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5 unusual facts about The Dust Busters


The Dust Busters

Walker Shepard developed a love for old-time music by listening to past voices such as Roscoe Holcomb, Gaither Carlton, Fiddlin' John Carson, and B.F. Shelton.

They have met with individuals such as banjo player, Pat Conte, Alice Gerrard, Clyde Davenport, the late fiddler Joe Thompson.

In 2010, they received special invitation from the US Embassy in Sofia to represent American folk music at the Bourgas International Folklore Festival and also be showcased at the Apollonia Festival of the Arts in Sozopol.

The Dust Busters are set to debut a new album featuring John Cohen through Smithsonian Folkways on August, 14th 2012 called Old Man Below.

The three met as a group while playing in a larger band called the Ether Frolic Mob alongside folk musicians Peter Stampfel of The Holy Modal Rounders and John Cohen of The New Lost City Ramblers, which began at Peter’s Thanksgiving parties.



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