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Article: Uncle Earl breathing new life into old-time fare.(ETC.)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2007
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Byline: Scott McLennan
COLUMN: SCOTT MCLENNAN
You don't hear it often, but Rayna Gellert said it during a recent interview: "I find myself thinking, `Damn, I wish I didn't miss the '70s.'"
Gellert, however, was not pining for disco, feathered hair and polyfibers woven into garish patterns. She just wishes she was around when string-band musicians had a thriving community among themselves and a decent audience to boot.
"I was jealous of the older generation of musicians who had a peer group to be part of," said Gellert, referring to when she started playing fiddle in old-timey bands in the '90s. At time, she was a college student in ...