Jim Besser Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 (Moved from Teaching and Learning, where I idiotically posted it this morning) Whistling Rufus: English and Anglo concertinas. A work in progress! https://soundcloud.com/concertinist/whistling-rufus-the-squeezers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 (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"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 (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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanna Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanna Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 (Moved from Teaching and Learning, where I idiotically posted it this morning) Whistling Rufus: English and Anglo concertinas. A work in progress! https://soundcloud.com/concertinist/whistling-rufus-the-squeezers Nice! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo Enthusiast Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 (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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo Enthusiast Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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