WALNUT GROVE BAND v.2010 (THE LIVE TRIO)
This is a story about The Walnut Grove Band v.2010, a band that has been around the local block a time or two.
Legend says that once upon a time (back in 2003) there were three friends: walnutt, t-roy and wellwisher. Life is what it is and the three friends went their seperate ways. Time went on and one day the three friends were reunited as a group. The three friends are working on some new music in the walnut grove! This could be something. Listen to a live recording of this trio playing "Cheap Guitars" back in 2003 here in the archive.
WALNUTT.NET - The long story...
They say it began in 1969 and walnuts have little choice other than to accept this for fact.
Fast forward to 1984...when Mark Stewart put down his air guitar and picked up an electric guitar that he bought used from a neighbor kid. The need for a drummer became strong and so Mark built a drum set of buckets, trash cans, old fan cages and junk. The kid next door, Charles, soon earned the nickname "bucket" and title "drummer". Life on Walnutgrove Lane was never the same again. Mark's passion for building skateboard ramps, fishing, bmx bikes and forts gave way to art, building stages, multi-media projects, events, music and other things.
Fast forward again to 1999...when Mark picked up another guitar and formed Walnut Grove Band (WGB), a fairly well-known, ever-changing original roots rock band based in Virginia, near to DC. Soon, Mark became known as Walnutt and was working with various instruments in studio/live settings, producing small events and just generally being an active and artistic songwriting dude. 10+ years of working with dozens of great, artistic individuals in Walnut Grove Band has been rewarding and challenging.
A little about the current players in Walnut Grove Band v.2010:
John Stamat recorded and performed with Walnut Grove Band in 2003-2004 replacing Guy Stevens on bass guitar. John resides in West Virginia, but has travelled extensively both domestically and internationally. Here in the USA, John has worked with Walnut Grove Band, Grickle Grass, Headbone and more. Mr Stamat can be heard on the Walnut Grove Band CD "The Walnut Groove".
T-roy the drummer worked with Walnut Grove Band from 2001-2003 at first as a percussionist and then eventually replacing Brad Thoesen on kit drums. T-roy is known not just for working with bands such as Walnut Grove, Junk Nugget and Lunar Stew Trio, but also for his hand drumming instructional CDs. T-roy can be heard on select tracks on the Walnut Grove Band CD "Green Egg".
Walnutt is glad to have John and T-roy back in the grove. The combined musical and life experience these three guys bring to the grove is beautiful.
The Walnut Grove Band wishes the grovetrotters all the best and hopes that you will enjoy the new music!
Walnutt (WGB, Tumbling Run, Snarlings)
Walnutt often produces solo. When Walnutt teams up with others it historically has become The Walnut Grove Band. In 2009 a new path began to develop, sort of a fork in the run, an acoustic outfit known as Tumbling Run was born and is described as being "one hop, skip and jump from Walnut Grove".
"Have a little fun with Tumbling Run: acoustic folk music from Mark Stewart (Walnutt) in Virginia." Acoustic ooze flowing from the east face of North Mountain down to the Shenandoah and eventually to the sea. Tumbling Run is a folk rock band formed by Mark Walnutt Stewart, just one hop, skip and jump away from the Walnut Grove.
"What isn't Tumbling Run?" is more the question than "What is it?". "Who is Tumbling Run?" is a much easier question. The music of Tumbling Run is probably the place to start looking for answers and that is in the works.
Tumbling Run might be described as the sound which occurs when a rockin’ billy’s generator runs out of gas, but there is solar back-up. Acoustic, semi-acoustic & electrofried alternative folk with a bluegrass, outlaw country feel is what this Virginia outfit delivers. From the Shenandoah Valley straight to you, Tumbling Run lives up to it’s name as it floods the river valley with cascading sounds, levels the land with solid soul…until the river, rolling pasture and mountain peaks join forces and tour the sky.
Feeling crazy yet? Good.
If you feel the need to exit your mind, go right ahead.
