Recently, Chris “Critter” Eldridge won instrumentalist of the year at The Americana awards in Nashville. 2019 is proving to be a banner year for Critter, as his band The Punch Brothers won the Grammy for folk album of the year for their album All Ashore.
This week Critter talks about a mysterious tune that he learned from his mother and grandmother called, “The Glendy Burk.” He tells us that it was not until later on, as an adult, he discovered this was a Stephen Foster tune after googling some of the words.
We recorded this in a boat house, moments before Critter hoped on a boat to set off for The Punch Brothers tour. They were loading his bags as we spoke. With seconds