Homegrown String Band
@homegrownstrngband.bsky.social
Family band playing neo-traditional acoustic American roots music since 1997.
I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles in which vital and transforming events take place. -- Rufus Jones, Quaker
"Music can change the world." -- Beethoven
I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles in which vital and transforming events take place. -- Rufus Jones, Quaker
"Music can change the world." -- Beethoven
stormy weather
trimming another branch
from the family tree
– Rick Jackofsky
Failed Haiku #109, May 2025
trimming another branch
from the family tree
– Rick Jackofsky
Failed Haiku #109, May 2025
August 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
stormy weather
trimming another branch
from the family tree
– Rick Jackofsky
Failed Haiku #109, May 2025
trimming another branch
from the family tree
– Rick Jackofsky
Failed Haiku #109, May 2025
Been awhile since I posted anything. My 97-year old mom fell and broke her hip on Memorial Day so things were busy. But we are heading down to Mt. Laurel NJ tomorrow to do a show, so anyone in the area please stop by and support live music!!
July 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Been awhile since I posted anything. My 97-year old mom fell and broke her hip on Memorial Day so things were busy. But we are heading down to Mt. Laurel NJ tomorrow to do a show, so anyone in the area please stop by and support live music!!
I wanted to get this up earlier, but the day got away from me. Hope all the mothers out there had a nice day.
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Mama Was a Radio
YouTube video by Homegrown String Band
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May 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I wanted to get this up earlier, but the day got away from me. Hope all the mothers out there had a nice day.
youtu.be/2lG16OCVShI?...
youtu.be/2lG16OCVShI?...
The New York Apple Association announced the start of apple blossom season in NY. Blossoms are starting to open on the more than 11 million apple trees statewide, making bloom the unofficial start of apple season in NY. Rick's song about coming home:
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When the Apples Bloom in NY - NEFFA 2022
YouTube video by Homegrown String Band
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April 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The New York Apple Association announced the start of apple blossom season in NY. Blossoms are starting to open on the more than 11 million apple trees statewide, making bloom the unofficial start of apple season in NY. Rick's song about coming home:
youtu.be/8dwmpZh4yeg?...
youtu.be/8dwmpZh4yeg?...
When our daughter was born, Rick wrote a letter expressing his hopes & dreams for her. When she got married, she tattooed his words on her arm.
saving the words
to a poem
that Dad wrote
his handwriting
tattooed on her shoulder
– Rick Jackofsky
Tanka Hangout, Ribbons Vol. 20.2 Fall/Winter 2024
saving the words
to a poem
that Dad wrote
his handwriting
tattooed on her shoulder
– Rick Jackofsky
Tanka Hangout, Ribbons Vol. 20.2 Fall/Winter 2024
March 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
When our daughter was born, Rick wrote a letter expressing his hopes & dreams for her. When she got married, she tattooed his words on her arm.
saving the words
to a poem
that Dad wrote
his handwriting
tattooed on her shoulder
– Rick Jackofsky
Tanka Hangout, Ribbons Vol. 20.2 Fall/Winter 2024
saving the words
to a poem
that Dad wrote
his handwriting
tattooed on her shoulder
– Rick Jackofsky
Tanka Hangout, Ribbons Vol. 20.2 Fall/Winter 2024
From a collection of haiku and tanka for Ukraine
darkness
and a hard rain fall
on Kyiv
the answer . . .
still blowing in the wind
Rick Jackofsky, published in
Tan-ku for Ukraine • December 2024
thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/...
#Ukraine
#haiku
#tanka
darkness
and a hard rain fall
on Kyiv
the answer . . .
still blowing in the wind
Rick Jackofsky, published in
Tan-ku for Ukraine • December 2024
thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/...
#Ukraine
#haiku
#tanka
Tan-Ku for Ukraine · The Haiku Foundation Digital Library
The Haiku Foundation Digital Library
thehaikufoundation.org
March 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
From a collection of haiku and tanka for Ukraine
darkness
and a hard rain fall
on Kyiv
the answer . . .
still blowing in the wind
Rick Jackofsky, published in
Tan-ku for Ukraine • December 2024
thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/...
