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Saturday, January 15th, 2011

Great article in the Boston Globe about Marc Fields’ film project that chronicles the history of the banjo.  Click here to read the article. One of the best parts of the article is the inclusion of this picture of Uncle Dave Macon!

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

A rustic barn wedding that we performed at last summer (James & Sarah Koch’s wedding, July 25th) was featured on Style Me Pretty yesterday. You can check out the feature right here. The event took place at the wonderful round barn in Vermont, Amanda from Orchard Cove wedding photography did an excellent job with the [...]

Monday, December 6th, 2010

On Sunday, November 14, Harpoon (Brewery) Helps, with the help of our wonderful friends of the New England Barbecue Society, hosted the 4th annual Harpoon Helps Beer-B-Q at our Boston brewery. Over 250 people attended this event, the proceeds of which go to the Greater Boston Food Bank! The Goodtime Stringband was proud to be [...]

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

This festival organized by David Surette keeps getting better every year! The Eighth Annual March Mandolin Festival will be held March 4-6, 2011, at the Concord Community Music School in Concord, New Hampshire. This year, the festival features Will Patton, Keith Murphy, Steve Roy, and David Surette, with special guest Susie Burke. This two-day event [...]

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

On Sunday, November 14th, Harpoon will host the 4th annual Harpoon Helps Grateful Harvest Beer-B-Q, a fundraiser for the Greater Boston Food Bank. Harpoon’s charitable giving program, Harpoon Helps, and the New England Barbecue Society (NEBS) have joined forces to put together a Thanksgiving meal, barbecue-style, to raise money for theGreater Boston Food Bank’s annual [...]

Friday, October 15th, 2010

Beware of cheap imitations! The Golden Band Wedding Band was formed after the Goodtime Stringband’s 2008 wedding season. A former band member was not invited back for the 2009 season because of a lack of dedication and preparedness. The disgruntled former member went on to form the Golden Band Wedding Band out of spite. The [...]

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Rush out and buy your copy today! The Furry Vengeance movie is now available on DVD! Not only does the band appear in the main movie’s climatic Forest Festival scene, but a funny shtick with Ken Jeong dancing to our version of “Cotton-Eyed Joe” appears in the DVD’s gag reel feature. Roger Kumble’s (the director) [...]

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Our bandmate Corrie has been off traveling in South America these past few weeks, and we miss her!  It always brings us comfort to post pictures of Co drinking, so we thought we’d share this last snapshot. It was taken at a recent international-Danish groping/birthday party we performed at in Rye, NH. Seriously though, Corrie [...]



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