Full Cord

“We found a spot to sit on the soft grass and took in the wonderful sounds of Full Cord. The first song we heard was “Vincent Black Lightning”, a song written by Richard Thompson, that I had heard The Del McCoury band cover a few times. The traditional bluegrass sound was evident with a new-school spice. The guitarist finger picked his way into my mind, as I recall later that night humming many of his riffs. The attention was passed hastily from musician to musician as each was able to showcase their musical talents. As I looked around the main stage field area I began to see many people levitating from their chairs starting to get their boogey on. It was at that moment knew this would be a party.”

“Close to 1,000 people gathered under the shade of large, old- growth trees in front of the band shell at Kollen Park Friday evening as a placid Lake Macatawa breeze tempered the 78­degree summer evening air. In the fourth weekly installment in the 2010 Huntington Bank Sum­mer Concert Series, Hol­land native and guitar­ist Eric Langejans and his four- piece band Full Cord — including banjo, mandolin and stand­up bass — entertained the crowd with original acoustic tunes and blue­grass standards like “Man of Constant Sorrow” of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” movie fame and “ Truck Drivin’ Man.” ”