Golden Link Presents
The Canal
Street String Band
Saturday, April 21st, 7:30 pm
Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Avenue, Penfield
$18 ($15 for Golden Link members; $10 for students; 12 years and under free)
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Formed in Buffalo NY in the
summer of 2010, The Canal Street String Band have quickly
taken each other's refrigerators by storm, working
tirelessly to put a brand-new shine on some seriously fun
old American music. Fiddle tunes....sea shanties....cowboy
songs....canal ditties....mountain music....western
swing....and originals too, with banjo, fiddle, twin
mandolins, dobro, string bass, guitar, octave mandolin and
three-part harmonies. Stellar musicianship combines
with an undeniable sense of adventure and plenty of hokum to
produce an irresistably good time. The audience has fun too.
Phil Banaszak plays fiddle, mandolin and guitar, and
sings. A New York State fiddle champion and member of
the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame, Phil has the
lowest-pitched singing voice ever, and a world-class
mustache too. Dave Ruch, a full-time
musician/performer/music researcher/teaching artist, sings
and plays mandolin, guitar, banjo, octave mandolin, bones,
spoons, jaw harp and probably some other things too.
Jim Whitford, a Buffalo Music Hall of Famer and sideman to
the stars (Peter Case, Tarbox Ramblers, Gurf Morlix, Linda
McRae), rocks the string bass as well as playing dobro and
guitar and singing out with all he's got. His dogs
have names like Hazel and Merle.
The Canal Street String Band plays theaters, colleges, music
festivals, community events, folk concerts, clubs, library
concerts and more. Group members offer
instructional workshops on a variety of instruments as
an add-on to any booking.
"Their chemistry as a band was
delightful to behold....a wonderful concert"
-
ELLEN SMITH, PRESIDENT, GOLDEN LINK FOLK SINGING SOCIETY,
ROCHESTER NY
"The
variety filled the two hours with joy and humor....AND,
there were two standing ovations and encores. In one word,
'Amazing!'"
-
BOB HYDER, CONCERT REVIEW, JANUARY 8 2011, PENFIELD NY
"Three
of the area's best stringed-instrument players"
-
ARTVOICE, BUFFALO NY