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About Me

The Roe Family Singers are an old-timey music group. We started as a husband-and wife duo, playing a few Johnny and June Carter Cash songs at a tribute to them shortly after Johnny Cash died. We have now grown into a 7-member hillbilly band! We write our own songs, and we also enjoy playing music by other people. On any given night you can hear us playing anything from Hank Williams to Bill Staines; from 400 year old ballads to Misfits songs; from Bill Monroe to Melanie Safka; all with a healthy dose of the Carter Family thrown in! To book us contact pappyroe(at)yahoo(dot)com
We love playing shows. We hope to start touring soon, so we can see the rest of the country and meet new folks. You should have us at your next festival or wedding: we love to play at them. We also want to be on Prairie Home Companion some day. To book us contact pappyroe(at)yahoo(dot)com
In the blog there are some links to live recordings made of us over the last year or so. Check them out and let us know what you think, please. To book us contact pappyroe(at)yahoo(dot)com

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Music:

Member Since: 6/9/2006
Band Website: roefamilysingers.com
Band Members: Kim and Quillan Roe sing
Kim plays autoharp
Quillan plays banjo and his father-in-law's 1956 Stella guitar

Kim and Quillan are often joined by these fellas in various combinations:
Adam Wirtzfeld plays the musical saw
Kurt Froehlich plays the homemade mandolin
Dan Gaarder plays the blue guitar and will also sing from time to time
Rich Rue plays the dobro, the tri-cone, and the mountain dulcimer
Jon Olson plays the homemade upright bass

You also may find some of these folks on stage with them all:
Rob "Ol' Spitty" Davis on the jug
Donn Ha on the broom, maracas, and jingle bells
Jen Markey singing and playing guitar
Colin Anderson playing the banjo
Andy Lambert doing some mountain clogging
Influences: Dwight Diller; "High Atmosphere;" "Dark Holler:" Hank Sr.; John Lee Hooker and the endless boogie; Bill Staines; Misfits; Fugazi; Bill Monroe; Elvis; Stanley Bros.; Soggy Bottom Boys; Louvin Bros; Carter family; Gillian Welch; Red Clay Ramblers; Jim Kweskin's Jug Band; Bob Wills; Kossoy Sisters; Anthology of American Folk Music; Johnny Cash; June Carter (Cash); EC & Orna Ball; Doc Watson; Willie Nelson; Joanna Newsom; Devandra Banhardt; Public Enemy; Will Oldham; Patsy Cline; Patsy Montana; Loretta Lynn; Harry Nillson; Carter Sisters; Neko Case; Koerner, Ray & Glover
Sounds Like: It sounds like the City Pages voted Kim the Best Female Vocalist for 2006, that's what it sounds like. We're all awful proud of her, too! Folks tell us we're haunting and beautiful. They also say that the harmonies sound like the wind blowing.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Wichita, KS, 02.23.08

The curtains in our hotel room at the Winchester Inn were so thick, admitting so little from the outside world, that, when we woke up, we had no way of telling what kind of weather lurked beyond their...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:17:00 PST

Lawrence, KS, 02.22.08

Before we had fallen asleep, our host, Ed Hoffman, had warned us that the bird in the next room would probably wake us up in the morning. I had noticed the cage, but since there was no noise coming fr...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:02:00 PST

Winona, MN, 02.21.08

Thursday morning came, and I woke up around 8:30. We had got to bed around 3:30, so I wasn't exactly excited to be up so early, but at least it wasn't my normal wake up time for a Thursday. I had a bo...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:06:00 PST

Roe Family Singers get some press!

Last week was a good week for the Roe Family. While we were out on a wee tour, not one, but two pieces featuring us came out on Friday.The first one is from Vita.MN, and is a fashion piece about the B...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:04:00 PST

St. Cloud 2.20.08

As it does almost every weekday of the year, our alarm clock went off at 5:45 AM. Kim hit the snooze button, and we stole a few more precious moments of sleep, before rising in the cold Minnesota dark...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:49:00 PST

Recording Update

Hello folks,I'm excited to tell you that, as of this past Sunday afternoon, Adam finished his saw parts for our new CD. That means that all of the recording is DONE! Kim and I, and possibly Adam, are ...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:20:00 PST

26th Annual Battle of the Jug Bands

In Minnesota, in winter, when you wake up to a sunny day it is a mixed blessing. It's always nice to see the sun shine, because it is rare that it does. On the other hand, a sunny day means a cold day...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:24:00 PST

MinnPost article about us!

This past Friday, the 8th of February, 2008, local writer Michael Metzger wrote a nice little piece about the Roe Family. Here is a link to it, so you can read it with the photos attached: http://www....
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:09:00 PST

Black Box Shanty

Sunday, February 3, 2008, dawned like any other typical Minnesota winter's day. It wasn't particularly sunny, nor was it noticeably overcast. It wasn't horribly cold, nor was it unseasonably warm. It ...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:35:00 PST

January 19, 2008

January 19, 2008, was in the middle of one of the coldest bouts of Minnesota Winter weather we've had here in our fair state in some years. Where Kim and I live, in the Twin Cities, the weather was ar...
Posted by the Roe Family Singers on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:13:00 PST