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The Sophie Florence Trio is Phil Hirschi on guitar, cello, and vocals; Chuck Jacob on mandolin, upright bass, and harmonica; and Sophie Florence Prestwich, on vocals, flute, and piano. How they came together is a story!
Chuck and Phil were vacationing with college friends in Querétaro, Mexico in November 2022. One night, sitting around their guest house with their friends, playing the tunes they'd played together since they roomed together at Yale in the 1970's, Sophie wandered into the room and asked if she could sing with them. No answer is possible, other than "of course"! Says Phil: "It was immediately apparent that she had a terrific voice and knew some of the older folk and country songs that we were playing". For the next three evenings they played and sang together, getting better every time, and it became musically obvious that they should try to form a group.
The amazing, fortuitous randomness continued when the wife of one of their college friends piped up and said "well, if you come to the Bay Area, I can set up 2 shows for you and deliver your first audience." Long story short, the 3 members of what is now the Sophie Florence Trio performed for the first time in March 2023 in Piedmont, CA and then Seattle.
In October 2023 they came together again for some shows in the Hudson Valley and a productive recording session in Catskill, NY. The 7 songs they recorded are being released as the Catskill Sessions.
Chuck and Phil were vacationing with college friends in Querétaro, Mexico in November 2022. One night, sitting around their guest house with their friends, playing the tunes they'd played together since they roomed together at Yale in the 1970's, Sophie wandered into the room and asked if she could sing with them. No answer is possible, other than "of course"! Says Phil: "It was immediately apparent that she had a terrific voice and knew some of the older folk and country songs that we were playing". For the next three evenings they played and sang together, getting better every time, and it became musically obvious that they should try to form a group.
The amazing, fortuitous randomness continued when the wife of one of their college friends piped up and said "well, if you come to the Bay Area, I can set up 2 shows for you and deliver your first audience." Long story short, the 3 members of what is now the Sophie Florence Trio performed for the first time in March 2023 in Piedmont, CA and then Seattle.
In October 2023 they came together again for some shows in the Hudson Valley and a productive recording session in Catskill, NY. The 7 songs they recorded are being released as the Catskill Sessions.
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