Buck And A Quarter Quartet, founded in 2014, performs the forgotten gems of the golden age of American popular music as a string band. They cover vintage pop, western swing, traditional jazz, tangos, and vintage-inspired originals, all in a category-defying style described as ‘skiffle meets Cole Porter’ and ‘what kind of music IS this?’. Buck And A Quarter has been playing for dancing and listening at venues all over New York City and the northeast. Line-up includes Brian Nalepka (gut-string bass and tuba), John Bianchi (clarinet and saxes), John “Sir Scratchy” Landry (violin), Mike Weatherly (plectrum banjo and gut-string bass), Chris Bannon (tenor guitar and banjo), Angus Loten (tenor guitar and banjo), and Ben Mealer (national steel ukulele and percussion).

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