The Dusty Buskers

Bisbee Coffee Company, 10-31-08. Photo: Jim Whitesell.

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 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 near you.

What's New?

NEWS:

"Vaudevillian Sideshow: Coming Soon to a Sidewalk Near You - The Dusty Buskers" by Gene Armstrong, Tucson Weekly 8-14-08

Dusty Buskers named 2008 TAMMIES Best Bluegrass & Up-and-Coming Artist(s) of the Year!!!

WATCH: 

The Dusty Buskers on St. Patrick's Day

The Dusty Buskers @ Stock Exchange Saloon - Punk Rock Girl

Chris D. Riverdancing to the Dusty Buskers

Thurs., Nov. 27th, 1:00 pm:

Arivaca Community Center, 16012 W. Universal Ranch Rd., Arivaca AZ, (520) 398-3010

Sat., Dec. 6th, 10:00 pm:

The Hut (Sky Island Alliance benefit w/ Planet Jam), 305 N. 4th Ave., Tucson AZ, (520) 623-3200

Fri., Dec. 12th, 10:00 am:

Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair, various locations, Tucson AZ

Sat., Dec. 13th, 10:00 am:

Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair, various locations, Tucson AZ

Thurs., Dec. 18th, 10:00 pm:

Plush - CD Release Party! (w/ Silver Thread Trio, Nancy McCallion's Wild Irish Revue & Rosano Bros.), Tucson AZ, (520) 798-1298

Sun., Dec. 21st, 6:00 pm:

The Hut (Winter Solstice Speak Easy Celebration w/ The Kate Becker Project), 305 N. 4th Ave., Tucson AZ, (520) 623-3200

Wed., Dec. 31st, 11:00 pm:

La Placita Village, 110 S. Church Ave., Tucson AZ

Sat., Jan. 24th, 10:00 am:

Dillinger Days at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress, Tucson AZ

Sat., April 4th, 8:00 pm:

TBA, Arivaca AZ