The Beeline Ramblers

Lisa Mandeville - vocals,guitar, mountain dulcimer and limberjack

Lisa Mandeville was born with an autoharp case for a cradle. Daughter of bonafide "folkies", Lisa was surrounded by coffeehouse crooners and festival goers for all of her young lif.d. Packing up her guitar and crystal voice she headed out into the world at the age of 15 and has been playing one kind of music or another for the past 40 years. She has toured the country as well as performed in West Africa twice and Switzerland and has 2 recordings of her own ( with The Ravin' Mavens) in addition to The Cuckoo: Fran and Lisa Mandeville and friends. Lisa also runs a recording studio, is part of a touring puppet show "The Watershed Waltz" and helps to run local concerts featuring some of her friends from out on the road.

Fran Mandeville - vocals,guitar,mandolin,banjo,pocketchange

Fran Mandeville is an endearing and relentless troubadour who has played music across the country from the coal mining road houses of northern Colorado to the coffeehouses of the Maine shore. His enduring career began as a vocalist and guitarist and evolved over 40 years into the prolific songwriter and multi-instrumentalist he is today. His well crafted songs have been performed and recorded by others. His Cd's "I Have Walked with Angels" and "Precarious" have received international airplay and great review. His most recent CD "The Cuckoo" is with Lisa and theirfriends. He joins Lisa in the Watershed Waltz, the concert series and the recording studio.

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