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Mysterious Mose Video woodboxgang 163 views Soothsayers Jug Band playing Mysterious Mose live in Frosty Mug Studio. Recorded by Scottie P. Mixed by A. Kirt.
Alex Kirt - Long Hot Summer Day woodboxgang 432 views Alex's cover of John Hartford's tune "Long Hot Summer Day". Playing a Deering John Hartford banjo and a Farmer Foot Drum.
Alex Kirt - Mellow Peaches woodboxgang 425 views Alex covering the R.L. Burnside song "Mellow Peaches". Playing a Godin 5th Ave guitar & a Farmer Foot Drum.
Alex Kirt - Traveling Riverside Blues woodboxgang 377 views Alex's arrangement of the Robert Johnson song "Traveling Riverside Blues". Playing a Godin 5th Ave guitar and a Farmer Foot Drum.
Aint Much Left woodboxgang 183 views Alex Kirt performs his original song "Aint Much Left". Playing a Godin 5th Ave guitar and a Farmer Foot Drum.
Preachin Blues woodboxgang 98 views Alex Kirt covering "Preachin Blues" adapted from the song by Eddie "Son" House. Playing a Godin 5th Ave guitar and a Farmer Foot Drum
MissMaybelle woodboxgang 248 views Alex's rendition of R.L. Burnside's "Miss Maybelle". Playing a Godin 5th Ave guitar and a Farmer Foot Drum
Giant City Slickers - Stay A Little Longer woodboxgang 1,357 views Giant City Slickers (western swing band) performing live at the historic Liberty Theater in Murphysboro Illinois, Feb 19, 2010, at the 1st annual "Cabin Fever Concert." Ban...
Woodbox Gang - Tough Guy Blues woodboxgang 1,822 views Live at The Liberty Theater, Murphysboro, IL 1/19/08
Woodbox Gang - Termite Song woodboxgang 1,434 views Live at The Liberty Theater, Murphysboro, IL 1/19/08

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An original blend of bluegrass, country, folk, and rock that is unique and aggressive. With lyrics both darkly humorous and topically modern, the Woodbox Gang has grown their own branch of traditional music, which they call Trashcan Americana.

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From the village of Makanda in extreme southern Illinois, in a little hollow called Vulture Valley, comes a "caustic acoustic cacophony" known as the Woodbox Gang. They have skillfully combined the American roots music styles of bluegrass, delta blues, folk, and traditional country with the aggressive delivery of punk rock to create their own style of music to which they have given the name "Trashcan Americana". The band is very interested in experimenting with the combined sounds of various conventional and non-conventional instrumentation to create sonic landscapes specifically tailored to the mood and theme of each composition. Hugh DeNeal, their chief lyricist, uses his poetic talents to craft twisted tales of a dark, yet often humorous nature. The Woodbox Gang specializes in "story telling" songs. The group has shared the stage with artists such as Hank Williams III, the John Cowan Band, & many others. Alternative country icon Jason Ringenberg (Jason and the Scorchers) has been quoted in several interviews citing the Woodbox Gang as one of his favorite new bands. The Woodbox Gang's influences are as diverse as the music which they perform. The group admires artists such as Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and the Ramones for their enduring inventiveness and their courage to "do their own thing, regardless of what anyone else may or may not be doing." The band's multi-instrumentalist Alex Kirt says "We are influenced by everything we've heard, whether it's a symphony orchestra or a push rod knockin' in an old 350 engine. Just about anything that makes a sound can be used to enhance the mood of a tune." This idea can be heard on any one of the group's 5 albums on which they've used traditional guitar, mandolin, lap steel, banjo, fiddle, and bass combined with didjeridoos, kazoos, sawblades, gutbuckets, crowbars, ashtrays, and rusty gasoline cans to add brilliant audio hues their musical palette.

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