Musician Profiles
Bakersfield Breakers
New York, NY
A 3-piece instrumental group from NYC with a mission to reawaken the classic guitar-driven sound of 50’s Bakersfield and the driving tunes of 60’s surf rock.
The Buck Ups
New York City, NY
The Buck Ups are Butch Phelps, Keith Christopher (Georgia Satellites, Dan Baird, the Yayhoos), Benny Landa (Graham Parker), Vin Cimino, Justin Wallace (Ulu), Alison Jones (The Roscoe Trio), Pete Karp, and Yisroel (Brooklyn Jazz Warriors). At times earthy, grisly, groovy and rollicking, mellow and pensive, the Buck Ups provide the perfect compliment to Butch’s songs. Slightly irreverent and partially precise, here you’ll find music that is free and loose and always in hot pursuit of the muse.
Butch & The Elevaters
NYC
Butch & the Elevaters are a high energy swamp-folk band residing in NYC. Leaning on the material of vocalist and songwriter Butch Phelps, the Elevaters catapult his songs to new and exciting heights. Kevin Batchelor (Keith Richards’ Crosseyed Heart, The Skatalites, Steel Pulse) leads the charge on trumpet and vocals. Drummer Steve Williams (The Digable Planets, Sade, Keith Richards) provides the groove support, with upright bassist Skip Ward (Steve Martin, Rosanne Cash, Bela Fleck) locked in with him. Guitarist Luba Dvorak (Luba Dvorak and the Banned, Wood Wires and Whiskey) puts the meat on the bone. Go see them and get Elevated!
The College Farm
Voorheesville, NY
Hailing from the hardscrabble heights of the Western Catskills, based in the orchard lands beneath the Helderberg, The College Farm is Matthew Pelletier, Andrew Pelletier and Josh Herzog.
Dan Baird and Homemade Sin
Nashville, TN
Dan Baird and Homemade Sin is swaggering, beer-drinking, hell-raising, paycheck-spending rock & roll of the first order. They are an act of faith and an act of combustion, pure and simple. Hardcore three-chord rock and roll with a steam engine back beat and Baird’s drawlin’ howl that’s all the yowl of a mountain cat with its balls caught in barbed wire.
WWW.DANBAIRDANDHOMEMADESIN.COM
Dash Rip Rock
New Orleans, LA
Dash Rip Rock is the legendary New Orleans trio known for their high-octane roots rock. SPIN says they are “undeniably the South’s greatest rock band.” The New York Times calls Dash Rip Rock “skillful musicians with a penchant for getting reliably wild….” No Depression raves that their recent albums prove that Dash is “one of the greatest bands working today.” In 2012 Dash Rip Rock was honored to be inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
Daria Grace & The Pre-War Ponies
The Ponies officially released their new record on January 20th, 2016, titled Get Out Under The Moon. The Pre-War Ponies was formed in 2007 by Daria Grace, who wanted to put to use her growing collection of sheet music and repertoire of not-quite hits from the 20s, 30s and 40s. She quickly recruited her old friend, trombonist and soprano uke player J. Walter Hawkes to be a part of the madness, and they have become the core duo of the band.
The band doesn’t like to re-hash standards that have already been done so beautifully so many times. They like to dig a little deeper. You have likely heard of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Johnny Mercer, but you probably haven’t heard some of their under-rated chestnuts like “Pardon My Southern Accent” or “Find Me A Primitive Man.” They don’t just stick to the famous songwriters, either. There are plenty of gems from that golden era by the likes of Fred Ahlert, Joe Young, Chas Tobias, and Eddie Jones, none of whom are exactly household names. But maybe they should be…
Daria has been playing music in NYC for quite a while now. She started out as a bass player and has toured and recorded with avant-rockers God Is My Co-Pilot and pop noir sextet MELOMANE, among many others. She was also a founding member of Hawaiian swing quartet The Moonlighters, and cut her teeth on the baritone ukulele in that band. More recently Daria has been playing and singing with The JACK GRACE BAND and SASHA DOBSON in addition to leading the Pre-War Ponies.
