Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
It’s a sight to behold: 50-plus musicians, most of them playing four-string banjos, with a smattering of tubas, woodwinds and gutbuckets mixed in with a washboard and an accordion.
They’re crowded along one wall of the VFW Hall in Sweet Home, as they crank out spirited rendition of “The Beer Barrel Polka” and a score of other old standards in semi-perfect unison.
They come from around the nation and…