The Strung Out String Band is a six person acoustic ensemble dedicated to interpreting "Old Time Southern" music. We aim to blast audiences into a frenzied dimension of ecstatic boogieing using fiddle, banjo, guitar and, in the great tradition of those who followed before us, anything we can get our hands on. We are based in Brooklyn, USA.

Please take a moment to learn more about us, listen to our music and book us for your event or venue. Or, simply read our musings and gig announcements below.

A 40 Second Video Clip

July 14, 2010

We’re not entirely sure why a fan would post a 40 second clip of us playing just the end of a song but someone did just that. This video was taken as we busked outside at Meatopia on a beautiful July day on Governor’s Island. Watch the video to hear (and see) the last 40 seconds of the Strung Out String Band playing Katy Kline.
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Meatopia 2010

June 11, 2010
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[ July 11, 2010; 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. ] Here’s a simple question: If you could combine any three things to make a perfect summer afternoon, what would they be? Might, red meat, old time music and an idyllic island in New York harbor be your answer? Well, it is ours.

The Strung Out String Band has been asked to play old [...]

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Make Music NY

June 3, 2010
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[ June 21, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] We are glad to announce that we will be taking part in Make Music New York on June 21st. In this wonderful annual event the good people at city hall give permits to any band who wants to play live on the streets with the hope that every nook and cranny of our great [...]

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Gig at the Roots Cafe

May 27, 2010

[ May 28, 2010; 9:30 pm; ] This Friday night the Strung Out String Band will be playing old timey music at the Roots Cafe in the ever hipsterifying South Park Slope, Brooklyn. We’ll be strumming on banjos, singin’ murder ballads, and pretending that it’s 1928 starting at 9:30 and playing one exceedingly long set that will end at 10:30pm. [...]

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Busking at the Brooklyn Flea

May 13, 2010
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[ June 12, 2010; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] While we love playing music venues with assigned seating, private parties for corporate big-wigs, and letting loose on grungy bar stages, nothing fires us up more than taking to the streets and busking for good will, tips, and the hope of turning people on to old time music. This Saturday, May 15th, we will [...]

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Nate interviewed about Old Timey music

May 4, 2010
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Last summer our fiddle player Nate Landau sat down for a brief video interview about the Bibb County Hoedown, old timey music and busking at the Union Square green market when the bottom fell out of the tech bubble in 2001.

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R.I.P. Freddy’s Old Time Jam

April 23, 2010
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For the past seven years the Strung Out String Band has organized an old time jam at Freddy’s Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We’ve loved every minute of the banjo banging, fiddle dripping, murder ballad swilling good times. Unfortunately, as I’m sure you know, Freddy’s is finally slated for Ratner’s wrecking ball. [...]

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Monthly Residency at 68 Jay St. Bar

April 14, 2010
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[ May 12, 2010; 9:00 pm; June 16, 2010; 8:00 pm; July 14, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] The Strung Out String Band is excited to announce that we will be playing once a month at one of our favorite bars – 68 Jay St. Bar in DUMBO. If you like the sounds of banjos and fiddles, old timey square dances and waltzes, songs about farm animals and murder ballads, all mixed [...]

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Strung Out String Band CD Release Concert

March 17, 2010
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[ March 25, 2010 8:00 pm to March 26, 2010 9:00 am. ] The untold hours we have spent in the studio recording our own versions of such timeless classics such as Shove the Pig’s Foot Further in the Fire and Fiddler’s Dram have culminated in a CD release party extravaganza that will take place on Thursday, March 25th in beautiful Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, USA. We will [...]

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St. Patty’s Day

March 3, 2010
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[ March 17, 2010; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Celebrate St. Patty’s day with live music from the Strung Out String Band at 68 Jay St. Bar in DUMBO. We promise room temperature Guinness, great people and possibly some step dancing.

Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “Hey, don’t you guys play Americana? St. Patty’s day is for Irish music.” And [...]

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