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Shout Lulu String Band

This is
Old Time
music!

About Me


Shout Lulu String Band is Paul and Skye McGowen, along with Pete Howard. The McGowens met Pete while traveling and busking in Arkansas in 2006. In 2007, Paul and Skye moved to Arkansas and teamed up with Pete.
Paul McGowen has been street performing at various markets in Seattle and Portland since 2002. He was also a member of The Tallboys from 2002-2006. As a Tallboy, Paul played The NW String Summit, Seattle’s Folklife Festival, KBOO’s Pickathon, Portland’s Old Time Gathering 2005 and 2007, and The San Francisco Old Time and Bluegrass Festival.
Skye McGowen has been performing with Paul since 2005. She recently danced on a re-issue of Clarke Buehling’s classic album "Out of his Gourd” and on the new album by The Old 78s.
Pete Howard is a popular Midwest dance fiddler. In the early 90’s, Pete played fiddle, banjo, and bowed bass with The Skirtlifters. They played fancy venues, such as the Chicago Old Town School of Folk. Pete judged and performed for the 2006 Arkansas State Fiddle Championship, at the Ozark Folk Center. In July 2008, he taught and performed at an Ozark Style Fiddle camp, again at the Ozark Folk Center.
Nominated for “Best Americana”
(North Arkansas Music Awards) 2008
Nominated for “Album of the Year”
by the Rural Roots Music Commission 2008
Listen to more of our songs through the link below.
A souvenir from our Seattle tour:

Old Time IS a Genre. Hurray!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/28/2006
Band Website: shoutlulu.com
Band Members: Paul McGowen

Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals

Skye McGowen

Baritone Ukulele, Banjolele, Percussive Dance, Vocals

Pete Howard

Fiddle, Jaw Harp, Bones, Vocals

Occasional Awesome Guests:

Seth Shumate: Harmonica

Ray Palmer: Cello & Big Fiddle

Influences: Living in the Ozarks!

Ozark Musicians:
Bill Bilyeau, Uncle Bunk, The Grinnell Giggers, Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers, Bob Holt, Fate Morrison, Earl Collins, Gene Goforth

Singers, Banjoers, Bands:
Hobart Smith, Uncle Dave Macon, Gid Tanner, Wade Ward, The Lewis Brothers, Joe Thompson, Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, The Old 78's, Clark Buehling, John Salyer, Kyle Creed, Clyde Davenport, John Ashby, Fred Cockerman, Gribble-York-and Lusk, Frazier and Patterson, Charlie Beck, Joe Fulton, Skillet Lickers, Georgia Yellow Hammers, Tommy Jarrell, Oscar Wright, Glen Smith, Gaither Carlton, Benton Flippen

Dancing:
Cute old ladies, Flatfoot, Buck, Jig, The Charleston

Sounds Like: Good Time-Old Time music, only scratchier!

Roustabout

Performing at The Dinosaur House (Fayetteville, AR)

Pateroller (Seattle, WA)

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Seattle CD Release and Tallboys Reunion

We'll  be in Seattle July 9-13.  We'll play 6 shows in 6 days.  It'll be the first time our new cd "Ridin A Buggy" will be available.  It may be a while before we get back up there...
Posted by Shout Lulu String Band on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:25:00 PST

Skye wins 2nd at The Bob Holt National Dance Competition, were on Ozarks at Large 91.3 KUAF

West Plains Old Time Music Festival is a winner.  The square dance was amazing.  There wasn't a caller.  Every square called there own dances--that's pretty amazing, and also made ...
Posted by Shout Lulu String Band on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:04:00 PST

some good press in THE OLD TIME HERALD and some MUSICAL AWARDS

Thanks to the Fayetteville Free Weekly!  The paper has been kind to us, with a review and a nice feature article.  Then, they nominated us for a NAMA--North Arkansas Music Award--for best Am...
Posted by Shout Lulu String Band on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:32:00 PST

Our NY Times Blurb

Julie Besonen from the NY Times wrote a travel article on Fayetteville, AR... In the section on the farmers' market she mentioned us: "On one corner is a harpist and a fiddler, on another a banjo play...
Posted by Shout Lulu String Band on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:43:00 PST