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The Cunning-Hams have been pickin' bluegrass in South Florida for 17 years. Frank Cunningham, who's been around a LOT longer than 17 years (he remembers WW2 rationing)is famous for playing good old tunes that, well, aren't so famous. You can't really predict what you'll hear from the Cunning-Hams, because as someone once put it, Frank could sit down on Friday with his guitar, play and sing all weekend, and not have repeated one song by Sunday evening - and most of 'em you'll have never heard before! Along with some old time standard bluegrass classics, you might hear a song that your mother's grandma sang, or that soldiers knew and sang during the Civil War (also known as the War of the Northern Aggression . . . depending on where you were from.) And he'll probably sneak in one or two of his own funny songs, like "I'm too cheap," or "Ruthie's Cornbread." |
At the Hamfest, Frank will be accompanied by his wife, Suzanne Lansford, on fiddle. She's a classically-trained jazz musician, and a two-time Yee Haw Junction fiddle champion to boot, so she's sure to give Frank a run for his money, as she usually does. |