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Whether it be on the little ga- zebo outside the Arts Building, on the Northrup Stage, or in the 1890's Building, the Bains have shared their traditional country- western, bluegrass style of music with fair-goers in Altamont. \It's so much fun,\ Kathy Bain said. \We have played for thou- sands and thousands of people.\ The duo, who hail from West Hebron ih Washington County, play at a few fairs but mostly play at bluegrass festivals. Next weekend, they will play in a bluegrass festival in North Creek, in Warren County. Kathy Bain said that she and Al have played together for over three decades. \We've played forever,\ Bain joked. \I've been with him for 34 years. He did a lot on his own and started early. We do this for a living. We play a lot of places.\ Al and Kathy Bain will be playing at the fair all week long. They put on three shows a day — at 2, 4, and 6 p.m. \All week long people will come.out and find us,\ Kathy Bain said. What makes the band fun is the interaction with the crowd. In the midst of a performance on Tuesday, they talked with a group of travelers from Granville — in Washington County — who knew the some of the same places they did. The Bains later talked to a woman who was eating a blooming onion that was \undercooked.\ And finally, they closed the show by playing a song for a young girl to dance to. A family affair Their song list included \Amazing Grace\ and the theme to the old Robert Mitchum movie Thunder Road, which Al Bain called the greatest black-and- white movie of all time. \We mostly play country and bluegrass, and gospel,\ Kathy Bain said. \We fake any of the other stuff. We look at each other after we do a song that's different and say, 'What did we do that for?\' Music is a family affair for the Bains. Their son is a deejay at the Lounge, a club in Albany. Their daughter, who used to travel with Al and Kathy, is now a classical and scat jazz singer in Las Vegas. Alan Bain studied music in high school and college, but really learned to play the guitar while in the Army. Kathy Bain had grown up singing jazz and classical songs. She met Alan at one of his shows. \My mother made me listen to him and took me to a show,\ she said. \He said he needed a girl singer for a song. I did it, and, next thing I knew, I was playing Kathy Bain plays a stand-up bass while Al Bain plays guitar and banjo. \The last thing you have in your life\ The Bains have opened for legendary country performer Chet Atkins and also played shows produced by WWVA in Wheeling, V/.Va. for 25 to 30 years. They were brought to the Altamont Fair by its former di- rector, the late Reid Northrup. The Bains have played all dif- ferent kinds of venues. They have performed for audiences ranging from two people to 81,000. Kathy Bain said that she pre- fers smaller, more intimate crowds. \I like to look a person in the eye and really nail them,\ she said. \I like to look at every per- son in the audience.\ But traveling also has its dan- gers. The Bains played the Che- nango County Fair in Norwich just three days before the fair- grounds there were under water. \We left on Sunday, and by Wednesday it was under water by three feet,\ Kathy Bain said. She said that she loves music and being able to share it with people. \It's so much fun,\ she said. \We've played in front of thou- sands of people. There's a saying that music is the last thing you have in life.\ Featuring Freshly Baked \Bagels & Qowrmet Coffee Sandwiches, Salads and ( Dailu Specials... Try Our New Iced 'Blended Coffees or Fruit Smoothies OPEN 'DAILY- 6:30 a.m. - Z-.OOj.m. 186 Main Street, Altamont, NY • 861-0075