Some places WGB has been
Blow Up The Moon Party, Luray, Virginia
Gathering of Guests & Ghosts 3, Strasburg, Virginia
Virginia Brewing Company, Winchester, VA
Opequon Inn Barn, Boyce, VA
Ubiquitopia/Harvest Moon, Gore, VA
Sylvan Theatre/Washington Monument, DC
SoundQuilt Music Festival, Virginia
Stewart-Matheny Farm, Strasburg, VA
Endless Summer Gathering, Ft Washington, Maryland
Pickeral Street Block Party, White Plains, MD
Eclipse Jam, Fairfax, VA
Ed’s Taproom, West Virginia
Band Camp by Village Bicycle, Virginia
Hotel Charles, Maryland
Jammin Java, Vienna, VA
Bangkok Blues, Falls Church, VA
The Fool festival, Virginia
Ned Devine's, Fairfax, VA
State Theater, Falls Church, Virginia
The Pour House, Raleigh, North Carolina
Seashore State Park/First Landing, Virginia Beach, VA
Club Boyds, Frederick, Maryland
Phil’s Grill, Viginia Beach
Cecilfest in Virginia/Maryland
Highlawn Pavillion, Harrisonburg, VA
Spaghetti Fest, Virginia
Wilderness Jam, Gore, Virginia
420 Jam Fest, Gore, Virginia
Champions Billiards, Maryland
Balls Bluff Tavern, Leesburg, Virginia
Kings Court Tavern, Leesburg, Virginia
Westmoreland Arts & Crafts Festival, Virginia
Bluemont Fair, Virginia
King of the Wings, Winchester, Virginia
Haymarket Days, Haymarket, Virginia
Steakmasters, Gainesville, Virginia
Spring Fest / Cinco de Mayo, Virginia
May Jam, Virginia
Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue, Bluemont, VA
GK Hall, Berryville, VA
Barefoot Pelican, Sterling, Vigrinia
Santa Fe Café, Maryland
Louie’s, Silver Spring, Maryland
Basin Street, Sterling, VA
Alston’s Pub (The Pub), Harrisonburg, Virginia
The Little Grill, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Gathering of Guests & Ghosts, Virginia
Big Dogs Off-Road, Gore, Virginia
Gobbler’s Knob (Beth’s), Winchester Virginia
Brewbakers, Winchester, Virginia
Coalie Harry’s, Virginia
Sweet Caroline’s, Winchester, Virginia
The Vault, Baltimore, Maryland
The Velvet Lounge, Washington, DC
Shark Club, Centreville, VA
Firehouse Grill, Fairfax, VA
Ragtime Café, Arlington, VA
Fat Tuesday’s, Fairfax, VA
Shenanigans, Leesburg, VA
The Barn, Bluemont, Va
The Retreat, Bluemont, VA
Cole’s Point Marina, VA
DC 9, Washington D.C.
Strasburg Theater, Strasburg, VA
The Grove Garage, Chantilly, VA
Country Roads, Hedgesville, West VA
Zig’s, Alexandria, VA
Live at Best Checks, Sterling, VA
Lars from Mars TV show, Arlington, VA
Walnut Grove Block Party, South Riding, VA
ShortMan’s Fall-Down, Chantilly, VA
Common Threads Gathering, Gore, VA
Salvage Festival, Gore, Virginia
Cox’s Farm Fall Festival, Fairfax, VA
Bistro Bistro, Reston, VA
Festival of the Equinox, VA
Treehugger’s Ball Festival, West VA
Three Pieces & a Biscuit Festival, Chantilly, VA
Main Street, Fairfax, VA
McPool Party, Alexandria, VA
Roadtrippin’ with Bill Wright Radio Show, MD
Wes & Kimba’s, Maryland
Sunshine Daydream Music Campground, West VA
123 Pleasant Street, Morgantown, W VA
Morgantown Sound Radio, Morgantown, W VA
Cary Street Café, Richmond, VA
Freedom Festival, Gray Bear Lodge, Berkeley Springs, West VA
Summer Solstice Gathering, Peace in the Valley Festival, West VA
Fuzzy’s Fall-Down, King George, VA
Retreat Jam on the River, Shenandoah, VA
Clifford Park, Virginia
Mason District Fair, Fairfax, VA
Natural Chimney’s, Virginia
Mt Solon, Virginia
South Riding Inn, Virginia
Rhodeside Grill, Arlington, VA
Sign of the Whale, Falls Church, VA
The Royal, Baltimore, MD
East Coast Billiards, Woodbridge, VA
Stacatto, Adam's Morgan. Washington DC
DB Comm’s Halloween Bash, Harrisonburg, VA
Downtown Saloon (Payne's Biker Bar/Cafe), Leesburg, VA
Music Monthly, MD
Washington Post, D.C.