#Ukraine
#haiku
#tanka
darkness
and a hard rain fall
on Kyiv
the answer . . .
still blowing in the wind
Rick Jackofsky, published in
Tan-ku for Ukraine • December 2024
thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/...
#Ukraine
#haiku
#tanka
My case. Almost time to start on the other side.
March 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My case. Almost time to start on the other side.
On another non-music related topic -- I emailed my Congressman to share concern over Elon Musk. Pasting in part of Congressman Nick Lalota's response. Paragraph #4 almost made me choke on my tea. The rest of the letter was equally ridiculous.
#Congress
#NickLalota
#Congress
#NickLalota
March 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
On another non-music related topic -- I emailed my Congressman to share concern over Elon Musk. Pasting in part of Congressman Nick Lalota's response. Paragraph #4 almost made me choke on my tea. The rest of the letter was equally ridiculous.
#Congress
#NickLalota
#Congress
#NickLalota
Non-music, but I just finished woodburning two bowls. My favorite, though, is Navigator, burned on a buckeye burl bowl that my brother-in-law turned. Never plan my designs,, all freehand.
More of my pieces can be found at www.woodsymphony.com/georgianne-mike-jackofsky
#pyrography
#woodburning
More of my pieces can be found at www.woodsymphony.com/georgianne-mike-jackofsky
#pyrography
#woodburning
February 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Non-music, but I just finished woodburning two bowls. My favorite, though, is Navigator, burned on a buckeye burl bowl that my brother-in-law turned. Never plan my designs,, all freehand.
More of my pieces can be found at www.woodsymphony.com/georgianne-mike-jackofsky
#pyrography
#woodburning
More of my pieces can be found at www.woodsymphony.com/georgianne-mike-jackofsky
#pyrography
#woodburning
The editor of Bottle Rockets Press (haiku journal), who also pops in to see our shows whenever we're in his neck of the woods, happened to pick up a bottle of Ito En green tea and saw one of Rick's haiku printed on the bottle. He just sent us a photo. Pretty cool!
February 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The editor of Bottle Rockets Press (haiku journal), who also pops in to see our shows whenever we're in his neck of the woods, happened to pick up a bottle of Ito En green tea and saw one of Rick's haiku printed on the bottle. He just sent us a photo. Pretty cool!
Rick added a page on our Website dedicated to Myrtle, our Ear Trumpet microphone. He wrote a haibun (literary form combining prose and haiku). Here's the haiku and a link to Myrtle.
wax cylinder
the brass band
etched in time
www.homegrownstringband.com/Myrtle/
#microphone
#haiku
#music
wax cylinder
the brass band
etched in time
www.homegrownstringband.com/Myrtle/
#microphone
#haiku
#music
Myrtle the Mic | The Homegrown String Band
www.homegrownstringband.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Rick added a page on our Website dedicated to Myrtle, our Ear Trumpet microphone. He wrote a haibun (literary form combining prose and haiku). Here's the haiku and a link to Myrtle.
wax cylinder
the brass band
etched in time
www.homegrownstringband.com/Myrtle/
#microphone
#haiku
#music
wax cylinder
the brass band
etched in time
www.homegrownstringband.com/Myrtle/
#microphone
#haiku
#music
Rick never liked this live recording of A minor Catastrophe because the guitar and mandolin aren't really audible. It's all fiddle & doumbek, but I love when Annalee switches to jawharp. (A better recording in previous post.)
#music
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
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#music
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
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Home Grown String Band Great South Bay Music Festival July 20th, 2014
YouTube video by Mike Osip
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February 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rick never liked this live recording of A minor Catastrophe because the guitar and mandolin aren't really audible. It's all fiddle & doumbek, but I love when Annalee switches to jawharp. (A better recording in previous post.)
#music
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
youtu.be/uoOPsaGsAXo?...
#music
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
youtu.be/uoOPsaGsAXo?...
