West County Professional Tea Sippers' Oldtime String Band

The West County Professional Tea Sippers' Oldtime String Band
a.k.a.
The Tea Sippers

Announcing: "The Kettle Is On", our first Studio Album.
Listen for it on your local radio station, and yes, you CAN purchase it on-line at cdBaby !

Traditional American Old-time Music
at the Rural Roots of Bluegrass

The band features harmony singing & a variety of traditional instrumentation. Their repertoire includes original songs and 20's and 30's gems: crooked Appalachian fiddle tunes, old-time country blues, songs of the Carter Family, old-time Gospel, and a few from a new cup. The band's two original songwriters capture the essence of home in California and lost love anywhere.

Harmony singing
Delicate and fearless lead and rhythm Autoharp pickin'
Fiddlers, banjo, mandolin, guitar and Dobro
Original songwriting
Traditional American Music

Laura Lind - Autoharp, lead and harmony vocal, songwriting
Searle Whitt - fiddle, lead and harmony vocal, songwriting
David Brown - banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocal
Dave Krinkel - guitar, Dobro, silence

To hear samples of our music please check out our MySpace page.

Contact info: searlew@pacbell.net - (510) 558-1178

What's New

February 11, 2010 7:30-9:30pm (Thursday) - Benefit Concert with Joe Craven
Help send the Analy High School Honor Choir to CARNEGIE HALL!
We're delighted they've been invited, and we know that if we practice real hard, we'll get to Sip Tea there too!
(for now, it's at Analy High School, Sebastopol) new Poster!

February 14, 2010 - Valentine's Day
2:00pm-5:00pm at the Lagunitas Taproom , 1280 North McDowell Boulevard in Petaluma,
where the craft beer is "brewed for thought"
and the music is "brewed to perfection" by the Teasippers! view the Poster

February 20: We'll be playing in this year’s San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Revue Saturday afternoon, February 20th at the Swedish American Hall. Come by for workshops in the afternoon, the Revue, and the Squaredance in the evening. Show starts at 4:00pm.

March 5-7: Brookdale Bluegrass Festival returns. Fun local Winter Bluegrass Festival in Boulder Creek. Check back later for day(probably Saturday) and time.

Thanks to Ray Edlin for having us on his show, and thanks to KPFA for providing such a great community service.