bluegrass/newgrass sound, they did “One More Round”, “Heard the Sound” and “Nervous Breakdown”. This was followed by “Root”s which has a trippy segment of bass and keys. Longtime Barefoot friend Myron Koch joined in on sax for “Happenstance” and “Mudhen”. Myron announced that his band Paradigm has just been signed by Ropeadope Records and has released their new album Melodies for Uncertain Robots.
In “Coming to Grips”, Leo, Shawn and Hank traded licks between bass, mandolin and synthesizer. This led into “Al Qamar” and a 15 minute version of the “Pencil” song. Jeff Garland moved to the front with his washboard on “Wake Up”, a nostalgic sounding Dixieland/Ragtime sounding ditty. Genevieve Garland, Jeff’s wife, took center stage and clogged during “Lower on the Hog”. For those who don’t know her, Genevieve is the girl clogging at every Barefoot Show and she’s been responsible for the decorations, handouts, beads, rings, balloons, and cap guns fans have played with over the years. “Cool Breeze” was the last song of the regular set featuring the current Barefoot lineup.
Original Barefoot members Walt Hensey and Dave Kleiss came on for the encore and last bow. They played “Barefoot Blues” and ended with “NC Sunrise” featuring Dave on lead vocals and acoustic guitar. The crowd would’ve liked to hear “Airplane” one more time, but the night was late and the NC Sunrise was due in a few hours.
Additional images of the show are available for viewing at:
http://www.richardfcox.smugmug.com/gallery/4092262
The recording of Barefoot Manner’s set is available for downloading at:
http://www.archive.org/details/BMFNYE0708
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