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Prairie Belt Boys

About Me

The Prairie Belt Boys. The PBBs are an oldtime four or six piece string band with some punk rock drive and oldtime rhythms. Imagine 'Gid Tanner and The Skillet Likkers' crossed 'The Pogues'. Playing and performing traditional oldtime tunes fiddle & banjo tunes, originals, Irish folk rock, and any conglomeration of fun to music to watch and hear the band has carved out a growing bubble of fans in the oldtime community who consider them a musical train wreck that one cannot turn an eye or ear away.Based out of Winston Salem NC. the "Belt Boys" are:Toby Weaver - fiddle , bass , & drums . Rob Gabb - banjo , & vocals . Mike Arant - guitar , & vocals . Andy Edmonds - fiddle , & bass .Toby is based in Asheville NC & started playing music from a young age. His art includes guitar , mandolin, fiddle, and drums. He comes from a long line of musicians.Rob originates from Wales , United Kingdom and now lives in Pinnacle NC. He also started playing music from a young age playing in punk rock bands in the late 70 s early 80s . He plays banjo, guitar and tenor banjo, he also comes from a long line of musicians.Mike Arant grew up on the Catawba River in Rock Hill SC and now resides in Charlotte NC. Mike took up the guitar in his 20's after beng told after a Grateful Dead concert that picking guitar was beyond his grasp. This lead to the likes of musicians found at most oldtime fiddle convention who were more than willing to teach those eager to learn.Andy Edmonds is from Pilot Mountain NC and a musical background steeped in the tradtions of NC/VA oldtime music and is a master of many sounds himself. Andy plays bass , fiddle, guitar and banjo. He is the low down in the PBB sound.All together you have The Prairie Belt Boys. Solid String Punks FOR BOOKING INFO CALL ROBERT 336 692 4458

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Member Since: 19/11/2006
Band Website: www.sonicbids.com/prairiebeltboys
Band Members: TOBY WEAVER FIDDLE , BASS & DRUMSANDY EDMONDS FIDDLE & BASSMIKE ARANT GUITAR & VOCALSROB GABB BANJO & VOCALS ,GUEST MEMBERSRYAN WEAVER ACCORDIONRALPH MCGEE MANDOLIN HUW CRUMMLEY BASSJOEY DAMIANO BASS
Sounds Like: The Best Worst Music You Have Ever Heared. Riley Puckett Meets The Pouges.
Record Label: KMC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Swamp Stomp - Clifftop 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1uLhQ9n74
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:40:00 GMT

new project

we are currently working on a new project , The Wreakin Havoc Mountain Dare Devil's. big name for a big band , the line up is toby weaver drums, rob gabb banjo , bouzoki and vocals , mike arant guitar...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:31:00 GMT

new band member , & cd.

the prairie belt boys have found themselves a new band member, and that would be none other than andy edmonds, andy lives in pilot mountain nc, he's a great musician, he will be playing bass with us ....
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:47:00 GMT

one year on.

yes it's been one year this friday the 13th, since the prairie belt boy's had there first show @ the visulite theater charlotte nc. since this date we have performed just over thirty  show's . we...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:53:00 GMT

Spring Fling with The Prairie Belt Boys

Come one or come all.....TPBBs are on a mission of Punktime Enlightenment! Check the schedule......were gonna spank Finnegans one more time in March then off to Virginny......where no Dirty Old Clowns...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:57:00 GMT

PBB - Fall Tour Wrap Up

Hello PBB Friends, Chez YT here reporting from Chlt, NC.....even though many of the Belt Boys have picked together before.....fiddle conevntions and as "The Brown Liquor Pickers" ......the PBB ha...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:50:00 GMT