Stretch swings in for rare solo performance
Stretch Dawrson of Stretch Dawrson and the Mending Hearts, will appear in a rare solo performance at The White Horse on the Canongate on from 8pm.
In addition to Western swing, he will also play ragtime blues, old-style jazz and Scottish folk instrumentals.
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Hide AdStretch, real name Ian MacFadyen, is just back from a 50-date tour with the full band in and around Austin, Texas.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Stretch Dawrson has been playing professionally and as a teacher in Edinburgh for 20 years.
A singer and multi-instrumentalist, Stretch plays guitar, drums, bass, double bass, mandolin and banjo.
He played guitar with Edinburgh blues band Delta Croft Revue and was a drummer with the Black Rose Ceilidh Band.