These recordings were made during Thomas Dolby’s month-long tour of North America in 2012. Aaron and Ben played the opening set each night and these are some of the recordings from that tour. In addition to the live recordings, Aaron and Ben included a few classic banjo duets recorded at Ben’s home in Alabama in 2017.

“They blew the audience away. A half-hour of standards, obscurities and charming banter later, the decidedly hip multi-instrumentalists received one of the most thunderous ovations of any opening act I’ve witnessed in quite some time.” -PopMatters

1. Same Old Man – Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN, April 6, 2012
2. Gold Rush – Iron Horse, Northampton, MA, March 30, 2012
3. Left All Alone Again Blues – The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA, March 25, 2012
4. Whiskey Before Breakfast – Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN, April 6, 2012
5. Earl’s Breakdown – Iron Horse, Northampton, MA, March 30, 2012
6. Morning Blues – Royal Oak Music Theater, Metro Detroit, MI, April 4, 2012
7. Nola – The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA, March 25, 2012
8. Bury Me Beneath The Willow – World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA, March 24, 2012
9. Timing X Black Eyed Suzie – The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA, March 25, 2012
10. You And A Canoe, by Emile Grimshaw
11. Freckles, by Joe Morley
12. A Banjo Frolic, by Joe Morley

Artwork by Ben Belcher
Recorded by Sean Haney
Mastered by Katie Gilchrest, Mythology Mastering, Los Angeles