FLOYD is the brainchild of Sandol Astrausky,
Hilary Dirlam and Rory MacCleod. We have
combined our various musical backgrounds and
talents to create a lively, varied album of old-time
music for dancing, listening, learning, and what-
have-you. Although we have individually followed
varied musical paths, we have all ended up solidly
in the southern old-time musical camp, and hope
you enjoy this great music along with us.
Sandol and Rory have lived in the small community
of Perryville, Rhode Island for many years. Sandol
began playing the violin at the age of eight. In the
early 80s she traveled to the Shetland Islands
where she studied fiddle tunes with the legendary
Tom Anderson. Returning to the US she became
immersed in southern old-time music. With fellow
musicians Kevin Wimmer, Craig Edwards and
others she played in the Little City String Band;
they made a recording subsequently distributed by
County. Sandol has also done recordings for North
Star Records, and her fiddling is featured on the
soundtrack of John Sayles’ film “The Secret of
Roan Inish”.
Before Rory MacCleod fell prey to the charms of
old-time music, he had already established himself
as a talented and creative blues and jazz string
bass player. He was a member of the Duke
Robillard Band, the Widespread Depression
Orchestra and Roomful of Blues. He has played
with Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King and the J. Geils
band, among others, and has recorded albums
with well-known blues artist Paul Geremia and the
Fabulous Thunderbirds. Rory plays old-time banjo
and guitar, and taught bass at the Blue Ridge Old-
Time Music Week in 2008.
Sandol and Rory produced a live, and lively, old-
time radio show with their band, the Hatfield McCoy
Trio (actually a quintet) with funding from the
Rhode Island Arts Council. They perform
regionally, play for local dances, and will be jointly
teaching the Old-Time Stringband Class at Brown
University this fall.
After playing with the Vermont-based Arm and
Hammer Stringband in the 70s, Hilary Dirlam
moved to western North Carolina where she has
been performing, recording, documenting and
teaching southern old-time music since 1980. She
performed with NC Heritage Award winners Luke
and Harold Smathers and Carroll Best. She
recorded and performed with old-time fiddlers
Gordon Freeman and Bruce Greene. She was one
of the founders of the Old-Time Herald, and has
been the director of the Blue Ridge Old-Time
Music Week at Mars Hill College for almost 20
years. Although she plays and enjoys jazz
standards and Nepali folk music, old-time is her
first and greatest love.
When Sandol, Rory and Hilary met several years
ago in Rhode Island, where Hilary was visiting
family, they realized that they enjoyed the same
approach to old-time music: an attraction to its
strong rhythms and quirky phrasing. After deciding
to make a CD they enlisted traditional singer Leah
Grear and banjo player Bill Stumph for a full
stringband sound. Leah says she represents “the
first northern born generation” of her Kentucky
and Tennessee based families. Her passion for old-
time music continues to be fueled by the music she
heard from her family, particularly her uncles
Ralph and Clyde Troxell. Bill Stumph has been
playing old-time music since the mid-70s. He is an
accomplished clawhammer banjo player, as well as
playing solid country blues guitar.
We hope you enjoy our take on this traditional
stringband music, but watch out. It can be
addictive!
Hilary Dirlam and Rory MacCleod. We have
combined our various musical backgrounds and
talents to create a lively, varied album of old-time
music for dancing, listening, learning, and what-
have-you. Although we have individually followed
varied musical paths, we have all ended up solidly
in the southern old-time musical camp, and hope
you enjoy this great music along with us.
Sandol and Rory have lived in the small community
of Perryville, Rhode Island for many years. Sandol
began playing the violin at the age of eight. In the
early 80s she traveled to the Shetland Islands
where she studied fiddle tunes with the legendary
Tom Anderson. Returning to the US she became
immersed in southern old-time music. With fellow
musicians Kevin Wimmer, Craig Edwards and
others she played in the Little City String Band;
they made a recording subsequently distributed by
County. Sandol has also done recordings for North
Star Records, and her fiddling is featured on the
soundtrack of John Sayles’ film “The Secret of
Roan Inish”.
Before Rory MacCleod fell prey to the charms of
old-time music, he had already established himself
as a talented and creative blues and jazz string
bass player. He was a member of the Duke
Robillard Band, the Widespread Depression
Orchestra and Roomful of Blues. He has played
with Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King and the J. Geils
band, among others, and has recorded albums
with well-known blues artist Paul Geremia and the
Fabulous Thunderbirds. Rory plays old-time banjo
and guitar, and taught bass at the Blue Ridge Old-
Time Music Week in 2008.
Sandol and Rory produced a live, and lively, old-
time radio show with their band, the Hatfield McCoy
Trio (actually a quintet) with funding from the
Rhode Island Arts Council. They perform
regionally, play for local dances, and will be jointly
teaching the Old-Time Stringband Class at Brown
University this fall.
After playing with the Vermont-based Arm and
Hammer Stringband in the 70s, Hilary Dirlam
moved to western North Carolina where she has
been performing, recording, documenting and
teaching southern old-time music since 1980. She
performed with NC Heritage Award winners Luke
and Harold Smathers and Carroll Best. She
recorded and performed with old-time fiddlers
Gordon Freeman and Bruce Greene. She was one
of the founders of the Old-Time Herald, and has
been the director of the Blue Ridge Old-Time
Music Week at Mars Hill College for almost 20
years. Although she plays and enjoys jazz
standards and Nepali folk music, old-time is her
first and greatest love.
When Sandol, Rory and Hilary met several years
ago in Rhode Island, where Hilary was visiting
family, they realized that they enjoyed the same
approach to old-time music: an attraction to its
strong rhythms and quirky phrasing. After deciding
to make a CD they enlisted traditional singer Leah
Grear and banjo player Bill Stumph for a full
stringband sound. Leah says she represents “the
first northern born generation” of her Kentucky
and Tennessee based families. Her passion for old-
time music continues to be fueled by the music she
heard from her family, particularly her uncles
Ralph and Clyde Troxell. Bill Stumph has been
playing old-time music since the mid-70s. He is an
accomplished clawhammer banjo player, as well as
playing solid country blues guitar.
We hope you enjoy our take on this traditional
stringband music, but watch out. It can be
addictive!
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