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Whistling Rufus: The Squeezers


Jim Besser

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(Moved from Teaching and Learning, where I idiotically posted it this morning)

 

Whistling Rufus: English and Anglo concertinas.

 

A work in progress!

Well, if it's a "work in progress", then you're still "learning", aren't you? ;)

 

But just who are "The Squeezers"?

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(Moved from Teaching and Learning, where I idiotically posted it this morning)

 

Whistling Rufus: English and Anglo concertinas.

 

A work in progress!

Well, if it's a "work in progress", then you're still "learning", aren't you? ;)

 

But just who are "The Squeezers"?

 

 

I'm guessing I'll always be learning.

 

The Squeezers: a band including English concertinist Randy Stein, melodeonist Gus Voorhees and myself. We do a bizarre assortment of music - English trad, klezmer, jazz and pop, ragtime, Eastern European, whatever.

 

BTW, we will be appearing at the Folklore Society of Greater Washington winter festival on Feb. 8. Jim, I'm guessing you're too far away to come, but it would be great to see some other c.netters there!

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BTW, we will be appearing at the Folklore Society of Greater Washington winter festival on Feb. 8. Jim, I'm guessing you're too far away to come, but it would be great to see some other c.netters there!

 

I'll be performing earlier that afternoon with my band Shenandoah Run. Will definitely plan to stick around to see The Squeezers.

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BTW, we will be appearing at the Folklore Society of Greater Washington winter festival on Feb. 8. Jim, I'm guessing you're too far away to come, but it would be great to see some other c.netters there!

 

I'll be performing earlier that afternoon with my band Shenandoah Run. Will definitely plan to stick around to see The Squeezers.

 

 

Cool. I saw Shenandoah Run at the last minifest, or the Takky Park Folk Festival. I'll also be roaming the halls with the Foggy Bottom Morris Men and the Arlington Morris Women.

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BTW, we will be appearing at the Folklore Society of Greater Washington winter festival on Feb. 8. Jim, I'm guessing you're too far away to come, but it would be great to see some other c.netters there!

 

I'll be performing earlier that afternoon with my band Shenandoah Run. Will definitely plan to stick around to see The Squeezers.

 

 

Cool. I saw Shenandoah Run at the last minifest, or the Takky Park Folk Festival. I'll also be roaming the halls with the Foggy Bottom Morris Men and the Arlington Morris Women.

 

We've never played at the Takky Park festival, so it probably wasn't that. We did play at last year's Minifest and at the Glen Echo festival in June.

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BTW, we will be appearing at the Folklore Society of Greater Washington winter festival on Feb. 8. Jim, I'm guessing you're too far away to come, but it would be great to see some other c.netters there!

 

I'll be performing earlier that afternoon with my band Shenandoah Run. Will definitely plan to stick around to see The Squeezers.

 

 

Cool. I saw Shenandoah Run at the last minifest, or the Takky Park Folk Festival. I'll also be roaming the halls with the Foggy Bottom Morris Men and the Arlington Morris Women.

 

We've never played at the Takky Park festival, so it probably wasn't that. We did play at last year's Minifest and at the Glen Echo festival in June.

 

 

Then it was at the Minifest. Squeezers also did a set at the Glen Echo festival, but between that and playing for several Morris groups I never had any time to see anybody else perform!

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(Moved from Teaching and Learning, where I idiotically posted it this morning)

 

Whistling Rufus: English and Anglo concertinas.

 

A work in progress!

Well, if it's a "work in progress", then you're still "learning", aren't you? ;)

 

But just who are "The Squeezers"?

 

 

I'm guessing I'll always be learning.

 

The Squeezers: a band including English concertinist Randy Stein, melodeonist Gus Voorhees and myself. We do a bizarre assortment of music - English trad, klezmer, jazz and pop, ragtime, Eastern European, whatever.

 

BTW, we will be appearing at the Folklore Society of Greater Washington winter festival on Feb. 8. Jim, I'm guessing you're too far away to come, but it would be great to see some other c.netters there!

 

Jim, thanks for sharing this. A truly unique sound from a unique ensemble. Terrific execution on Whistling Rufus thus far, I'd say. I'd love to hear more from the Squeezers.

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The Squeezers: a band including English concertinist Randy Stein, melodeonist Gus Voorhees and myself. We do a bizarre assortment of music - English trad, klezmer, jazz and pop, ragtime, Eastern European, whatever.

Do you guys have other recordings that might be appropriate to submit for, e.g., Theme of the Month?

 

As far as I know, that's not restricted to solo work. ;)

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The Squeezers: a band including English concertinist Randy Stein, melodeonist Gus Voorhees and myself. We do a bizarre assortment of music - English trad, klezmer, jazz and pop, ragtime, Eastern European, whatever.

Do you guys have other recordings that might be appropriate to submit for, e.g., Theme of the Month?

 

As far as I know, that's not restricted to solo work. ;)

 

 

Funny you should ask: I just wrote the draft of the Tune of the Month Poll for February, and one of the selections - Tra Veglia e Sonno - is a Squeezers tune.

 

And we are eclectic; we pair it with John Kirkpatrick's wonderful Dance of the Demon Daffodils in a medley.

 

And I think Squeezers might have something to submit for the February Theme of the Month. Stay tuned.

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The Squeezers: a band including English concertinist Randy Stein, melodeonist Gus Voorhees and myself. We do a bizarre assortment of music - English trad, klezmer, jazz and pop, ragtime, Eastern European, whatever.

Do you guys have other recordings that might be appropriate to submit for, e.g., Theme of the Month?

 

As far as I know, that's not restricted to solo work. ;)

 

 

Funny you should ask: I just wrote the draft of the Tune of the Month Poll for February, and one of the selections - Tra Veglia e Sonno - is a Squeezers tune.

 

And we are eclectic; we pair it with John Kirkpatrick's wonderful Dance of the Demon Daffodils in a medley.

 

And I think Squeezers might have something to submit for the February Theme of the Month. Stay tuned.

 

Excellent!

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