Bill Cardine is a resophonic guitar (Dobro) player who currently performs with bluegrass band The Biscuit Burners who have been featured on BBC World's Destination Music, the PBS Roadtrip Nation, NPR's Mountain Stage, and recently The History Channel's Our Generation. A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar is an acoustic guitar whose sound is produced by one or more metal cones ( Resonators ' instead of the Dobro is a Trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of Resonator guitar. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. The Biscuit Burners are a bluegrass band from Weaverville North Carolina ( United States) The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Roadtrip Nation began in 2001 when three friends fresh out of college encountered one dilemma "What do I want to do with my life?" While most recent grads look to Mountain Stage is a radio show produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and distributed by National Public Radio and the Voice of America History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a Satellite and Cable TV channel, with shows on historical events and persons&mdashoften
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Successes
Blending the stylings that propelled the instrument by bluegrass legends before him with the sounds of Indian Slide, Billy Cardine has garnered the respect of those whom influenced him. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. In the April 2007 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, Jerry Douglas is quoted as saying:
"Billy Cardine is an amazing Dobro player. Dobro is a Trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of Resonator guitar. He could be the next big thing. He has within his scope all the makings. He is fluent in everything that I do, and Josh Graves, and everybody that has come before. Josh Graves ( September 27, 1927 Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee – September 30, 2006) born I got to be with him for a little while at Carnegie Hall for Edgar Meyer’s 'Porous Borders' workshops and Billy was just great. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is a prominent contemporary bassist. Everybody wanted him to be in their band. They had all of these different bands and everyone wanted Billy and he was the only Dobro player there. Dobro is a Trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of Resonator guitar. I couldn’t have picked a better example for them of where the Dobro is now or what the possibilities are with the instrument. Dobro is a Trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of Resonator guitar. "
Experience
Cardine's unique approach to the instrument stems from his knowledge and appreciation for music from all corners of the world. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. He has studied resophonic guitar under Mike Auldridge, Rob Ickes, and Randy Kohrs. A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar is an acoustic guitar whose sound is produced by one or more metal cones ( Resonators ' instead of the Mike Auldridge (born 30 December 1938, Washington DC) is widely acknowledged as a premier Resophonic guitar (the instrument formerly Rob Ickes is a dobro ( Resonator guitar) player and a founding member of the contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway. He performed bluegrass music with Walker's Run for years. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music.
He also studied slide guitar under Indian Slide Master Debashish Bhattacharya, who serves as Cardine's musical guru. Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the Guitar. Debashish Bhattacharya (born 12 January 1963 in Calcutta) is an Indian musician renowned for his compositions on Slide guitar. A guru (गुरु গুরু is a person who is regarded as having great knowledge wisdom and authority in a certain area and uses it to guide others Cardine is one of the few in America who owns, and at times performs with, a chaturangui (a 22-stringed instrument created by Bhattacharya, which blends tones of Rudra-veena, violin, sarode, and sitar). The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The sarod is a stringed musical instrument used mainly in Indian classical music. The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument.
While performing with and composing material for The Biscuit Burners, Billy has also produced all of their releases. The Biscuit Burners are a bluegrass band from Weaverville North Carolina ( United States) In the Music industry, a release is usually the event at which an Album or single is first released for sale
Sound and style
"The overall spirit of the music is atmospheric and playfully daring, with an especially fascinating experiment on Cardine's 'Chatuvondoo' on which the composer plays a chaturangui, a 22string slide instrument from the country of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country "[1]
—Bluegrass Unlimited, review of "The Donkeys"
Recordings
- Organically Grown #94060 (2001) Indidog Records
w/ Ivan Rosenberg
- The Donkeys (2007) Indidog Records
The Biscuit Burners
- Fiery Mountain Music (2004) Indidog Records
- The Biscuit Burners (2004) Indidog Records
- A Mountain Apart (2005) Indidog Records
- Take Me Home (2008) Indidog Records
References
- ^ review of "THE DONKEYS" Bluegrass Unlimited March 2008.
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