Album Notes

"Digger", raised in Queens, NY on music and show business, studied improvisational theatre at The Neighborhood Playhouse. Her father, an accomplished musician, was chief broadcast engineer for such productions as The Ed Sullivan and Carol Burnett Shows. His own Billy Held Orchestratraveled the prestigious Catskills hotel circuit. Frequent studio visits excited Digger's passion for performing, writing songs and stories, and learning to play the banjo. Music studies progressed while a Theatre Major at Hofstra University. Digger received critical acclaim for her hilarious performance as a Cockney teenager in Noel Coward's comedy, "Fumed Oak". With a Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude in literature from Queens College, she left for Atlanta. There, as a DJ personality on WRFG-FM radio, she wrote and improvised live comedy sketches. During the next decade, the character "Digger Lou" began to evolve, with her penetrating whimsical "folkgrass" music. Digger's performances include the Tennessee State Museum, TN Arts Centers, the Bluebird Cafe and the Dark Horse Theatre in Nashville, Opry Star Spotlight with radio legend Johnny K, Louisville Women's Show, local PBS and cable television in Tennessee and Georgia and numerous venues in Tennessee and Kentucky. She has performed at the Nashville Folk Festival for the last 3 years and this year will again at the Metamora Folk Festival in historic Metamora, IN. Digger opened for Jesse McReynolds and Mac Wiseman at the Castalian Springs Bluegrass Festival.The tracks on Digger's debut album, entitled "Hot Runnin' Water: Stories of Tennessee", display sparkling clever wit and showcase Digger's banjo ability. Her classic tales are of simple living in a baffling world. The album has been chosen for airplay on country/bluegrass stations in the USA, Europe, and Australia.Digger's "Hot Runnin' Water" CD and her new "punk"(!) single, "Hurting Myself", are available at www.cdbaby.com/diggerlou She is a member of Explor-a-story, a group of storytellers, and a theatre troupe, The White House Players. Digger was Executive Director of the Nashville Folk Festival for 2 years. She has been asked to conduct a weekend "Songwriting School" at Metamora Folk Festival in Indiana Sept. 5-6, 2009. See link on left.Individual tracks from "HRW" and also "Hurting Myself" can be downloaded at over 50 websites. Please check for Digger's music at your favorite digital download site. Please visit Digger Lou's Cornpone Revue at the Official website link on the left. It's not just a website, it's an adventure!