and his brother, Andy, our lead
singer, writer and banjo player.
They were in a band together pre-
viously called Dancin’ Knuckles. I
learned a lot from them both dur-
ing this experience.
Back in about 2012, we met
and incorporated one of our best
friends -- and now family member
-- Andrew German. He is our ‘ev-
erything guy.’ He plays whistles,
bodhran, washboard, concertina,
spoons, and sings. Like I said, EV-
ERYTHING GUY. He added a lot
to our sound and is imperative to
most of our songs. Garret and I are
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now married, and enjoy the fact
that the band is a huge part of our
lives together.
Andrew: The way I ended up as a
member of MFC was a blind musi-
cal play date with the Pilbeam boys
set up by a mutual friend of ours.
We played a few songs together,
drank an entire bottle of Jameson
and the rest, as they say, is history.
Tiffany: I had gone down to see
Mass Folk Commons perform …
and photographed their perfor-
mance. Cara and I connected on
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