McGuckin Entertainment PR - Music - The Quebe Sisters Band

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 17, 2008

QUEBE SISTERS BAND CELEBRATING LATEST CD

QSB’s TIMELESS Packs 3-Part Harmony, Triple Fiddles
& Classic Sound of Western Swing, Jazz, Vintage Country

AUSTIN, Texas — Armed with its latest CD, TIMELESS (FiddleTone Records), the award-winning Quebe Sisters Band, or QSB, has been bringing audiences to their feet with talent to the third power (as in three voices, three-part harmony and triple fiddles) in shows scheduled from Texas to Canada now through summer.

The swing-jazz-vintage country quintet — which was recently tagged 2007 group/duo of the year by the Academy of Western Artists and earned the 2007 Crescendo Award from the Western Music Association — features Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe (pronounced kway-bee), whose pure, sweet, three-part harmony vocals have been likened more than once to the Andrews Sisters of the 1940s and whose mastery of their fiddles takes listeners by surprise then delight. They’re backed by the swinging rhythm guitar of Joey McKenzie and Drew Phelps on upright bass. All together they create a feel-good sound that’s crisp, clean, classic and — well — timeless.

Onstage, QSB’s upbeat spirit and playfulness shine through, as they do on TIMELESS, with its Western swing-jazz-Texas fiddle tunes — from the Sons of the Pioneers’ standard “So Long to the Red River Valley” to Duke Ellington’s “Take the ‘A’ Train” to Spade Cooley’s “Shame on You” to Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell’s “Georgia on My Mind” — and the astounding technical musicianship in each.

“These unsinkable mollies could be tagged ‘The Great-Granddaughters of the Pioneers,’ writes Michael Corcoran of the Austin American-Statesman. “What makes this CD so charming, if not challenging, is that Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe sound like they were having a blast recording it at John Carter Cash’s cabin studio outside of Nashville. It's a record you can hear smiling the whole time. There are times that are right for dark, moody tunes, but sometimes you just want music to make you feel better. That’s what TIMELESS is for.”

QSB is touring behind the release, with stops including Fort Worth’s Bass Hall for its return performance in “A Ride with Bob,” a musical drama celebrating the life of Bob Wills that features Ray Benson & Asleep at the Wheel, and shows in Canada, California and Nevada and across Texas. In August, the band played the 46th Philadelphia Folk Festival and NYC’s Lincoln Center; during the summer and fall, shows in Nova Scotia, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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QUEBE SISTERS BAND/Latest CD Page Two

QSB has been invited to showcase during the South by Southwest Music & Media Conference, March 12-16 in Austin.

At mercurial speed, the Quebe girls have mustered their love of music and their musical talent. For starters, they happened to go to a fiddle contest in Denton, Texas, and hear real fiddle music. It was a short step to lessons with band-mate-to-be and three-time fiddle world champion McKenzie, who’s also fluent in mandolin and tenor guitar and banjo, and his wife, Sherry. All three girls now hold fiddle championship honors. In summer 2004, they began singing together, and less than a year later, they sang onstage at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev. — as fast as a Texas fiddle breakdown.

QSB Upcoming Shows:
Jan. 22, 2008, Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Fort Worth
Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2008, 24th Annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nev.
Feb. 4-5, 2008, “A Ride with Bob,” Bass Hall, Fort Worth
February 9, Dan’s Silver Leaf, Denton, Texas
February 16, Strathcona Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
February 17, Red Deer Lake United Methodist Church, Calgary
February 25, private event, Anaheim, Calif.
February 26, Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena, Calif.
February 27, private event, Anaheim, Calif.
February 28, Lakeway Activity Center, Lakeway, Texas (Brown Bag Lunch Series)
February 28, Central Market-Westgate, Austin (evening)
February 29, Lambert’s Downtown BBQ, Austin
March 1, Central Market-Central, Austin
March 8, 14th Annual Cowboy Jubilee, Carson City, Nev. (benefit show)
March 12-16, South by Southwest Music & Media Conference, Austin
March 22, private event, Fort Worth
March 26, private event, Fort Worth
April 12, National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City (Western Heritage Awards)
April 18, Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth
April 19, 21st Annual Old Settler’s Music Festival, Austin
April 24, Mavericks Coffeehouse & Roasting Company, Visalia, Calif.
April 25, Zoey’s Café, Ventura, Calif.
April 26-27, Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, Santa Clarita, Calif.
April 28, Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena, Calif.
May 10, Open Door Coffee House, Arlington, Texas
May 17, 5th Annual Texas Steak Cook-off & Beef Symposium, Hico, Texas
June 6, Botanic Gardens, Fort Worth (FW Symphony Concerts in the Gardens Series)
June 27, Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque, N.M. (Zoo Music Series)
July 11-13, National Folk Festival, Butte, Mont.

Interview times are available as well as press kits.
To listen to MP3s and to download hi-res images and more, visit:
http://www.mcguckinpr.com/mcguckin/quebe_sisters/quebe.htm
Also see www.quebesistersband.com.

Contact: McGuckin Entertainment PR
Heidi Labensart, 512.478.0578; heidi@mcguckinpr.com
Jill McGuckin, 512.217.9404; jill@mcguckinpr.com

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Artist Information
Bio
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Press Release:
Feb. 29 2008
Jan. 18 2008
Jul. 18, 2007

Press Coverage:
Maverick
April, 2008
Austin 360
Mar. 15, 2008
Forth Worth Star-Telegram
Mar. 9, 2008
Gearwire
Feb. 5, 2008
Daily Texan
Oct. 8, 2007
Austin American Statesman
Aug. 11, 2007