Coming in 2010 - The Quebe Sisters Band

[Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival]

Imagine Bob Wills' Texas Playboys with the Andrews Sisters as the vocalists, and backed up by triple fiddles - each of them a champion fiddler - all rolled into one band!!

That's what you'll have the chance to see and hear when the Quebe Sisters make their debut appearance at this year's Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival on Friday, September 3 at the Salem County Fair Grounds on US 40 near Woodstown, New Jersey.

Each of these three young sisters (the name is pronounced KWAY-bee) has been a Texas State Fiddle champ, and backed by Joey McKenzie (guitar) and Drew Phelps (acoustic bass) they have been thrilling audiences across the country with their takes on Western Swing classics from Bob Wills, Milton Brown and more.

From their website at www.quebesistersband.com:

"Since their musical journey began in 1998, Grace, Sophia & Hulda have been covering a lot of ground. In the beginning, the Q's started taking fiddle lessons from Sherry McKenzie (Joey's wife) and later from Joey, learning traditional Texas-style fiddling. From the start, all three sistersdemonstrated astonishing talent and determination and a real love of music. Shortly thereafter, the girls began entering fiddle contests and had success early on; winning several State, regional and National fiddle championships.

The Quebes musical repertoire has since grown to include a wide variety of traditional styles, especially western swing, hot jazz and swing standards, western and cowboy songs, vintage country and bluegrass.   In addition to their fiddling, the girls enjoy the challenge of singing vintage style3-part harmony.

A partial list of their favorite bands includes Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, the Sons of the Pioneers, Billy Jack Wills, Spade Cooley, Andy Parker and the Plainsmen, the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Benny Goodman's various groups, Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys, the Mills Brothers, the Boswell Sisters, the Andrews Sisters, the Beatles and Hot Rize.

As for musicians, a partial (very partial!) list includes Ella Fitzgerald, Django Reinhardt, Marty Robbins, Tommy Duncan, Patsy Cline, Faron Young, Merle Haggard, Joaquin Murphy, Alex Brashear, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, Jethro Burns and Charlie Christian.

As for fiddlers, a very partial list includes Benny Thomasson, Major Franklin, Orville Burns, Terry Morris, Norman and Vernon Solomon, Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor, Eck Robertson, Jimmie Don Bates, Kenny Baker, Svend Asmussen, Stephane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Tommy Jackson, Louis Tierney, Johnny Gimble, Paul Anastasio, Buddy Spicher and Joey & Sherry McKenzie."

For more information about the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, visit www.delawarevalleybluegrass.org, send email to in...@delawarevalleybluegrass.org, or call (302) 321-6466.

Thanks!

The Management and Staff of the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival

in...@delawarevalleybluegrass.org