Music
Meet the Masters
Bruce Molsky
One asserts, “I’m not an egghead scholar of old-time music, I’m a gunfighter.” The other has opined, “Why does anybody try to spread the word about anything they think is beautiful? It’s just because it’s beautiful. There’s no secret message in there.”
The former is revered Queens-born, wild-eyed, stompin’ fiddler John Specker; the latter is celebrated Bronx-born multi-instrumentalist and teacher Bruce Molsky. This venerable yin-and-yang twosome—each world-renowned masters of old-time music—will be performing at the Rosendale Theater on January 15 as part of Hop High Productions’ World Culture Concert Series.
Billed as “Modern Masters of Old-Time Fiddle,” Specker and Molsky have not tread the boards together since they first crossed paths in Ithaca, New York in the early ’70s as members of the pioneering, back-to-basics Correctone String Band. Although fate sent them on divergent paths, each man left an indelible imprint on Ithaca, now considered a hotbed of roots music.
John Specker
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