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The Acoustic
Group Briarwood, named after a famous street in
Bluegrass heaven, the Rue de Briarwood in Paris,
France, consists of musicians hailing from wildly
different geographical and musical
backgrounds. Their eclectic musical selection is a
product of the interaction of their diverse ears -
Craig has long Scotty ears, while Chris has cute
little nurse ears, and Joe's ears are hardened to
the sound of young twins. As a result, in a
Briarwood performance, one might hear Bill Monroe
segue into Rufus Thomas into Keith Richard into
Iris DeMent into Trad R. Briarwood.
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The
ever-so-cute Chris Finn does a lot of singing
and plays a mean mandolin and ukulele. She has studied with
Jack Tuttle and Trad. R. Briarwood. A long-time Californian,
she says, "dude" a lot.
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Our
newest and youngest (to Craig's dismay) band
member, Gail Reese, sings
beautifully and has tamed the wild and woolly
fiddle. She studies with Jack Tuttle, Chad
Manning, and now, the legendary
Trad. R. Briarwood. When it comes to playing
music, certain friends have called
her easy, since she'll jam with
practically anyone, anywhere. The band finds
her mighty easy to play with, so that's all
right.
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The frighteningly
attractive Craig Sutherland is Briarwood's
front man and guitarist/vocalist. He loves microphones, and
has at least one in every room of his house. Craig is the
author of the "Doctor Dean"
song, as heard on the Doctor Dean Edell Show on April the
8th, 2002.
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Lonesome
Topher Gayle plays a bunch of
instruments, at a whim. Sometimes he even plays
them at audiences. Sometimes, he fills in on
mandolin, mandola, guitar, and ukulele, but most
of the time it's bass - he's a Jack of all
strings, master of none. He really likes to abuse
genres, so watch out for the occasional funk or
soul tune coming out of his instruments.
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Papa Joe Buczek plays
banjo and resonator guitar. When he's not
playing with Briarwood (or maintaining this web
site), Joe plays pedal steel with the alt-country band,
Old Spice Boys.
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