We are a foursome, with Kim Goodhue on vocals and autoharp; Geoff Goodhue, vocals, guitar and mandolin; Trish DeCaprio, vocals and fiddle; and Ryan Goodhue, on keyboard and hand drums. Our repertoire covers American “roots” country, Appalachian, bluegrass, Southern gospel, contemporary folk, traditional Celtic, and Irish “pub” songs. We emphasize close two- and three-part harmonies, polished instrumental arrangements, and sincere, energetic delivery.
We started out in 2002 as a duo, with Geoff and Kim playing a lot of old timey type songs — pre-bluegrass, mountain, brothers’ duets by the Louvin Brothers, Stanley Brothers, and others like them — along with a few originals, some folk, parlor songs, and some Grateful Dead/Old and In the Way material. We played at a few festivals, churches, restaurants, and in 2002 at a special music reunion concert at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where Geoff and Kim are alumni. Around March of 2006, Geoff and Kim were joined by younger son, Ryan, on piano and hand drums, and Trish DeCaprio on fiddle and vocals. We have been playing happily as a foursome since then, with a new emphasis on Celtic (beside all our other material).
Kim has played traditional music since high school and was a finalist in the 2005 national autoharp championship at the Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering in Pennsylvania. Geoff co-founded Lobster Clinic, a popular jazz/rock group that was voted America’s best high school rock group in an internet poll in 2000. Geoff earned a degree in music performance from Ohio University where he was a member of several jazz ensembles and folk/country groups, including Realbillie Jive with John D. Hutchison. Geoff has performed in the New England area with bluegrass and folk groups and currently teaches guitar and percussion. Trish earned her degree in college on the violin, and for a number of years has been a fiddle player and vocalist in several folk/Celtic groups, including Blackbird and As the Crow Flies. Ryan has concentrated since childhood on piano, keyboard, and percussion, has played in orchestra competitions, and is active in a number of musical groups as a college freshman. The Goodhues have two CDs, Short Time Here . . . Long Time Gone (2005), with Geoff and Kim as a duo, and Root & Branch, which was released in June 2007.
The Goodhues Band has been featured at worship services at a number of churches in the Boston area, at private functions, area festivals (Yankee Homecoming in Newburyport, MA, Boxford, MA Music Festival 2005, Windrush Farm Annual Farm Day, Essex Music Festival 2006), at area pubs and restaurants, and at the Crossroads Coffeehouse in North Andover. We seek engagements wherever traditional acoustic music is played — at pubs, restaurants, coffeehouses, churches, music festivals, community events, and private functions.
Contact: Kim or Geoff Goodhue at 978 887-8348
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