Pictures
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Pictures from the Palmer St. Coffeehouse, Plattsburgh, NY
March 1, 2013
March 1, 2013
(Photos by David Brown)
Closeup on an intrumental
Bill concentrating on his break
Mike nails his vocal
Freeman playing backup
Matt sings a lead vocal
The boys lay down a trio
Bill hits a Dobro break
The quartet looking intense
Freeman doing a fiddle solo
Mike layers a tenor harmony
Bill playing up the neck
...and singing a lead vocal
The quartet again
Matt singing to the camera
A close-harmony trio
...and another
Bill playing backup
Neil plays a mandolin lead
Some Dobro backup
A closeup of Mike on bass
Neil playing rhythm
Freeman concentrating
Neil introduces a song
Mike, Neil and Matt on a trio
Matt plays a guitar break
Hamming it up
A light moment
Bill warming up
Freeman playing a few licks
Freeman in a more formal pose
Matt, waiting for a train
The band tries a tune
The boys looking serious
Pictures from the Palmer St. Coffeehouse, Plattsburgh, NY
March 2, 2012
March 2, 2012
(Photos by Debbie DiFulvio)
Trio on chorus
More trio
Matt taking a break
The whole band
Neil kicking off a tune
Matt singing a solo
Neil sings lead
(Photos below by David Brown)
Bill takes a break
Freeman cuts loose on a fiddle break
Mike concentrating on round tones
Mike, Neil and Matt do a trio
Bill plays up the neck
Neil, Bill and Matt sing one
The whole band
Matt provides solid rhythm
A light moment
Freeman provides some backup
Mike looking at the note that got away
Matt sings lead
The band does a quartet
Bill takes a break
Freeman concentrates on some fills
Mike sings one
Bill on the Dobro
Lined up across the stage
Mike looking pensive
Freeman doing a fiddle tune
Bill playing up the neck
Matt takes a break
Freeman backing up the singer
Matt laying into another break
Pictures from the Pavillion at the Lycian Theater, Sugar Loaf, NY, Oct. 24, 2009
The boys doing a pedal-to-the-metal instrumental
Bill tells a funny story.
Mike sings one, with Bill on Dobro
Two fiddles, no waiting!
Fan Thomas Weber from Switzerland models a Big Spike cap in an old Swiss castle called Lenzburg. (Thomas is the one on the left!) He gets the prize for the most well-travelled cap. Thomas says, By the way, I always listen to your CDs in my car. They are really great!
Pictures from the Palmer Street Coffeehouse, Plattsburgh, NY, Dec. 5, 2008
(Photos by David Brown)
The trio sings a chorus.
Bill backs up a verse on Dobro.
The quartet sings a capella.
Check out the matching shirts!
Freeman solos.
Bill sings lead.
Mike is channeling Charlie Mingus.
Neil sings lead on a tune.
Pete sings one of his original songs.
Pictures from CD Release Party, Barre Opera House, March, 2008
Mike sings while Bill plays Dobro.
The band on stage, taken from the back of the house.
The quartet sings a capella.
With Gopher Broke, jamming on stage at evening's end.
Big Spike at Enosburg (VT) Opera House
Here's a link to some great photos and audio interviews by Gregory Lamoureux from our November, 2007 show at the Enosburg Opera House.
Big Spike at Warwick, NY
Bill takes a banjo break.
Neil and Pete sing a duet.
Freeman fiddling up a storm.
Pete takes a guitar solo.
The trio sings their hearts out, while Mike holds down the rhythm.
Big Spike at Shoreham, VT
Mike joins Neil and Pete on a trio. This was Mike's first gig with us.
Freeman solos
Bill takes the lead on "Shuckin' The Corn".
A fan approached us at the April, 2006 show at the Lincoln Inn with a wonderful story. They live in a small town, and had been troubled with feral animals getting into a dumpster near their house, making a lot of noise while foraging for food. Nothing they had been able to do had kept the animals out of the dumpster. Finally, they put some humane traps in the dumpster, but didn't have much success. They came out to see us in January at the Lincoln Inn, baiting the trap before they left, and asking a neighbor to keep an ear out for activity around the dumpster.
When they got home, they had a phone message from their neighbor saying they had better check their traps because something was making a lot of noise.
Opening the dumpster, they found a feral cat inside the trap
making his displeasure known. It being cold, they brought him into the house where he
proceeded to make himself at home. He turned out to be such a pleasant animal that
they decided to keep him. When it came to naming him, they agreed that there was really
only one choice. So say hello to...
Big Spike
Big Spike, the cat
Here's a photo from deep within the Big Spike archives, dating back to around 1971. This is a shot from a stage show by the Spark Gap Wonder Boys, a group Neil played with for many years which had recorded the first album for Rounder Records.
Pictured are (l-r), George Nelson (guitar), Dave Doubilet (banjo), and Neil Rossi (fiddle) on stage at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Mass. You have to look really hard to find any grey hair here. Check out the bell-bottom trousers. Thanks to Dennis Satterlee for making this classic photo available.
Spark Gap Wonder Boys, 1971
(Photo by Bob Hammond)