by Lowell Levinger | Aug 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Just got back from one of the greatest gigs ever … The Notodden Blues Festival. I had this amazing band to back me up. The Euphoria Five . Knerten Kamfjord – bass, Reidar Larsen – piano, Amund Maarud – guitar, Terje Kinn – guitar and...
by Lowell Levinger | Jun 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Vintage Guitar Magazine invited me to make a birthday video for the month of June and I got to pick anybody’s birthday I wanted. So I picked my friend Peggy Seeger and dedicated the video to her. It has been posted on the Vintage Guitar Magazine Facebook page...
by Lowell Levinger | Feb 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Folk Alliance International hosts their huge annual conference in Kansas City and it’s coming right up next week Wed – Sun ( 17-21) and I’m doing it up in style. I’ve got an official showcase (whoop dee do) and I’m producing a Private...
by Lowell Levinger | Dec 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Get Together on vinyl! From Shagrat-Hookah Records in the UK. A big beautiful package with the booklet enlarged and tucked into the middle panel with the two LP’s occupying the side panels. The graphics look great and the labels by John Hurford are brilliant....
by Lowell Levinger | Sep 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
On Saturday Sept 20 in Nashville I went to Buddy Miller’s studio and he and Jim Lauderdale and I talked and sang a few songs and basically had a grand old time of it. What a couple of great guys and also, by the way brilliant musicians and singers. I’m not...
by ll-big-cheese | Mar 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the official web site of Lowell Levinger aka “Banana” – founding member of The Youngbloods, and the original ‘Hippie From Olema’. In his fifth solo album since the disbanding of The Youngbloods in 1973, Banana has come into his...