My Bands
I play the bass and the fiddle in many bands around New York City. The bands listed below were strange enough to ask me to be a full-time member.
Gigs
Upcoming Gigs
Strung Out String Band
The Strung Out String Band
I play the fiddle with the Strung Out String Band, an energetic band playing dance music from several traditions and epochs. As dedicated interpreters of the "Old Time Southern" and "Wallachian and Moldavan Judeo-Gypsy Wedding" music, we aim to blast audiences into a frenzied dimension of ecstatic boogieing only using fiddle, banjo, guitar, accordion and upright bass.
We've built up our repetoire by huddling around 1930's Hillbilly recordings, learning from our friends in New York's Old Time Music community and from studying with Lautari (Professional Gypsy musicians) in Iasi, Szászcsávás and Bucharest, Romania.
New Jack Ramblers
The New Jack Ramblers
Sean Kershaw & the New Jack Ramblers play a unique brand of "hi-octane honky-tonk" with reckless abandon and consummate professionalism., blending the old-school sounds of Hank Williams Sr and the classic trucker tunes, the speed and feel of bluegrass, and the electric vibrato of '60s Nashville.
I've played bass with these fine folks for many a year now. You can find us playing at Hanks Saloon every Sunday night complete with free BBQ and $2.00 beer. Drop by and moon me from the window.
Bosco Stompers
The Bosco Stompers
Named after a hard-driving Cajun song called "Bosco Stomp," THE BOSCO STOMPERS play traditional Cajun dance music and nothing but. Not bad for five guys who live in New York City (although two of them originally hail from the South). The members first jammed together in 2001, then went their separate ways until accordionist Jock Pottle requested a convergence for his wedding reception in 2003 at Manhattan's Delta Grill restaurant. The Delta Grill invited the band back for a return engagement, and the rest, as they say, is just stompin'.