Warwick Recreation Committee will be hosting a free concert on April 7 2 pm
Town Hall
Farley String Band
The Farley String Band consists of 11 local musicians playing traditional folk
and fiddle tunes with many of those tunes originally coming from Ireland and
Scotland. The principle instruments are violin, guitar, banjo, hammered
dulcimer, accordion, mandolin, recorder and bodhran. Some of the members play
multi- ple instruments including harmonica, penny whistle and bones.
The group began about seven years ago when Harry Sharbaugh and Wes Green got
together regularly to play old time music, Wes on banjo and Harry on hammered
dulcimer. Later, Harry’s wife Sue joined in with her accordion, as did their
friend, Steve Winters on guitar. The group began performing publicly after
Shirley Tripp (violin) and Alfred Barten (mandolin, tenor banjo) joined the
group. Since then other mem- bers have been added.
The group’s repertoire includes about 80 tunes and continues to grow. These
include rousing old time fid- dle tunes, jigs, reels, airs and beautiful slow
waltzes. And count on the band to play their signature tune, Cold Frosty
Morning!
Any donations will go directly to band members.
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