A well-remembered Poconos jazz-rock group in a session from 1978, doing original music plus creative arrangements of tunes by Stevie Wonder and others. The sextet played at the first edition of the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts in 1978, and features one the festival's cofounders, the late Rick Chamberlain on trombone.
Homegrown Music Podcast #35
Asparagus Sunshine 1978
1. Creepin' (Steve Wonder) 3:37
2. Rappin' the Mouth (Wolfgang Knittel) 5:24
3. Numbus (David Ellis) 6:02
4. Bird of Beauty (Stevie Wonder) 4:20
5. Sponge (Brecker Brothers) 4:21
6. Chelsea Bridge (Duke Ellington) 4:19
7. Cloudburst (made famous by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) 5:01
8. The Vegetable Suite (Rick Chamberlain) 14:47
Rick Chamberlain - trombone
Wolfgang Knittel - keyboards
Tony Marino - bass
David Ellis - trumpet
Bud Nealy - drums
Jerry Harris - vocals
Recorded 4/26/1978, mixed 5/18/1978
by George Graham
6 Oct 2026
Cabinet
A long-running six-piece bluegrass-jam band from the Scranton area who recently marked their 20th anniversary as a group. This studio session from 2007 features Cabinet's original material.
Cabinet
(June 2007)
The Tower (J.P. Biondo) 4:41
Treesap * (J.P. Biondo/Micky Coviello) 3:13
Home Now (Pappy Biondo/J.P. Biondo/M.
Coviello) 6:14
Shifty Shaft * (Pappy Biondo/Mickey Coviello) 4:32
Elizabeth (Pappy Biondo) 5:05
Someplace to Go (J.P. Biondo) 3:19
Dirt * (Pappy Biondo/Mickey Coviello) 10:28
Coal Miners (Pappy Biondo/J.P. Biondo)5:05
* denotes instrumental track
Total time: 43:02
Pappy Biondo: banjo, vocals
J.P. Biondo: mandolin, vocals
Mickey Coviello: guitar, vocals
Todd Kopek: fiddle, vocals
Dylan Skursky: acoustic bass
Jami Novak: drums & percussion
Produced and Engineered by George Graham
Recorded June 28, 2007
Mixed August 31, 2007
Digitally Edited (pc) & Mastered September 1, 2007
22 Sept 2026
Fife & Drom
An New York-based alternative blues-rock quartet originally from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Fife and Drom is co-led by the wife-husband duo of Abby Ahmad and Mark Marshall. The April 2014 session features all original music spotlighting their eclectic take on blues-rock.
Homegrown Music Podcast #34:
Fife and Drom (April 2024)
Ghosts 4:15
Wicked Tongue * 3:45
Black Widow 5:06
Who Do You Think You’re Foolin’ 4:39
Runaway 4:28
Barnburner 2:36
Ninety Years (percussion by all) 4:42
Total Time: 29:55
(All compositions by Abby Ahmad and Mark Marshall)
Abby Ahmad: guitar and lead vocal
Mark Marshall: lead guitar
Adam Minkoff: bass and backing vocals
Sean Dixon: drums
Produced and Engineered by George Graham
Recorded April 30, 2014
Mixed May 22, 2014 except (*) on May 28, 2014
Digitally Edited May 30, 2014
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