Beg, Steal Or Borrow

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Based In: Northeastern Vermont

Founded: 2013

Genre: Bluegrass

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Goodhue is currently the drummer of Vermont Vaudeville’s house band and mandolinist/vocalist in Granite Junction. Geoff has appeared on Mountain Stage in Morgantown, West Virginia and at Appleton Wisconsin’s Mile of Music with Composer and Producer Nick Vandenberg. Geoff’s family outfit The Goodhues Band has performed with autoharp legend Bryan Bowers and was featured at the 2016 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering in Newport, PA. As a member of Athens Ohio’s Realbilly Jive, Geoff played drums on “You and the World Outside”, an album comprised of J.D.

Hutchison’s original songs and released September 2016 on Howdy Skies Records in collaboration with folk, country and bluegrass icon, Tim O’Brien.

Geoff also makes a living responsibly composting humanure as a representative of Clivus New England.

Vermont's tribute to Old and in the Way

Raised in Boxford, Massachusetts, Geoff Goodhue graduated from Ohio University in 2004 with a B.F.A. in Percussion Performance and now lives in Jackson, New Hampshire. He performs with Nick Vandenberg, has served as Vermont Vaudeville’s drummer and is a member of Granite Junction. Geoff’s family outfit, The Goodhues Band, was featured at the 2016 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering. Geoff plays drums on You and the World Outside, a compilation of J.D. Hutchison’s original material, released in 2016 on Howdy Skies Records in collaboration with Tim
O’Brien. J.D. and Realbilly Jive appeared on Mountain Stage last January.
Geoff also leads workshops and performs alongside Danny Knicely as part of the newly formed Bryan Bowers Band.

Presented by Institute Of Musical Traditions

Auto Harp 101, November 10th, 2008

Land Of The Najavo - Beg, Steal or Borrow

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Land Of The Navajo

(Recorded Live At Podunk Bluegrass Festival August 10th, 2017)

Having begun Suzuki violin method at age 5, Geoff transitioned hisfocus to drumming at age 10 and went on to graduate from Ohio University in 2004 with a B.F.A. in Percussion Performance plus a certificate in Environmental Studies. Following a season of stewardship at Maine’s Baxter State Park, Goodhue began mentoring drum and guitar students out of his childhood home in Boxford, Massachusetts.

Since moving to Vermont in 2008, Geoff has served as a G.M.C.Caretaker on the Long Trail and has worked and performed with the Bread and Puppet Theater. Goodhue is currently the drummer of Vermont Vaudeville’s house band and mandolinist/vocalist in Granite Junction. Geoff has appeared on Mountain Stage in Morgantown, West Virginia and at Appleton Wisconsin’s Mile of Music with Composer and Producer Nick Vandenberg. Geoff’s family outfit The Goodhues Band has performed with autoharp legend Bryan Bowers and was featured at the 2016 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering in Newport, PA. As a member of Athens Ohio’s Realbilly Jive, Geoff played drums on “You and the World Outside”, an album comprised of J.D.

Hutchison’s original songs and released September 2016 on Howdy Skies Records in collaboration with folk, country and bluegrass icon, Tim O’Brien.

Geoff also makes a living responsibly composting humanure as a representative of Clivus New England and resides on 20 acres in East Charleston, Vermont.

Beg, Steal or Borrow

Beg, Steal or Borrow was formed in 2013. Since their debut replicating the influential self-titled "Old and in the Way" album before an enthusiastic crowd at Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont, the group has toured from Maine to Bermuda.

The band is comprised of veteran musicians residing throughout Northern Vermont with credentials ranging from Geoff Goodhue’s 2016 album release with J.D. Hutchison and Tim O’brien on Howdy Skies Records to Roland Clark’s collaboration with Bill Frisell and Jeremy Sicely’s 2017 Times Argus male vocalist of the year award.

Beg, Steal or Borrow performed at Greyfox 2017 and was the winner of the 2017 Podunk Bluegrass Band Competition as well as the Fan Favorite.