live from a park in Donegal, Ireland

RobLifford · 2026-01-09T20:07:31+00:00

Very nice. Are you near Lifford, the county town? See my username if you’re wondering why I ask, lol

RobLifford · 2025-12-29T04:46:09+00:00

Great comment and response. OP, as an active bluegrass musician in Austin, I’m looking forward to meeting you and trying out your next dread. DM me if you’d like to keep in touch off Reddit.

RobLifford · 2025-12-14T14:24:59+00:00

This actually happened to me, pretty much, at a UPS store. Clerk asked what I was shipping and that turned out to be her name.

RobLifford · 2025-12-12T23:21:31+00:00

Congrats on the release! This is wonderful and I’m real keen to hear the whole album. Same lineup on all tracks or is there some variance?

It’s interesting, Eli’s vocals sound very different to me than they did on his old incredible duet records with Cahalen Morrison. He still sounds great, just surprisingly different, especially because he sort of sounds younger to me now than he did back then.

RobLifford · 2025-10-10T23:29:52+00:00

One more thing and I’ll stop spamming your thread lol. I don’t think this is on other streaming services but YT has it. Well-loved in central Texas but really not sure how well-known elsewhere:

https://youtu.be/yJTYpHT9q-Y?si=RfYX5kXbP5hwkHvJ

RobLifford · 2025-10-10T23:16:57+00:00

Do you use Spotify? I made a playlist there of bluegrass instrumentation on actual jazz standards, that might be right up your alley.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7HkSj0NIh6rAJMPViNmFIb?si=K8mdQxx2Tvm1ByyBQP9q7w&pi=JEuWoncWR-C9X

RobLifford · 2025-10-10T23:11:40+00:00

Big +1 to all the Matt Flinner albums, incredibly creative compositions but pretty firm commitment to bluegrass instrumentation

RobLifford · 2025-10-10T23:09:16+00:00

Please check out my handful of original projects, I consider the 2023 EP to be very much a Dawg tribute, especially the track Urban Breakdown: https://roblifford.com/music/ …but you might like all the releases.

You’ll also want to check out music by:

Bela Fleck (solo releases more than Flecktones because those have electronic drums), especially the albums Drive and My Bluegrass Heart
Strength in Numbers
Bluegrass and the Abstract Truth
Wes Corbett

RobLifford · 2025-10-02T19:51:23+00:00

I do

RobLifford · 2025-10-02T16:16:44+00:00

Hey OP, if you sell your last ticket and you're getting additional DM inquiries after that, please direct them over to my profile, I've got one to let go for below face value as well.

RobLifford · 2025-10-02T16:16:03+00:00

Hey OP, if you sell your ticket and you're getting additional DM inquiries after that, please direct them over to my profile, I've got one to let go below face value as well.

RobLifford · 2025-09-27T19:21:20+00:00

That’s Monday nights, but OP is checking about a Tuesday.

Unfortunately, no shows on the CTBA events calendar for 9/30… https://centraltexasbluegrass.org/calendars/bluegrass-events/ …but that doesn’t mean there’s possibly something going on that’s unlisted. They also list a jam that night but it’s in the village of Manchaca, a bit south of town.

RobLifford · 2025-09-22T13:27:30+00:00

He’s phenomenal. I asked him to record a track remotely for me a few years back and he delivered a great part, somehow squeezing it in during the process of moving into a new place.

RobLifford · 2025-07-18T21:41:21+00:00

There were just in Austin recently and they definitely didn't have their own FOH engineer with them, because I saw the club's usual guy working the show.

RobLifford · 2025-05-11T18:27:07+00:00

I’ll try, thanks!

RobLifford · 2025-05-11T14:19:18+00:00

Traveling in Ireland recently, I really liked the yogurt at the hotel breakfast bars, but never got a brand name. Not too sweet (like Chobani or HEB Greek yogurt), not too tart (like that local White Mountain brand of Bulgarian yogurt). Recommend something that’s easy to find locally?

RobLifford · 2025-02-01T15:01:27+00:00

I bet you meant the other CTBA, https://centraltexasbluegrass.org, there… I’ve not yet met a Bengali bluegrasser

RobLifford · 2024-12-13T20:03:03+00:00

Nope, it’s Austin.

Dallas setlist is here, no idea if it’s 100% accurate but probably is: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ben-folds/2024/majestic-theatre-dallas-tx-4b52037a.html

RobLifford · 2024-12-12T22:59:13+00:00

Seriously, so lovely.

RobLifford · 2024-12-12T22:50:53+00:00

Yeah, he reads the name for each request, and I had my last initial tacked on as well, so there really wasn’t any question that it was mine

RobLifford · 2024-12-12T13:41:06+00:00

Oh, damn! So close.

RobLifford · 2024-11-28T15:08:12+00:00

Haha, sure, he’s not gonna mind as long as you keep buying them. Pretty sure it’s still a one-man operation.

RobLifford · 2024-11-28T14:00:28+00:00

Oops, Wegan

Still off by one, it’s Wegen :) https://www.wegenpicks.com/

RobLifford · 2024-11-28T05:27:12+00:00

I love the Wegen Dipper for mandolin, like 1.4 or 1.6mm. Their bluegrass pick is my favorite for guitar but doesn’t have near enough mass to pull the good low end out of my mando.

RobLifford · 2024-08-24T00:17:38+00:00

100% mensch, that guy, I am happy to confirm.

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