Woodyfest 2018: Gypsy Twang
Gypsy Twang Woodyfest Debut
Gypsy Twang Woodyfest Debut
Making their Woodyfest debut, [Sidenote: Lucky number thirteen in our Woodyfest 2018 coverage features Tulsa-based Gypsy Twang.] Gypsy Twang played the Hen House stage . Husband and wife Steve Huhn (bass) and Sarah Barker-Huhn (guitar, vocals), along with John Williams (guitar, harmonica, voice) shared the stage with guests George Barton (mandolin) and Kurt “Frenchie” Nielson. They played a mix of originals, penned mostly by Barker-Huhn and Williams, traditional folk and country tunes, Red Dirt, country-swing, alt-country, and Americana numbers.
According to the band bio, Huhn’s father played boogie-woogie piano, imparting young Steve with a taste for jazz and standards from the Great American Songbook, while Barker-Huhn grew up listening to her father’s country & western classics. Barker-Huhn picked up the guitar later than most — she was in her forties — and took to songwriting almost immediately after.
While the band played, Hen House employees scrambled to keep up with the influx of diners, some of whom were there for the music, others being locals who just wanted something for lunch. I suspect some were there to get out of the blasted noonday heat.
In any case, the audience in the large hall seemed to enjoy themselves. Toward the end of the set, the band invited Linda Long Barton (singer and percussionist at Barton & Long) to join them on a couple of numbers.
Gypsy Twang were established in . They played their first show at Lambrusco’z, a Tulsa deli that has since become a well-established music venue.
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