Animal Crackers

1 & 2,

a patchwork of animal tunes in bluegrass and oldtime music

performed by various different configurations: the Bluegrassers, F150 Pickup Band, the Rooster Creek Girls, Sloe Jam, Pete Szkolka, Lynn Wells, and my cousin Jeff Wheeler.


the gathering of the clans

So... the "Bluegrassers" are Mark Borzillo on mandolin, Kyle Brown on dobro, Kevin Hennessy on bass, Dale Wilkes on banjo, Pippa on rhythm guitar.

F150 Pickup Band is Tom Verdot on fiddle, Thom Howard on mando or guitar, Kathy Gordon on bass, Pippa on guitar or mando.

The Rooster Creek Girls are Karen Howard on piano, Margot McMillen on cello, Pippa on fiddle.

The Sloe Jam is lots of folks.

Pete Szkolka is the studio man. He is also a phenomenal artist on guitar and piano.

Lynn Wells is an oldtime Missouri fiddler, FIERY!

Jeff Wheeler sings harmony on "Bluebirds calling." He is "the voice" of KOPN.

Bluebirds are  singing, Pippa in the studio, photo by Jeff
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