Presenting . . .

Foot-Tapping Music
from All Over

A talented, multi-instrumental virtuoso and singer, George Wilson's repertoire samples a wide variety of traditional and folk styles. As a fiddler, he has nearly 400 tunes for dancing and listening — tunes from New England, Quebec, Cape Breton, Scotland, Ireland and Shetland. His dynamic fiddling, strongly influenced by Cape Breton and French Canadian styles, has been popular with contra cancers and concert-goers since the late 1970s.

Rousing, Fun-filled Entertainment

Along with fiddling, George explores some of the roots of contemporary folk music by "visiting" some personalities of the past. Accompanying himself on the 5-string banjo, he sings songs of Uncle Dave Macon (of early Grand Ole Opry fame). He brings this colorful character to life through songs, stories and close representation of Uncle Dave's energetic banjo styles and antics.

Another character George visits in concert is Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly), the cource of some of America's best-loved folk songs. Leadbelly's gutsy, bluesy songs are accompanied by accurate re-creations of the guitar style of this African-American songster and "King of the 12-string guitar."

A concert may also include a song or two from popular World War I Scottish singer, Harry Lauder, an Adirondack song, an Irish harp tune on banjo, a few contemporary songs, and lots of fun, off-the-cuff commentary.

. . . Here's George Wilson

George has performed and recorded with the popular "Fennig's All-Star String Band," featuring Bill Spence on hammered dulcimer, since 1975. He has performed and recorded with the "Whippersnappers" (Wilson, Peter Davis and Frank Orsini) since 1976. He plays at contradances, festivals and dance camps on both coasts and in between with Selma Kaplan, Taconic Tonic (George, Becky Ashenden and Chuck Corman), Bill Matthiesen, Liz Stell and more.