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.
January 21, 2010
If this doesn’t seem like one of the best house parties you’ve ever seen you probably shouldn’t be visiting the Strung Out String Band’s website. Many of the people in this documentary footage are related to one of our band members. Can you guess which one?
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January 15, 2010
[ February 4, 2010; 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Once a month we host a jam filled with musicians, hipsters, alcoholics and ethno-musicologists who attempt to play music together using acoustic instruments and generally staying somewhere near the key of G (or A, or something). We gather at Freddy’s on the first Thursday of every month to beat back the ever encroaching arms of [...]
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January 15, 2010
Gotta love all girl banjo orchestras from the twenties! Well, we do anyway.
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December 29, 2009
It’s been years since we last hurled our best musical ideas against a wall and recorded the aftermath. We spent hours swilling cheap beer and whiskey in a subterranean studio buried deep within New York’s Lower East Side and emerged with a record that we are proud to call our own.
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November 17, 2009
On October, 20th we were invited to the WKCR studios to perform live on the air as part of the weekly Honky Tonkin’ show. We had a blast. Give it a listen below.
Strung Out String Band Live on WKCR
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October 20, 2009
[ October 20, 2009; 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm. ] We are honored to be playing live on WKCR from 10 to 11:30pm on Tuesday October 20th. If you’re in the New York metro region you can tune in to 89.9FM or you can stream it live to your computer anywhere in the world by going to WKCR’s website.
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September 15, 2009
[ October 24, 2009; 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] We are excited to be playing the CMJ Festival this year at Googies Lounge on October 24th at 9:30pm. There is no cover for this gig but there is a 1 drink minimum. Honestly, were you going to go to a bar to hear music and not buy at least one drink?
We’re being [...]
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September 15, 2009
[ October 10, 2009; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] A yearly family friendly festival in a lovely park in Sunnyside, Queens. Stop by for a craft fair featuring handcrafted items including jewelry, eco-friendly products, and clothing for kids and adults, live music, a pumpkin patch, BEER and food.
The festival runs from Noon until dusk and The Strung Out String Band playing [...]
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August 18, 2009
[ August 23, 2009; 5:00 pm; ] What better way to spend a Sunday in the Summer than to listen to good Old Timey Music and Bluegrass and eat sweat BBQ’ed meats? Well, on Sunday August 23rd you can do just that at the 3rd Ward Bluegrass BBQ in scenic Bushwick Brooklyn.
There are many bands playing between 4pm and 9pm but [...]
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August 18, 2009
[ September 17, 2009; 9:00 pm; ] If you haven’t heard string band music from the 1920′s or 30′s you’re missing out on a real treat: screeching fiddles, scratchy recordings, off key harmonies and unbelievably great performances. Well, a new compilation is being released with some very rare old recordings. The 2 CD set is called I’m Going Down to [...]
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We have just released our newest CD which is a collection of some of our favorite tunes. You can listen to a sampling of tracks or buy yourself copy.