New Hampshire-born singer-songwriter Woody Pines has been playing music since he can remember. Pines began busking on the streets of New Orleans in 1998, moving to Athens, Ohio, in 2002, and later, to Asheville, North Carolina. Over time, he tapped into American backwoods roots music and developed a southern-influenced, down-homey blend of hillbilly, folk, country swing, country blues, rockabilly, ragtime and New Orleans-style jazz. He has recorded four albums.
St. Patrick’s Day weekend is a tough gig, but the revelers who paid attention at Rodeo Bar & Grill tonight enjoyed Pines’ fast-paced, lively performance. With two backing minstrels, Pines and company performed a musical tapestry, evoking post-Civil War acoustic blues, Bill Haley rockabilly, Bob Dylan folk and more, a hootenanny where the songs epitomized the stomp and swing, jump and jive born in the earliest days of rock and roll. It was an evening of old-timey feel-good Americana music led by a budding young reinterpreter.
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