One Fell Swoop

Style: Acoustic Country Folk Blues

Formed/Began performing: 1993

Stomping grounds: St. Louis, Missouri

One Fell Swoop blends touches of country, blues, and folk into their own acoustic-based sound. Their mini-CD offers 5 songs, including their ode to their late, great, Uncle Jim entitled "$500 Funeral." The Riverfront Times stated - "Cheryl Stryker has the most mature and powerful voice on the scene now. The band gives her solid, thoughtful songs with crystal-clear arrangements, and she just sings the (expletive deleted!) out of them....the instrumentalists on harp and fiddle kill, too." One Fell Swoop recently appeared along with Steve Earle, Son Volt, Willie Nelson and Neil Young at Farm Aid '96 in Columbia, SC. A full-length CD entitled "Look Out" is set for release this August. [--John Wendland]

Band Members:

Dade Farrar - String Bass & Vocals

Spencer Marquart - Drums & Vocals

Steve Molitor - Harmonica & Whistles

Andy Ploof - Mandolin, Dobro, Fiddle & Vocals

Cheryl Stryker - Piano & Vocals

John Wendland - Guitar & Vocals

Contact/Booking:

Phone: (314) 727-5153

E-mail: swoop@moorelab.com

Current Label:

Magoo Records, 7536 Forsyth, Suite 166, St. Louis, MO 63105

Phone: (314) 727-5153

E-mail: magoorec@aol.com

Discography:

One fell swoop Magoo CD/EP 199

Compilations:

Out of the Gate Again Bjam, 1996

Edges from the Postcard Semi-Tone, 1997

Look Out! Magoo (Due August 1997)