Samantha - banjo, jawharp, vocals . . .
Will - lead guitar, vocals
Robin - guitar, washboard, vocals . . .
Dave - bass
Influences
The Devolutionary Oath, The Big Dirty Farmers, Emory Martin the one-armed banjoist
Sounds Like
The lyrics of DEVO with the musical styles of such oldtime Blue Ridge area Appalachian musicians as the Original Carter Family, Charlie Poole and the NC Ramblers, early Stanley Brothers, Smyth County Ramblers, Woodie Brothers... (Think of the music styles from "O Brother Where Art Thou")
What do you get when you combine a lifelong Devo-obsessed Spudgirl with a newfound love for banjo pickin' and oldtime music? .... Why, an oldtime Appalachian DEVO cover stringband, what else?! Complete with banjo, guitar, bass, washboard, spoons, vocals and harmony; missing only a fiddler!
We've been at it for 3 consecutive years now.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...and up there's us singing Love without Anger and Auto 'Hodown' ...
Wishin' all U Hee Howlin, Jam Jamborean, DE-Evolutionary MUTANT MOUNTAIN BOYS...'n' GIRLZ a SLACKful Hollidazian Season!!! Can't wait ta HOOT an HOLLA with ya'll at DEVOtional 2009! Hav a Hap Happy Nu Year!!!
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