Hugh and Dana play a mix of covers and original tunes including older swing tunes (La Vie En Rose, Gershwin’s Summertime), popular covers (All Shook Up, Country Roads), fiddle classics (Down by the Riverside, Wabash Cannonball) and newer covers that feature the violin / fiddle (Fisherman’s Blues). Their playlist also includes several original songs written by Hugh Birdsall and his band (When the Morning Comes, Just Maybe).

Hugh Birdsall, has been playing music in Connecticut for decades, literally. He is a founding member of The Reducers, Dogbite, The Three-Pack, The Original Sinners, and SheSaidHeSaid. Guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and bon vivant, he has toured extensively and has performed and recorded in some of the finest studios, basements, garages, dives and farmers markets in the region.

Dana Takaki is a classically trained violinist who plays with the New Britain Symphony, Chorus of Westerly and other local symphonies. She also plays with Hugh Birdsall in a duo (Hugh & Dana) and in a rock band (Dogbite) and an Irish Band (Driving Route 9)