Jypsi LIVE

Here is: "Silk 'n Saddle" before they were Arista Recording artist - Jypsi. Performing live at the the Lower Broadway honky-tonk Layla's Bluegrass Inn. Thier beautiful mandolin player goes for it! Live on Nashville's music row. Jypsi are producing their acoustic wall of sound amid a whirlwind of color and motion. They look like nothing so much as four manifestations of a single entity. Amber-Dawn, at 26, is vibrant and tomboyish, bouncing in place like a punkster with an aerobics instructor's physique, her fiddle technique clean, crisp and classic, reflecting the band's bluegrass origins. Scarlett, a model-pretty 24-year-old, tosses sheets of long hair back and forth across her face as she sways over her mandolin, picking out the song's melodic theme and finding the improvisational sweet spot, as she does on everything from the Louvin Brothers to The Beatles. Frank, who's 20 and looks like an unkempt desert mendicant or a member of Big Brother & the Holding Company, joins the rhythm section in anchoring the sound with his well-worn Martin between lightning-quick leads. All three are superb musicians with deft touches and a great collective stage presence, but if there is an element that takes Jypsi from wonderful to jaw dropping, it is their youngest sister, Lillie Mae. Even at 16, she has a distinctive fiddle style, a bluesy and sensual counterpoint to Amber-Dawn's more solidly traditional approach. And, she's a captivating physical presence, slinky and sinuous, her legs and shoulders churning as she plays, her body moving like a candle flame in a drafty house. She is, at the moment, channeling pure gypsy soul. (I found this at the following link) http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Cover_Story/2008/05/22/Band_of_Jypsies/

Added 12 Oct 2026