Deb Brisson and the HayBurners
Middlebury, VT
Deb’s singing is reminiscent of others, yet her style is all her own. These songs are real and heartfelt. The new CD, “Heart Shaped Stone” is at times rootsy, soulful, and bluesy, but also rockin’ alt country with a twanging telecaster, rhythmic acoustic guitar and bass, and driving drums.
Many of the songs have been kicking around in different forms and arrangements while in other bands, but have come to fruition with the spark of Deb Brisson and her Burners. The songs were arranged, rehearsed and some even birthed in the loft above Deb’s horse barn. At times the music got so hot up there, you could almost see the hay start to burn.
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Disciples of Agriculture
Bovina Center, NY
The Disciples of Agriculture invented Bovina Rock, a scorch-and-twang cowpunk that has earned acclaim in No Depression, Metroland Magazine, and in alt-country circles around the globe. Local-boy Dan Finn writes Buck Owens’ tunes with Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska-esque story-lines.
Eric Ambel
New York City, NY
Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, guitarist with the Yayhoos. He was a founding member of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and the Del-Lords. Eric produces bands like the Bottle Rockets, Blue Mountain & Spanking Charlene and is co-owner of Cowboy Technical Services Recording Rig. Eric plays guitar with his NYC based Roscoe Trio including Phil Cimino and and Alison Jones. Listen here!
Esquela
Bovina Center, NY
Esquela, a proud purveyor of the Bovina Rock sound, is not limited by its rural roots but grounded in them and uses its provenance as a springboard to sing about universals that fans can appreciate. War, politics, relationships and the banalities of everyday life, provide fodder for the band’s original songwriting while a talented and passionate group of musicians wrap those lyrics in a roots-rock-Americana sound that both beguiles and charms its listeners.
Esquela Jr.
Bovina Center, NY
Esquela, a proud purveyor of the Bovina Rock sound, is not limited by its rural roots but grounded in them and uses its provenance as a springboard to sing about universals that fans can appreciate. War, politics, relationships and the banalities of everyday life, provide fodder for the band’s original songwriting while a talented and passionate group of musicians wrap those lyrics in a roots-rock-Americana sound that both beguiles and charms its listeners.
The Figgs
Saratoga Spring, NY
The Figgs are a rock band out of Saratoga Springs, New York. First formed in 1987 (under the name “Sonic Undertones”), their output has included at least nine traditional full length albums (two on major labels in the mid 90s), multiple EPs and singles, a live album, and gigs backing Graham Parker since 1996 and on Graham’s 2005 release Songs of No Consequence, as well as Tommy Stinson of The Replacements fame.
Fourteen Feet
New York City, NY
Fourteen Feet is a New York-based band that was founded by singer/songwriter, guitarist, Steve Welner in 2001. Their music runs the gamut from traditional acoustic folk, country blues, and bluegrass, to electric rock.
Frog Holler
Virginville, Berks County, PA
“Neo-hillbillies with a twist, Frog Holler plays mountain blues and country as accessible and modern as the most hummable pop” – (The Washington Post)
“Fifteen years after forming, the Berks County outfit have managed to stay together and procure scads of acclaim-from NPR, No Depression, The Washington Post and countless others-thanks largely to the down-home sweetness of their loose, melodic strain of alt-country. But it’s also because the guys are genuine, playing what they like instead of burying their instincts in pretense or posturing”. (Doug Wallen Philly Weekly)
“Darren Schlappich is a real-deal storyteller, mixing everyday language and creative phrasing to produce vivid, exciting images that make you smile, tug on your heart, offer hard-earned wisdom – or do all three. Sweet melodies, rock crunch, and varied instrumentation make songs you can’t get out of your head. All this band has to offer is talent, great songs, and consistency”. (No Depression)
“Frog Holler come closer than any other current roots act to recapturing the communal spirit and rustic North Americana sound perfected, maybe even invented, by the Band” (The Independent (NC)
The Future Farmers of America
Bovina Center, NY
Led by the song writing duo of Tom Hardardt and Phil Pucci, the Future Farmers of America emerged like a phoenix from the burn barrel of Queens County’s legendary Snively Orange Groove (aptly named in honor of the Florida Orange Grove owned by Graham Parson’s family). They are joined by Delaware County’s own John “Chico” Finn (Disciples of Agriculture, Esquela, Pispoure’, Tony Clifton Revival), and Superstar Keith Christopher (Georgia Satellites, The Yahoos, The Brains, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Billy Joe Shaver, Tony Joe White, Paul Westerberg, Todd Snider, Richie Havens, and Ayo).
