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DHARMA BUMS STRING BAND
& THE BIRD SEED BANDITS
 8pm, SATURDAY AUGUST 18

The Dharma Bums String Band makes it's Unity Hall Debut on Saturday, August 18, 2012.  An eclectic outfit of talented musicians, the group delivers string driven renditions of a wide range of material, including songs that  surprise and delight audiences.

Mike Stone (lead guitar) and Dave Ossont (rhythm guitar) first played together back in 1973. Now another generation has been added as Mike's son Brent (bass) and Dave's son Kyle (fiddle) join in. Add in Brother/Uncle Dan Stone (mandolin), who has been on the area music scene for over 30 years and you have a truly generational family band.

The Bums music is impossible to categorize. They've raided from just about every genre. There are large doses from the Great American Songbook, but they are as likely to play a fiddle waltz as they are Ellington. Beatles, Bob Wills, Bossa Nova and Brubeck all get thrown into the pot. If you can conjure in your ears an "acoustic swing jam band," you'd be in the right ballpark.

Described as 5 Jazz Hepcats- trapped in the body of a bluegrass band
the Dharma Bums String Quintet truly believes "it don't mean a thing if it
ain't got that swing."

The D.B. are like a dash of hot sauce on an already tasty dish as they lend their interpretations to great songs from songwriters as diverse as Lennon & McCartney, Rosanne Cash, Van Morrison, Arlo Guthrie, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and Dave Brubeck.

The Birdseed Bandits, comprised of Adam Ludemann Seth Becker and Nash Robb, have a unique style and sound unlike any other. They have been called, Puck/Americana or "Punkacana" Folk/Rock, Folk/Punk, Celtic/Folk/Punk, "Foot stomping" Folk/Punk-Rock, Alternative Americana, and all other sorts of names to describe what they do. With there high energy performance, and raw acoustic sound consisting of Banjo, Acoustic guitar, Mandolin, and Upright Bass, and ringing harmonies they have cultivated a voice all there own.