The Beers Family was an American traditional folk music group that performed and recorded between 1958 and 1972. The members of the group were Robert Beers (sometimes billed as "Fiddler" Beers), his wife
Evelyne Beers
The Beers Family was an American traditional folk music group that performed and recorded between 1958 and 1972. The members of the group were Robert Beers (sometimes billed as "Fiddler" Beers), his wife Evelyne Beers, and their daughter Martha B ...
, and their daughter
Martha Beers. The group was well known for performing at the
Fox Hollow Festival The Fox Hollow Festival or Fox Hollow Festival of Traditional Music and Arts was a folk festival held on the estate of folksingers Bob and Evelyne Beers in Petersburgh, New York
Petersburgh is a town located in the northeast section of Rensselaer ...
, a folk music festival held on the Beers' farm near Petersburgh, New York, every year between 1964 and 1980.
They also performed at the
Mariposa Folk Festival
Mariposa Folk Festival is a Canadian music festival founded in 1961 in Orillia, Ontario. It was held in Orillia for three years before being banned because of disturbances by festival-goers. After being held in various places in Ontario for a f ...
in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, appearing in 1966 and 1968.
The group was part of a folkloric program to present American music to international audiences, playing concerts through the State Department of the United States in
Port of Spain
Port of Spain (Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a municip ...
, Trinidad. The group ended after Bob Beers was killed in an automobile accident in Vermont in 1972.
Discography
Albums
*''Introducing the Beers Family'' (Columbia Masterworks, 1965)
*''Christmas with the Beers Family'' (Columbia, 1966)
*''Seasons of Peace'' (Biograph, 1971)
Seasons of Peace
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References
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American folk musical groups