The Big Phat American K-Lee band was conceived during a trip to England where we fell in love with English Ceilidh music and dancing. We wanted to capture the fun rowdy English ceilidh feel with our own American twist. Our callers bring lively, easy to learn, energetic dances from the English and American traditions. Our musicians are from varied musical backgrounds - contra and squares, blues, swing, and international. Blend drums, guitar, bass, fiddle, mandolin, saxes, clarinet, harmonica, three squeezeboxes and a banjo and you can't help but have a stompin' good time!

The Big Phat American K-Lee Band is

Steve Epstein - clarinets and saxes		Sarah Gowan - guitar, concertina
Jim Hamilton - percussion		Michael Hearn - harmonica
Bill Quern - fiddle, mandolin, banjos, melodeon		Pete Soloway - saxes and banjo
Jim Speer - bass and Stick		Adlai Waksman - accordion

Dance:
   10/13/07 Valley Contra Dance, Bethlehem, PA
   12/7/07 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA
   4/26/08 NEFFA Mansfield, MA

Listen:
   (All original tunes by Sarah Gowan - arranged by the Big Phat Band)
   Big Phat Ragg   (mp3 808kb)
   Nancy in a Shirttail (mp3 820kb)
   January Spring (mp3 1.04mb)
   

Contact:
   Sarah Gowan • 817 Concord Ave, Drexel Hill PA 19026 • 484-452-6298 •