Showcase: The Jakobs Ferry Stragglers /w Drymill Road
(Saturday) August 20, 2016 - 21:00
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls - 400 Lincoln Ave (Map)
9 people attended
5.0/5 (1)
DESCRIPTION
SATURDAY SHOWCASE at The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls, bringing the best in new original Pittsburgh and regional music!
Sat Aug 20 we present The Jakobs Ferry Stragglers with special guests Drymill Road!
Doors at 8, Music at 9. 21+ $10
THE JAKOBS FERRY STRAGGLERS
The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers draw freely from old-time, bluegrass, country, jazz, rockabilly and swing styles to create their tight, high-energy string band music. Well-crafted original songs with emotional depth, masterful picking, and resonant vocal harmonies combine to forge new territories and a fresh take on Appalachian Americana music. Band members Gary Antol, Libby Eddy, Ed Croft and Joe Dep hail from the mountains and river towns of southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio.
Well known in the Americana music circuit throughout the mid-Atlantic region, The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers are big crowd-pleasers at The Great Blue Heron, The Three Rivers Arts Festival, Flood City Music Festival, Whiskey Rebellion Festival, Hickory Fest, Smoked Country Jam, Modesto Unplugged Music Festival, BayGrass Bluegrass, Sleepy Creek SpringDig, Laurel Hill Bluegrass Festival, and others. The band recently showcased their unique and innovative style of Appalachian roots music on a national tour, winning over new fans from Colorado to California, Arizona to Oklahoma. Their recording of “Mannington #9?, a searing tale of lives lost in a mining disaster written by West Virginia native Keith McManus, was included in Relix Magazine’s 2015 Summer CD Sampler.
http://jakobsferry.com/
DRYMILL ROAD (Winchester, VA)
International tour band, Drymill Road includes: Robert Mabe on Banjo, Sean Loomis on Guitar, Doug Ross on Mandolin, and David Hurt on Bass.
Its high energy and heartfelt original material, with a good mix of traditional music and not so traditional takes on Led Zeppelin, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles...to name a few.
http://www.drymillroad.com/
