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Buddies of Swing
2026-11-14 22:07:45 · Cedar Herald Index
Buddies of Swing is an album by fiddle and mandolin player Peter Ostroushko, released in 1987.
Track listing
"Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 4:15 "Indifference" (Joseph Colombo, Tony Murena) – 3:23 "Benny's/Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) – 4:30 "Blues for Marian (Waltz of the Holsteins)" (Ostroushko) – 6:25 "Beaumont Rag" (Traditional) – 3:16 "Tico-Tico" (Jose Abreu, Ervin Drake, Aloysio Oliveira) – 2:23 "Bring on Some Rain" (Ostroushko) – 6:49 "Fats Waller Medley: Jitterbug Waltz/Ain't Misbehavin'/Lulus's Back In Town" (Dubin, Waller, Warren) – 7:24 "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 6:29

Personnel
Peter Ostroushko – mandolin, fiddle, guitar, vocals
Jethro Burns – mandolin
Bruce Calin – bass
Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
Tim Hennessy – guitar
Prudence Johnson – vocals
Tom Lewis – bass
Red Maddock – drums
Dean Magraw – guitar
Butch Thompson – clarinet, piano
Production notes
Peter Ostroushko – producer
Eric Peltoniemi – producer
Bob Feldman – executive producer
Tom Mudge – engineer
Marge Ostroushko – assistant producer
John Scherf – assistant engineer
Judy Stone Nunneley – photography
Ann Marsden – photography
George Ostroushko – artwork, design
References
1987 albums
Peter Ostroushko albums
Red House Records albums
