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Honky-Tonk Jump: The Texas Swing Music of Bob Wills
October 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Jazz With a Cowboy Hat
Honky-Tonk Jump plays swingin’ Texas dance hall music in the tradition of Bob Wills, Milton Brown, Ernest Tubb and Spade Cooley with a sprinkling of Hank Williams and other early honky-tonk legends. This band rustles up a rhythm roundup with accordion, twin fiddles, guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, bass, drums and vocals. Their music features signature twin and triple leads on accordion, fiddle, pedal steel and guitar with soulful vocals, all backed by a hard-swingin’ rhythm section. This band has fun and it’s contagious!
Dan Newton accordion/vocals
Richard Kriehn fiddle/vocals
Joe Savage pedal steel/vocals
Dan Lowinger guitar
Vaughn Asselstine upright bass
Lars-Erik Larson drums
Tom Schaefer fiddle
Dan Newton performed many times on A Prairie Home Companion and played Western swing with various bands since the 1980s. He serves triple duty as the front man, accordionist and lead vocalist.