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Woody Guthrie Celebration

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BYOB — Advance tickets available thru Venmo: @Elena-Skye-1

For tickets go to the 503 Social Club Facebook page or email elenaskye11@gmail.com

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This Land Is His Land: Roaming Through Woody Guthrie’s New York

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new-york-times

coneyYOU say you want to have a close encounter with Woody Guthrie, to follow his footsteps to greatness, to lay eyes on the places where American music history was made: where Woody first met Pete Seeger; where Bob Dylan first showed up on Woody’s doorstep; where Woody strummed and plucked with Lead Belly, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee; where he wrote “This Land Is Your Land,” “Vigilante Man,” “The Sinking of the Reuben James” and many,

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Demolition String Duo to Record on Wax Cylinders at the Edison Laboratory

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National Park Service

The-Demolition-String-Duo---Boo-Reiners-and-Elena-SkyeWax cylinder recording session, Thursday, October 30 at 7:00 pm

WEST ORANGE, NJ –On October 30, visitors to Thomas Edison National Historical Park will have the opportunity to watch and listen as the Demolition String Duo makes recording history. Elena Skye and Boo Reiners are the featured artists at a wax cylinder phonograph recording session taking place on Thursday evening, October 30 at 7:00 pm in Building 11 of Thomas Edison’s historic West Orange Laboratory.

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nice DSB blurbage in jambands.com

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Phil’s Friends Will Perform Tonight

Several recent Phil Lesh collaborators will play a free show this evening. The performance will take place at New York’s Rodeo Bar, while Lesh performs a little north of the city at Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre. At Rodeo Bar, Ryan Adams & the Cardinal’s pedal steel ace Jon Graboff, bass guitarist Mike Santoro and Ollabelle drummer Tony Leone will all perform with the Demolition String Band.

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A little more attention

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We’re getting a little more involved on the website side of things lately, -finding out this is a great place to keep in contact and let everybody know what we’re up to. It’s busy, and there’s a lot to do. Check back soon or even better – sign up for the newsletter and we’ll come to you.

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Star Ledger

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TRIS McCALL/STAR LEDGER: There are many country-folk revivalists in New Jersey, but few as reliably entertaining as Hoboken’s Demolition String Band. Singers Elena Skye and Boo Reiners and their accompanists are traditionalists, and their appreciation of old-time bluegrass is absolutely sincere — there’s nothing staid about their delivery, which has the swing of Ricky Skaggs and the comfort of Jerry Garcia’s Old and in the Way. 

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