The Fumblin' Fingers



The Fumblin' Fingers have their roots in a community choir (Atlantic Voices - The Newfoundland and Labrador Choir) which formed in Ottawa (Canada) in the summer of 2002. The choir had need of musical guests for their concerts, and Hannie Fitzgerald, an alto, started learning to play the accordion in 2004. She then recruited other musicians from the choir to entertain the choir for the annual picnic. We enjoyed it so much that we decided to form a "house band" for the choir, and had our first performance in the Winter concert of 2005. At that time there were only five of us - with a limited repertoire, but lots of gusto! Two are still with the band; Tom and Wayne, two others have sinced moved on; Marcia Phillips, and Andy Baird. And our much-loved leader, Hannie Fitzgerald has passed away.

We've recruited a new accordion player, Bonnie Preston, and we have upgraded our instruments to include guitars, fiddles, mandolin, bass, ektar (see Ektara on wikipedia) bodhran, ugly stick (wikipedia has an entry, but no pictures, so see Celeste) and various percussion instruments. We have boosted our repertoire to several binders-full, and have produced four CDs!


Band Members:
Tom Murray
Tom
Lynn Petros
Lynn
Dave Huddlestone
Dave
Wayne Mercer
Wayne
Celeste Bradbury-Marshall
Celeste
Bonnie Preston
Bonnie
Past Band Members:
Hannie FitzGerald
Hannie
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