The Canal Street String Band will perform at VIEW, the arts center in Old Forge on Saturday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m.
With three voices, 55 strings and a pair of cow bones, The Canal Street String Band shines a new light on some fun, old American music.
Fiddle tunes, sea shanties, cowboy songs, canal ditties, mountain music, western swing, and some original arrangements will be performed with banjo, fiddle, twin mandolins, string bass, dobro, guitar, octave mandolin, assorted “pocket” instruments, nd three-part harmonies.
Band members include singer Phil Banaszak who plays fiddle, mandolin and guitar. He is a New York State fiddle champion and member of the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame.
Dave Ruch is a full-time musician, performer, music researcher and teaching artist who sings and plays mandolin, guitar, banjo, octave mandolin, bones, spoons and jaw harp.
Tickets for the performance are $20 for members/$15 members and $10 for students. They can be purchased by calling (315) 369-6411 ext. 201, www.Viewarts.org, or: info@ViewArts.org.
