The Honey Dewdrops - Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish
Langdon Street Café
Montpelier, Vermont
October 28, 2009 – Wednesday

Sennheiser 441 > UA-5 > Korg MR-1

Recorded and Mastered by Bill Koucky

1. Bluest Blue Eyes
2. Don’t Leave Me Here
3. Way Out On The Old Saint Sabbath
4. The Test Of Time
5. Without Tears
6. Nowhere To Stand
7. Killing The Blues
8. Wandering Boy
9. Petals
10. Can’t You Here Me Callin’
11. Only You Can Know
12. When Was The War
13. Long Journey Home
14. Won’t You Come And Sing For Me
15. How We Used To Be
16. Ain’t No Grave
17. Long Black Veil
18. So I’m On The Mountain
19. crowd
Encore:
20. Bright Morning Stars


Visit: thehoneydewdrops.com

Reviews:

From:creativeloafing.com

I’ve always been a sucker for sweet, simple harmonies,
and especially those of the male/female variety. Maybe
it was this predisposition that suckered me in, or
perhaps it was the Chomp and Stomp-driven Sweetwater
haze, but whatever it was, the Honey Dewdrops moved
me.
Hailing from Scottsville, Virginia, the rootsy duo,
consisting of vocalists Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish,
passed through Atlanta this past weekend for only
the second time in the band’s several-year long existence.
“One of the players in Peachtree Station, Steve Schaaf,
found us and suggested we play [Chomp and Stomp].
Since we were going to be down there for another show
that was canceled, we went ahead and booked the
show — so glad we did,” the band explains via email.
Those of us lucky enough to be in attendance at their
pristine, bare bones performance on Saturday were
equally glad. Bluegrass music is given easily to
cliché, and forgive me for employing it here, but
the setting sun, paired with the setting — the natural
amphitheater which forms the eastern ridge of
Cabbagetown Park — proved an acutely fitting atmosphere
for the Honey Dewdrops’ brand of Americana.
Wortman and Parrish employ the same sort of close,
haunting harmonies as Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
(in fact, Wortman’s sultry drawl at times bears an
uncanny resemblance to that of Welch), but rather
than the wilted atmospherics of that duo, a more
palpable sense of urgency permeates the Honey Dewdrops’
originals. “We have a very deep commitment to this
type of music,” the band writes. That unwavering
devotion is perhaps what most sets groups like the
Honey Dewdrops apart from the rest of the pack —
while traditional bluegrass is often ably performed
by able musicians, it’s usually pretty easy to tell
when a band really means it. According to the band,
they each recently quit their teaching jobs
“to go full-time.” These folks mean it.

And keep a lookout: the Honey Dewdrops will
pass back through Decatur on November 27 as
part of the Eddie’s Attic Shootout.



From: monkeyclaus.org


If the Sun Will Shine, The Honey Dew Drops' debut record,
was just released May 2009. Recorded live and mixed in a
1920’s barn, the record means to pay homage to their live
performances - full of the same energy and emotion the
Honey Dewdrops bring to the stage. Local sound engineer,
Abel Okugawa, mastered If the Sun Will Shine right here
at Monkeyclaus in Nelson County, VA. A collection of songs
written over the past two years, it features material that
comes straight from the heart. Of eleven original tunes,
some of which are award winners, and a few landed Laura
and Kagey plane tickets to St. Paul, Minnesota where they
appeared on A Prairie Home Companion’s “People in their
Twenties Talent Show” and won first place in March 2008.