Good Luck Mountain
New York City, NY
Good Luck Mountain is a collective made up of seasoned players from other bands including: Konrad Meissner (The Silos, Matt Nathanson), Jason Mercer (Ron Sexsmith, Ani DiFranco, Ana Egge), Sibel Firat (Pavement, Giant Sand, Fab Faux), Matt Mays (The Guthries, Matt Mays & El Torpedo),
David Chernis (Star City, The Damnwells), Ana Egge (Ana Egge!), Eleanor Whitmore (violin) and Lucy Hollier (viola, trombone).
Graham Parker
London, UK
Graham Parker is a British rock singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the popular British band Graham Parker & the Rumour. Despite moderate commercial success, Parker has been hailed by critics as one the most prominent musicians of his generation, with his wittily heated, often class-conscious lyrics and energy-fueled music preceding the arrival punk rock and new wave music. Many fellow musicians such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Frank Black have expressed admiration towards his music.
Grainbelt
Albany, NY
Grainbelt was born to Ben and Sally Pembroke, two crazy kids who didn’t have two nickels to rub together but they had enough love to warm the tar paper shack they called home. It was a hardscrabble existance living dirty-hand to infected-mouth, but somehow.
Gutterball
NYC
Gutterball is a supergroup featuring college-radio all-stars Steve Wynn (vocals, guitar), Stephen McCarthy (guitar, vocals), Bryan Harvey (vocals, guitar), Johnny Hott (drums), and Bob Rupe (bass, vocals)
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Horseshoe Lounge Playboys
Oneonta, NY
The Horseshoe Lounge Playboys are a four piece “roots” band performing mostly original and traditional material – some call Backwoods Americana – some Hillbilly dance music.
WWW.HORSESHOELOUNGEPLAYBOYSMUSIC.COM
Hugh Pool
New York City, NY
Hugh Pool has shared the stage with such luminaries as Patti Smith, Gov’t Mule, Leslie West, Johnny Winter, Dave Edmunds, John Mayall, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and more. He has performed on the Emeril Lagassi Show, the Mitch Albom Show and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. His original songs have been used in network TV, movies, award-winning documentaries and an off-Broadway play. Hugh hails from the Rust Belt, which is where he draws inspiration for his backwoods amalgam of rock, country & blues. But living in New York for the last 20 years has tweaked his sensibilities a bit. His brand of trad psyche-delta stomp comes with a bit of New York noise-damage.
Jim Lauderdale
Nashville, TN
Jim Lauderdale is a Grammy Award-winning musician and one of the most respected artists working in the Bluegrass, Country and Americana music communities today. He is considered one of Nashville’s “A” list of songwriters with songs recorded by artists such as Patty Loveless, Shelby Lynne, Solomon Burke, the Dixie Chicks and George Strait, who has had numerous hits with Jim’s songs. Jim is also in high demand as a player, touring with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rhonda Vincent and Elvis Costello.
