Deeper Roots String Band: Home
Welcome to the Deeper Roots edge of the cyber world. For many years Rick Brockner's music has been played on radio world wide, yet it has been hard to find? The CD "Fiddlin' With A Dulcimer" recorded in 2000 continues to wow folks who have not heard it before and Rick is busy working on new Dulcimer Tunes with fellow band mates Jerry Lankford, Steve Barker and Andy Rhodes. Find out what's new! When you add Jerry Lankford on banjo with Rick on dulcimer and Andy on Bass with Steve Barker on guitar you have The Deeper Roots String Band. A modern string band writing and recording new songs about life in the Mountains of North Carolina. The new CD is out in August 09 The title is "Something Old Something New. Look for it on CDBaby right now or send us an email and we will send you one. There is nothing new about saving the Earth with Rick as he has been at it since the early seventies. Rick really got his start when he joined The Hudson River Sloop Club's Beacon chapter headed by Pete Seeger. Rick began to learn first hand about the pollution we as a country were putting out into our everyday lives and the results there of. "I started to garden and eat more of a vegetarian diet and most important Recycle. Now living in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge all of Rick's experence is coming together in an effort to become as self contained as one can be, but still keep an eye on the bigger picture. In the future you will hear songs on this subject from Deeper Roots along with conversation in concert in an effort to get each of us to do what we can on a personal level. We can't forget in concert the dulcimer still rules with Deeper Roots!
