Shout Lulu String Band is Paul and Skye McGowen, along with Pete Howard. The McGowens met Pete while traveling and busking in Arkansas in 2006. In 2007, Paul and Skye moved to Arkansas and teamed up with Pete.

Paul McGowen has been street performing at various markets in Seattle and Portland since 2002. He was also a member of The Tallboys from 2002-2006. As a Tallboy, Paul played The NW String Summit, Seattle’s Folklife Festival, KBOO’s Pickathon, Portland’s Old Time Gathering 2005 and 2007, and The San Francisco Old Time and Bluegrass Festival.

Skye McGowen has been performing with Paul since 2005. Her Flatfoot Clogging abilities have made her a popular guest with many groups. She recently danced on a re-issue of Clarke Buehling’s classic album "Out of his Gourd" and on the newest CD from The Old 78s. 

 
Pete Howard is a popular Midwest dance fiddler. In the early 90’s, Pete played fiddle, banjo, and bowed bass with The Skirtlifters. They played high class venues, such as the Chicago Old Town School of Folk. Pete judged and performed for the 2006 Arkansas State Fiddle Championship at the Ozark Folk Center. In July 2008, he taught and performed at an Ozark Style Fiddle camp, again at the Ozark Folk Center.

Whether playing on the street, at a festival, or in a venue, Shout Lulu throws a party and invites everyone to join them. Shout Lulu parties like it’s 1899. A time when even the chairs rocked! The Old Time music they love and play puts the audience first, providing danceable rhythms, high energy music, and "quite lovely harmonies." Performances feature flatfoot dancing, rhythm bones, jaw harp, fretless banjo, fiddle, ukulele, harmonica, and a catawampus 3 stringed cello.