Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see -- Dylan McCarthy of Jake Leg

Everyone in the Denver-made bluegrass band Jake Leg (guitarist and vocalist Eric Wiggs, mandolin player and vocalist Dylan McCarthy, and brothers Justin and Aaron Hoffenberg respectively on fiddle and bass) knew each other before forming the group. They played together in jams and occasionally in pickup gigs and other informal performances.They started playing more structured performances as the tribute project All Wheel Drive, learning every song from the 1988 Béla Fleck instrumental album Drive. This project also featured Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose on banjo, Justin Konrad on dobro, and the original Jake Leg bass player Troy Robey. Jake Leg resulted from the group’s wishes to continue performing together, shifting the focus towards original, lyrical bluegrass music. The current lineup solidified recently, with Aaron Hoffenberg replacing Robey on bass in August 2023.Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the showThank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below.If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact:Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at [email protected] Hickman, multimedia producer, at [email protected] Lammers, podcast host, at [email protected] inquiries: [email protected] to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online.Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website.Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.earListen and watch on YouTube today.Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout.Thank you for listening!