John Houshmand & Eric Ball
John Houshmand has a distinguished career as a composer and guitarist for Laurasia, the Audio Artists, and East River Consort, as well as a solo guitar wizard working in the tradition of real-time improvisation. He has authored much of the Laurasia work, and opened for Ralph Towner, Shadowfax, and other esoteric groups. He is the straight-man with the Audio Artists, playing electric, baritone, and toy guitar, and is one of the mentors behind SOUNDWALL, the front band for his sonic architecture company with Ed Potokar. He is featured on his solo CD Void of Course, as well as Laurasia, Undiscovered Country, Audio CD’s, Artists LIVE at HERE, and numerous other CD’s. He also has a DESIGN COMPANY, and a WORKING FARM IN HOBART NY.
Eric Ball from Walton, NY recently relocated back to Delaware County from Brooklyn, graduated from SUNY Oneonta with a BS in History. He has performed with several area ensembles and groups over the years and currently resides in Oneonta.
John Scarpulla Band
New York City, NY
John Scarpulla has toured, recorded and collaborated with some of the biggest stars in the music business. He has gained his reputation as an artist and as a saxophonist live and in the studio with Funk legends Tower of Power, Rock icons Billy Joel and Hall & Oates, Pop superstars Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez and Michael Bolton and Latin luminaries Willie Colon and Celia Cruz. He has worked and recorded with and along side of Grammy winners as well as Grammy nominees and continues to take New York by storm.
Kara Suzanne and the Gojo Hearts
Brooklyn, NY
Kara Suzanne is part sullen cowgirl, part seductive cabaret singer and all soulful folk-rock songstress. She bewitches audiences with her original songs that are simultaneously heartbreaking and carefree. Kara is this generation’s answer to Dolly Parton and Patty Griffin.
Lil’ Anne and Hot Cayenne
From the Northeast all the way to Louisiana
Take half a dozen groovemasters, add a spicy blend of rock ‘n’ roll, blues, and funk to the up-tempo Zydeco beat, and presto, you’ve got a dance groove that just won’t quit! Taking the Northeast Zydeco scene by storm, Li’l Anne & Hot Cayenne have been invited to play a variety of prestigious venues including the Rhythm and Roots Festival in Charlestown, RI, The Great Connecticut Cajun/Zydeco Music & Arts Festival, and the renowned Saratoga Springs Dance Flurry. In addition, the band has been invited to play venues typically reserved for Louisiana Zydeco bands such as Johnny D’s in Sommerville, MA, La Belle Époque, NYC; the TK Club, Phila., PA and the Somebody Scream Dance Series, Baltimore, MD. Li’l Anne & Hot Cayenne has also appeared with and provided back-up to Willis Prudhomme and has been invited on stage with Zydeco Force, Sean Ardoin and Zydekool, Leroy Thomas and Roy Carrier.
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Lipbone Redding
North Carolina
Lipbone Redding weaves funky rhythms, catchy original songs, brash humor, soulful singing, and inventive guitar playing with exotic and percussive vocal sounds such as throat singing, bass and beat-boxing, and his astonishingly realistic lip-tromboning.
Luba Dvorak and the Banned
New York City, NY
Luba Dvorak (pronounced: Dvor-zhack) in black attire and armed with an acoustic guitar has been called a Dylan-Forbert-Springsteen-Cash combo with his earthy vocal style and enticing storytelling.
Marah
Brooklyn, NY
Marah is an American country-rock band that formed in the early 1990s and is closely associated with the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, New York. The band is known for its intense live performances, classic rock production style, and association with authors Nick Hornby and Sarah Vowell and musicians Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle.
Mark McKay
Braddock Heights, MD
Mark McKay writes rugged, honest songs in the tradition of rootsy rock ’n roll; his work has been compared to that of Alejandro Escovedo, Cracker’s David Lowry, and a Nebraska-era Bruce Springsteen.
Mark’s last two albums (Dakota Dust and Shimmer) were recorded and mixed in Brooklyn with producer/guitarist Eric “Roscoe” Ambel and engineer Tim Hatfield. The songs on both albums are philosophical, romantic, and political in nature highlighting the complex interplay between people’s lives and their culture.
