If you attended our past 3 performances, you were able to meet Carl Kirby! Our newest band mate!
Carl taught geology and geochemistry at Bucknell University for 29 years. He also had another life. He started his musical journey as a fifth grade trombonist and secretly listened to his parents’ swing music recordings. In a checkered musical history, he has explored several genres of acoustic music on guitar, acoustic bass, fiddle and mandolin. He has been in a dozen bands and many, many fiddlers’ convention jam sessions featuring folky stuff, old country, Appalachian oldtime, bluegrass, swing, Celtic, and jazz. He also recorded a solo CD (Live from Home), which featured all of these styles on four instruments. He played and recorded in the Celtic trio Lux Bridge. Carl is happy to be playing with CWWires.
We have been friends with Carl since before CWW formed. We are thrilled to now have him along for the ride!