Sam Bush - DelFest 2023 x No Depression

Mandolin and vocal: Sam Bush
Guitar and vocal: Stephen Mougin
Video: Brad Wagner IG @brad.wagner.video
Audio: Juan M Soria IG @juanmsoria_ supported by ‪@UniversalAudio‬
Sam Bush’s No Depression Session at DelFest 2023 features Stephen Mougin on guitar and background vocals, and starts off appropriately with the music of Bush’s hero and mentor, John Hartford.
“I’m Still Here” was first published on Hartford’s 1968 album ‘Housing Project’ featuring a soaring trumpet line accompanying his vocal and banjo. Sam and Stephen’s No Depression Session performance has more in common, instrumentally, to Hartford’s 1984 recording heard on ‘Gum Tree Canoe’ than the ’68 version. But in any arrangement, Bush has so completely internalized the music that it’s clearly his too. Or ours at this point, I suppose. After starting a professional music career in the late ’60s, bucking the traditionalists to do his own newgrass thing, surviving cancer twice, and kicking ass on dozens of records including world-class collaborations with artists like Emmylou Harris and Bela Fleck, the sentiment of “I’m Still Here” rings perfectly true for Bush.
Between the first and second song, hear Bush relay the story of Del McCoury being the first person to encourage him to use his singing voice, after Sam injured his right hand at a bluegrass festival in 1971 and couldn’t play the mandolin.
Next up is the title track of Bush’s current record ‘Radio John: The Songs of John Hartford,’ drawing inspiration from Hartford’s on-air DJ name when he broadcasted his show from KSTL in St. Louis.
Between the second and third song, Bush tells us more about his gorgeous mandolin which was created specifically to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, featuring the town of Telluride meticulously inlaid in the headstock.
Last in this intimate session above DelFest is the title track from Bush’s 2009 record ‘Circles Around Me’. It reinforces the idea that festivals and gatherings of all kinds are to be cherished since humans are such social creatures, and that these congregations are essential to the experience.
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[@TheKyPerson]

I went to grade school with Sam Bush. I knew his mother and father who were both talented amateur musicians and his sisters were all good singers. I used to catch the New Grass Revival every time they came into town. Sam is so talented!! Love him.

[@andydonham8612]

Brightest days of the pandemic was listening to Brad and the gang at Delfest. Thanks for the music Sam.

[@bellohond]

What pandemic?

[@JuanSoriaGuitar]

What an honor being part of this session! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@georgewashington3393]

Love you you sam🍻🦅😊

[@darrellkinkade9205]

Got to see Sam & the original New Grass Revival numerous times in the 70s while going to school at WKU in Bowling Green, Ky. Sam grew up nearby. Also saw them at the '83 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Immense talent, to say the least!

[@maryalice5357]

Loved John Hartford too . Thanks.

[@user-zi8qp7eh3j]

Jerry would be stoked!!!!!!!

[@tomball3258]

Fab. Just Fab. Look forward to seeing you and the band Sam in September at the Wheatland Festival...

[@Harv4282]

‘Circles Around Me’. 18:00 my fav. 1st saw Sam at the UNLV student Union with New Grass Revival I was hooked.

[@01748murphy]

Can't wait for Stone Mountain show!

[@johnglenn30csardas]

Great audio.

[@Dokwebb]

Circles Around Me 😂 Completely Floored! First saw Sammy the Bush at Hillbilly Homecoming in Maryville, TN in 1978 with NGR of course. Thanks for all the wonderful music and soundtrack to the years!

[@acousticarchivefortwayne930]

The Best!

[@Pianoscript]

Hey! That's the dude I saw play with Bella Fleck and the Flecktones. Totally good!

[@robertepstein1988]

Just fantastic!

[@beckyriddell4400]

beautiful video! Thanks so very much for this spirit moving life inspiring music!

[@mathewgladden8914]

Dam. Sam is like young and spry.

[@barry4811]

Saw John Harford, NGR, and Gamble Rogers in 1971/1972 at the old Civic Auditorium in Jacksonville, FL Great performances by everyone involved. John Hartford and Gamble Rogers have both passed on but Sam remains and carries the torch beautifully. If you have never heard of Gamble Rogers, look him up. Died in 1991 trying to help a swimmer in trouble at Flagler Beach in St. Augustine FL

[@Aljoshaaa]

amazing performace ...Sam still looks like a young man ...

[@bossanovista]

I love this!! Makes me want to see Sam live and play more mandolin. 💖

[@leonvmusic1]

Got to see Sam in Decatur 11 /3/23 in Decatur Ala. What a talent one of the best shows I've ever seen and what a Band Again one of America's Treasures

[@Beadsmon]

Damn! There were some really good takes there! You could tell by how quiet everyone was after they ended... Lol! Great video!

[@shugemery]

Sam the Ageless Wonder is a Super Hero and Stephen gets top harmony with Sam. Whooooooo Buddy)))))

[@margaretcicci8352]

Love this!

[@observer7418]

Is this the festival people hiking northbound on the AT stop at in the late spring?

[@Neal_Sporin]

Always Memorial Day weekend. Rocky Gap State Park is 60 miles west from the AT @ I-70

[@stephenhenion8304]

I hit the Sub Button at :30 Seconds in...🎵🎶🎵🎶👍👍👍🎵🎶🎵

[@Foresterarborist]

Molly and Kyle kick ass!!! ❤

[@tmfolk7761]

Beijing boy also likes Sam, I love Bluegrass