Jeff Sipe

Backporch jamming fun in the Playhouse with room to groove!

Live at the Variety Playhouse on Sunday, December 18, 2011

Legendary guitarist Jimmy Herring will be hitting the road under his own name, with a hand-picked ensemble of all-star musicians in support.

The first annual Booty Band Land which took place at the Sneedville Yacht Club Ranch, near Sneedville TN on Sept 24th to Sept 27th was to say the least an adventure.

When a certified guitar god visits your city you go pay homage!

Win tickets from HGMN!

Driftin' on a Lifeboat

Williams to Release "Rex" A Grateful Grass Performance Featuring Williams, Keith Moseley, and Jeff Austin

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND. WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DAROL ANGER AND DANNY BARNES; ALSO KELLER WILLIAMS WITH KEITH MOSELEY, GIBB DROLL, & JEFF SIPE, DREW EMMITT BILLY NERSHI AND FRIENDS, BILL FRISELL, AND MANY OTHERS

Bill Bruford once told me in an interview during his last tour with Yes (for the album Union) that chamber or group free improvisation has been a tradition and joy among classically trained European musicians, and that formally scheduled open jam sessions were widely in practice during the time of "J.S. Bach" and likely long before. As jazz and rock forms in music derived from a blending of European and African musical traditions and elements—free and open improvisation from the very beginning provided a means for musicians to communicate on multiple levels simultaneously, in the absence of spoken queues or any pre-determined forms. Project Z to my ears embodies a milestone among recorded sessions of free improvisation, and in an electric setting picks up where some of the great “free" recordings of the 60s and 70s by the likes of Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane, and Anthony Braxton left off.