I first heard Joe Sundell’s music when he was playing a small secret show in the woods. My friends and I hopped a creek bed and walked along some narrow animal trails. We followed the occasional tealight someone had placed in the dirt to let us know we were indeed still headed to the correct destination, and came to a small clearing where the audience and musicians were all circled ’round. Joe started his set and the audience got dead quiet. They, and I, were all ears. I was a fan from that night on.
Joe is an Arkansas native with a very easygoing way about him. It’s easy to imagine him sipping some iced tea and picking a banjo on a front porch in some rural part of Dixieland. He’s a soft spoken guy when he’s not in front of a microphone, but put a mic in front of him and he lights right up.
When we recorded this session we all hung out on the back porch, watched the sun go down, drank a little bourbon and had fun in the Texas heat. The shade from the big old Pecan trees sure didn’t hurt, either. Joe played some songs from his most recent album “Ramblin’ Mind”, a few new songs he had written while on tour, and some old traditional numbers too.
Here’s the link to the live session we did. As always, you can stream or download it for free. Please pass this music along, as it’s meant to be shared!
http://www.archive.org/details/JoeSundell-liveOnKaosRadio
