Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Listen to The Po' Ramblin' Boys perform "Trying to Live the Dream" live in-studio. Written by Josh Rinkel on his first trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and sung by Laura Orshaw, "Trying to Live the Dream" is a contemplative reflection on playing music for a living and missing home.
Video by DF Production Services(dfp865.video/), Jacob Dean + Kayla Ingle
Audio mixed by Eddie Faris
Filmed and recorded at Sound Biscuit Studio (soundbiscuit.com/)
The Po' Ramblin Boys:
C.J. Lewandowski - mandolin
Laura Orshaw - lead vocals, fiddle
Josh Rinkel - acoustic guitar
Jasper Lorentzen - bass
Jereme Brown - banjo, harmony vocals
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Beneath the steel strings and steely demeanor exemplifying the spirit of bluegrass lies the heart of a wanderer: the heartbroken rambler looking for the next big break and the next story to tell. The Po’ Rambin’ Boys’ Wanderers Like Me is a quintessential bluegrass record, full of melodies that burst with energy and emotion and music driven by melancholy but refusing to succumb to it. They confront their losses with original songs that resonate poignantly across the hills and hollers where bluegrass was born. For The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys wandering is anything but aimless: they ramble not to escape the past but to experience the future.
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Listen to The Po' Ramblin' Boys perform "Trying to Live the Dream" live in-studio. Written by Josh Rinkel on his first trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and sung by Laura Orshaw, "Trying to Live the Dream" is a contemplative reflection on playing music for a living and missing home.
Video by DF Production Services(dfp865.video/), Jacob Dean + Kayla Ingle
Audio mixed by Eddie Faris
Filmed and recorded at Sound Biscuit Studio (soundbiscuit.com/)
The Po' Ramblin Boys:
C.J. Lewandowski - mandolin
Laura Orshaw - lead vocals, fiddle
Josh Rinkel - acoustic guitar
Jasper Lorentzen - bass
Jereme Brown - banjo, harmony vocals
Purchase/Stream:
Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/the-po-ramblin-boys/wanderers-like-me
Bandcamp: theporamblinboys.bandcamp.com/album/wanderers-like-me
All other platforms: orcd.co/the-po-ramblin-boys-wanderers-like-me
Beneath the steel strings and steely demeanor exemplifying the spirit of bluegrass lies the heart of a wanderer: the heartbroken rambler looking for the next big break and the next story to tell. The Po’ Rambin’ Boys’ Wanderers Like Me is a quintessential bluegrass record, full of melodies that burst with energy and emotion and music driven by melancholy but refusing to succumb to it. They confront their losses with original songs that resonate poignantly across the hills and hollers where bluegrass was born. For The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys wandering is anything but aimless: they ramble not to escape the past but to experience the future.
The Po' Ramblin' Boys: theporamblinboys.com
Facebook: facebook.com/poramblinboys
Instagram: instagram.com/poramblinboys
Twitter: twitter.com/poramblinboys
Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu
Facebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings
Twitter: twitter.com/Folkways
Instagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways
Support our work! Become a Friend of Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/friends-of-folkways
The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