New Heathens
New York City, NY
The New York City-based New Heathens have members from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Montana and the Empire State. Their gritty heartland-meets-Southern rock seems to reflect this spread, touching on a variety of rootsy elements that suggest they’ve been around. Their sound is a little trashy and brash with a straight-ahead feel, but with just enough energetic recklessness to move you along. The guiding force behind the band is working journalist and songwriter Nate Schweber, whose almost-journalistic stories carry the songs.
Phonograph
New York City, NY
Blending Americana with electronics, Brooklyn, NY-based Phonograph had their genesis when Matthew Welsh (vocals, keyboard, guitar) began working with Tony Maimone of Pere Ubu. Studio engineer John Davis (bass, synthesizer) joined Welsh, soon introducing him to Dave Burnett (drums) and Abe Seiferth (guitar). Phil Sterk (pedal steel, keyboard, guitars) completed the lineup in 2005. As a result of a chance meeting with Wilco bassist John Stirratt, Phonograph found themselves opening for the popular country-rock band. Arclight Records released Phonograph’s self-titled debut in February 2007.
Pispoure’
Bovina Center, NY
Pispoure’ is a Country-Rock-Alternative-Pop (C.R.A.P.) band stationed out of the Chicken Shack, Russell Hill Road, Bovina Center, New York, U.S.A, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy. The din they create emanates from electric and acoustic basses and guitars, human and dog vocals, harmonica, mandolin, and nasty drums.
Robbie Fulks
Robbie Fulks was born in York, Pennsylvania, and grew up in a half-dozen small towns in southeast Pennsylvania, the North Carolina Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge area of Virginia. He learned guitar from his dad, banjo from Earl Scruggs and John Hartford records, and fiddle (long since laid down in disgrace) on his own. He attended Columbia College in New York City in 1980 and dropped out in 1982 to focus on the Greenwich Village songwriter scene and other ill-advised pursuits.
In the mid-1980s he moved to Chicago and joined Greg Cahill’s Special Consensus Bluegrass Band, with whom he made one record (Hole in My Heart, Turquoise, 1989) and toured constantly. Since then he has gone on to create a multifarious career in music. He was a staff instructor in guitar and ensemble at Old Town School of Folk Music from 1984 to 1996. He worked on Nashville’s Music Row as a staff songwriter for Songwriters Ink (Joe Diffie, Tim McGraw, Ty Herndon) from 1993 to 1998. He has released 10 solo records on the Bloodshot, Geffen, Boondoggle (self), and Yep Roc labels, including the influential early alt-country records Country Love Songs (1996) and South Mouth (1997), and the widely acclaimed Georgia Hard (2005).
Radio: multiple appearances on WSM’s “Grand Ole Opry”; PRI’s “Whadd’ya Know”; NPR’s “Fresh Air,” “Mountain Stage,” and “World Cafe”; and the syndicated “Acoustic Cafe” and “Laura Ingraham Show.” TV: PBS’s Austin City Limits; NBC’s Today, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Last Call with Carson Daly, and 30 Rock. TV/film use of his music includes True Blood, My Name Is Earl, Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole, Very Bad Things, and Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, and he has voiced or sung campaigns for Budweiser, McDonald’s, Nickelodeon, and Applebee’s. From 2004 to 2008, he hosted an hourlong performance/interview program for XM satellite radio, “Robbie’s Secret Country.” His compositions have been covered by Sam Bush, Kelly Hogan, Sally Timms, Rosie Flores, John Cowan, and Old 97’s.