Winchester Star, Winchester, VA
FOX 99.3 FM, Winchester, VA
Washington City Paper, D.C.
XM Radio
JamBase.com
Google Video
CD Baby
iTunes
...and many more!
Some folks WGB has shared the stage & worked with
Walnut Grove Band
WGB-A
Jebus
No Use for Humans
Waterband
Ubiquitone
Astronomers
Soul Amputation
Curly & the Rocket
Lagerhead
Michael Barry-Rec
Power Pirate
This Day Waits
G-13
Nanjemoy Creek Boys
Joe Herbert & Indoe Loop
JimiBeckBlues
Mood Cultivation Project
Barefoot Wade
Zen
Poogie Bell
Davisson Brothers Band
Zen
Switchman
Fried Moose
Space Station Integration
CJ the DJ
Papa Funk
DJ Williams Projekt
Intense City
Funk Me Fester
Time in Motion Evolution Band
Vision Through Sound
DJ Sonido Attractivo
Man Mountain Jr
Machu Picchu
Peter Tuerk
Furnace Mountain Band
Hillbilly Gypsies
Snarlings
Tumbling Run
Hambox Hilton
Garage Blues Experiment
Flashing Midnight
Poon Johnson & The Mountaineers
Sleepfeeder
Piss Jacket
Outer Spacials
Wayward Recital
Porch Pickers Brigade
Lifted Vision
Family Tree
Mobias Project
The Ordinary Way
Kate Curtis Hohman
Angie Head
Nefrit El-or
Buster Brown & The Get Down
Laidback
!Bonsai
The Hip Replacement
The Next Step
Onthebus
Kettle
Orchard Boys
Mozely Rose
Andrew Kasab
BanjerDan
ATFG
Rolie Polie /Suburban Nightmare
Red Oranges
NUMA
Midnight Spaghetti & The Chocolate G-Strings
Unfortunate Sons
The Woodshedders
Rick Derringer
Georgia Satellites
Cliff Street
Black River Circus
Three Fifths
The Rez
Big Enough Band
Allan Harrington
Sunflower Company
Magnolia Blue
Trees
MJ Project
Junk Nugget
BluFunk
Vince Welnick
Lunar Stew
Natural Born Easy
The Jones
Blankus Larry
Sage
Ekoostik Hookah
Arjun
Politicks
The Crawford Players
All Mighty Senators
Data Frogs
Old Crow Medicine Show
Hackensaw Boys
TKO
Eric Davis
Black River Circus
According to Hoyle
Fast Eddie
Grickle Grass
Earthbound Shakedown
Madd Mother Moose
Mountain Momma
Buck Gooter
After Destiny
Clyde Wrenn
Book of Kills
Spaceheaters
American Sinner
Cutest Puppy in the World
Zefira
Calf Mountain Jam
GTA
Flashing Midnight
DJ Solace
Joshua Josh Papreck
Seeker Dan Sheehan
Joe Cunningham
Lights Fantastic
Dawg House Audio
DB Communications
FirkinGood
Green Door
William Mitchell Studios
James Turner
Party DC
HeyBro
Quiva
Keep it Cool
Garbaz
Super Walker and Katie
T-roy
Kris Brown
Village Bicycle
Connectivity Group
Some Random Sound
Forever Family
Spider Creek
Sunshine Daydream
Morgantown Sound
SoundQuilt
Walnut Grooves
…and many, many more!
