THE WICKERS CREEK BAND

Bluegrass and Traditional American String Band Music

The Wickers Creek Band performs an eclectic mix of traditional American music, primarily in the Bluegrass tradition. The five-person group sings in close, blended harmonies backed up by fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, dobro and bass. The band's repertoire includes classic and contemporary Bluegrass, country and Appalachian music, with a dollop of French Canadian, Celtic and New England dance tunes thrown in for good measure. The group originally hails from the hills of lower Westchester County where Wickers Creek flows into the mighty Hudson River, but some years ago band members migrated up the Hudson to Columbia County. Featured are lead singer Peter Paden on banjo and guitar, Charlene Paden on fiddle, Andy Bing on mandolin and dobro, Rob Bradley on guitar, and Vivian Walsh on upright bass. The band has performed at the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, the Willow Creek Bluegrass Festival in Montgomery NY, the Main Street Public House in Philmont, the Hudson Farmers Market, the Parkside Lounge in Lower Manhattan, the Manna Dew Café in Millerton, and the Millerton Public Library, as well as many public and private events around the Hudson Valley.

Contact: Peter and Charlene Paden

518-265-4801

prpaden@gmail.com

2041 County Route 27

Craryville, New York 10522

Band Website: www.wickerscreekband.com