LukeTan - Vocals / Guitar....
Molly D. - Vocals / Fiddle.....
Danny McIrvin - Guitars / Banjo / lap slide....
Tommy Suitcase - Bass / Vocals / Harps
Influences
Coal Ila
Sounds Like
A Freight Train
Floods are a unique Portland based band that combines elements of classic country, ragtime, old fiddle tunes, and bluegrass with intelligent, well-crafted songwriting to create a sound both contemporary and timeless!
HONKY - TONK -WHAT WHAT !!
Floods began when lead singer and ASCAP award winning songwriter Michael Luketan fled his Georgia home and landed in Portland, OR. Here he hooked up with Portland native Danny McIrvin, who had been studying older styles of American and Irish Folk music for years. Danny plays lead guitar, dobro, banjo, and just about any stringed instrument he can carry to a show. When Molly D. returned to town after a four year stint at Berklee College of Music, she added a fiddle to the fiddle tunes and high harmonies to the vocals. Tommy Suitcase, another Portland native, plays bass and harmonica and lends his deep bluesy vocals to the mix. Floods rock a bluegrass happy hour every Thursday night at The Know!
(You'll be glad you stopped by, if even for a short while) Portland Punk Carnival and Vinyl Release Party - All Ages & FREE!!! Saturday May 10th, 2008 3 pm until ? 4023 NE 7th and Shaver - Portland, Oregon THEEEE event kicking off the Summer of Lovvvvvvvve in Portland and The Couv Random Order (and possibly simultaneous) Open Mic from 3 pm to 5 pm with Musicians, Poets, Comics, Spoken Word, Circus Acts, Special Surprises Bands start at 5 pm on into the night! Bring a little money for Pulled Pork sandwiches, Dogs, Shaved Ice YUM! and MORE!! plus show some love by purchasing the split vinyl of The Hand That Bleeds + Monster Sized Monsters. (10 bones methinks?) Artists and bands meeting other artists and bands forming collaborations booking shows and things.
