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Packway Handle Band
Bluegrass / Experimental / Acoustic

Red White & Brewgrass Festival July 4- Athens, GA!



ATHENS, Georgia
United States

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Last Login:  12/29/2009
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Member Since1/27/2005
Band Websitewww.packwayhandle.com
Band Members





Michael Paynter
mandolin, vocals




Josh Erwin
guitar, vocals




hatewave
Andrew Heaton
fiddle, vocals




Zach McCoy
bass




tom
Tom Baker
banjo, vocals

InfluencesHere are a few... Thinking of things before, Condenser mics, Electric Bass, Good gas mileage, 4 part harmonies, Failure, 80's pop, Garrison Keillor, Different things, etc...
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PHB on iTunes
Packway Handle Band on iTunes




New Self-titled Album
[Self-titled] [2008]




EP Extreme Live in 2006 [2007]






(Sinner) You Better Get Ready [2005]






Chaff Harvest [2003]

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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 17 2009 9:00P
Live Wire Music Hall w/ the Train Wrecks Savannah, Georgia
Dec 18 2009 10:00P
Bubba Garcias St Simon’s Island, Georgia
Feb 13 2010 8:00P
The Loft Live Columbus, Georgia
Feb 19 2010 7:00P
Eddie’s Attic Decatur, Georgia
Feb 19 2010 9:00P
The Hummingbird Stage and Taproom Macon, Georgia
Feb 20 2010 8:00P
The Hummingbird Macon, Georgia
Apr 3 2010 11:00A
Dauset Trails Bluebirds & Bluegrass Festival Jackson, Georgia
Jul 22 2010 8:00P
Floydfest 9 Floyd, Virginia
Jul 24 2010 8:00P
Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival Cornish, Maine
Jul 25 2010 8:00P
Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival Cornish, Maine
Aug 7 2010 8:00P
Podunk Bluegrass Festival East Hartford, Connecticut
Aug 8 2010 8:00P
Podunk Bluegrass Festival East Hartford, Connecticut

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"Packway Handle's strength is in its cohesiveness. Vocal Harmonies and string syncopations lock together like Legos.…" -Aspen Daily News.


It all started in Athens, Georgia in 2001 during a most peculiar spell when 5 or 6 bluegrass bands circulated the town. The famous Athens, which had once spawned the B-52s, REM, Widespread Panic, and countless other indie, pop and punk acts, was now the home to a competing minority of bluegrass players. The Packway Handle Band emerged from this small scene, finding national acclaim first as finalists at the Telluride bluegrass competition in 2002 and 2003, then taking 2nd place in 2004. The band’s 2003 debut album, “Chaff Harvest” was produced using prize awards from a local Battle of the Bands. PHB was on a roll and has continued to win over fans and rack up awards.

In early 2006 the band went on the road full time, wowing audiences across the country with close 4-part harmonies and their dance around two tightly-spaced condenser mics. The Packway Handle Band has emerged at the national forefront of bands that use this “gather around the mic” style. PHB’s second full length record “(Sinner) You Better Get Ready” was recorded this way. Theirs is not a mission to preserve historical styles—it’s just how they do what they do the best. And what they do best is rooted in thought provoking songwriting, clever choice and arrangement of bluegrass traditionals, and totally unexpected (even totally inappropriate) covers, all delivered with a crackling energy. If you get an idea of what Packway Handle is early in a show, you’ll probably change your mind several times before they’re done. But it’s obvious their enthusiasm and sense of humor are honest, and that what they do appeals to broad audiences, even those who don’t normally listen to bluegrass. Yes, they play bluegrass instruments, and hey, they even play them mostly in the bluegrass way; but you won’t find a whole lot of lyrics about rambling or trains or wagon wheels, and you’re not going to say you’ve heard this band before, unless you actually have.

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Dec 21 2009 5:48 PM

Hi Ya'll, Sending you All Gods Love and And a Very Merry Christmas to You & Yours!
All Peace & Love Lee
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Dec 12 2009 4:52 PM

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Dec 9 2009 6:02 AM

THE DIRTY OLD ONE MAN HILLBILLY-BLUES-COUNTRY-METAL BAND IS BACK ON THURSDAY FEB. 4TH AT THE RHYTHM ROOM. COLONEL J.D. WILKES/FRONTMAN OF TH' LEGENDARY CHACK SHAKERS WILL BERE WITH HIS NEW PROJECT; THE DIRT DAUBERS - SEE YOU THERE?
Thurs. Feb. 4th @ the Rhythm Room


DON'T FORGET THE RETURN OF REVEREND PEYTONS BIG DAMN BAND w/ SODA ON THURSDAY JAN. 28TH AT THE RHYTHM ROOM. THE SCOTT H. BIRAM SHOW IS NOT TOO BE MISSED THOUGH. IT'S MANDATORY....
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Dec 9 2009 6:02 AM

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Dec 9 2009 6:02 AM

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Dec 3 2009 10:05 PM

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Dec 3 2009 10:05 PM

Rock On.. Packway Handle Band,

My latest Album "Strip of Leather" has been released ... Rock On.. VF

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