Photo memories of Liz Meyer

Thanks to Lilly Pavlak for these photos of Liz Meyer from her archive. The first (left) dates from a 1998 concert in P.J. Blues Stop, Niederglatt, Switzerland; at that time Liz was playing as a duo with bluesman Chris Jones (1958-2005), whose arm and guitar appear on the right.

Liz also played with Mark Cosgrove and Cor Mutsers as a trio. Though Mark Cosgrove remained a longtime musical partner of Liz, Lilly can claim credit for uniting her with the Austrian band Nugget:

I booked her on a festival at Mayrhofen, Austria, in 1997 and they wanted a bluegrass band to back her... Nugget was her first bluegrass band.

With Nugget (Thierry Massoubre, guitar)

The following four photos were taken in 2000 at the Country Festival Albisguetli, Zurich, Switzerland:

Mark Cosgrove, Lilly, Liz, Katarina Mitteregger

Liz and Mark

The finale: the Byron Berline band with Liz and Nugget

The finale: the Byron Berline band with Liz and Nugget

The next group of photos date from Liz's showcase appearances in Louisville at IBMA's World of Bluegrass 2004 with Nugget:




The International showcase; on the left, Raymond McLain (fiddle)

This batch was taken at the first Picnic Festival at Namur, Belgium, in 2005, where Liz appeared with Big City Bluegrass, her specially assembled band of young Czech musicians - Pepa Malina, Zbynek Buresz, and Svatka Stepankova:





Lilly and Liz

In Nashville with Eberhard Finke and Jana Dolakova at IBMA's World of Bluegrass 2005

Three photos from 2006 in Nashville:

Liz addresses the class at IBMA's Leadership Bluegrass course

With Kathy Chiavola

With Holly Tashian

EWOB 2007: the entrance lobby at 't Trefpunt

EWOB 2007: with Nancy Cardwell and Jon Weisberger, who with Fred Bartenstein formed an IBMA delegation to the 10th EWOB festival

EWOB 2007: shifting product

At home in 2007

With fellow songwriter Niall Toner at EWOB 2008