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String Theory

No we don't do the Fields of Athenrye

About Me

String Theory are Dave Bottomley, John Platt and Sarah Dobson, who are the resident musicians at Barnsley Folk and Acoustic Night. They play a mixture of traditional and contemporary folk, blues and self penned material, interspersed with tunes on guitar, mandolin and fiddle.
Dave plays fingerstyle guitar (listen out for those open tunings). His own songs include ‘The Ballad of Stefan Kishko’ and the much requested ‘Camper Van Rag’. John’s broad repertoire includes many of the old ballads and covers of contemporary songs. Sarah accompanies on fiddle and may sing one day if the others buy her enough beer (this has never happened).
Expert at leading and keeping up the pace in informal pub sessions, they are great believers in bringing traditional songs and music to the wider public and have so far resisted the temptation to have T-Shirts made up reading ‘No we don’t know The Fields of Athenrye’
This site isn't to get gigs or promote an album - just to prove we exist!
We'll be in a pub somewhere at various festivals in Yorkshire over the summer, often with 'our' Zoe Bottomley, and we also play for the Spiral Dancers Maypole side, based in Huddersfield.
We'll put some songs up when we've recorded something! In the meantime you can check out Zoe and Dave Bottomley for Dave's guitar playing.


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Member Since: 5/2/2008
Band Members: John (Vox, Guitar, Mandolin)
Dave (Vox, Mandolin, Banjo and one of about 15 guitars)
Sarah (Fiddle)

Influences: Richard Thompson, John Martyn, Woodie Guthrie, Dick Gaughan, The Blues, Traditional English, Scottish, Irish and American tunes and songs, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Alison Krauss, Eliza Carthy, Kate Rusby
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None