The Gypsy Gyppo String Band was an American old-time music band, based in Seattle, Washington.
Active in the 1970s, it brought a contemporary sensibility to this music, treating it "as source material rather than holy writ."Ross, John (December 2008). "The Gypsy Gyppo String Band" . Seattle Metropolitan. p. 70. The band played a key role in reviving this music, bringing it out to the dying milieu of Grange halls and the somewhat-staid milieu of organized Modern western square dance to a hip, young urban audience. It laid the foundation of a square dance and contra dance scene in and around Seattle that continues to this day.
Members
Warren Argo, banjo Jack Link, fiddle Armin Barnett, fiddle Bob Naess, fiddle. Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Accessed February 11, 2009."List of Titles on Folk Music: The Bay Years, Vol. 1". Accessed February 11, 2009."Inventory of the John T. Huddle Collection, 1936–1993". Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accessed February 11, 2009. Sandy Bradley, guitar Jerry Mitchell, mandolin
Notes
Further reading Argo, Warren (May 2002). "So What Is It About This Contra Dancing Anyway?" (PDF format; required Adobe Reader). Victory Music Review.