Robbie’s writing on music and life have appeared in GQ, Blender, Chicago Reader, DaCapo Press’s Best Music Writing anthologies for 2001 and 2004, Amplified: Fiction from Leading Alt-Country, Indie Rock, Blues and Folk Musicians, and A Guitar and A Pen: Stories by Country Music’s Greatest Songwriters. As an instrumentalist, he has accompanied the Irish fiddle master Liz Carroll, the distinguished jazz violinist Jenny Scheinman, and the New Orleans pianist Dr. John. As a producer his credits include Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck (Sugar Hill, 2004) and Big Thinkin’ by Dallas Wayne (Hightone, 2000). Theatrical credits include Woody Guthrie’s American Song and Harry Chapin’s Cottonpatch Gospel. He served twice as judge for the Winfield National Flatpicking Guitar competition. He tours yearlong with various configurations and plays a weekly residency at the Hideout in Chicago.
His 11th record, Gone Away Backward, returned him to his bluegrass days and extends the boundaries of that tradition with old-time rambles and sparely orchestrated, acoustic reflections on love, the country life, the slings of time, and the struggles of common people. His latest album Upland Stories (2016) continues this tradition with the additional of drums and several electric instruments. Both albums were recorded by Steve Albini.
Rule of Three
New York City
Rule of Three formed in 2004. They make contemporary folk and traditional sounds from Scotland drawing on influences from all over Europe and alternative genres. Their work is almost entirely self-written and traditional. Rule of Three are John “Chico” Finn– bass/vocals; Chris Harnden – guitar/vocals; Keith Christopher – drums
The Silos
New York City, NY
The Silos buzz with rock energy reminiscent of the proto-punk Lower East Side legends The Velvet Underground, punched up with pop melodies that resuscitates a sound that never went out of style. The songs play out like minimalist short stories framed by the spacious, guitar-heavy arrangements that add depth and transcendence, but can switch to ferocious, hook-laden rock to part the clouds and land back on terra firma. Naked honesty and joyous melodies never sounded so good together. It will come as no surprise that early in their career, The Silos were named “Best New American Band” by Rolling Stone magazine and made their national television appearance on the David Letterman Show. After numerous critically acclaimed albums and thousands of days on the road, it is heartening to know that the band continues to make brilliance look easy.
Snivly Orange Groove
Huntington, LI
Is Tom Hardardt – guitar/vocals; Phil Pucchi – drums/vocals; Joe Gelish – keys.
Steve Shiffman and the Land of No
New York City, NY
Steve Shiffman has been on the scene for some time now. Although he started out in Toronto, he now calls himself a New Yorker. Together with his slowly-growing band, The Land of No, Shiffman has continued to move forward, playing strings of shows and putting out hefty-sounding recordings. The band (made up of Shifmann himself on guitar and vocals) includes guitarists Dave Hollinghurst and Alec Ferrell, Kent Heine on bass, and Aaron Kant on drums.
Steve Wynn and the Miracle Three
New York City, NY
In 25 years, Steve Wynn has released at least that many albums and has seen over 300 of his songs recorded. He has played over 2000 shows in more than 25 countries. His songs have been recorded and/or performed by REM, Luna, Concrete Blonde, The Black Crowes, Yo La Tengo and Eleventh Dream Day, among others; his “That’s Why I Wear Black” became the #1 single of 1993 in Norway as the leadoff track from the debut album by Somebody’s Darling. He has been prominently featured in Rolling Stone, Mojo, Uncut, Entertainment Weekly, People, The Los Angeles Times, New York Times and countless other publications all over the world.
Story Laurie & Ira McIntosh
Andes, NY
Laurie McIntosh (aka Story Laurie) is a storyteller, songwriter and singer—an enchanting entertainer who transports listeners of all ages to lands near and far with her delightful renditions of folk tales and vibrantly entertaining, socially conscious songs for kids and families. Since making her home in the Catskill Mountains over 15 years ago, Laurie has performed for audiences of all ages at schools, libraries, festivals and historical societies.
The Stone Coyotes
The Stone Coyotes are an American rock band – Barbara Keith, husband Doug Tibbles, sons John and Doug Jr. Their grass roots cult following has been growing ever since they gave back Barbara’s major label advance early on and started down “the road not taken.” Critics have described them as: “AC/DC meets Patsy Cline”…” They rock – and they mean it.”
