The Dusty Buskers - . . . . . . . N O W B O O K I N G 2 0 1 2 . . . . . .

Old-timey/Celtic Revival and Nontraditional Traditional Music "A busker isn't a panhandler. Making people smile is a noble profession."

to pay the fiddler

1. (idiomatic) To face the consequences of one’s actions.

The three-day party had been a lot of fun, but now it was time to pay the fiddler.

2. (idiomatic) To contribute in order to participate.

If you want to dance, you’ve got to pay the fiddler.

The Dusty Buskers
P.O. Box 86134
Tucson, AZ 85754-6134
United States
thedustybuskers@gmail.com

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THE STORY

The tale of The Dusty Buskers ("the band that fits on a bike") begins on New Year's Eve 2006, in an alcove on 4th Avenue in Tucson, AZ, when new friends sang songs to the revelers en route between the local taverns.

By summer of that year, Fiddlin' Uncle Phoenix and Dusty Squirrelfisher were performing "idiosyncratic" up-tempo old-timey bluegrass music for passersby on an almost daily basis. They honed their craft by playing for smiles and tips of all kinds.

Moving their act indoors to saloons and cafes across Southern Arizona and the Southwest, the Buskers humbly offer their unique arrangements of Americana and Irish tunes full of hobos, heartbreak, trains, and spirits - the kinds you drink from a bottle, the ones that haunt after death, and the sort that need lifting.

The Dusty Buskers may also still be found playing for pedestrians of all ages at street fairs, farmers markets and on sidewalks and street corners near you.

THE LATEST CHAPTER

Five-time TAMMIES (Tucson Area Music Awards) winners The Dusty Buskers, perhaps the most unique item to emerge from the Sonoran Desert since the crested saguaro, have released three albums on Old Bisbee Records, Southern Arizona's "beatific" record label of Western medicinal music.

As veteran street musicians and members of the little known 19th century "string band" genre which informed country, western and bluegrass music, The Dusty Buskers' latest effort (Buskin') adapts traditional folk songs with original lyrics to spin exploitative tales about the band. From debauchery to redemption, buskers Phoenix Michael (Fiddlin' Uncle Phoenix) and Stuart Oliver (Dusty Squirrelfisher) have lived it, and they harmonize timeless melodies with passion and conviction.

Buskin' contains an array of classic material by Doc Watson, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash and...The Dead Milkmen?!? This time around, The Dusty Buskers are pleased to welcome Four Corners States Banjo Championship winner Rudy Cortese of local act Cadillac Mountain as an album guest. The first single, "Maybelle," (written by Oliver) is a tender tale of finding love in the Tucson summer. Throw it on for a good time!

Having won the hearts of audiences in Tucson's saloons, taverns and cafes; captured the attention of passersby in backyards and on street corners in Tombstone, Willcox, Arivaca and Boulder, CO; performed in nightclubs in Austin, TX, Phoenix and Bisbee; and frolicked at venues in Silver City, Taos and Truth or Consequences, NM, the Dusty Buskers have defied the odds, overcome their personal struggles and shrugged away their inner demons to present the world with their happy-go-lucky, idiosyncratically melodic and infectious music. The Dusty Buskers is an act not to be missed.

The Dusty Buskers have shared the stage and held it down with noteworthy national acts such as Great American Taxi, The Devil Makes Three, Fishtank Ensemble, The Weary Boys, Leslie and The Badgers, Pine Leaf Boys, Green Mountain Grass, James Intveld, Young Dubliners and others.

"The secret ingredient in the Dusty Buskers' performances is a palpable energy and momentum. It's not as if they place traditional music as a static museum piece."

– Tucson Weekly

"A folk music that's the perfect fit for its time and place."

– Catfish Vegas, BlogSpot.com

"A wild-assed punked-out group, one half Old Time Wild Man and the other half rowdy Irish Bar Band...If they played in a cemetery, even the ground would probably start rocking."

– Tucson Friends of Traditional Music News

"Foot-stomping fun that sounds great."

– Downtown Tucsonan

"A fun and funky trio, full of energy and enthusiasm."

– Silver City Sun-News

"People can't help but stop and listen."

– Arizona Daily Star

"The Dusty Buskers have possibly OD'd on happiness, but they seem more than willing to share some."

– The Artist Formerly Known As Larry

"You guys rock the streets like a 9-year-old jacked up on Mountain Dew."

- Rainbow Warrior, Artist Unknown Productions

"Celtic-bluegrass tunes with a punk attitude and a subversive comedic slant."

– TucsonScene.com

NOW BOOKING 2012:

thedustybuskers@gmail.com

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UPCOMING SHOWS:

Saturday, January 28, 6 & 7 pm:

Rock For Rehab, Copper Queen Convention Center, 3 Copper Queen Plaza, Bisbee AZ

Thursday, February 9, 9:30 pm:

Plush, 340 E. 6th St., Tucson AZ, (520) 798-1298

Friday, February 10, 4 pm:

Cienega Watershed Partnership event, Colossal Cave Mountain Park, 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail, Vail AZ, (520) 647-7275

Saturday, February 11, 2 pm:

2nd Saturdays Downtown (Arizona Centennial Celebration), 6th Avenue Stage @ Pennington St., Tucson AZ

Friday, February 17, 7:30 pm:

The Hut (Great Guinness Toast with Keltic Cowboys), 305 N. 4th Ave., Tucson AZ, (520) 623-3200

Saturday, March 10, 7 pm:

Flanagan's Celtic Corner (2nd Saturdays Downtown), 222 E. Congress St., Tucson AZ, (520) 623-9922

Saturday, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day!):

4:15 pm: St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival, El Presidio Park, 400 S. Main Ave., Tucson AZ

7 pm: Delectables Restaurant & Catering, 533 N. 4th Ave., Tucson AZ, (520) 884-9289

9:30 pm: Plush, 340 E. 6th St., Tucson AZ, (520) 798-1298

Monday, March 26, 7:30 pm:

University of Arizona Department of Geosciences event, Barrio Brewing Co., 800 E. 16th St., Tucson AZ, (520) 791-2739

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"The Dusty Buskers' renditions of traditional Irish songs have a rough authenticity. The Buskers sound almost as if one were in a Galway pub, seated at the next table over, listening to old music being played by old friends."

- TucsonSentinel.com