Thomas- Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Klaus Funk- additional Guitars
Sean Grove- Bass Guitar/Vocals
Dave Taylor- Drums
Influences
"The Descendents, Ani Difranco, Chris Whitley, Hamell on trial, The White Stripes, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams I, II, and III, Johnny Horton, Wilco, The Shins, Langhorne Slim, Tom Waits, The Jayhawks, Not From Georgia, Ben Harper, ect....ect....ect
The Pale Barn Ghosts met in the Winter of 2007. Thomas, Sean, and Klaus had been laid off from their jobs and decided to seek employment through a local temp agency.
They were assigned jobs at the local cemetery, working as Cemetery Maintenance Technicians. (The ground was particularly frozen that year, and extra manpower was needed to dig the plots.) Not their first choice for work, but they took what they could get.
The Suicide rate that Winter had nearly doubled from the year before, so the hours were very long. Even on the days when the outside temperature was above freezing, one grave could take up to three hours to dig.
To escape the cold, and to thaw out their frostbitten hands, the three would retreat to an abandoned, civil war era barn, that lie at the far corner of the cemetery property. The old barn was known to the groundskeepers as the pale barn. (It seems that everytime someone would go into the barn, they would come out looking very pale, as if they had just seen a ghost.)
Despite its hauntings, the barn provided a refuge from the cold, as well as a convenient place to take your break. And since the senior groundskeepers lived in fear of its omens, no one bothered you if you decided to take an extra hour for lunch. It was in the barn that the three played music together for the first time.
During an unusually slow work day, the boys decided to do a little spring cleaning in the barn, so they would have a tidy place to relax. While clearing out an old casket, to take afternoon naps in, they found some old guitars.
(As it happens, during a re-investigation of a murder that took place sometime in the 1930's. The guitars had been exhumed, along with the bodies of the victims. The bodies had long been returned to their graves, but the instruments they were buried with had been forgotten in the barn.) The instruments were dusted off and the trio began making up songs to pass the time.
The sounds that came from the barn further added to its spookiness. And from then on, "The Pale Barn Ghosts" were never bothered on their lunch break again.
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Thanks for The Add! Saw you guys perform for the first time today on the square. I think your music is great and I will be looking forward to hearing it again! And your humorous too! :)
Hello Thomas, Sorry, about not having lyrics posted. I just posted some new songs today. I didn't expect anyone to find them so soon. I was planning on coming back to post them later. I do have all of them posted on youtube. I've been doing a lot more on there than on myspace lately. I do hope to start coming to open mics when it warms up. I have a lot of new songs I'm excited to play. How's your new stuff coming along? Don't you have a new CD in the works? Take care. Talk to you soon. Jason
Attention Local Musicians in the York/Hanover/Gettysburg and surrounding areas: Please feel free to list any open mic events you host or participate in yourself. You can also give a brief description of the event if you think it would help. The goal is to promote an opportunity for musicians to meet socially and possibly network professionally. Please list all events on my webpage!
the Worms play the Works 9pm on Wednesday the 25th of November. the night before Thanksgiving.. Line up is Kris Kehr , Trey LaRue, Joel Henry and James Jewell. so if you wana hear some honest to goodness Berks county music, come on out and dance... ps thanks to all for such a great time at the works last time!! the Worms play the Works Wednesday November 25, 2009 - 9:00 PM The Works 1109 Bern Road Reading, Pennsylvania 19610 USA Cost: free
hello friends......,,, please come to see the worms play music Reading PA Full band Friday the 25th of Sept. 2009 ... The Works 9-12pm 1109 Bern Road Wyomissing, PA 19610 610.375.2700
Probably I'll do 9:30 to 10:30 or so. If you could be there to set gear by 8:30 or so we'd be golden. I was planning to run my PA and cover sound for ya'll.
