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Any Old Time String Band

Bands / Ensembles

The Any Old Time String Band, formed in 1976, was an all-woman old-time string band from the San Francisco Bay Area. Its core members were Kate Brislin (banjo, guitar), Suzy Thompson (then Susie Rothfield) (fiddle), Sue Draheim (fiddle), Genny Haley (banjo, guitar) and Valerie Mindel (bass, guitar). Barbara Montoro played bass on the band's first recording session in 1978.

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