Band List

Generally, these are bands who play or who are scheduled to play for Childgrove Country Dancers. Since bands constantly and subtly evolve, if you know of changes - in name or personnel - please let us know!

Local Bands (two or more regular local members)

Boney Goat Band - Old time
Mike Saputo on guitar, Lindell Blackford on fiddle, Rich Hibbs on banjo

Bottom Feeders - Old time

Chicory - Twin-fiddle Contrafusion
Martha Edwards and Ben Schreiber on fiddle, Michael Shapiro on guitar

Devil's Elbow - Old time
Ted Vasquez, Barb Weathers, Tom Hall (tip: the Devil's elbow is the one on the fiddler's right arm)

Dog Named Rover - Old time
Geoff Seitz, Marc Rennard, Jim Nelson, Jeff Miller

Farmertones - Old time
The band that made the big time on "reality" TV - Geoff Seitz and Marc Rennard on fiddles, Dave Landreth on banjo, Curt Buckhannon on mandolin and Dennis Buckhannon on guitar.

Folk School Wall o' Sound - Old time
Music from the St. Louis Folk School

Hogtied - Old time
 Megan Greene on fiddle, Jeff Miller on banjo, Jim Nelson on guitar.

Hoosier Uprights - Old time

Leather Hat - Old time
Old time - Ted Vasquez on fiddle and/or banjo, Barb Weathers on guitar, Mike on fiddle

Mound City Slickers - Old time
Bill Stewart and Lindell Blackford on fiddles, Bob Clark on banjo, Roy Farwell on guitar, and Sean Ruprecht-Belt on banjo-ukelele.

Nightcrawlers - Old time but with a keyboard
Ted Vasquez on fiddle, Mike Brown on bass and Kristin Graham on keyboard

Reel Women (and the Jigelos) - New England style
Martha Edwards on fiddle, Kristin Graham on keyboard. Jigelos are often Mike Brown on bass, Paul Wexler on clarinet/recorder, and Ben Schreiber or Roger Netherton on fiddle.

Road Kill Ramblers - Old time
Bill Stewart (and maybe Geoff Seitz) on fiddle, Rich Hibbs on banjo, Curtis Buckhannon on mandolin, and Jim Nelson on guitar - they used to play for Childgrove and Carbondale back in the mid 80s, and they're still together from time to time.

Vigortones - Twin-fiddle Old Time
-Geoff Seitz and Marc Rennard on fiddle, Dave Landreth on banjo, Jim Nelson on guitar. Chirps Smith is a regular guest.

Weak Stream String Band - Old time
Marc Rennard, Dave Landreth, Ellen Gomez et al

Regional Bands

The New Mules - Garry Harrison and Genevieve Harrison on fiddles, Smith Koester on banjo, Andy Gribble on guitar, and Abby Ladin on bass. 

Banjolele
Old-time music - Laura Sleade and Martha Tyner, fiddles, Ed Hawkes, guitar, and Karen Kraft, banjo, from Champagne-Urbana, IL

Big Limber
Old-time music - Jim Lansford, fiddle and Kim Lansford, piano, from Galena, MO; Jim Nelson, guitar, from St. Louis

Billy Mathews and Friends
Old-Time Music - Billy Matthews from Reeds Spring, MO

Chicks with Guns
Old-Time Music - Billy Matthews on fiddle, Barb Weathers on guitar

Cosmic Otters
Irish, Old-time and Contrafusion - Jonathan Whitall, fiddle, Edward Wallace, fiddle and Meg Dedolph, guitar, from Chicago, IL

Stephie, Dedo, and the Big Jims
Old-Time - Stephanie Coleman, Jim Nelson...

Euphoria String Band Old-time band from Lawrence, KS

Gray Squirrels - The Grace girls, Ellie and Leela, with Geoff Seitz and Jim Nelson

Little Egypt Pep Steppers
Old-time music from Chicago, IL and St Louis - Chirps Smith, fiddle & mandolin, Robert Freeman, banjo, Jim Nelson, guitar, and Dedo Norris, bass

Hillbilly Holiday
Twin fiddles and hillbilly music - Tom Hall, banjo & guitar, and Barbara Weathers, fiddle, from St. Louis; Jim Lansford, fiddle, and Kim Lansford, guitar, from Galena, MO.

The Hoosier Nomads
Old-time music - Megan Greene, fiddle, and Jim Nelson, guitar, from St. Louis; Robert Freeman, banjo, from West Lafayette, IN

The James River Scraphounds
Old-time music - Pete Howard, fiddle, from Fayetteville, AK; Jim Ruth, banjo, from Columbia,MO ; Barbara Weathers, guitar, from St. Louis

New Bad Habits

The New Ozark Strutters
Old-time music- Pete Howard, fiddle, from Fayetteville, AR; Jim Lansford, banjo and Kim Lansford, guitar, from Galena, MO

Old Corn Lickers - old time band from Cape Girardeau, MO

Pig Town Alley
Contrafusion band from Cincinnati, OH - Pam and Fred Stoll on fiddle

Stringdancer
New England style twin-fiddle Contrafusion - Martha Edwards, fiddle, from St Louis, MO; Pam Carson Stoll, fiddle, from Cincinnati, OH; David Kirchner, guitar, from St. Paul, MN. Sometimes joined by Jeff Hersk, bass, from Asheville, NC, or Fred Stoll, fiddle or bass, from Cincinnati, OH.

Tune Hounds
This band, formed in the late-night crucible of Sugar Hill, comes from Chicago, Champaign-Urbana and Bloomington Indiana - Edward Wallace, fiddle Ben Smith, fiddle and mandolin, Michael Shapiro, guitar, and Eric Schedler, keyboard and accordion.

U4
Old time with Cajun overtones - Matt Torino on fiddle, Tom Torino on mandolin and banjo, Michael Shapiro on guitar, from Champaign, IL,

Uncle Pink
Old-time music - Barbara Weathers, fiddle, from St. Louis; Julie Henigan, banjo, from Springfield, MO; Kim Lansford, guitar, from Galena, MO.

White Mules
Old-time music from Chicago, IL -