Tea Sipper Bios

Biographical Brew:

Laura Lind, lead and harmony vocals, Autoharp, songwriting
Sebastopol, California
Laura has been performing on stage from an early age and is a 4th generation San Franciscan. She has a distinct award-winning voice, and her love of old-time puts a spin on it. She’s a prolific songwriter and a melodic lead and rhythm picken’ Autoharp player. In 2007, she won a 1st place for her autoharp playing at the Fiddle & Bango (sic.) Contest in Columbia, Ca. Her indie CD, “Wild Birds” received airplay in 17 countries. She tunes regularly and enjoys imitating animals and birds.

Searle Whitney, fiddle, lead and harmony vocals, songwriting
Berkeley, California
Searle is a transplant from the Eastern hills to the Western hills. He is an avid fan of bluegrass, old-time country, the Carter Family and oldtime Gospel singing. He writes new songs in the old traditions, and plays his fiddle low on the arm cause he can't find his chin. He has a passion for learning the world's best fiddle tune each week.

Ken Miller, mandolin, harmony and lead vocals
Berkeley, California
Ken is originally from Iowa, often confused with Ohio or Idaho. He collects unusual old-time songs and sings close Bluegrass-style harmonies. Sometimes his usual engineer-quiet demeanor is shattered when his unexpected comedian comes out to play. He can catch a fish without a hook.

Dave Krinkel, guitar and Dobro
Berkeley, California
Dave hears it all in his solid side-man role playing rhythm and lead guitar and sliding around on the Dobro. He has a good natured smile for all occasions, and his appreciation for old-time music shines through in his awesome pickin’.   He never sings, however he does silence well.

David Brown, guitar, banjo, fiddle, et. al.
Berkeley, California
Football has the "triple threat", baseball has the "five skills player", and old-time music has David Brown - banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, vocals, bazouki.   Well, skip one of those, but David does it all. He's a California native with a deep love of Southern old-time music, which he's been studying and playing for 30 years.   It's been said that he find the lyrics he needs whenever he looks upward and to the right?

Tea, relaxation and stimulation
everywhere you go, there it is.
"By the end of the Zhou dynasty (256 B.C.) China's three great philosophical religions - Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism - had embrace tea for its healthful virtues and powers of rejuvenation.   Monks and priests found this beverage helped them stay awake during long hours of meditation and oldime music jam sessions."*

Camilia Sinensis? Rooibus? Ashitaba? What is your favorite cup of tea?

*The Story of Tea, by Mary Lou & Robert J. Heiss

For more information or booking:
Old-fashioned telephone: Laura 707-823-5884 or Searle 510-558-1178
new-fashioned e-mail:
Laura: Risksinging@comcast.net
    Searle: searlew@pacbell.net