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Its time to meet the band and who better to start with than the band's lead singer Caeri Tomson. Caeri was discovered in the rain forests of New Patagonia and was raised by woodpeckers until being brought back to the US in a banana boat in the 1800’s. Her love of music was born when she swallowed a small harmonica by accident and from that moment on her melodic breathing coupled with the puzzling but rhythmic language she had learned from Brian and Vera her Woodpecking parents gave her one of the most unique voices in show business..
 

Fame didn't come easily though to Caeri and she took many jobs in her long road to the top of the Celtic music tree including a stint as the complete offensive team for the Atlanta Falcons, a tactical error which cost the teams coach his job and Caeri her future in the NFL. Now Caeri has found herself at the pinnacle of a glorious career in folk music she says she is the same young girl who left the nest all those years ago. “Fame and fortune hasn't changed me;” she said sipping champagne in her palatial home in the North Georgia mountains, “now get off my land!

 Caeri Tomson
Michael Robbins
Michael Robbins was born Kathleen Margaret Jenkins in London in 1923 and was one of the first women to play banjo for the Royal Family at their country home of Balmoral. She left England at the age of 3 to follow her dream of being American. Some 5 years later realizing her mistake she left France and went to the US where she found herself in the midst of the Great Depression, Hard times and a love of the demon drink drove her to take part in clinical trials which resulted in the sex change and the total loss of her sex appeal. Now some years later Michael has lost his banjo and plays guitar to try to raise money to buy a new one.
Howard Williams
Howard Williams is currently on the run from South Carolina State Police after he was named as a member of a suspected sheep balancing internet ring. Sheep balancing is legal in 49 of the 50 states but is frowned on by the conservative sheep loving residents of this popular holiday state. Howard who says there is nothing kinky about the age old custom of balancing lambs and sheep. “It's what you use to balance them on that gets people so upset” He said from his Georgia hideout. Howard latest solo album “Yew to me are everything” is available now at most good record stores and some selected farmers markets

Kim Barnes

Kim Barnes
Don't let her pleasant facade fool you. This woman can rock! Even though she has studied in Ireland with Martin Hayes and Matt Cranitch and performed with The Chieftains, The Nashville Symphony, The Ric Blair Band and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, her true claim to fame is her international notoriaty as an award winning Sweatpant Design Agent. She is looking to reintroduce plaid sweatpant knickers into fashion by 2011 along with re-energizing the mullet as a fashion "do". Voted "Most Totally Rad Scad Prof of 2009", the BorderCollies are honored to be joined by the Janice Joplin of fiddling, Kim Barnes.

 

Anna Huthmaker

 

 

 

 

 

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Anna Huthmaker is best known for attempting to be the first woman to carry a full sized string bass with her while hiking the Appalachian Trail. As she traveled from Georgia to Maine, she was cited by authorities for causing havoc on the Trail, especially in the shelters at night. Her defense was that she was merely trying to scare away the bears. Bears indeed! Returning to Georgia, she now tries to keep a low profile so as not to alert animal activists of her sadistic (but musical) behaviors.

 

 

-most of these bios were written by our good friend and former bassist John Cutliffe. John (who is from Donegal) now runs a great music website at:

Jigtime.com

also check out

hands across the water.com