Jarrod plays bass. Joe plays guitar and dobro. Brian plays Mando. Adam plays guitar. Pete plays mando, guitar and takes minutes. Josh plays fiddle. Everybody sings. Friends sit in all the time. Friends fall down all the time.
Influences
Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Tim O'Brien, Norman Blake, John Hartford, The Memphis Jug Band, Shlomo Carlebach, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Lee Dorsey, Bill Withers, Steve Earle, Old And In The Way, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice and the hon. Gillian Welch.
Sounds Like
1 part Bluegrass, a dash of blues and a splash of rock, mixed with middle eastern folk music, drowned in booze.
The Murder Ballads are a bluegrass collective from Montreal, Quebec. We are constantly in pursuit of the higher and lonesomer. We are down with the klez. We sometimes use D'Addario strings.
