June Weekend I Guitar
Aidan Boardman
Instrument: GuitarSession(s): August Week I, August Week II, June Weekend I
Instrument by Session(s): August Week I Guitar, August Week II Guitar, June Weekend I Guitar
David Stimson
Instrument: Concertina, Guitar, PianoSession(s): June Week, June Weekend I
Instrument by Session(s): June Week Guitar, June Weekend I Guitar
David Stimson began backing up country dance music on the guitar in 1965 at the age of eleven. During several summers the 1960s he attended Pinewoods cape with his family while his stepfather, Bob Guillard, taught Morris Dancing and English Country Dance. David’s was first exposed to Contra Dance during the evening dances at Pinewoods; however, the disease remained latent until he learned English Concertina and joined the Woods Hole Folk Orchestra in1979. (more…)
Bethany Waickman
Instrument: GuitarSession(s): August Week I, August Week II, June Week, June Weekend I
Instrument by Session(s): August Week I Guitar, August Week II Guitar, June Week Guitar, June Weekend I Guitar
Bethany Waickman is a guitarist based out of Portland, Maine. She grew up in a musical family in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York state. After college she spent some time traveling, hiking, and playing music in Ireland. Upon returning, she moved to Boston to focus on music. She co-founded the contra dance trio, Anadama, and is the guitarist for VT-based fiddler/singer Lissa Schneckenburger. (more…)
Fred White
Instrument: GuitarSession(s): August Week I, June Weekend I
Instrument by Session(s): August Week I Guitar, June Weekend I Guitar
Fred ‘s (guitar, percussion, vocals) musical debut occurred on the floor of his parents’ kitchen, surrounded by pots and pans, long before he ever heard of Ginger Baker or Gene Krupa. For the most recent 45 years he has been performing and recording oldtime, string band, hillbilly, rockabilly, blues, bluegrass, jazz, swing, minstrels, ragtime and Americana music. His trio, Waxlips, made award winning waves in North Carolina in the mid-80’s and (more…)