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a cool bluegrass band in Westchester County, NY
Ethan, Kalia, Connie, guest Mike Sassano, Ben and Danny
listen to selections from our New CD!..click here to order
Listen......"Your Mind's on Vacation"
Listen......"If You're Ever in Oklahoma"
our New CD!..click here to listen and order
The Sleepy Hollow String Band, from Westchester County, NY, is an acoustic bluegrass band covering a wide range of American traditional "roots" music. Their influences range from Flatt and Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs to Johnny Cash, George Jones, Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie.
Connie McCardle, the lead singer and guitarist is a haute couture dress designer by day and by night brings an honest and authentic southern vibe to the blues-inflected tunes that she sings.
Ben Freed, on banjo, is the band's unofficial but never reluctant leader(He is also the band's optometrist). You may have heard his banjo playing on the soundtrack of The Simpsons TV show or the film "Raising Arizona".
Ethan Kende on bass is a fixture in the New York bluegrass scene, contributing to the band's solid rhythm that drives crowds wild!
Danny Holland on guitar and mandolin. Superpicker extrordinaire,
Kalia Yeagle on fiddle and vocals. Terrific young musician/fiddler. You gotta see her play and sing.
Schedule
8pm November 19th, Sat nite 8 pm The Coffee Shoppe, Beacon, NY.... 453 Main Street www.facebook.com/pages/The-Coffee-Shoppe-Beacon/172170429467006 free
December 10th - Saturday afternoon
2pm, Mt. Kisco Library, Mount
Kisco, NY 2 pm
January 21st Sat nite 8 pm to 11
pm- Willies, Cold Spring, NY 8 pm Whistling
Willies Restaurant, on the corner of Main Street and 9W in Cold Spring , NY...... no
cover, great food,,, burgers and steaks,,, reservations suggested hvtakeout.com/pgerestaurants/menus/putnam/whistlingwillie/williespage.html
Sunday February 19 The Joe Val Bluegrass Festival Showcase Stage 11:45 am
Sunday March 18 2pm Katonah Library ...free
Saturday night March 31 8pm The Coffee Shoppe, Beacon, NY.... 453 Main Street www.facebook.com/pages/The-Coffee-Shoppe-Beacon/172170429467006 free
Sat April 21 Willies... TBA
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with Pete Seeger at The Clearwater Festival 2008(cellphone photo by Jim Rhodes)
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