Tandy
Brooklyn, NY
With a gruff and gritty voice reminiscent of John Prine, Mike Ferrio singer/songwriter (and former Butthole Surfer roadie), is the leader of NYC’s Tandy. Other Tandy members include pedal steel player Drew Glackin from the Silos and Crash Test Dummies, drummer Bruce Martin (Tom Tom Club) and bassist Scott Yoder (Amy Rigby). Their basic and very rootsy alternative-country sound is balanced by a healthy dose of rock. Ferrio’s words are personal memoirs from his youth as a farmboy in upstate New York and the whole CD rings with power, humility and authenticity.
Ten Rod Road
Central Vermont
Ten Rod Road has been playing acoustic driven folk rock music for more than 15 years. Playing parties, bars, clubs and concerts in and around central Vermont, as well as touring New York State, (including Livestock) they play a brand of dance music that delights all ages. Ten Rod Road, guaranteed to bring a good time!
The Teenage Prayers
Brooklyn, NY
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Tony Clifton Revival
Brooklyn, NY
Band members are: Paul McCarthy (Tony/vocals); John “Chico” Finn – bass; Peter Hutchison – guitar/vocals; Pete Hayes – drums
Tom Clark and the High Action Boys
New York City, NY
The Midwestern born Tom Clark had been playing regularly since hitting New York City in 1986. With a peppy, preppy boyish voice similar to Buddy Holly and 14 twangy, strummy slices of roots pop, Clark and his band sound like they’re straight off the farm, rather than NYC pros who have been pounding the pavement for years. The group exudes a breezy, chiming sound that nicely coalesces around Clark’s chipper vocals. A slight C&W/rockabilly sensibility infuses even the darkest tracks with a jumpy, grinning vibe that’s difficult to dislike.
The WellDiggers
New York City, NY
The WellDiggers are a New York based roots-rock band founded and fronted by singer/songwriter, guitarist, Steve Welner. Along with Steve, the band features long time band member Don Gabis (bass, vocals), multi instrumentalist Bob Stander (Pete Townshend, Paul Townshend, The Platters) and Shawn Murray (late Willy Deville drummer). Their music is steeped in a wide Americana palette ranging from old-timey folk to full throttle rock ‘n roll. The songwriting often portrays themes related to the down-trodden, the vanishing landscape, the evils of corporate greed, political corruption, and hypocrisy in general.The band will be playing songs from Steve’s newly released self-titled album, “Sweet Simple Life” (2017) along with material from the WellDiggers and Fourteen Feet.
The Yayhoos
The Yayhoos have been referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of Rock and Roll. The whole thing is one big behind the back pass between members Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites, Home Made Sin) Eric Ambel (Del-Lords, Steve Earle, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts), Terry Anderson (The Woods, Olympic A$$ Kicking Team) and Keith Christopher (Shaver, Paul Westerberg, Todd Snider and many others). The band has released 2 albums including Fear Not The Obvious on the Bloodshot label and Put The Hammer Down on Lakeside Lounge records.
The Yayhoos are known for their off the wall covers like Abba’s Dancing Queen, The O’Jays Love Train and their southern rock favorites the B-52’s Roam. As the band trades songs and instruments you never know what will happen at a Yayhoos gig but they have been know to turn any night into Saturday Night and Saturday Night into New Years Eve.
The band will be playing their first gigs since 2008 this August.
An annual gathering of Americana bands from down the road, upstate and downstate, and from all around the country, Livestock! Music Festival is a summertime ritual at the Finn family farm set a mile outside the hamlet of Bovina Center, New York.
FESTIVALS past
New York City, NY
Esquela Jr.
Bovina Center, NY
John Houshmand & Eric Ball
Daria Grace & The Pre-War Ponies
Butch & The Elevaters
New York City, NY
The Stone Coyotes
Robbie Fulks
The College Farm
Voorheesville, NY
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