FIT TO FIDDLE
Sisters play Western swing with three-part harmonies
Fun fact. Hulda Quebe doesn’t really like eating breakfast, but when she’s in the Duke City, she makes the exception. “We’re obsessed with Monroe’s,” she says with a laugh during a recent phone interview. “Each time we get back to play in Albuquerque, that’s one thing we have to do. The whole band will eat there as many times as we can.”
Quebe is part of The Quebe Sisters, which includes her sisters, Grace and Sophia.
Rounding out the band is Simon Stipp and Daniel Parr.
The Quebe Sisters have risen through the ranks of Western swing.
The sisters all play fiddle and have won numerous competitions.
They use their three-part harmonies in the music.
“We’ve grown up with each other and we’re at the point that each one of us knows what the other is thinking,” she says.
Since its 2003 debut album, “Texas Fiddlers,” the band has toured nonstop.
Its latest album is 2014’s “Every Which-A-Way.”
And Quebe says the entire band is working on new material.
“We’re new at songwriting, and that’s a challenge in itself,” she says. “Each song gives us more confidence, and I hope we’ll have something out in the next year.”
In the meantime, The Quebe Sisters have been on the road performing.
They recently finished a short stand at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn.
Quebe says the band is becoming more comfortable on the grand stage.
“There’s a lot of history that comes with playing at the Opry,” she says. “I think I played it when I was 13, and each time the nerves do creep in, though we are having fun being on such a big stage and getting our name out into the industry more. Pretty soon, we’ll be regulars. Wouldn’t that be cool?”