Patchwork Kimono $3.12

About Patchwork Kimono

Jackie Burgess: Born and raised in Anniston Alabama, he first heard old-time fiddle from his grandpa, Benny Rogers. For over thirty years he has pursued his love of that music, playing in old time bands including; The Snow Creek Flakes, Toad Stompers, Sofa Cats and now Buffalo Creek.

John Benjamin Bloom : A self taught musician John played anything with a string. As a youngster he heard Appalachian music in his home town of Hendersonville, NC and Israeli folk music at his uncle’s summer camp. John could still recall the live music and dancers who seemed to fly through the air. John performed with bluegrass, Celtic and Old Time bands . He was accomplished on guitar, bass and mandolin. He took up the banjo and fiddle in the last years of his life. He died playing music at the Appalachian Old Time Music Festival in Clifftop, West Virginia.

Ann Marvin Griffey: Annie has been told that she sang before she talked. She grew up listening to all form of songs, from British Isle tunes of her grandfather to the southern ballads of her mother, along with 60’s folk revival , blues, jazz and opera. While she sang in all types of singing groups, she kept going back to her love of unaccompanied old time ballad singing and harmonizing.

Ken Inoue: Ken is originally from Osaka, Japan. He was always interested in roots music since he was a child. Finding a copy of a “Camp Creek Boys” album changed his perception of American roots music. So, in 1973 he opened a coffee shop in Osaka featuring this music. Then he met John Hermann, who had been traveling around Asia playing the banjo. Ken started playing and moved to the United States in 1986 to be more closely connected to the Old –Time community.

Kazumi Inoue: Kazumi came from Osaka, Japan to the USA to learn Southern music and dance, she formed the first Japanese Clogging team in 1983 and taught clogging to students including a priest from a Buddhist temple. She promoted concerts to introduce Southern music and dance to Japan. She and Ken and their two children have lived in North Carolina.