Here to hang out and answer your questions!

December 2020 - We have some fun stuff coming up and we just wanted to hang out and chat with you guys before the holidays got too crazy :)

►Timestamps:
00:00 Hello!
01:13 Online Christmas Show
02:10 Wired on coffee
04:54 Julianne's first semester of college
05:58 Matt's picking up the hire van
06:39 Waffle House, and dad's power of Karen
08:03 Mom, the OG mandolin player
09:11 Different denomination churches
10:29 Karen was not pleased with Matt
12:03 Favorite Christmas movie
13:01 Foxes and Fossils
14:01 Video coming with dad on the piano
14:30 Switching from classical to fiddle style
13:38 Elevation Festival, Colorado
15:55 Julianne will sing "Bear Tracks" for $2,500
16:12 Aaron blessed by "Santa Train" multiple times a day
17:47 Age we started playing instruments
18:12 As children of Karen do y'all study music theory?
18:38 How we met Aaron
19:41 YouTube, and #3 in Billboard Bluegrass Charts
22:24 How our parents got us into music
23:58 Petersen and Franz family dynamics
25:57 Julianne and GK Chesterton
27:20 Advice for playing a violin in an apartment
28:59 Willis clan, and younger bluegrass bands
30:30 Our musical influences, and Emmett's encouragement
31:48 DVDs of Branson shows, and Christmas vinyl
33:52 Do we ever squabble?
35:17 YouTube spirals
35:47 Spending time with parents, and daddy date cards
38:03 Matt and the frowny face spatula
40:43 College - choose two: friends, school work or sleep
41:18 American Idol, and our sweet spot - the family band
43:01 Katie's cooking channel
43:41 Playing Christmas all year, and "I Heard the Bells"
45:09 Our Christmas traditions, and gift giving
47:47 What we'd be doing if we weren't playing together
48:43 Using Johnny Morris' properties for video shoots
49:18 Matt focussed on rhythm guitar for years
50:44 A few words in Spanish
50:56 Someone drove from Alaska to see our show

►Links mentioned:
A big part of our childhood was singing in rounds and learning harmonies using the The Lester Family cassettes, which are now available in CD and download format https://www.lesterfamilymusic.com

We also loved Band in a Book as it had the same song for different instruments, so we could play together:
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Photo: Waffle House   / civzdopjsgg  
12 year old Julianne sings Bear Tracks https://li.sten.to/finallygoinghome
Santa Train / Sleigh Ride    • Santa Train / Sleigh Ride - The Peter...  
The Franz Family   / thefranzfamily  
DVDs of Branson shows https://li.sten.to/bransonshows
Ellen's American Idol audition    • American Idol 2015 - Ellen Petersen A...  
Katie's infamous chicken scampi video    • Katie's Kitchen  
I Heard the Bells    • I Heard the Bells - The Petersens (LIVE)  
Blog: Katie's time in Nicaragua https://petersenband.com/katiereflect...
Photo: Alaskan license plate in Branson   / ckmyxgtjd2o  

►All things Christmas:
Buy or stream our Christmas music https://li.sten.to/christmaswiththepe...
Play our YouTube Christmas playlist    • Christmas with The Petersens  

►Useful links:
YouTube About page    / thepetersens  
Most asked questions https://petersenband.com/about-the-pe...
Join our Patreon community   / thepetersens  
Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/thepetersen...
Join our email list http://eepurl.com/dxRRaX
Get It Mama Fan Club   / getitmama  
Show and tour dates https://petersenband.com/show-dates/
Buy or stream our music https://li.sten.to/thepetersens

►Social media:
Instagram   / thepetersens  
Facebook   / petersenband  
Twitter   / thepetersens  
Band members https://petersenband.com/about-the-pe...
Go behind the scenes with ‪@ThePetersenFamily‬

►The Petersens:
We celebrate American roots music with family values, and perform full time in Branson, Missouri in the USA. The band consists of four siblings, Katie, Ellen, Matt, and Julianne, our mom Karen, and good friend Emmett Franz. Learn more about our family on our website https://petersenband.com/

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