Night Hawk Bluegrass & Western
Tumble Weed Tammy and Santa Fe Steve work together to bring back nostalgic western and bluegrass tunes from the past as well as new songs of their own with close ties to the past.
Tumble Weed Tammy
By day Tumble Weed is the kitchen administrator and manager of the kitchen at the county hoosegow. By night she plays bass fiddle, bass guitar and contributes vocals to the group. Tammy enjoys horseback riding (trail riding) and fitness and exercise when not slingin' hash or pickin' the bass.
Santa Fe Steve
Santa Fe hung up his badge and gun after 25 years of law man duty, keeping the peace in the dusty streets of Gladwin. When not playing Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, or singing Santa Fe is the chief operator of a wireless telegraph station (K8BZ) on the ham radio frequencies of the air waives.
Night Hawk began when Santa Fe and Tumble Weed raised their young'ns and began playing as a duo and began playing openers for Wolverine Productions (http://wolverineproductions.org/) and opened for such notables as Bobby Bare, Hank Thompson, Michael Twitty, Tommy Cash and Ballie and the Boys. Night Hawk also plays their own concerts and the Night Hawk Barn Dance.
Night Hawk holds barn dances in Gladwin, MI. with special guests, Back Roads who play classic country.
Old time music and bluegrass influences are Grandpa Jones, String Bean, Mac Wiseman, The Osborne Brothers, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Jim & Jesse, and Doc Watson. Western music influences are Marty Robbins, Roy Rogers, and Riders in the Sky.
Night Hawk records in their own studio on a Yamaha Mini-disk recorder (MD-8).
Night Hawk likes to remember that in music, more doesn't necessarily mean better. A couple instruments and voices can create music as enjoyable as a symphony. We like to keep it "low to the ground", and easy on the ears.