Music from the days when a washboard provided the rhythm, the guitar and fiddle were hot, a banjo had no more than 4 strings and the vocals were alternately sweet & driving!
Member Since: 30/08/2006
Band Website: www.tunestranglers.com
Band Members: James Schneider - Banjo:
Skuff Acuff - Washboard:
Rich Sikorski - Uke:
Boom Boom "Sweets" Levine - Bass:
Eliza Welch - Fiddle:Everybody sings!
Influences: Milton Brown & the Brownies; Junior Barnard; Stuff Smith; Bob Wills; Adolf Hofner; Patsy Montana; Maddox Brothers & Sister Rose; Spirits of Rhythm; Hank Penny; Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang; Dick Cheney; Hoagy Charmichael; Eddie Johnson's Crackerjacks; King Benny Nawahi; The Farr Brothers; Harry Reser; Fort Worth Doughboys, The Tune Wranglers; Jimmie Revard; Cliff Bruner; Hi-Flyers; Modern Mountaineers; Sons of the West; Sunshine Boys; Lightcrust Doughboys; Buddy Jones;
Sounds Like: Somewhere in Texas in 1932
Record Label: Yo Yo
Type of Label: Indie