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The Scramblers

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Mississippi has a strong heritage of acoustic string music.

It is home to the Delta blues of Robert Johnson, Charlie McCoy, and Mississippi John Hurt as well as the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers. It has also been the inspiration for an eclectic array of fiddle music recorded by bands such as The Leake County Revelers, The Mississippi Sheiks, and Hoyt Ming & His Pep Steppers. The Scramblers are a Mississippi string band that built its sound on these strong traditions. They put on high energy performances of traditional and original Mississippi music as well tunes shared by their friends from the bayous of Louisiana to the college communities of upstate New York.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/28/2006
Band Members:
Rob Cater - guitar/bass/vocals

Jack Magee - fiddle/vocals

Valley Magee - bass/banjo/vocals

Melody Moody - percussion

Jamie Weems - mandolin/banjo/guitar/vocals
Influences: Leake County Revelers, Mama Ruby, John Brown, Enos Canoy, Mississippi Sheiks, John Hatcher, Tim Avalon, Django Reinhardt, The Mississippi Possum Hunters, Narmour & Smith, Mississippi John Hurt, Charlie McCoy, Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, Jimmie Rogers, David Grisman, New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Bill Frisell, Ithaca friends, Horseflies, High on the Hog, Red Hots, Clifftop, Mt Airey, Ida Red, Asheville friends, Freight Hoppers, Skillet Lickers, Hoyt Ming and His Pepsteppers, Foghorn Stringband, Dykes Magic City Trio, Dirk Powell, Buz Sibley and Buddy from La, David Bass, and so on.........
Sounds Like: Freight train with a southern drawl
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

January!

Howdy friends...... The Scramblers are taking some time in January to re-group and put some more work into the upcoming album.  Several of us will also be performing around the state with so...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:39:00 GMT

Scramblers on Radio Fondren

Howdy folks! The Scramblers will be performing live on Radio Fondren tomorrow at 5:00 PM.  If you are in Jackson, tune in to 103.7, or if out of town, you can dial in vial www.wlezfm.com .  ...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:16:00 GMT

Johnny Bertram and Jamie Weems

The Scramblers' Jamie Weems will be joining Johnny Bertram for an unplugged benefit show at One to One Studios in the Millsap's Arts District later this month.  If you haven't heard Johnny's musi...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:57:00 GMT

Live Tunes from Hal and Mal’s

Howdy folks. Thanks to everyone that came out to the show Saturday night.  We had a great time.  We have posted 3 tracks from a recording of the show on the myspace page including a brand ne...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:42:00 GMT