The Quebe Sisters Band is an American fiddle

Fiddle

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 Western swing

Western swing

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 group from Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

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, United States

United States

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. The band consists of sisters Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe as well as Joey L. McKenzie (born 1963) on guitar

Guitar

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 and Drew Phelps on upright bass. Formed in 2000, the band performs Western swing, hot jazz

Jazz

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, vintage country and Western (Bob Wills

Bob Wills

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, Sons of the Pioneers

Sons of the Pioneers

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, etc.) and traditional Texas

Texas

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 style fiddle tunes. They are currently based in Fort Worth and tour nationally and internationally, including appearances on the Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry

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.

The Quebe sisters grew up in Krum

Krum, Texas

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 in Denton County

Denton County, Texas

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The three sisters started taking fiddle lessons from Sherry F. McKenzie (Joey's wife), a former national fiddle champion, and later from Joey, also a former national fiddle champion.

The sisters learned traditional Texas

Texas

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-style fiddling and began entering fiddle contests. They had success early on; winning several state, regional, and national fiddle championships.

The Quebes have been featured on a segment of Bob Phillips

Bob Phillips

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' Texas Country Reporter

Texas Country Reporter

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anthology television series and on episode 571 of the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour. In 2010 the band appeared at the Cambridge Folk Festival

Cambridge Folk Festival

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in England. On November 20, 2010, the The Quebe Sisters were featured on A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

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, broadcast from Houston, Texas.

Discography

Quebe Sisters Band Discography

• Texas Fiddlers (QSB's First Album-2003)
• Timeless (2007)

External links

• The Quebe Sisters Band Website
• Audio/Video - You can hear them on program 571 or watch it as it was webcast and recorded live on 03-29-2010 for later broadcast from the archive page of the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour.