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"Back Up and Push" is the band name used for Stephen Fuller and his many musical friends when playing for traditional dance. For sixteen years, "Back Up & Push" has been the house band for the Hamilton Country Dancers. Keyboardist, D.J. Moons is a musician and teacher in the Hamilton area who has been working with "Back Up & Push" for over 2 years now.
Performing at numerous events in the Hamilton-Wentworth Region and beyond, it has established a reputation for more than just its excellent contradance playing. With a repertoire which focuses on the traditional music of the British Isles and French Canada, band members enjoy exploring and performing varied musical styles.
In 1984 Stephen started playing for English dance and then Contra and international and Scottish dance and has been happily fiddling away ever since. With a repertoire covering 'celtic' to klezmer, classical, latin and a bit of jazz, he can please most any crowd, be it in a pub or a wedding reception or a corporate banquet. A particular interest over the years has been playing in historic and re-enactment venues, hoping to maintain a link between the past and the present in music. Stephen has also been active in teaching both 'fiddle' and classical music since 1986.
Back Up & Push is frequently heard at community-group and business-sponsored events, keeping our musical heritage alive in an approachable and enjoyable fashion.
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Band leader, Steve Fuller, |
Musicians:
Steve Fuller, fiddle
D.J. Moons, keyboard
Jonathan Earp, guitar
Laurel Arbuckle, acoustic bass
To book "Back Up & Push" for dances, weddings, community
events and other celebrations, please contact Steve Fuller at 905-547-7116
(Hamilton) or stevfuller@hotmail.com.
Thanks to Steve Nagy of the Hamilton Country Dancers for the image and parts of the text.