ThisBigStringBand: Favorite Links

Elderly.com: This favorite site now has TBSB's CD, "The Next Small Thing..." available for purchase!
Alabama Fiddler Jerry Rogers: Descended from a long line of fiddle players before him, Jerry's both a friend and a fan of TBSB
Foghorn String Band: America's hottest old-time string band. . .check it out, these guys are it!
Suzuki Association of the Americas: Great resource for Suzuki teachers, parents, and students
American String Teachers Association: Check out this site for info on the biennial AltStyles Competition
Jazz violinist and Suzuki teacher Randal Harrison's website: This violinist--a fellow former Suzuki kid--simply blows us away with his inventive compositions and whaling improvisation. . .check it out!
Violin maestro and Suzuki teacher Gabe Bolkosky's website: Based in Ann Arbor, MI, Gabe is one of the outstanding players in the field today. . .and he's a great teacher, too. . .
The Phoenix Ensemble: Gabe Bolkosky's not-for-profit project for artists and the educational community
Performers.net: Internet Resource for Buskers and Street Performers
WPR Simply Folk Calendar: Wisconsin Public Radio's Simply Folk with Judy Rose
Fiddle.net: Five time Grand National Fiddle Champion Tony Ludiker's excellent site
ContradanceLinks.com: Like the dances? Love the musicians? It's all here, if you like these sorts of lists. . .
Gainesville Violins: One of America's premier quality small specialty shops, catering for fiddlers and all bowed string instrument players, with customers all over the world
The Southern String Band: They like TBSB, so they must be all right! Visit this Raleigh, NC weekly jam band, and say hi from us. . .
Big Medicine: Rural southern string band legend Big Medicine's website

+ Our CDs

Radio

OldTimeMusicRadio: For some of the best old time music radio on the web, tune into this site for some non-stop tunifying!
Sugar in the Gourd: Oldtime Internet Radio--check it out, you'll be hooked!
Radio Sotra: Our Friends on Norwegian Radio

+ Fiddle Contests

Our Friends Online

The Bilge Rats: St. Augustine's excellent a cappella quartet singing the best in sea chanties and drunken sailor songs
JasmineVegas Online: Former New York torch singer, now Parisienne chanteuse extraordinaire, this gal's one classy dame!
Paul Johansen: Norwegian Country Music Star
Tom Lyne: master bassist and technical designer, old friend of TBSB
Madeleine Peyroux: Jazz chanteuse extraordinaire
Lost and Wandering Blues and Jazz Band: Famous buskers, Americans-in-Paris, comrades-in-arms
Charlie Hunter.com: 8-string guitar wizard and acid jazz icon
Sophie Bancroft: Scottish jazz musician and singer, friend of the family
Tommy Tortellini: Legendary (and controversial!) busker, rock star, and bon vivant. . .
Piney Creek Weasels Website: Friends of TBSB from sunny California. . .
Martin Brunkalla, Luthier: Where David Algeo Smith goes for bow re-hairing
Jeff and Vida Band: Roots music friends of TBSB from New Orleans

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Other Resources

Independent Old-Time Music Resource Center: TBSB's CD, "The Next Small Thing. . ." is now available at this excellent site
Banjo Hang-out!: Where Steve Noel "hangs out"
Old Town School of Folk Music: World famous acoustic music school and performance venue (and you can buy TBSB's CD at their store, Different Strummers!)
Studio Thomasso: State of the art studios in Chiangmai, Thailand where David Smith recorded "Thais to the Irish: fiddle tunes from the street"
Riverside Studios, Chicago, IL: Where ThisBigStringBand recorded its new CD "The Next Small Thing. . ."