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42 THE MANDOLIN FAMILY EASTMANGUITARS.COM MD815PGE-HB Top: Back/Sides: Neck: Fingerboard: Nut: Bridge/Saddle: Binding: Scale Length: Electronics: Finish: Case: Available Finishes: Solid Adirondack Carved Flamed Maple Maple Ebony Bone Fitted Adjustable Ebony Ivoroid 13 7/8” K&K Mandolin Twin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Hardshell Case Classic AF FF MD905 Frank Solivan of the band Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen Solivan plays the MD515 Top: Back/Sides: Neck: Fingerboard: Nut: Bridge/Saddle: Binding: Scale Length: Finish: Case: Available Finishes: Solid Adirondack Carved Flamed Maple Maple Ebony Bone Fitted Adjustable Ebony Maple 13 7/8” Antique Varnish Hardshell Case Clasic / Sunburst AF FF
43 FEATURED MUSICIAN Band from left to right: Savannah Finch, Tim Finch, Jon Glik, Stefan Custodi The Eastman String Band Getting personal Tim Finch knows his bluegrass. He knows the sound and the songbook, the lore and the legends. His appreciation for the music, in fact, is what keeps pushing him for something a little different — namely, for something of his own. Officially, his band is called Tim and Savannah Finch with The Eastman String Band. Based outside Annapolis, MD, they formed just under a decade ago, with the goal of forging fresh territory on an “Alt’grass Americana” frontier. It also meant writing and performing original songs — which, as he put it, was something of a “gamble.” After all, live bluegrass audiences frequently expect — even demand — to hear the standards. The result of Finch and his band mates’ focused musical exploration is two all-original albums, with a third in the works, driven by wife and lead singer Savannah’s “very personal” lyrics, which grapple with life and death, family and relationships. He’s proud of their growing <strong>catalog</strong>ue, prouder still that this music comes from within. “I love the traditional songs,” he says, “but I’m passionate about exploring original material and new arrangements.” Finch is hardly a product of Appalachia. He grew up in the ‘70s in a suburb outside of Washington, D.C., in a time and place surging with the energy of a neo-bluegrass movement. Inspired by the likes of Earl Scruggs and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, he picked up the banjo as a teenager and never stopped playing. His passion led him first to form a group with his brothers, then on to gigs at major venues with The Good Deale Bluegrass Band that included Jon Glik on fiddle, Mike Munford on banjo, and the legendary Mike Auldridge on resonator guitar. Along the way, he met his wife Savannah who walked into a music store he was just opening. The two found instant musical common ground, playing together at the Friday night jams that Tim held at his store. Eventually the fuller band emerged with both at the front where they began performing at various private events, major venues, and festivals. And as for his choice of the band’s name? He reaches out beyond his own creative efforts. Finch works as a sales rep for Eastman — a job that keeps him on the road, and in contact with other musicians, constantly. He’d named his first band after his music shop “Good Deale Bluegrass,” and so when it came time to find a name for his new configuration, as he puts it: “I figured, I’d stick with the same formula and name it after where I work.” Indeed, his own form of tradition is something that the irrepressible Finch can very much get behind. www.eastmanstringband.com
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