Their music and performances are built on classic country rock and straight up punk ethics... loud guitars, acoustic harmonies, and laid back rhythms underneath tales of dishonesty, jealousy, and greed.

The guys in the band have come from some of the most influential and important South Florida underground bands from the past two... [+] Read More

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Scott Morgan: Vocals/Acoustic and Electric Guitars/Banjo/Harmonica Jeremy Thompson: Drums/Percussion/Backing Vocals
Shannon Morgan: Backing Vocals/Percussion
Ryan Davis: Electric and Acoustic Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals
Peter Lucey: Fender Rhodes/Hammond Organ/Piano/Accordion/Backing Vocals The Music: The music performed by MEMPHIS... [+] Read More

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Shoestring Strap played their first gig in June of 2004 as an acoustic bluegrass trio. Over 100 gigs and many stylistic twists and turns later they have become regulars in the San Diego music scene and beyond with their Kickass Outlaw Mudgrass sound. Places they have played include Winston’s and ‘Canes in San Diego, the Coach House... [+] Read More

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Sitting around the campfire one night three buddies decided to start a band. Armed with two guitars and a harmonica they began a journey that would take them places they never dreamed. After relentless touring, two independent records, one labled record, three ill-fated record deals, and a fired manager, they decided to record an album in... [+] Read More

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Giant Sand was the primary outlet for the stylistic curveballs and sun-damaged songcraft of Howe Gelb, a Pennsylvania-born singer/guitarist who formed the four-piece Giant Sandworms after relocating to Tucson, Arizona in the mid-'70s. After releasing the EP Will Wallow and Roam After the Ruin in 1980, Gelb fired everyone but bassist Scott Gerber... [+] Read More

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While Gram Parsons may have the distinction of being the granddaddy of the ill-named "alt-country" genre, Illinois farm boy Jason Ringenberg is certainly the man who brought it to the stages of the world with a vengeance. Born in 1959 and raised on a pig farm in southern Illinois, Ringenberg moved to Nashville in 1981 to try his luck as a... [+] Read More

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Joe Henry is best known for his two country-influenced albums, 1992's Short Man's Room and 1993's Kindness of the World, both of which feature members of the country-rock band the Jayhawks, but his musical direction has actually changed several times over the course of his recording career, reflecting his restless, adventurous spirit.
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After making her name as the gritty, soulful lead singer of roots rockers Lone Justice, Maria McKee embarked on an often-rewarding solo career. A native of Los Angeles, McKee was born in 1964; her half-brother was Bryan MacLean, the guitarist and sometime singer of the groundbreaking psychedelic band Love. After studying musical theater as a... [+] Read More

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According to her own, undoubtedly semi-fictional account, Michelle Shocked was born Michelle Johnston in Dallas, TX, in 1962, where she spent her early childhood traveling around army bases. In 1977, she ran away from her Mormon fundamentalist mother to live with her father who introduced her to country bluesmen Big Bill Broonzy and Leadbelly,... [+] Read More

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Lo-fi indie from Glasgow. Started writing 2007 after the end of the band Off White Lies, not really interested in perfect recordings more in the feeling of them. There are currently 5 EPs and 3 Albums.

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R.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground... [+] Read More

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Festus, MO's Bottle Rockets ranked as one of the leading lights of the 1990s roots rock revival, thanks to a sound that bypassed the punk heritage proudly upheld by most of the band's contemporaries in favor of a redneck fusion of Southern boogie, country-folk, and crunching rock & roll. The group was fronted by singer/guitarist Brian Henneman,... [+] Read More

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Led by the gifted songwriting, impeccable playing, and honeyed harmonies of vocalists/guitarists Mark Olson and Gary Louris, the Jayhawks' shimmering blend of country, folk, and bar band rock made them one of the most widely acclaimed artists to emerge from the alternative country scene. The group sprung up in 1985 out of the fertile... [+] Read More

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Although they played the same clubs as most of Los Angeles' "paisley underground" bands (i.e., Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade) and even featured Dream Syndicate leader Steve Wynn in an early lineup, the Long Ryders were actually more a roots rock group strongly influenced by Gram Parsons. The group was founded by Kentucky native Sid Griffin, a... [+] Read More

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Known alternately as Palace, Palace Songs, and Palace Brothers, this outfit is the project of guitarist/vocalist Will Oldham. Palace Brothers takes the harsher side of country and folk and reworks it into devastatingly spare, intense indie rock. Oldham's voice whimpers and whines like a centegenarian, and the simplicity and effortlessness of the... [+] Read More

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As part of the mid-'90s revival of roots-rock, the Wallflowers held a special connection to one of the original inspirations: vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Jakob Dylan. Though he is the son of a legend, Jakob's similarities to his father are occasional -- in fact, the Wallflowers are more influenced by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers than original... [+] Read More

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The Whiskey Saints are a four-piece rock/alt-country band based out of Los Angeles, California, USA. Drawing from influences in 90s alternative rock, alt-country, folk, and indie rock, the band has found its own little niche within the rock music scene. They currently released their first full-length album titled "West" through Unemployed... [+] Read More

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Three on the Tree is an American roots rock/alt-country band from Chicago, Illinois. Three on the Tree was formed in 2001 by singer Jon Osing, drummer Kevin Weith and guitarist and producer Drew Weir. Their style covers a wide range of style from country to power pop, from southern twang to bluegrass and gospel.

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