The Quebe Sisters are singing sweetness personified. A lot of what works for Hulda, Grace and Sophia Quebe is the same thing that has made sister (or brother) acts shine over the years — close sibling harmonies. When you grow up together, you not only have a knack for figuring out what the other one is thinking, you also have near identical accents, which makes for a smooth vocal blend.
But The Quebe Sisters bring a lot more to the table than sisterly harmonies. All three have played the fiddle since childhood. While The Quebe Sisters have Bluegrass, Jazz and old school Country in their repertoire, they were trained in the Western Swing fiddling technique made famous over the years by great Texas fiddlers such as Benny Thomasson, Texas Shorty, Orville Burns, Johnny Gimble and, of course, Bob Wills.
As kids, various Quebe sisters won quite a few fiddle championships at the local, state and national levels from their home base in Denton, Texas. As they grew older, they won a Western Music Association award and have appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, the Kennedy Center, the MerleFest music festival and many other high profile venues. Combining three-part harmony vocals with three-part harmony fiddling, The Quebe Sisters put on quite a show.
THE QUEBE SISTERS play at Miami University Hamilton’s Parrish Auditorium Saturday, Sept. 27. Find tickets/more info here.
