Bell House Band–Press Kit

Band Bio

Bell House Band

Winona, MN

Bell House Band plays Americana, folk, and original music on guitar, bass and Mandolin. Band members Connie Dretske, Bob Stuber and Jim Armstrong live in Winona, Minnesota.

Jim Armstrong is a former Poet Laureate of Winona, Minnesota. He was the recipient of a 2016 SEMAC grant which culminated in a performance at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum of songs and poems about his grandparents titled Ohio River Blues. “Cornbread,” one of the Ohio River Blues songs placed in the 2017 Great River Folk Fest’s song writing contest.

Connie Dretske was trained as a classical bassoon player but couldn’t find any gigs. Today she finds herself holding the Bellhouse Band together with her upright bass and commons sense.

Bob Stuber has played and sung in a number of Southeast Minnesota folk bands, including Fiddler’s Green, The Zephyr Valley String Band, and Turkey Creek. He is also a live sound technician and sometimes sound designer.

Song Samples

Song Samples in single zip file(mp3)

Songlist Selections

• Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf)
• Branching Out (John Gorka)
• Cornbread (Jim Armstrong)
• Feels so Near (Dougie MacLean)
• From Clare to Here (Ralph McTell)
• Idaho Song (James Armstrong)
• Immigrant Eyes (Guy Clark, Roger Murrah add. lyrics Jim Armstrong)
• Last Bees (James Armstrong)
• Miss the Mississippi and You (Bill Halley)
• My Girl’s Waiting for Me (w. P.D., m. Dan Berggren)
• New Orleans Turnaround (James Armstrong)
• The Night that John Prine Died (James Armstrong)
• Ohio Blues (James Armstrong)
• Ready for the Times to Get Better (Allen Reynolds)
• She Ain’t Going Nowhere (Guy Clark)
• Shipyard Song (James Armstrong)
• Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (John Prine)
• Short Stack (James Armstrong)
• Summer’s End (John Prine, Pat McLaughlin)
• Texas Bluebonnets (Laurie Lewis)
• Tow Rope Girls (C. Fox/Trad.)
• Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)
• Tusla Queen (Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell)
• We Was Used to Nothing (James Armstrong)

Band Photos

Technical Requirements

Tech Requirements, Bell House Band, Summer 2020 (PDF)

Contact:

Bob Stuber
507-429-7518
Bob@Bellhouseband.com