Moondi Klein

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| genre = Bluegrass music, Americana music

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| instrument = Guitar, vocals, piano

| years_active = 1981–present

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| associated_acts = The Seldom Scene, Chesapeake, Jimmy Gaudreau

| website = {{URL|jimmyandmoondi.com}}

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Lawrence Parker "Moondi" Klein is an American singer and guitarist. He is known for his work with Chesapeake, The Seldom Scene, and Jimmy Gaudreau.

Biography

=Early life=

Klein grew up in New York City.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=7196|title=Home From The Mills: Jimmy Gaudreau And Moondi Klein|work=Daily Vault|accessdate=August 11, 2017|author=Curtis Jones|date=May 26, 2012}} His father, Howard Klein, was a pianist and music critic for the New York Times, and his mother was an artist.{{cite web |url=https://folkmama.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/jimmy-gaudreau-moondi-klein-perform-in-harrisburg-march-29-2014/|title=Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein Perform in Harrisburg March 29, 2014|work=Folkmama|accessdate=August 11, 2017|date=March 29, 2014}} Raised on opera, he (and his brother) sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus before he was age 10 until his mid-teens. When his father took him on a trip to southwest Virginia, Klein began to develop an interest in bluegrass music.{{cite web |url=http://www.cybergrass.com/node/4596#sthash.rbc1AAzt.dpbs|title=Jimmy Gaudreau, Moondi Klein for Weekend Bluegrass Concert Series|work=Cybergrass|accessdate=August 11, 2017|date=May 21, 2015}}

=Early career=

Klein's brother Adam Klein is an opera singer and a multi-instrumental folk musician. In 1981, Adam and Moondi recorded the album Me and My Brother.

After college in 1984, Klein relocated to the Washington D.C. area. He was a founding member of the DC area bluegrass group Rock Creek with Randy Barrett,{{cite news|last1=Brace|first1=Eric|title=Randy Barrett, Pickin' and Grinnin'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/05/24/randy-barrett-pickin-and-grinnin/757b96fb-f526-4beb-a283-da06cbdd4d40/|accessdate=August 11, 2017|work=Washington Post|date=May 24, 2002}} then he replaced John Starling as lead singer for The Seldom Scene, staying with them from 1994 until 1996.{{cite web |url=http://hvbluegrass.org/articles/reviews/704-review-home-from-the-mills-jimmy-gaudreau-a-moondi-klein.html|title=Review: Home From the Mills – Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein|work=Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association|accessdate=August 11, 2017|author=Jacques DiCroce|date=August 10, 2012}}

=Chesapeake=

Klein and Jimmy Gaudreau met in 1990 at a picking party. In 1992, they formed Chesapeake with Seldom Scene members Mike Auldridge (resonator guitar) and T. Michael Coleman (bass). At first a side project, the band eventually became a full-time occupation, and they recorded three albums for Sugar Hill. With no banjo, they were more acoustic country than bluegrass. Chesapeake disbanded in 1999 when their contract with Sugar Hill ended.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmakeslifebetter.org/blog/2015/7/20/qa-with-jimmy-gaudreau-moondi-klein|title=Q&A with Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein|work=Music Makes Life Better|accessdate=August 11, 2017|date=August 10, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/B9976

|title=Chesapeake Biography|work=Kennedy Center|accessdate=August 11, 2017}}

=Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein=

When Chesapeake split up, Klein took time off from touring to raise his young children, but eventually began to play the occasional show with Gaudreau. When they recorded their 2008 album 2:10 Train,{{cite news|last1=Stone|first1=Steven|title=Jimmy Gaudreau – 2:10 Train|url=https://www.vintageguitar.com/4623/jimmy-gaudreau-210-train-2/|accessdate=August 10, 2017|work=Vintage Guitar|date=July 1, 2008}} thery decided to formalize the duo. This was followed by Home From the Mill{{cite news|last1=Curtis Goad|first1=John|title=Home from the Mills – Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/home-from-the-mills-jimmy-gaudreau-moondi-klein/|accessdate=August 10, 2017|work=Bluegrass Today|date=August 20, 2012}} and then If I Had A Boat, all released on Rebel Records.{{cite web |url=http://bluegrassmusic.com/content/2015/reviews/jimmy-gaudreau-moondi-klein-boat/|title=Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein, If I Had A Boat|work=Bluegrass Unlimited|accessdate=August 10, 2017

|date=February 1, 2015}} In 2008, Gaudreau and Klein toured with Emmylou Harris.{{cite news|last1=Hansen|first1=Christina|title=Emmylou Harris prepares for new album, summer tour|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/04/emmylou-harris-prepares-for-new-album-summer-tour.html|accessdate=August 8, 2017|work=Paste|date=April 28, 2008}} Their focus is on relaxed improvisation and interplay.{{cite news|last1=Heibutzki|first1=Ralph|title=So happy together: Duo coming to the Livery enjoy onstage 'wiggle room'|url=http://www.heraldpalladium.com/features/so-happy-together/article_5f221d03-a3a2-56d8-a154-740ad3423088.html|accessdate=August 11, 2017|work=The Herald-Palladium|date=February 19, 2009}}

Discography

=As Adam and Moondi Klein=

  • 1981: Me and My Brother (Zeng)

=With [[Chesapeake (band)|Chesapeake]]=

  • 1994: Rising Tide (Sugar Hill)
  • 1995: Full Sail (Sugar Hill)
  • 1997: Pier Pressure (Sugar Hill){{cite web |url=http://www.carltone.com/cd-pierpressure.html|title=Pier Pressure - Chesapeake|work=Carltone Music|accessdate=August 10, 2017|author=Larry Carlin|date=December 3, 1997}}
  • 2014: Hook, Live & Sinker (Chesterbury) compilation of live performances{{cite news|title=Chesapeake: Hook, Live & Sinker|url=http://bluegrassmusic.com/content/2014/reviews/chesapeake-hook-live-sinker/|accessdate=August 10, 2017|work=Bluegrass Unlimited|date=September 1, 2014}}

=As [[Jimmy Gaudreau]] and Moondi Klein=

  • 2008: 2:10 Train (Rebel){{cite news|last1=McGee|first1=David|title=2:10 Train - Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein|url=http://www.thebluegrassspecial.com/archive/2008/april2008/obriengaudreaureviewapril08.php|accessdate=August 10, 2017|work=The Bluegrass Special|date=April 1, 2008}}
  • 2012: Home from the Mills (Rebel){{cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=4916|title=Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein - Home from the Mills|work=Country Standard Time|accessdate=August 10, 2017

|author=John Lupton}}

  • 2014: If I Had a Boat (Rebel){{cite web |url=http://www.hvbluegrass.org/articles/reviews/1019-review-jimmy-gaudreau-moondi-klein-if-i-had-a-boat.html|title=Review: Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein - If I Had A Boat|work=Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association|accessdate=August 10, 2017

|author=Glen Herbert|date=September 29, 2014}}

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