David Bromberg: In The Studio, A New Lease On Life

Folk Alley | By Jim Blum

Published May 22, 2012 at 12:30 PM EDT

You may or may not know who David Bromberg is, depending on your age. Odds are, though, you do know his friends. Bromberg has been featured on close to 200 albums, recording with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Carly Simon and The Eagles, among others. George Harrison and The Grateful Dead appeared on his albums. Bromberg's passion, however, is acoustic blues, and his mentor was the Rev. Gary Davis.

Still, Bromberg eventually found himself feeling burned out, and ultimately took 17 years off leading up to the 2007 release of Try Me One More Time. (Use Me followed last year.) On the day he visited the Folk Alley studios for this session, he had a new band and a new lease on life.

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"900 Miles"

"Watch Baby Fall"

"Tongue"

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Jim Blum

Jim Blum has been sharing his love of folk music as a radio host on WKSU-FM for more than 25 years and, since 2003, also on FolkAlley.com. Blum graduated with a B.A. from Kent State University, played bass in a bluegrass and swing band and used to be a landscaper. As host and music programmer for Folk Alley and WKSU's weekend folk music, Blum has nearly three decades of experience broadcasting to a folk community that is now, thanks to the Internet, global in scope. His broadcasts include his own mix of musical influences featuring classic folk heroes, acoustic instrumentals, world rhythms, contemporary singer/songwriters, Americana, bluegrass and other roots-based sounds. He also acts as a valuable resource for area venue owners and concert coordinators as well as holding the position of artistic director for the Kent State Folk Festival, the nation's second oldest folk fest held on a college campus.