Long John and the Tights
Long John and the Tights is an old time string band from Ithaca, New York. We play dance music, fiddle tunes and songs inspired by American country music popular before it splintered off Blues, Bluegrass and Rock & Roll.
We’re available for festivals, concerts, dances, weddings, and parties in the Ithaca area and beyond. For information and bookings call Randi Beckmann at 607 273-1383, or use the contact email address.
“The boinkiest band around” - Richie Stearns
Long John and the Tights will be playing music at these events
Listen to Long John and the Tights
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
Chitlin' Cookin' Time In Cheetham County
John Brown's Dream
June Apple
North Carolina Breakdown
Grey Eagle Jig
Lady of the Lake
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Long John and the Tights Band Members
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John Hoffmann
fiddle and vocals
John Hoffmann, is the fiddler for New Cut Road as well as UpSouth, and Long John & the Tights. John played banjo for The Tompkins County Horseflies in the early 1980’s before he segued to fiddling. John has garnered a number of awards for his playing at the Mt. Airy,...
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Randi Beckmann
contact, guitar, and vocals
Randi Beckmann, is the guitar player for New Cut Road as well as UpSouth and Long John & the Tights. Randi began her musical career playing classical flute and attended music school at Ithaca College. Randi happily switched to the Irish flute in the 1990’s and after some arm-twisting began...
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Steve Arkin grew up in New York’s legendary Washington Square music scene, playing both old-time and bluegrass music in early bands with Jody Stecher, David Grisman, Maria Muldaur and other outstanding musicians. In 1964 Steve played banjo with Bill Monroe (who, in James Rooney’s book, Bossmen, was quoted as saying ”it takes backing...
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Sally Freund, is the bass player for Long John and the Tights. Back in the 1980’s Sally danced her way into the hearts of old time musicians when she won 1st place in the dance competition at the Galax Fiddlers Convention. With her roots in dance, she has gone on...
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James Reidy
website, banjo uke, tenor guitar, and vocals
I started playing banjo uke with the Boston old time band The Chicken Chokers in 1989. On through the years with old time music: The Primitive Characters, Up South, Long John and the Tights, and now New Cut Road. Then there were the other genres: psychobilly with Twang, blues with...
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Long John and the Tights Contact
Contact Long John and the Tights through this email address.