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GitFiddle is John and Cathy Granata, a guitar/violin/vocal
duo with a multiple personality and history.
John began
playing guitar in the early 60s.
During that decade he also took on the electric guitar, electric bass,
mandolin, harmonica and the drum kit. For the following two decades music took a back seat to life until an invitation to
play at a local street fair rekindled a desire to play in public. He began slowly but surely building his repertoire and logging
gigs in the Hudson Valley. His
style? “Folkrockabillybluesgrass”
It’s a term he says answers the question; “What
kind of music do you play?” He performs interpretations and renditions from original and obscure to classics and all
points in between
Cathy started playing at 40 years old that was her birthday gift to her
self and still haveing fun playing!
She had
a taste of the violin in the 5th grade. The lessons didn’t continue, but the desire to play did. That desire
was intensified after seeing some local fiddle bands. She became determined to study violin. A Natalie McMaster concert further
intensified that determination. She has studied under two of the Hudson Valley’s finest fiddle players.
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