Sharing a haiku by Rick
published in Failed Haiku #106, January 2025
midtown traffic
the rhythmic honking
of a tenor saxophone
published in Failed Haiku #106, January 2025
midtown traffic
the rhythmic honking
of a tenor saxophone
February 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Sharing a haiku by Rick
published in Failed Haiku #106, January 2025
midtown traffic
the rhythmic honking
of a tenor saxophone
published in Failed Haiku #106, January 2025
midtown traffic
the rhythmic honking
of a tenor saxophone
No show today, but we get to stay home and shovel snow. Good exercise since our house is on a hill and the driveway is down at the street. A song Rick wrote some years back.
youtu.be/ixe-ZONCxEo?...
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Snow Shoveling Blues
YouTube video by Homegrown String Band
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February 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
No show today, but we get to stay home and shovel snow. Good exercise since our house is on a hill and the driveway is down at the street. A song Rick wrote some years back.
youtu.be/ixe-ZONCxEo?...
youtu.be/ixe-ZONCxEo?...
Due to the impending snowstorm, our show has been rescheduled for next weekend!
February 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Due to the impending snowstorm, our show has been rescheduled for next weekend!
In case anyone happens to be in the Haverstraw NY area, come on down and catch our show. It's Super Bowl Sunday, but a little acoustic music is way better than football! Plus, we'll be done before the game starts.
#music
#musiciansky
#libraries
#skyoriginalmusictracks
#music
#musiciansky
#libraries
#skyoriginalmusictracks
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In case anyone happens to be in the Haverstraw NY area, come on down and catch our show. It's Super Bowl Sunday, but a little acoustic music is way better than football! Plus, we'll be done before the game starts.
#music
#musiciansky
#libraries
#skyoriginalmusictracks
#music
#musiciansky
#libraries
#skyoriginalmusictracks
Asked to play for a contradance, we practiced the fiddle tune Sally Goodin. Erica & Rick got bored & switched it to a minor key and made up words. We didn't get the gig, but we got a new song. The title fits the times.
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
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#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
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A minor Catastrophe by R. Jackofsky | Homegrown String Band
A minor Catastrophe by R. Jackofsky by Homegrown String Band, Americana music from Rocky Point, NY on ReverbNation
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February 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Asked to play for a contradance, we practiced the fiddle tune Sally Goodin. Erica & Rick got bored & switched it to a minor key and made up words. We didn't get the gig, but we got a new song. The title fits the times.
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
www.reverbnation.com/homegrownstr...
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
www.reverbnation.com/homegrownstr...
Rick wrote this back in 2012 for Labor Day in honor of all the working people struggling to get by, and after we both got downsized.
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
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#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
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Nickels and Dimes
YouTube video by Homegrown String Band
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February 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Rick wrote this back in 2012 for Labor Day in honor of all the working people struggling to get by, and after we both got downsized.
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
youtu.be/LbKa4reQftE?...
#musiciansky
#skyoriginalmusictracks
youtu.be/LbKa4reQftE?...
Photo of Rick's favorite banjo -- an Orpheum pot that Mike Ramsey turned into a fabulous fretless five-string 25 years ago.
February 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Photo of Rick's favorite banjo -- an Orpheum pot that Mike Ramsey turned into a fabulous fretless five-string 25 years ago.
The Homegrown String Band just celebrated 28 years of playing music together as a family. Erica (fiddle) has since retired as she's the full-time working mom of a very active and very adorable toddler. Maybe one day Maggie Rose will join us!
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Homegrown String Band Promo
YouTube video by Homegrown String Band
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January 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Homegrown String Band just celebrated 28 years of playing music together as a family. Erica (fiddle) has since retired as she's the full-time working mom of a very active and very adorable toddler. Maybe one day Maggie Rose will join us!
youtu.be/gxzdmipTft0?...
youtu.be/gxzdmipTft0?...
Written after a particularly hard winter, but still relevant. Hoping for the light that the morning will bring. youtu.be/AnDWDYoWZKc?...
The Homegrown String Band - Praying For Spring
YouTube video by Homegrown String Band
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January 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Written after a particularly hard winter, but still relevant. Hoping for the light that the morning will bring. youtu.be/AnDWDYoWZKc?...