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English Bay Band

The English Bay Band is a rock and roll band that was formed in the 1980s in Nanwalek, Alaska. The group is comprised of Bobby Kvasnikoff, John Kvasnikoff, Emily Swenning, Wally Kvasnikoff, Sally Ash, and Mack Ukatish. Most of them started playing music when they were young teenagers and eventually came together to play as a band. They play classic rock and roll songs mostly from the 1950's and 1960s. They play at events in Nanwalek and around the Prince William Sound, Kachemak Bay, and Lower Cook Inlet region.

English Bay Band appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Nanwalek and Port Graham

English Bay Band's Slideshow

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
English Bay Band	Bobby Kvasnikoff, John Kvasnikoff, Mackie Aven Ukatish, Leo Ash, Eric Kvasnikoff, and Wally Kvasnikoff, members of the English Bay Band, are interviewed in November 1996 by Leo Ash in Nanwalek, Alaska. In this interview, the various band members talk about their personal backgrounds, the instruments they play, and how they got into playing music and what music and musicians inspired them. They also talk about learning songs for the New Year Masking celebration, and facing prejudice, and they provide advice to new musicians about playing and performing.	97-235-08	Nanwalek and Port Graham	Nov 1, 1996