The Vinegar Creek Constituency

About Me

The Vinegar Creek Constituency formed mostly by accident on the main stage of Lancaster's Chameleon Club. They didn't try it, folks, honestly. A promotor friend wanted an opening act for acoustic guitar samurai Larry Keel and the boys wanted to see the show and drink beer for free, so there they were: a lifelong rock'n'roll singer-songwriter, a classically trained double bassist, and some smokin' bluegrass pickers who've been at it since before their younger bandmates knew what "it" was. The group's traditional bluegrass instrumentation has proven surprisingly flexible, and the band's sound channels the venerable old ghosts of American folk tradition through imaginative, inventive original songs delivered with rock'n'roll intensity. VCC's live repertoire also includes high-voltage renditions of bluegrass standards, classic Hank and Cash-style country, and a few punk rock ditties just to make the grass purists squirm. Winners of the 2008 1st annual Delfest (as in McCoury, folks) bluegrass band competition and finalists in the 2008 Neo-traditional string band contest in Clifftop, WV, the band is spreading their music beyond the cow-speckled Lancaster County cornbelt they call home.

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Member Since: 09/10/2006
Band Website: If it was a snake it would biteyouintheass
Band Members: No, constituents. Jeff Bryson (mandolin and vocals), Mark Rast (banjos, dobro, vocals), Leonardo DiSanto (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Pierre Devitry (fiddle, harmonica, vocals), Charlie Burnett (double bass)
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Home

Well, friends, I'm back at my ramshackle desk in good old Pennsylvanny after a pretty damn dramatic weekend on the road in Maryland and West Virginia. I'm pleased to announce that we had a great time ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 10:30:00 GMT

Bound for Dixie

Checklist of essential tour equipment and paraphernalia:guitar: checkmandolin: checkbanjo: checkharmonicas and rack: checkSwedish-made musical saw and violin bow: checkmultiple pocket knives: checkBig...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 08:48:00 GMT

VCC album now available at cdbaby.com

Friends: Our cd is now available for purchase or mp3 download at http://cdbaby.com/cd/vinegarcreek
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:08:00 GMT

Our CD is now available for online downloads

For those of you who've been asking me as well as those who've just been thinking it very loudly, I have news: You can now download the Vinegar Creek Constituency album online at www.digstation.c...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:10:00 GMT

Buy Fresh Buy Local By Lancaster documentary

You can watch it online here: http://www.otakumotion.com/oldnews.html What this film and this organization (BFBL) have to say about having a healthy sense of place&n...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:38:00 GMT

VCC song appears in locally produced documentary

The Vinegar Creek Constituency original song "Girl from the River Hills" has been used in a documentary film produced by Not Bad Design & Otaku Motion ( www.otakumotion.com ) for the Lancaster County ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:55:00 GMT

VCC wins 1st Delfest bluegrass band contest

Yes folks, this actually happened, although I still find it a little hard to believe myself. Last weekend The Vinegar Creek Constituency was chosen as the winner of the 1st annual Delfest (that'...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:24:00 GMT

Live video from McLeary’s Pub

The Vinegar Creek Constituency on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI7u7yegXxA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3fXh5eeHgI
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:54:00 GMT

No show on January 25

Dear folks, This month's Fly Magazine lists a Vinegar Creek Constituency performance at Lancaster Dispensing Company on January 25. This was a miscommunication with the ...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:40:00 GMT

So Far to Fall

(A country breakup song written while listening to Hank Sr.) I took a girl to be my wife, light of heart and full of life Through the love lights in my eyes I never saw That the road unfurled ahead wo...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:21:00 GMT